Quote Originally Posted by TeeKup View Post
Typically the average range of a shotgun is around 40-50 yards. For some odd reason or another video game developers (and some other misinformed individuals) seem to get the idea that shotguns are only effective for a good 5 feet.
Don't mean to get offtopic, but Just Cause 2 seems to acknowledge that 40-50 yards. The damn AI EATS my fucking health with shotguns, even when far away. Makes me want to cry

Also, if they wanted they could just as easily write off saying that some kind of round was used which gives it more instant UMPH! but at the sacrifice of range. That and they said that in previous games (or was it just Halo2 or 3?) the projectiles sometimes went outside the reticule? Something which DOESN'T happen in Reach.

In the end: artistic liberties.