Counter-Strike let you change hands. I'm sure I've been ninja'd a couple of times already, but I'm too lazy to check.
Poll: Why are game characters never given the ability to be left handed?
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You've gotta consider the fact that most people are right handed. While I'm sure that still doesn't change much, from a developing/marketing standpoint, you've gotta appeal to the biggest audience. Although having an option to make the character left handed couldn't hurt, and I'm sure it wouldn't effect the gameplay, but you also have to consider games that have 3rd person perspectives.
Take Prototype for example, if Mercer were left handed, then he would grab people with his left hand, have the blade on his left hand, the shield on the right, etc... While you could say you could just mirror it, I'm pretty sure more effort has to go into it than just that. More animations will have to be made, as well as different models for those powers. I'm saying they might look different since they look so irregular to begin with, and while the shield *might* be a simple switch from arm to arm, the blade would have to be redone to suit the left one, since the power (like most of the others) goes up the entire length up to the shoulder. As a result, more money would have to be poured into the game, and as we all know, games (especially AAA titles) cost A LOT of money to make, and I don't think publishers and developers want to spend even more.
For first person shooters, putting the gun in the left hand shouldn't be too difficult. I remember back when I was playing unreal tournament (the first one), there was an option to put the gun on the right, middle, and left, so it shouldn't be too difficult to do it with today's modern games.
Take Prototype for example, if Mercer were left handed, then he would grab people with his left hand, have the blade on his left hand, the shield on the right, etc... While you could say you could just mirror it, I'm pretty sure more effort has to go into it than just that. More animations will have to be made, as well as different models for those powers. I'm saying they might look different since they look so irregular to begin with, and while the shield *might* be a simple switch from arm to arm, the blade would have to be redone to suit the left one, since the power (like most of the others) goes up the entire length up to the shoulder. As a result, more money would have to be poured into the game, and as we all know, games (especially AAA titles) cost A LOT of money to make, and I don't think publishers and developers want to spend even more.
For first person shooters, putting the gun in the left hand shouldn't be too difficult. I remember back when I was playing unreal tournament (the first one), there was an option to put the gun on the right, middle, and left, so it shouldn't be too difficult to do it with today's modern games.
Unreal games you can have it left handed I think, also in FIFA games you have to choose your preferred foot. I've never really given much thought to it, though I suppose, seeing as you can select races and genders in most RPG's these days, does seem like a weird thing to have left out.
he is acctually right, just not in the way you think.DazBurger said:
because left handed dualists had an advantage in melee combat the Catholic Church declared them 'Agents of the Devil' during midevil times. if you where found to be a left handed sword fighter, you where often declared a heritic or witch and burned at the stake.
this is mostly because of the 'handshake' concept... As you extend your right hand for a hand shake you prove that you're un armed. however if your left handed such a gesture is empty as you can just as well wield a sword while extending you're right hand in friendship.
It's not as easy as "just flipping it around". Animations often involve other models, both from the environment and other enemies/characters. You would have to re-do each one to make sure that it worked properly. It's just too much work for too little benefit.Rocking Thunder said:
all of the unreal tournaments have given the player the option to be right center and left. do some research before making a blanket statmentRocking Thunder said:
I'm left handed and I really never noticed. By now, I'm so used to seeing the weapon on the right side of the screen that seeing it on the left would just be weird.
He's left handed in the GC version because everything is mirrored in the Wii version compared to the GC version, but yeah, you're right, he does tend to be a lefty.ChaosDragon said:
Mario Tennis (not a shooter or a RPG) lets you be left handed, and there are several others. Honestly I don't really care what hands the character use, if I get bored enough to think about it the game can't have been fun from the start.
You could in Counter Strike, and I am pretty sure you could do so in Bioshock too. I dont see how it can affect the gameplay though. Does it really matter if the main character is left or right handed?bobtheorc said:
CS 1.6 and it USED to be in CSS (not sure about now) but you could switch to left handed!
ON ANOTHER NOTE the british SA80 is a solely right handed weapon as opposed to the american M16s which you can 'switch' so that the casings are ejected the other way.
What? That's just balls, there's always been left handed sword fighters. Granted difficulty with mass battles (ie: shield walls) but there always has.PhiMed said:
ON ANOTHER NOTE the british SA80 is a solely right handed weapon as opposed to the american M16s which you can 'switch' so that the casings are ejected the other way.
I'm a lefty and i got used having the gun on the right side in games but it would be better having it on the left, I say.
I'm sure this has always been mentioned but one of the most iconic gaming heroes of all time is left-handed!
was it unreal tournament? there you can change which side of the screen the weapon is displayedbobtheorc said:
