History Main / SniperRifle

** The Resurgence Pack adds the Kishock Harpoon Gun - one-shot, impales enemies on glowing spears and lets them bleed out.

* ''LethalWeapon'''s Martin Riggs uses a sniper rifle at one point to back up his partner Murtaugh when his family gets kidnapped.

* ''{{Eraser}}'' features railgun sniper rifles that fire aluminum bullets at [[YouFailPhysicsForever "close to the speed of light"]]. They also have X-Ray scopes.

* ''Cold Winter'', a ''GoldenEye''-inspired PS2 FPS, features no fewer than ''four'' different types of sniper rifle through the course of its story missions.

* ''[[GoldenEye GoldenEye 007]]'' is widely credited as being one of the first games to feature a variable-zoom sniper rifle. The developers chose to show off this property by making the sniper rifle accessible within a few seconds of starting the first level of the game -- an area with numerous towers and long-range lines of sight...

* ''{{Eraser}}'' features railgun sniper rifles that fire aluminum bullets at "close to the speed of light". They also have X-Ray scopes.

* JamesBond uses sniper rifles in several films, including ''FromRussiaWithLove'', ''TheLivingDaylights'', ''LicenceToKill'' and ''DieAnotherDay''. Also, ''TheWorldIsNotEnough'''s lengthy ActionPrologue involves a female assassin's use of a LaserSight-equipped sniper rifle.

* ''MaxPayne'''s sniper rifle allows for bullet cam which follows the bullet as it travels to Max's target. Max's sniper rifle is a Remington 700 variant with a detachable mag. His ActionGirl counterpart, Mona Sax, uses a Dragunov SVD for sniping people off.

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' keeps all the rifles from ''2'' and introduces a few new ones. The Black Widow (modded Widow with less damage but three shots), the Cerberus Raptor (weak, but high rate of fire), the Indra (Alienware giveaway, weaker than the Raptor, but fully automatic) and the N7 Valiant (Collector's Edition, capabilities in between Black Widow and Viper). Oh, and the Geth Javelin, which can see through enemy cloaks and fires [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrofluid ferrofluid]].

* In ''TheThrawnTrilogy'', a sniper rifle that shoots an invisible laser beam is used along with a special reflection device to implicate Han Solo in a murder designed to stir up trouble for the New Republic.

* The sniper rifles in ''[[Wolfenstein3D RtCW]]'' wobble for a few moments after the scope is engaged. Walking or aiming will cause the wobble to increase -- sometimes to the point of disengaging the scope, while standing still and crouching will cause it to decrease faster.

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' keeps all the rifles from ''2'' and introduces a few new ones. The Black Widow (modded Widow with less damage but three shots), the Cerberus Raptor (weak, but high rate of fire), the Indra (Alienware giveaway) and the N7 Valiant (Collector's Edition). Oh, and the Geth Javelin, which can see through enemy cloaks and fires [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrofluid ferrofluid]].

* ''MassEffect'' has a sniper rifle similar to ''VideoGame/DeusEx''.
* ''MassEffect2'' 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. Only available for Legion or as an [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity-Plus-One-Gun]] for Soldier / Infiltrator Shepard.
*** If any normal human used it, their bones would be shattered. But Shepard, [[{{Badass}} being Shepard]] has no problem with it [[CurbStompBattle and s/he can]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill go to town.]]

* Being a ''Halo'' {{machinima}}, many characters in ''RedVsBlue'' use them at various times. Church is the one who uses it the most, but has ''terrible'' aim; failing to hit anyone with it. Even [[RalphWiggum Caboose]] shows better marksmanship.

* ''{{Wild ARMs 3}}'' has the Gungnir [=HAG35=] of the MightyGlacier sniper, Clive Winslet. Very accurate and very damaging.

** ''FalloutNewVegas'' features the most powerful sniper rifle in the series: the .50MG caliber Anti-Materiel Rifle. Deliberately designed after the M82A2, the AMR allows the player to one-shot some of the most powerful enemies in the game with normal .50MG rounds, and also allows the use of armor-piercing, incendiary, and ''explosive'' rounds. The only reason it's not a GameBreaker is because the rifle itself weighs as much as three other guns, and the ammo on hardcore mode will weigh you down if you carry more than 25 rounds.

* The Evangelions occasionally use sniper rifles in various episodes of {{Neon Genesis Evangelion}}. Since Angels are best engaged at close range, however, these rifles usually prove ineffective. Rei in Unit-00 usually carries the sniper rifle if one is issued to the Evas, using one at close range against [[spoiler:Armisael (to little effect)]]. Shinji also uses [[spoiler:the prototype positron rifle against Ramiel]].
** Naturally, being a show about [[HumungousMecha giant mecha]], the rifles are as tall as skyscrapers.

** The Farsight is a railgun intended to be used against the enemies who have shields and the boss monster. Interestingly, if used with either the light amplification goggles or the IR goggles, you get a view from the goggles, instead of the x-ray view. The light amplification goggles makes it look like you're firing the gun from [[Eraser]]. The IR goggles does the same thing, only with a red tint.
** There are also many

* In DarkVoid, the player uses a sniper rifle called the Reclaimer. Sniping becomes MUCH more fun when you can shoot from virtually ANY vantage point using your JetPack.
* In LegoStarWars: The Complete Saga, 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 picture of the action in it.

* Being a ''Halo'' Machinima, many characters in ''RedVsBlue'' use them at various times. Church is the one who uses it the most, but has ''terrible'' aim; failing to hit anyone with it. Even [[RalphWiggum Caboose]] shows better marksmanship.

* ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' has [[EmpathicWeapon Storm Raider]], the {{Magitek}} sniper rifle wielded by Vice.

* ''[[{{Counterstrike}} Counterstrike's]]'' infamous AWP, somewhat less infamous [=SG550=], and not-infamous-at-all Scout.

* ''TeamFortress2'': Used with LaserSight.

* Samus gets to use one called the Imperialist in the ''{{MetroidPrimeHunters}}'' single-player mode. In multiplayer, the Imperialist is Trace's signature weapon, and it allows him to turn invisible when standing still long enough.

* [[Eraser]] features railgun sniper rifles that fire aluminum bullets at "close to the speed of light". They also have X-Ray scopes.

* SinCity has seen a few: Burt Shlubb is a sniper. A sniper attacked Dwight in ''Big Fat Kill'' and a seperate one attacked Wallace in ''Hell and Back''.

* In [[CliveBarker Clive Barker's]] ''Jericho'', telekinetic sniper Abigail Black wields a customised sniper rifle, named Flash Thought, equipped with an ''underslung grenade launcher''. She also has an ability known as Ghost Bullet, whereby she fires a shot and [[MagicBullets telekinetically steers the bullet to her targets]] - just one such bullet is able to strike up to three separate enemies.

* The Sniper Rifle in ''[[VideoGame/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.

* The ''[[RatchetAndClank Ratchet & Clank]]''series has sniper rifles from ''Going Commando'' onward.

** It also has a "Gaus Rifle" that has an X-ray scope and shoots through most hard objects. It can be used to great effect against vehicle crews, and the last bossfight against the enemy commander being IN A TANK is way too easy with it. It is not an instakill (exept for headshots) but it does good damage.
* This is sort of the whole point of ''[[Sniper Elite]]''.

* The arcade versions of the ''Silent Scope'' [[LightGunGame Mounted Gun Game]] series are well-known for their sniper rifle gimmick. If you look inside the scope of the simulated gun, the scope simulates a real sniper rifle scope. Usage of this is practically required, as your on-screen targeting sight is too imprecise to hit a far-away enemy with it. [[hottip:*:There's an option in the machine settings to turn the scope off and replace it with a scope on the main screen, [[CompletelyMissingThePoint but why would you want to do that?]]]]

* ''UnrealTournament'' had a Sniper Rifle as its second-most powerful weapon, with the announcer intoning "''[[BoomHeadshot Headshot!]]''" when you peg an enemy in the coconut. It was taken out of ''[=UT2K3=]'', replaced with a variant that [[LightningGun shot lightning bolts]], but returned in ''[[UnrealTournament2004 UT2K4]]''.