I've yet to see any game that comes even close to modeling "real" shooting.
FYI I'm a retired US Marine who spent another 12 years as a cop after my service.
So one would hope I have some idea what I'm talking about on this subject (as opposed to the arm-chair commandos that usually comment so rabidly on this subject).
Other then snipers most real-life shooting involves:
1) Fleeting glimpses of your opposition
2) Being shot back at
3) A considerable amount of tension/fear on your part
4) Many, many other variables
None of these makes for typical game marksmanship (hitting 25-90% of the time).
Does this mean I want my character to have to haul a wagon load of ammo around and game firefights to last 5 minutes without a hit be either side?
Heck no.
But please, please don't assume game shooting has more then superficial resemblance to real life.
Not to be rude , but your post basically amounted to
"I have so much experience, and I can tell you that "realistic" games do not reflect reality. .":
this does not require military experience to know.
I served in the army, I actually like military-themed games and so did a lot of the guys that were in my unit so I'm not sure where this apparent strong dislike for them come from . It might be a generation thing but the people that
did play games didn't play single player RPGs in the barracks or the mess. They played skill-based games (mainly military shooters).
Realism is a generally desirable feature, regardless of the genre (or the media) because of suspension of disbelief.
Also, you're attacking a huge strawman. No one implied or said the opposite.
"Movies are real life with the boring parts cut out" -Alfred hitchcock
By design, you have to leave out details that wouldn't make a fun game.
I would not play a historical game if it didn't model historical events. Would you play an NHL video game if it didn't try to at least mimic an NHL game?
Modeling real life simply make for great gameplay mechanics in a lot of cases. And that's what the bottom line really is.
You could be the reincarnation of George patton. It would not change a thing. The style of gameplay you advocated in your other posts is terribly outdated.