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.
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.
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.