

The Pillager's Crossbow fires with enough force to send anyone running for cover (albeit not enough to hurt them, naturally), so your opponents will think twice before rushing you. It's oddly satisfying to pull back the lever and hear a 'clunk' that hints at how punchy this blaster isįortunately, you won't have to worry too much even with that in mind.

That isn't to say you can't hit anything for toffee, of course, but it's a little trickier to line up shots. The downside? Because there are no sights to speak of and it's a bulky lump of plastic, aiming isn't as easy as it would be with Fortnite Nerf guns or even the best water guns. This isn't a close-range last resort by any means. They cleared GamesRadar's open-plan office without any trouble, coming to land roughly 20 meters away with minimal drift. During our tests, darts launched from the Nerf Pillager's Crossbow travelled much further than expected. That get-up-and-go has another benefit: reach. But it excelled the vast majority of the time.

Or deposit two of them on the floor at my feet, anyway. OK, the mechanism would get over-excited on rare occasions and shoot all three darts at once. I was impressed by the speed and ferocity with which the Elite darts flew out of this blaster, and that makes it tremendously effective in action. This thing looks about as streamlined as a pile of bricks (mainly because it is a pile of bricks). I was wary about the Nerf Minecraft Pillager's Crossbow at first. Simply pull back the lever and hit the trigger to fire (Image credit: Future)
