Video game rifles

[AdAstra2009]

Originally Posted by ManiacallyChallenged

I believe that at least half the reason is copyright related.
Guns "based on" the real deal are probably more okay than exact replicas.
STALKER, Battlefield, and others do it for that reason(and the case ejection) but Counter Strike did it to be left handed and cool('cause the designer was left handed).

I highly doubt that.

The reason is simply because they developers think it looks cool.

[Excalibur]

Pretty much, some people just love the effect of brass flying in front of your face.

[FrankDaTank1218]

Yeah STALKER is my fav game series because of its gun play bullet physics, but the left handed ejection port just makes me think of my S.T.A.L.K.E.R. getting hit in the face by brass repeatedly.

[HashiriyaR32]

Nobody played Firearms mod for Half Life? You can reload your weapon without cocking it if you have one bullet in the chamber, and also, it´s not like Counter-Strike that you keep all your ammo and you can reload all the time, in this game you have 2 or 4 mags for your rifle, and, if you left ammo in an almost-empty one, you can merge the magazines to save space.

*Raises hand*

Former Firearms 3.0 player here. Also, since you mentioned tracking ammo in different mags, I got a pet peeve. Don't exactly like games that don't allow you to consolidate ammo between mags. Take OPERATION7 for example. As I'm a somewhat compulsive reloader, I more often than not find myself with all half-empty mags.

[Gunmaster45]

Originally Posted by HashiriyaR32

Nobody played Firearms mod for Half Life? You can reload your weapon without cocking it if you have one bullet in the chamber, and also, it´s not like Counter-Strike that you keep all your ammo and you can reload all the time, in this game you have 2 or 4 mags for your rifle, and, if you left ammo in an almost-empty one, you can merge the magazines to save space.

*Raises hand*

Former Firearms 3.0 player here. Also, since you mentioned tracking ammo in different mags, I got a pet peeve. Don't exactly like games that don't allow you to consolidate ammo between mags. Take OPERATION7 for example. As I'm a somewhat compulsive reloader, I more often than not find myself with all half-empty mags.

Same thing happens to me with the SOCOM games. I either just don't reload or try to empty a full mag during a firefight. Certainly not a great idea in real life but it quells my OCD in video game world. haha

[S&Wshooter]

Originally Posted by Gunmaster45

Same thing happens to me with the SOCOM games. I either just don't reload or try to empty a full mag during a firefight. Certainly not a great idea in real life but it quells my OCD in video game world. haha

That happened to me until I found out about the glitch where if you grab a gun off the ground and then go pick yours back up, it refills all of your mags