The most realistic effect would be decreasing mobility or making the weapon difficult to conceal. ![]() Very few get it right with games like Sniper Elite 5 doing cans justice and even invoking subsonic ammo. Games like Rainbox Six often use the trope of reducing the weapon’s damage to offset the sound reduction. Other games will reduce the weapon’s range or even make the weapon less accurate. The most common effect is lowering its damage for some reason.Ĭyberpunk 2077 is super guilty of this flaw. (Photo: Metalgearwiki)īesides being whisper quiet, a suppressor will often do something odd to your firearm’s performance. Yes, the MK23 from Metal Gear Solid is badass - but yes, the guy in the next room is going to hear you shoot it in real life. You can shoot a guy within 2 feet of another guy, and the other guy won’t hear it.Īs we all know, that’s not how cans work at all - with variables like ammunition, range, the action of the weapon, and even freakin’ humidity affecting the quietness of a shot. Most suppressors make the guns whisper quiet. There are two major things wrong with suppressors in video games, and the first is predictable…. The original Mafia would just have you dump your partially loaded mag completely and abandon it. ![]() Navy SEALs, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, and Operation Flashpoint use the partially reload mag scheme. Very few games get this right, and off the top of my head Tarkov, the first SOCOM U.S. A magazine icon appears, either gray (full), yellow (medium), or red (only a few rounds), letting you know the rough current capacity of the weapon after a reload. Rising Storm 2: Vietnam is one of the few games to get partial reloads and re-used magazines correct. My strategy in most games is to automatically reload regardless of how many rounds I’ve fired because I know I’ll never have to deal with a partially loaded mag. Who wants to ditch ammo? Eventually, if the day is long and rough, you’ll find yourself tapping back into partially loaded mags or reloading them completely. Real-life reloads look a little different In real life, after a gunfight, it’s wise to reload and put your partially depleted magazine back in your kit for later. Every time you reload, you’ll use another, fully loaded magazine. That partially loaded magazine never makes an appearance again. Or you know, you can just throw your gun to reload it, Tediore style. This is more or less a generalization of video games. That’s not to say all video games fail in all of these departments or even any of these departments. With that in mind, it’s good to be reminded that video games are completely fiction, and even those considered more realistic shooters often fail. Some games feature guns you can not only buy in real life but even guns you can build, as shown with the PF940 from Insurgency: Sandstorm. Shooting a Glock or AR in a video game is one of the few experiences you can replicate in real life. I’m betting video games are still a great way to garner interest in guns. Video games helped get me into guns and got that spark lit beyond the hunting and sporting firearms I used in my youth. ![]() I’m not doing this to ruin games but rather to educate new shooters who are also gamers. Arma 3 treads on the side of extreme realism, but many gamers want something more casual. I understand not everyone is into Arma levels of detail, but even so, I want to point out the most egregious flaws in modern gaming regarding guns. Video games are meant to be fun and not always realistic, and I get that. I love third, and first-person shooters and typically enjoy killing zombies, aliens, and hellspawn in my free time. (Photo: Gearsofwarwiki)Īs a guy who likes to shoot and game, it’s no surprise. So iconic that media outlets thought chainsaw attachments were actually a thing for AR-15s. Both are fun hobbies that allow me to put all my focus on one particular task. I’ve been shooting since I was a kid, and coincidentally I’ve been playing video games since I was a kid. Regarding hobbies, I have two main ones…firearms and video games. Trending: Ammo in Stock, Best AR-15s, & Best Beginner Handguns
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