History Main / SniperRifle

* ''DeusEx'' includes a sniper rifle whose sight crosshairs wobble, with less wobble as your skill improves.
* ''MassEffect'' has a sniper rifle similar to ''DeusEx''.

* ''[[{{Syndicate}} Syndicate's]]'' sniper rifle was long range, but had the power of a pistol. Might as well use the laser or the gauss gun for sniping instead.

* In DarkVoid, the player uses a sniper rifle called the Reclaimer. Sniping becomes VERY awesome when you can shoot from virtually ANY vantage point using your JetPack.

* In DarkVoid, the player uses a sniper rifle called the Reclaimer.

* In LegoStarWars:TheCompleteSaga, some of the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many, many]] characters carry one of these. Interestingly, when aiming, rather than going into first-person mode, the Wii cursor becomes a targeting reticule with a zoomed-in of the action in it.

* In LegoStarWarsTheCompleteSaga, some of the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many, ''many'']] characters carry one of these. Interestingly, when aiming, rather than going into first-person mode, the Wii cursor becomes a targeting reticule with a zoomed-in of the action in it.

* In DarkVoid, the player uses a AlienTech sniper rifle called the Reclaimer.

** To prevent the new long range sniper rifles from obsoleting every other rifles in the game, a couple of restrictions are enforced. As the magnification value of the scope increases, the sniper sees further while looking down the scope but suffers more severe tunnel vision so that one can't see enemies sneaking from the side. (They don't show up on the screen unless the sniper changes stance and turns around, or if there are no other buddies to cover the flanks). In addition, shots may get severely inaccurate if the enemy manages to get within regular assault rifle range.

* The Sniper Rifle in ''[[StarFox Star Fox Assault]]'' is leathal, regardless of where you hit. It's only limited by coming with low amounts of ammo and requring you to be zoomed in.

** TruthInTelivision for military snipers.

* ''Mass Effect2'' removed the wobble and added a time slowdown when scoped for Infiltrator. It also added three new sniper rifles:

** The Widow - quite possibly the best weapon in the game. One-shot, deals as much damage as the ''grenade launcher'', effective against all defenses. It should be -- it was designed to fight shielded and armoured vehicles.

->''Indeed, a good sniper knows how to choose well his hiding place, and the noise of his single shot cannot reveal him. His hit--generally a lethal one.'' \\
-- '''the [[{{Israel}} IDF]] History Department''', ''War of Independence Chronicles''

* ''[[MassEffect Mass Effect 2]]'' removed the wobble and added a time slowdown when scoped for Infiltrator. It also added three new sniper rifles:

* ''{{Prey}}'' has a weird OrganicTechnology-based sniper rifle, complete with a scope in the form of a tentacle that latches onto your eyeball.

*** Covenant Type-51 Particle Beam Rifle. Halos 2, 3, and ODST. ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. In the hands of Jackals on Legendary, will leavy you screaming in incoherent rage.
*** Covenant Type-52 Special Applications Rifle, aka Scope Rifle. Halo Reach. The love child of a sniper rifle and a sentinel beam. Good shield-drainer.
*** UNSC M99 "Stanchion" Special Applications Scoped Rifle. Novels only. [[MagneticWeapons Coilgun]] sniper rifle, accelerates a .22-caliber round to 15 kilometers per second. Can literally [[LudicrousGibs blow a person apart]] from over 6 kilometers out. Only a few people are trained to use it.

* Shows up from time to time in ''{{Texhnolyze}}''.
* In ''{{Yu Yu Hakusho}}'', the Chapter Black arc features a one-line character known as Sniper. His power? Making targets appear on Yusuke's body that he can hit with anything, including knives, a car, a bullet, dice, a rock, etc.

*** If any normal human used it, their bones would be shattered. But Shepard, [[{{Badass}} being Shepard]] has no problem with it and s/he can go to town.

It's generally the reason behind PinkMist. May be used with ScopeSnipe and ([[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome for dramatic rather than functional reasons]]) LaserSight. Related to BoomHeadshot and PrettyLittleHeadshots. Subversion of ShortRangeLongRangeWeapon.

* In ''{{Monster}}'', Tenma uses a prototype that was turned down by the German army.