Is this the Best Weapon of All Time? - Sniper Rifles

Gameplayer is taking a look at the greatest weapons of all time and has gone live with an exploration of the legendary Sniper Rifle. It looks at the best in the business, the history of the weapon and offers tactics on how to best play using the sniper rifle.

[SlappingOysters]

Spawn campers in Battlefield and orp masters in CS kind of ruined the sniper rifle for me.

[trancefreak]

I agree with that man it takes the fun from the game getting killed instantly respawning.

I like being a sniper though but it suks in battlefield bad co where your team will spawn with you and noobs will start firing next to you giving your position away. Or they expose you just by respawning next to you.

Overall sniping is cool if you get into a good position for awhile and you can really soften the enemies up for your advancing team.

[PimpHandStrong]

throw smoke and find a spot near by to shot from.

use the smoke for cover and do not move from your spawn till u get that guy

then if your good enough

pay back can be alot of fun!

[SH3MRON]

You could see thru walls and kill anyone behind cover was pretty sweet. And all the techniques work well in a halo type shooter but not in a cod type cause no scoping in cod will get you killed more times than you kill. Its not like halo where you can no scope people from the other side of the map since the dot is very precise.

[Fishy Fingers]

Halos sniper rifle has always annoyed me. When your not scoped you shouldn't have a crosshair. That's how most games try and keep the Rifles balanced.

UT is the same, I don't know anyone who even uses the scope because you might as well use the normal crosshair.

[I_LOVE_MYSELF]

Dont you like Warhawks sniper rifle?
I like it for lining up no scopes

@ fishy

its a white dot in the center of the screen which changes to red when you are aiming at your enemy... Plus its 1 hit kill...

[Fishy Fingers]

Does Warhawk have a crosshair when unscoped? I honestly cant remember.

My problem with it is that to keep the sniper rifles balanced most games force you to use the scope to reduce your peripheral vision, if they offer a crosshair as well you basically have a single shot gun with amazing power and accuracy from the hip.

It's far more satisfying getting someone no scope when there is no crosshair, simply lining up your victim with the centre of your screen. Well I think so anyway.

[Barbapapa123]

there is a tiny dot in warhawk but every thing moves to fast to aim properly.

[Mozilla89]

I never though of it like that before but now that you guys mentioned it, you're right. lol I never use the scope in UT and sometimes in Halo but my most memorable kill in halo was a no scope.

[I_LOVE_MYSELF]

Mosin Nagant!

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[TheColbertinator]

I prefer Dragunov

[I_LOVE_MYSELF]

But its your opinion so have a bubble

[Killjoy3000]

Since the Mosin Nagant was wielded by The End, I agree. The Killzone 2 sniper rifle will be the best Sniper Rifle ever.

[TheColbertinator]

@Gametime

Infidel? Dragunov is USSR creations there

[Killjoy3000]

So is the Mosin Nagant. So, even if infadels were Russian in his perspective, he'd be severely contradicting himself.

[Dark General]

I love the Mosin Nagat. Best part in MGO is popping someone with one of those then setting up mags all around them for when they wake up.

[socomnick]

Both of you guys fail. Neither the Mosin Nagant nor the Dragonav are dedicated sniper rifles.

M40s, m24s and artic warfare magnums are.

[nizza]

I love the Mosin Nagant. <3

It's great fun in MGS4 rather than MGO as you get to use the emotion rounds. Shooting some guy on his foot with a laugh round so he stands up out of cover and gets owned by the militia is my fave part of it.

For the MGO snipers out there:

http://www.gametrailers.com...

>.<

[Killjoy3000]

You're the one that fails, because you've never played a Metal Gear game so you don't know how iconic those guns are in that universe.

[rev20]

My personal favourite game for sniping was Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault on the pc was awesome :D

I prefer games where you can run and gun with the sniper rather then the ones that focus on realism when sniping ;)

[PimpHandStrong]

barret .50cal

[iceman2885]

Without the AWP from Counterstrike...

[Fishy Fingers]

Bah.... that gun causes more arguements than it's worth. Scout is where the skill is at.

AWP is great on the surf maps though.

[iNcRiMiNaTi]

not real but the lancer in gears of war. AR + Chainsaw = fun
the barrett m107 from cod4
the barrett m95 in ghost recon 2
and my favorite gun of all time for a bunch of military/shooter games is the H&K G36c

the barrett m468 and kalashnikov (which is mandatory for a modern day shooter) get honorable mentions

[lowcarb]

I've always hated snipers but then again they add balance to the warzone and stop run and gunners.

[Fux4Bux]

But I hate most game's sniper rifles. They need a lot more realistic aiming. Just point and click is waay too accurate.

[I Call 9MM]

All I have to say is, getting a bulltrue in Halo 3 when someone is charging at you is pretty satisfying.

[Altis1]

The weapon of choice for cowards and pus*ies worldwide.

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

and your logic for that is? because they chill in a discrete position and take well placed shots at key members of opposition?

that likes saying if your part of an artillery crew your a coward because your not running at the enemy with an AR.

i garantee you if you take away a snipers rifle, and give him a basic AR he will outperform most soldiers on the battlefield because they're gonna be a lot more accurate, take better shots, and take shots when they are less exposed to the enemy.

thats why snipers are selected in the first place--because they're better shots.

people that hate snipers don't get it. there are no 'rules' in war. follow a 'rule-book' and get your ass handed to you by someone who's in it to win it.

[Timesplitter14]

They forgot the ''recommended by Mr. Kojima'' sniper canon from MGS4

[DoctorXpro]

Its m82

[Killjoy3000]

There needs to be a mainstream game (not VBS2) that embraces a spotter functionality to allow for fart more accurate shots.

[Lich120]

I completely agree. Would be nice to see something like that in say CoD 6, since that will be a fitting game for such a thing. Me and a buddy were just discussing how we wish CoD 4 had something like that.

[nizza]

I was thinking the same thing myself after watching jarheads.

2 player co-op, one sniper, one spotter.
Distance, arc, wind, pretty much everything that could effect a shot, coming in to play

[ReaperXL7]

The best weapons in first person shooters are Gatling Guns, Or Flamethrowers.

Mow'um down or light them up.

[N4g_null]

Scopes only work in games where you move like gravy frozen to the plate. The situational gun or kills are the best though. It's always fun killing snipers though. Quake and every other game got harder when people stop spawn camping or camping period.

If the scope is too powerful then you have to blame the level design also. Snipers are always left open.

[LightofDarkness]

Lightsabers. Let's be honest now.

[Ps3Fanboy777]

When you look at video games as a whole and how far they have gone back you begin to form a list. A long list. A long list of favorite weapons that you enjoy more then your little brother. From the chainsaws, to grenades, to smoke bombs, to nukes, to fighter pilots dressings in armadillo pink saying Yankee doodle light this poodle.

For real though out of all games made.