Originally posted by Squinn
Swords rule, it's kinda tradition for a hero to carry a sword, a sword is much more painfull than a gun anyway.
You know this from experience?

Seriously though, swords are the "standard" weapon. They're the Ryu of weapons. Look through a catalogue of weapon replicas, you'll find more swords than anything else. Swords were the most common weapons throughout the middle ages, the period romanticized by fantasy movies/books/games. It's not so much that they were popular, they were versatile. Spears and axes are big and heavy, bows and guns have limited use at close range. Knifes are.... well.... Knives are small, and small offends the male ego I wouldn't mind seeing a main character weild a different weapon though. Spears are cool, how about spears?