Why Are There No Guns In Overture?

[Kedjane]

There's a good reason for it.
The whole series started with the Tech Demo from 2006. It was just a short demonstration of what they could do, but then it turned so popular they decided to make a whole game from it. Apart from the great physics it was loved because you pretty much couldn't hurt the enemies.
Instead of just gunning your enemies away you had to run, which was a lot scarier. So it carried on to Overture, although they had some melee weapons to get you out of a tight spot.
After Overture there was a HUUUGE discussion thread where all the fans talked about wether Black Plague should have guns or not and it was decided guns didn't fit in the game.

I was on the team that wanted guns, though. I think they did a pretty good decision with Black Plague by leaving out all weapons, but there are a bit too many enemies and a bit too many places where you have to run.
Then ofcourse there is a logical explanation: after the war ended they took all the weapons with them.