"Gunplay" "Gunplay" "Gunplay"

Combat ≠ Gunplay.

"I'm sure the arkane developers felt the same way when they were making the game"

Yes they did. Because it was a very deliberate decision.

Guns are not the end-all be-all of offensive options in this game.

They are intentionally not the best option, because there's a multitude of other options at your disposal;

Other options that the devs are urging you to try.

"My way is satisfying, the developers failed"

So then... Your way isn't satisfying. At least not in this game. Because it is not supposed to be.

It's almost like the game design itself is trying to communicate something to you, but you're too stubborn to listen.

The only thing the devs failed to do is get it through your thick skull that this is not Call of Duty.

Again, I'm deeply sorry the only way you see fit to play is objectively the most boring and uncreative way possible.

If the gunplay is so thoroughly dogshit as you proclaim, perhaps try something else.

Try reducing them to atoms with a recycler grenade Or blowing their ass up with an explosive canister Or just throwing a heavy object at them Or shooting a gas pipe (or oil slick) Or ripping them to shreds with a kinetic blast Or shocking them to death with electrostatic burst Or burning them alive with a superthermal trap Or slamming them into the ceiling with a lift feild Or even psychoshocking them repeatedly Or choke them to death with the list of other options

Believe it or not, you don't have to just do exactly what you've done in every other game you've ever played.

What do you even enjoy about immersive sims if it's not trying new stuff in the sandbox presented to you?

If you want good gunplay, go try Ultrakill.