Poll: Swords or Guns?

[Nihilism_Is_Bliss]

Depends on the game genre, usually guns are better for current gen gaming, but swords are nicer for a lot of games not played from the first person perspective.

But I chose swords cos they're cooler

 

[Fetzenfisch]

Blade & Pistols
Then burn the wich in the name of Sigmar(or just because its fun, or cold outside).

 

[Valkyrie101]

I'm a gun person myself, because realistically guns are more effective than swords almost 100% of the time.

A sword has no ammo limit.

But it can break or become blunt.

 

[Super Toast]

They ain't got nuthin' on CHAINSAW NUNCHUCKS!

 

[Brandon237]

Swords, that feel of the metal through flesh as the screen shakes and - Nothing. Lets just go with: I like swords

 

[Ithera]

Swords are an anachronism and have no place in anything resembling modern combat.Swords should be seen as nothing else but a last resort weapon (if you find yourself fortunate enough to be fighting in a museum).

It has a certain romantic/honor value though, and features excessively in titles like "Final Fantasy". Very often overused by characters who should know better.

 

[Zeema]

As if Swords are way more silent and sephiroth had one so yeah

 

[HTID Raver]

gun FTW

 

[Living Contradiction]

I picked Other. Reason: If Oblivion and other fantasy games are going to have guns, it follows that COD and its ilk will have magic...and I LIKE magic.

Being able to stand at a distance from a foxhole and summon a great lumbering thing to eat the people crouched within is something I would very much like in today's modern warfare genre. That and being able to trace back sniper fire and turn the offending foe into a puddle.

 

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I choose other due to me having played Gunz, it uses both guns and swords and it is awesome.

True, until the script kiddies came along, deleting characters en masse, or essentially exhaling rockets with God mode on. D-Style for the proverbial win, though.

 

[monkey_man]

Not necessarily, it all depends on how you write your fiction.

unfortunatly, this is impossible, you can't do that with anything (mythbusters)
i'm going to go with guns.
big assed guns.

 

[Abedeus]

Guns.

THAT SHOOT OTHER GUNS! AND SWORDS! AND TWO-HANDED HAMMERS!! AND MORE GUNS FIRING ARMS!!

 

[Sinspiration]

Gunswords, nuff zed,

 

[LaughingAtlas]

I prefer my bare hands, to be honest. If not, HAMMERTIME, mario style.

 

[nick n stuff]

i like bows and arrows. i can't go mano a mano with firearms but a bow vs melee i always enjoy.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

Guns over swords, any day of the week. I've yet to play a game that has a decent close-quarter combat mechanic (Bethesda's is I think the worst, Oblivion was shoddy and they didn't fix it much for Fallout 3) so swords in games always feel clunky and/or vague. I'm not totally anti-melee, I've spent many happy hours cutting a bloody swathe through zombie hordes with my trusty fire-axe in L4D2, but in most games I'm of the opinion that if you let your opponent get next to you in the first place then you've not been paying attention.

 

[Baby Tea]

I games, I prefer swords and high fantasy.
I certainly enjoy shooters, but fantasy games always interested me more, ever since that fateful day when I got my hands on a little game called 'Baldur's Gate'. I was interested in fantasy before then, with games like King's Quest, but Baldur's Gate sealed the deal.

However, in reality? Guns. I freaking love guns in real life.
I'm actually getting my gun license soon! The power you feel squeezing off a decent caliber round is just awesome. I recently fired a .303 Lee Enfield from WWI, and that sucker was a beast. The kick wasn't big, but the boom was deafening, and the target was shreds. Just awesome. No sword can give me a feeling like that.

 

[Jamash]

Not necessarily, it all depends on how you write your fiction.

unfortunatly, this is impossible, you can't do that with anything (mythbusters)
i'm going to go with guns.
big assed guns.

Not true, anything is possible in video games, it's all about how you write the code.

 

[anglomanii]

i chose other, as nothing compares, to the feeling of the last breath on your cheek, or the subtle shudder when your hands close around their throat and the body goes limp for the last time. nothing compares to knowing that the blood on your hands mixing with yours came from a desperate struggle..... oh wait this is about games........bugger.

seriously hand to hand up close in personal, that's the way.

 

[monkey_man]

Not necessarily, it all depends on how you write your fiction.

unfortunatly, this is impossible, you can't do that with anything (mythbusters)
i'm going to go with guns.
big assed guns.

Not true, anything is possible in video games, it's all about how you write the code.

but this was for real life wasn't it? wait i'll go check.
nope. i am sorry for wasting your time.