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Flashlights IRL vs flashlights in games [meme]
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Meanwhile, shotguns in games are all over the place. They have a range of like 30 feet, at 31 they are garbage. Meanwhile, irl, buckshot remains effective at 90-150ft.
However, body armor is very effective at stopping buckshot IRL (necessitating aiming at unarmored parts), but seems irrelevant in games.
The shotgun range thing is mostly because almost no shooters have realistically scaled combat areas.
Well yeah, it's really hard to see people who are far away.