In all the games I’ve played (one exception being Half-Life, but that’s different) I really don’t like using crossbows and avoid doing so at all costs. I don’t really know why that is, but to me they don’t seem to fit the setting of games like Elder Scrolls or Gothic. I love using regular bows, however. Maybe crossbows feel too modern for me? I don’t really know anything about medieval weapons or when they were invented.
What about you? How do you feel about crossbows in these types of games or do you have a similar weird thing you just don’t like and refuse to do in video games?
Crossbows are much older than you think:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_crossbows
Saying that, you’re free to play as you prefer, what’s the point of playing if you don’t enjoy it? I personally never play with bows myself.
Yeah, it’s not a conceptually big leap to go from bows to “why don’t we put in a stick to keep the bow drawn rather than doing it ourselves?”. Crossbows can be more complex than that, but fundamentally that’s the concept.
and crossbow games are older than you think, check out this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_Forest_(video_game)
I can still hear the music from this game in my head.