Why can't you lean in BF2?

[Ronin581]

This may have been covered in other threads, so sorry in advance

I would love the ability to peek around corners without have to expose my entire body...

anyone else wish they could lean in BF2, and this is the first BF game I have played, could you lean in the other titles?

[unununium]

Re: Why can't you lean in BF2?

Have a few pints and it will seem like you're leaning the whole time.

But seriously, you couldn't lean in any of the other Battlefield games. My guess is that it would slow the game down, as everyone would stop and lean before they went around any corner.

[Roger Smith]

Re: Why can't you lean in BF2?

because this isnt swat 4/rainbow 6, this is an arcade squad based shooter, not a realistic one. i answer your question with another question. why can you bunny hop, have infanate parachutes, revive someone who just blew up, pull ammo/medical stuff out yer butt?

[MisterBubbles]

Re: Why can't you lean in BF2?

pull ammo/medical stuff out yer butt?

I know right! The revive-happy medics probably have a cell-phone set to vibrate mode up there too..

[BurnTheWeed]

Re: Why can't you lean in BF2?

This may have been covered in other threads, so sorry in advance

I would love the ability to peek around corners without have to expose my entire body...

anyone else wish they could lean in BF2, and this is the first BF game I have played, could you lean in the other titles?

There is actually a few reason for it not being included. One, there really isn't any convenient buttons (default config) that could be used. Everything is pretty much already taken by something. Two, it would give a huge advantage to snipers who could just put their little heads out from a corner and move back without anyone seeing them. They can kind of do this already just by sliding on their belly, but at least it gives the guy being shot a larger target to counter it with. This also causes the game to be slowed down as people will just camp and pop out to take shots instead of actually having to move from cover. And three, games with leaning can have bad abuse, like in CoD, where everyone runs around and leans making them look retarded but also making for a harder target, especially if they jiggle (leaning back and forth) to prevent headshots.