Ken Pretty wrote in a message to Jonathan Fingas:
KP> true...but in reality who also carries a full arsenal of weapons
KP> with them? Most gamers, like myself love to see an assorted array of
KP> weaponry in a game but it's not very viable to be able to carry a
KP> rocket launcher, a machine gun, a pistol, a shotgun, some grenades,
KP> a few pipebombs, a lead pipe and a lightning gun with you all in one
KP> backpack..
 I dunno...  Rambo was on last night.  Oh wait: you DID say 'reality'
 didn't you?  Drat!
KP> if games were to take on the amount of realism you would like to see
KP> then the most a single person could probably carry comfortably,
KP> [comfortably meaning able to walk and sprint for an extended period
KP> and not suffer from a crushed spine] would be a pistol, a submachine
KP> gun, ammo for the latter and some pipebombs/grenades...and perhaps a
KP> bat or knife for close combat..
 Gee... sounds like Rise Of The Triad to me!   Want the missile launcher?
 Well, you have to put down the flamebomb first.  Hmmnn.... which to use
 decisions decisions :)
 Patrick
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