"The effectiveness of handguns is roughly comparable to that of rifles at 40 and 80 m."
This is from the intense testing (Pdf) by Drifter Man. This game is a zombie-shooter. I mean, they shoot at you and you don't take cover, pistols are like rifles...
This is the official website of the game but I wonder why it is an anathema to say that this game is a zombie-shooter game.
I am still testing the AI in one scenario...
The AI is deploying where it should even if I had to move one
Any pistol in the game will go 'bang-bang-bang' as fast as you can pull the trigger. That's a luxury bolt action rifles don't have, especially if the rifleman is on his feet and moving. A low chance of hitting the target is not the same as no chance of hitting the target.
People talk of CM casualty rate being too high but we're talking WWII where as many men can die in a single afternoon's battle as died in all eight years of the Iraq war. In the Battle of the Bulge the US saw 89,500 casual