In terms of gameplay mechanics, old school zoom aiming achieves the same thing as ADS. Is getting to press your nose against virtual firearms really that important in a game about shooting werevolves and vampires?
I blame this on the proliferation of Call of Duty over traditional scifi and fantasy shooter franchises. You can fucking ADS on an assault rifle in Halo now 
Especially since the president at the time was Ronald Reagan.
Imagine if the game was about infiltrating the kidnappers just to kill him.
"Are you a bad enough dude to [redacted] the president?"