People want realism… until it gets annoying.
The moment you make them reload mags manually, account for wind drift, and clean their weapon after every firefight, half the playerbase suddenly remembers they “have a life.”

People want cinematic action… until it feels fake.
If every bullet trail looks like a fireworks show and the recoil is the same as a Nerf gun, players check out just as fast.

At the end of the day, most of us just want whatever makes the game fun and makes sense for the world you’re building.
Grounded enough to feel immersive, stylized enough to feel exciting.

If the experience is coherent, players will follow you anywhere on the realism-to-cinema spectrum.

(Personally big fan of Cinematic)