The Automatic Shotgun is a weapon variant of the normal Shotgun (which is not normally found in the game). It fires five pellets ahead of Bond in a cone shape, making it almost worthless at long distances but extremely effective at short range. This weapon is slightly faster then its original counterpart and the cone range is not as wide, making it useful against groups of enemies at short range in open areas. Each pellet does less damage than a normal strength weapon but a target hit by all five pellets will take even more damage than if they had been hit by the Cougar Magnum or Moonraker Laser. The Automatic Shotgun is superior to the regular Shotgun in every way. It surpasses in terms of accuracy and damage, and has lower recoil and noise. It is only found in Statue, but Trevelyan does wield one in Caverns although he never fires it.
Appearances[]
Caverns (Trevelyan)
Trivia[]
- The Automatic Shotgun was originally supposed to be available in Frigate. It was possibly removed for balance reasons.
- Many pre-release screen shots show the Automatic Shotgun, one of them being a shot of the watch with 6 bars.
- The Automatic Shotgun appears to be based on the Franchi SPAS-12.
- When the player reloads the Automatic Shotgun with four shells or less in reserve, the shells in the rack on the gun will be used. This is a completely cosmetic change; the number of shells in the rack has no effect on the function of the weapon.
- Although normally only found in Statue, the All Guns cheat allows Bond to obtain it in any other mission.
- In Caverns, it is possible to find guards with this weapon after Trevelyan escapes into the elevator.
- This weapon is dangerous under enemy guards' hands, as being hit from the Automatic Shotgun inflicts the full damage on Bond regardless of range and they fire it much faster than the player.
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