I got to interview the_s-man and Epitomiz3 from the Half-Life 2 mod Citizen-132. Here a small preview:
F-M-B.org:
Realism or bunny hopping 1337 gameplay? As far as the theme of the mod will allow it of course. And will the HUD (Heads Up Display) also be influenced by this in the way of no Hud or limited HUD?
Epitomiz3:
Realism. As for the heads up display I do not think we have fully decided it. What you don't know is scary sometimes. If you did not know if you have 2 or 15 bullets and a creature was close by I
would hate to guess and only have 2.
the_s-man:
I agree with Epitomiz3. We want to scare the player as much as possible, and in real life, you don't really know how many bullets you have in your gun (unless you count), so we are going to try to keep the HUD as sparse and not overbearing as possible.
The full interview can be found here: http://www.f-m-b.org/interviews/interview_citizen_132.htm