User blog comment:Cfp3157/Frank West vs. Nathan Drake/@comment-422690-20161014003617

I'm not a gun guy, so forgive me if I get things wrong.

So...

Melee: Nathan Drake wins. Sure, Frank West has weaponry, and he starts with a bat. But Drake's dealt with armed opponents while unarmed before, most notably during Uncharted 3's Bar Brawl opening, where he also displays the ability to utilize objects around him as weapons. He also has shown the ability to disarm armed opponents, and West's reliance on the environment for his weapons is a double-edged sword. If Drake gets that bat away from him, he needs to spend time trying to find another weapon while Drake can just follow up with more strikes.

Handgun: 92FS-9mm wins. While the Colt's larger round gives it more stopping power, it has less than half the ammunition. This is its downfall in this comparison, as more bullets means more room for error. Furthermore, this fight is in an enclosed space and neither combatant has body armor, so volume of fire wins out.

Mid Range: SAS-12 wins. Ignoring the bullshit physics of having a gun that shoots lightning, there's still quite a few basic physics problems with this. Most notably that lightning takes the path of least resistance, and living bodies are typically not in this category. There's multiple other targets for the lightning to hit, be it the environment or the zombies. Drake's SAS-12 is more likely to work, because physics.

Long Range: Real Mega Buster wins. Ignoring the immense physics problems of this weapon existing, it gets the win simply by having more ammunition. While a held weapon like the AK is more maneuverable, having well over double the ammo available and ignoring any need for reload gives it the edge here.

Explosive: MK-ND1 wins. The Molotov is as much a danger to West as it is to Drake. Fire and the sheer awkwardness of throwing the weapon makes it as likely to hurt the user as it is the foe. Further solidifying the MK-ND1's superiority is that it has three ways to kill - blast, heat, and shrapnel - over the Molotov's sole function of heat.

Special: WES-44 wins. The Boomstick is fucking stupid. Attaching that pitchfork there not only prevents you from aiming, which reduces accuracy, but also hampers the shotgun's pellet spread. And make no mistake, one must use pellets in this gun, as the dip in the pitchfork obstructs the top of the muzzle, preventing the use of slugs. It's further made stupid by the fact that attaching the pitchfork reduces portability and makes it harder to move, due to the shit-tier balancing. The WES-44 gets the edge here for being goddamn practical.

Overall: Nathan Drake takes this easily. He's tougher, he's smarter, and he's got better weapons. Covering wars, ya know, won't help his survivability as much as Drake's basically fighting wars single-handedly.