Javelins, slings, spears

javelins, slings, spears

Why are these weapons so underused in video games?

Game would be too easy or hard, but then i guess im to used to dying to them in multiplayer and spear units failing me in mount and blade.

javelins, spears

They aren't underused

slings

Throwing rocks is for primitive humanimals

Not as flashy or regal as a sword

i have never played a game with javelins that didnt make them overpowered

They're too manly for modern gamers.

slings are like manual Gauss guns which is pretty cool

Throwing rocks is for primitive humanimals

Wrong

loses to swords/axes 1v1 which is how most games will depict it since the only good way to show of it's actual advantage is:
1. single player game where you're a low-tier spear grunt surrounded by NPCs in a spearwall. only thing you can do is march forward or retreat when the NPC general tells you to. Only combat you can do is stab mindlessly once you reach the enemy lines, not like you can do combos and rollslop in the middle of the cinch.
2. multiplayer game that's just like number 1 but you're wrangling other players to join your spearwall

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there you go. copy it to some textfile or something

Speaking of spears and javelins, is there even one (1) videogame with atlatl?

*jobs to some mud and couple of bolts in Agincourt*

WAT NOU?

I don't believe in the Rechtschreibreform

OSRS added one last year

gets knocked to the ground

takes a dagger to the eye

I mean, this exists.

Even modern day soldiers and tanks job to mud. Can't beat the mud.

What are some games with bolas and other similar thrown immobilisation weapons? I only know of Underrail and Ark survival evolved

World of Warcraft

alt 0223

That means he only has one free hand

the equivalent of city guards

soldiers

And honestly i'm being generous even comparing them to city guards

Because they are lowly soldier peasant weapons comapred to the noble and honorable Sword

RDR online

I shall now ask the name of this game and we shall spread it across Anon Babble as kino.

Why is mountainblade the only game that does lances right? I always thought horses were lame but man is giving some fucking grounded peasant 2 meters of girthy wood and steel satisfying.

Apotheon

because the average kid doesn't find this kind of weapons cool

that average kid is dead due to those weapons' superior range

suck my ballß

DID SOMEBODY FUCKING SAY SLING
BECAUSE I AM FUCKING OBSESSED WITH THE SLING
GET SOME PARACORD AND SOME STRAPS AND MAKE A SLING.
THIS SHIT IS CASH.
THROWIN FUCKIN.... ROCKS
TENNIS BALLS
FOOTBALLS
ASH TRAYS
PUT IT IN THE POUCH AND SLING IT!!!

I would blame it on a lack of creativity & ignorance, or greed.
They are and you wrote 0 counterargument : just check all the swordsman protagonists vs spear users in fiction.

Good explanation. Anons always whine about muh underrepresented long stick being the best because it has long reach and low cost, but they never consider how to make said stick work in an actual videogame.
They work in strategies because they by design make you control a bunch of dudes at once, but they simply don't work in other genres.

calm your tail doggy.

go through all that trouble to make one

throw the rock/ball the same distance as anyone without a sling would

Congratulations.
I never thought i would find a greater time wasting activity outside playing videogames

spears

losing to swords 1v1

lol

Depends on the context
No armour? Sword loses 9/10
Armour? Sword wins purely because it's a more effective bludgeon

The only Weapon that does both is the Lucerne

Spears aren't cool.
They are cheap, mass produced and take no skill, strength or dexterity to use at all.
They were the weapon of the common disposable peasant cannon fodder while the elite warriors always had swords, axes and sometimes blunt weapons like maces.

no one tell him about alexander

Most games can't even make realistic looking weapons, so it's not surprising.
Slings are rare in general, more of an ancient weapon, but Total War games have them, spear and javelins are more common, I especially like javelins in Bannerlord, as for spears you kind of need mods there to make them feel better.

Slings are rare in general, more of an ancient weapon, but Total War games have them

Rome: Total War
Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten
Far Cry Primal
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Age of Mythology
Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Mount & Blade: Warband, Viking Conquest DLC
Ancient Wars Sparta
That's basically the comprehensive list. Really only in Plague Tale and Far Cry do you actually use the sling.
My personal favorite game is Secret of Mana which has both a javelin and a spear in it so there's some points there. I see more spears than javelins. Ranged weapons fall into bows, crossbows, and guns nowadays

Javelins are basically the strongest weapons in the game in like half the Fire Emblems.

Age of Decadence has them, I think.
Well, I believe they will be adding them to Bannerlord in the new big update or ship combat dlc, so one more to your list.

Northern Journey has a nice sling weapon

It also has big spiders...

so one more to your list.

If only I were any good at RTS games...
me just throw rock, not manage army

slaughtering hordes of giant spiders and mosquitoes is like a dream come true

survival crafting game begins with throwing rocks and sticks

within four hours of gameplay you've invented a gun by gluing a hunk of iron ore with a piece of tree bark and poop

Throwing rocks is for primitive humanimals

Last thing an 8ft+ copper age warrior would say

If you want things not too easy then maybe try out Vintage Story, it's like But you will spending much more time early game just doing wood, stone and then maybe some bronze tools, iron is harder to get.

Most people are historylets.
Most people think knights in shining armour existed from 500-1700 and then just poof line warfare with muskets. They literally think is contemporary with vikings for example.
People don't know slings were a a common weapon in the middle ages.

it's the only way to have mass appeal, a more realistic approach like in Vintage Story is autistic and niche

They are cheap, mass produced

yes

and take no skill, strength or dexterity to use at all.

incorrect to say they take no skill, just that your ten years of swordsmanship classes won't mean shit when that peasant stabs you from eight feet away

SWERVE NOVLEMAN

that's not fair, that's magic druid mud

It is what it is, and they will fight, shit, piss and screech at you if you want a fantasy game but one that uses historical aesthetics instead of some warcraft bullshit AND is not a kitchen sink of different periods either. Seen that too often on Anon Babble.

agincourt is famous because it's one of the rare cases it ever worked out against them. It's like bragging about the one time you didn't shit your pants. It's just highlighting all the other cases.

Slingers were relevant in organized warfare until the late middle-ages.