maybe a hot take but i'm pretty sure every single fps that tried "rpgizing" its gameplay by adding Numbers™️ above the meatbags you're shooting at has only worsened the experience it was trying to convey
a dozen or so of playtime hours ago i had the thought of just disabling all this shit in Cyberpunk 2077: all damage numbers, enemy health bars, ammo counter and crosshair*. this is combined with mods that force manual reload, make you lose the ammo left in a discarded magazine, disable recoil recovery and improve blood and ragdolls.
the experience is suddenly brutally satisfying. i'm no longer tempted to look at the Numbers™️ or have my attention drawn by a useless healthbar pointlessly conveying that the gonk i'm shooting at is still standing.
my shotgun feels massively powerful at close range and i can tell whoever was on the receiving end is dead because one of their arms went flying and there's a hole in their chest; not because their healthbar disappeared after big Numbers™️ were displayed
*no shade if you feel the need to have the last two but for real just try at least removing the counter; you can't run out of ammo in this game so it's ideal to try
