Developers too controlling?

Take for example a First Person Shooter. So many games lock player movement, starting weapons, damage, weapon switch speed(To fire/whatever), amount of weapons carried, among so many other features. Third person options...

In the end, we can easily create a default setting.

// Curtis Turner - IceIYIaN
// Creator of Elements of War!
// http://www.ElementsofWar.net/ 
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