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* ''WarcraftIII'' has the Goblin Tinker's Cluster Rockets, magical missiles that bombard an area and stun all units inside (and is often modified to make it a more literal magical barrage).

* ''VideoGame/{{Dragon's Dogma}}'' has the Magick Cannon Spell, which when struck, launches a single homing magic missile. Its upgraded version, the Great Cannon fires three of the same magic missiles, per hit the Mystic Knight class has multiple multihit skills, one of them, Full Moon Slash, hits the cannon five times. And the player can summon multiple cannons, launching approximately thirty magic missiles per second.

* MassEffect does this with some [[MagicByAnyOtherName biotic]] attacks from the second installment on.

* MassEffect does this with some [[biotic MagicByAnyOtherName]] attacks from the second installment on.

* Page image provided by ''[[http://nwn2.wikia.com/wiki/Isaac%27s_Lesser_Missile_Storm Isaac's lesser missile storm]]'' in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2''. The spell and its higher-level form ''[[http://nwn2.wikia.com/wiki/Isaac%27s_Greater_Missile_Storm Isaac's greater missile storm]]'' were developed by Creator/BioWare for the ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' series. The games also make the spell ''[[http://nwn2.wikia.com/wiki/Flame_Arrow flame arrow]]'' into one of these, whereas [[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/flameArrow.htm the pen-and-paper version]] is actually an enchantment to be applied to projectiles.

* In ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' one of the most basic and common offensive spells is Saggitta Magica (Magical Arrows). They come in a variety of [[ElementalPowers elemental types]] with different properties, and almost every mage is seen using the spell at one point. Near the end of the manga Negi fires off a volley of 1001 lightning Saggitta at Fate, who notes that while Saggitta Magica is a low-end spell Negi has scaled it up so much that it's essentially the same as an anti-army spell.

* While the Fireball spell in the ''[[TalesSeries Tales]]'' games normally fires three projectiles, [[TalesOfVesperis Rita Mordio]] can fire as many as ten [[EvolvingAttack if she uses it often enough]].

** ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'': This is [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Ultimecia's]] entire fighting style, particularly with Knight's Blade and Knight's Arrow. The [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII Cloud of Darkness]] does this for some of her attacks which are otherwise FrickinLaserBeams. For single attacks, there's [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Zidane's]] Scoop Art and Solution IX, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasy Garland's]] Blaze, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Squall]]'s Fire Barret, and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Yuna's]] charged Impulse. Holy and Ultima used by various characters are also present.

** The recurring spells Matra Magic and Holy are sometimes depicted in this manner franchise-wide.

*** ''{{Final Fantasy X}}'': The Holy spell manifests in a similar manner as Divine Judgement.

* While the BaldursGate games don't have any dedicated MagicMissileStorm spells aside from the basic Magic Missile (which lets you fire 5 at once if your level's high enough,) from 2 onwards there are certain spells you can exploit to bury your opponent in Magic Missiles, including Sequencer spells (allowing you to cast more than one spell at once,) Time Stop (pretty self-explanatory) and Improved Alacrity (removes the delay between spell castings, allowing you to cast a spell immediately after another spell. And since Magic Missile's casting time is near-instantaneous...)

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'': [[HumongousMecha Alexander's]] [[LightEmUp Divine Judgment]] is depicted in this manner. [[BigBad Kuja's]] [[DesperationAttack Ultima]] combines this trope with DeathFromAbove.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'': Alexander returns with this, as the summon for Hope, the game's resident SquishyWizard.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': ''[[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/magicMissile.htm Magic missile]]'' and assorted stronger spells bearing the name "Missile Storm" in some manner are the TropeNamers, and are often depicted as this trope in video games. For so basic a spell (it can be learned by 1st level arcane spellcasters) ''magic missile'' is an extremely versatile weapon (due in large part to being incapable of missing), and there's a number of builds that are designed around maximizing its potential. FlavorText from the D&D Wiki article for one of them, [[http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Magic_Missile_Stormer_%283.5e_Optimized_Character_Build%29 Magic Missile Stormer]], provides the page quote.

* In ''MahouSenseiNegima'' one of the most basic and common offensive spells is Saggitta Magica (Magical Arrows). They come in a variety of [[ElementalPowers elemental types]] with different properties, and almost every mage is seen using the spell at one point. Near the end of the manga Negi fires off a volley of 1001 lightning Saggitta at Fate, who notes that while Saggitta Magica is a low-end spell Negi has scaled it up so much that it's essentially the same as an anti-army spell.

Compare BeamSpam, {{Roboteching}} and MacrossMissileMassacre, as an example could be this trope and one of them as well. Not to be confused with MagicMissile, which refers to spells behaving like line-of-sight projectiles that can be dodged.

* Several spells in ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''. These are types of shooting spells are some of the easiest and fastest to cast for a mage, and could be used as suppression fire as well as direct attacks. These spells often come with alternate versions that changes the amount of energy bullets and/or the way they are fired at the enemy. In particular, if the name of the spell is followed by something like Phalanx Shift or Genocide Shift, you should be ready to block or dodge like hell as you will be faced with a veritable wall of energy projectiles. Examples of these include Nanoha's Divine/Axel Shooter (homing energy spheres whose every movement Nanoha could control), Fate's Photon/Plasma Lancer (arrow shaped, bolts of energy with limited homing capabilities. Comes in several variations and could be combined into an energy lance), Teana's Cross Fire Shoot (controllable energy spheres like Nanoha's, but could alternatively be fired as a BeamSpam instead), and Vivio's Sonic Shooter (Controllable energy orbs like her Nanoha-mama.)

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': ''[[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/magicMissile.htm Magic missile]]'' and assorted stronger spells bearing the name "Missile Storm" in some manner are the TropeNamers, and are often depicted as this trope in video games.

* Several spells in ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''. These are types of shooting spells are often the easiest and fastest to cast for a mage, and are often used as suppression fire as well as direct attacks. Examples include Nanoha's Divine/Axel Shooter (homing energy spheres whose every movement Nanoha could control), Fate's Photon/Plasma Lancer (arrow shaped, bolts of energy with limited homing capabilities but could be concentrated into a single bolt that's stronger and faster), and Teana's Cross Fire Shoot (controllable energy spheres like Nanoha's, but could alternatively be fired as a BeamSpam instead)

* In ''VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail'', it's possible to do this by having [[ExpositionFairy Fidget]] fire a couple of magic projectiles, then use [[WeaponTwirling Dust Storm]] to give them more energy and home in on every enemy on the screen.

* Several spells in ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''. Examples include Nanoha's Divine/Axel Shooter (homing energy spheres whose every movement Nanoha could control), Fate's Photon/Plasma Lancer (arrow shaped, bolts of energy with limited homing capabilities but could be concentrated into a single bolt that's stronger and faster), and Teana's Cross Fire Shoot (energy spheres like Nanoha, but could alternately fired as a BeamSpam ins[[BeamSpam beams]] instead)

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', [[HumongousMecha Alexander's]] [[LightEmUp Divine Judgment]] is depicted in this manner. [[BigBad Kuja's]] [[DesperationAttack Ultima]] combines this trope with DeathFromAbove.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', Ashe's Heaven's Wrath and Penelo's Evanescence and Intercession.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', Alexander returns with this, as the summon for Hope, the game's resident SquishyWizard.
** ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'', this is [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Ultimecia's]] entire fighting style, particularly with Knight's Blade and Knight's Arrow. The [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII Cloud of Darkness]] does this for some of her attacks which are otherwise FrickinLaserBeams. For single attacks, there's [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Zidane's]] Scoop Art and Solution IX, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasy Garland's]] Blaze, [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Squall]]'s Fire Barret, and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Yuna's]] charged Impulse. Holy and Ultima used by various characters are also present.
* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', Sora's Wisdom Form shoots out flurries of homing magic shots from his Keyblade. Xemnas shoots his [[LaserBlade Etheral Blades]] as projectiles, sometimes from his hand and sometimes creating a line of them in the air that fire at once.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', there are generally three types of Shotlocks -- fire several projectiles in waves, fire a barrage continuously, or perform dash attacks. Many of the former two categories fit this trope.
** In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsDreamDropDistance'', [[spoiler:Young Xehanort]] can fire projectiles in this manner.

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Compare BeamSpam, {{Roboteching}} and MacrossMissileMassacre, as an example could be this trope and one of them as well. Not to be confused with MagicMissile.

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* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', the spells Burst Rondo (weak) and Rune Flare (strong) do this.

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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': ''[[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/magicMissile.htm Magic missile]]'' and assorted stronger spells bearing the name "Missile Storm" in some manner are the {{Trope Namer}}s, and are often depicted as this trope in video games.

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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', Ganondorf does this as a DesperationAttack.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', the recurring spells Matra Magic and Holy are sometimes depicted in this manner.

* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'' has several summons that take this form: Mercury hits the enemy with blasts of water, Atalanta with hundreds of magic arrows, and Boreas with huge chunks of ice.
* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'': the Chaos Sorcerer's Doombolt
* Page image provided by ''[[http://nwn2.wikia.com/wiki/Isaac%27s_Lesser_Missile_Storm Isaac's lesser missile storm]]'' in ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2''. The spell and its higher-level form ''[[http://nwn2.wikia.com/wiki/Isaac%27s_Greater_Missile_Storm Isaac's greater missile storm]]'' were developed by Creator/BioWare for the ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights'' series. The games also make the spell ''[[http://nwn2.wikia.com/wiki/Flame_Arrow flame arrow]]'' into one of these, whereas [[http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/flameArrow.htm the pen-and-paper version]] is actually an enchantment to be applied to projectiles.