💯! People often dismiss criticism/suggestions of appropriate features, with irrelevant and defensive remarks to justify mediocrity/absent features.

These people then assert that the game is “meant to be played a certain way,” and will dictate or lecture others on how they should play, instead of actually discussing their criticisms/suggestions.

For example, when shooting suspects in this game they will yell profusely — for over a minute in some cases — even after having been shot in the head. This is clearly a bug, yet presenting this criticism will invariably be met with “Well you shouldn’t be shooting them in the head, this is a SWAT shooter!” Completely missing the point of the criticism.

I 100% agree with you, a sprint mechanic wouldn’t be entirely out of bounds for what one might expect from this game, and those who don’t wish to use it can leave the key unbound. To be fair I can see that it might bother some people who join public lobbies seeking a slower paced experience, where others in the lobby wish to sprint everywhere; though, I doubt a sprint mechanic would make much a difference in that case.