The metal tips are often pointy, you can thrust with them. Also the best beam katana in the first game WAS a lightsaber, with no frame or anything, just a handleCounterAttack said:One of the major things that puts me off this game already is that the "beam-swords" are essentially lightsabers, just with a metal tip at the end. And that's just inconvenient because the user wouldn't be able to make a thrust attack. I mean, come on, they even sounded like lightsabers...