>shooter game
>every mag has 30 bullets, so your ammo counter will display 30/60, but when you fired 15 rounds and you proceed to reload, the half-full magazine in your gun will be detached and you plug in a fresh magazine, so the remaining ammo in your previous magazine will be thrown away despite not being fired, so the ammo counter should now be 30/30 (30 bullets in your gun and 30 bullets in your only one spare magazine).

>>715554605 (OP)
that level of realism would mindbreak the modern gamer

>>715554605 (OP)
Cartridges, not bullets OP. Bullets are the projectile only. Cartridges are the case+primer+powder+bullet.

>>715554804
Helldivers 2 does this.

>>715554605 (OP)
I liked in Indiana Jones how he reloads each cartridge individually

>>715554605 (OP)
There was an ancient mod for CSS that did this. It actually did a lot for the tactical side of the game. Dovetailed nicely with the old mechanics where you'd buy ammo seperately. Forced a lot of pistol work at the end of rounds. People hated it, though, so Valve went all in on shoot-crouch AK and quick-switch AWP instead.

There are games that do this, but many games are not actually simulations and prioritize gameplay over realism.

>>715554605 (OP)
Why do you have to throw away the old mag? You should be allowed to keep it in exchange for a slower reload, and the chance that you might confuse which mags are full and accidentally load the half-empty one, getting yourself killed. You should also be able to invoke your OCD skill to take out the mag and peek into it to be sure. If you get a quiet moment you could even consolidate your half-full mags one bullet at a time.
Get out of my face with your casualshit.

>>715557170
The first rainbow six did all this, except for the peeking into magazines part. Consolidating your magazines took like 40 seconds and made a ton of noise if I remember correctly.

>>715556789
>>715554804
That's not realism you fucking armchair commando faggot. Realism would be keeping the fully and partially expended magazines because only a fucking retard throws them on the ground.

>>715559861
>because only a fucking retard throws them on the ground.
They literally tell you to drop it and forget it in the Army. Wait..

>>715557170
Games on the more simulation end of the spectrum like swat or rainbow six tend to do this.
Weirdly enlisted does this. If you are a compulsive reloader it might say you have 30 rounds but they are spread out across 5 different mags.

>>715559861
>Oh excuse me enemy allow me to place my half spent magazine in my pouch, please do not shoot me in the meantime!
Kill yourself before the terrorists do.

>>715554605 (OP)
>>715557170
Didn't Red Orchestra do this? There was a "it feels [heavy|medium|light]" pop-up when you reloaded to give you a clue.

>>715558129
I remember that, best tactical shooter I've played