High-Powered Crossbow, Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle, or a Sci-Fi Sniper?

[walls of cetepedes]

I love a good ol' bolt action sniper rifle.
Wave G'bye to yer head, wanka!

I too love the Bolt actions. They feel... more powerful.

 

[Flour]

I'd like an Aratech Sniper Rifle with a Tri-Light scope, but no game has one

The Gauss Rifle in Fallout 3 is probably my favourite sniper. It sounds great and looks even better. The only problems are the accuracy and single shot.

 

[Neurowaste]

My Mosin Nagant 91/30 and my original SVD with the PSO-1 scope is all i need....

 

[Magnatek]

Farsight XR-20 from Perfect Dark. Scoring points through walls for victory! In other words, Sci-Fi sniper.

 

[painfull2006]

It would ahve to be the semi automatic rifleThere is no satisfaction like the roar and kick back of the rifle as a huge slug penetrates the other guys head.... YEAH I HAVE PROBLEMS OK! DEAL WITH IT XD

 

[Kajt]

I prefer bolt-action sniper rifles, especially this one:

Spoiler

 

[ElTigreSantiago]

Gotta love the Remmington 700, I've pwned some serious deer-noobs with that sucker. And as a bonus I got to use it in Call of Duty 4.

 

[Treblaine]

Rifles are for pansies, knife for the win:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0k1An6oj-4&feature=related

PS: On topic, I prefer a good old conventional bolt action rifle for sniping. The same basic design has been ruling the battlefield since 1880's. 125 years of military tactics can't be wrong.

 

[Mad Maniac with axe-firing chainsaw]

I'm gonna go with an artillery piece. Now that's sniping!

Other than that, I'd say Halo's human sniper rifle for sheer damage dealing potential. When it can go through a legendary elites shielding in one shot (only for blue elites) then you know you've got a powerful weapon in your hands. (They can take full clips from other weapons.)

Other than that, the Fallout 3 sniper rife... on the few occasions I can find the ammo to shoot it.

I think I'm going to go find Fallout 3 again...

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

I'd have to go with the Dragunov.
It's so lovely, and with digital camo *Collapses foaming at the mouth*
I'm at my best sniping with the Drag' over any other sniper I use (Maybe Kar 98k equal)

 

[TheSeventhLoneWolf]

For some reason i loved the vintage rifle from timesplitters.

other than that i took a general liking for bolt actions, i love the feeling of taking a shot from far out, coming out of scope after my kill and then moving to a different position while anyone else panics and shoots flames/throws grenades at all the green things around them. (trees, bushes, zebras. the lot)
If anything gets close, i give 'em a knick with a melee weapon, both of these tactics i love to do on farcry 2.

 

[k3v1n]

the best(for me) would be the Hl2 crosswbow along with the GoW bolt action sniper and the scoped Mosin Nagant in cod 2

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

I'll go future-retro with IMIPAK

Basically, it's a small lightbeam that sets up an unstable molecule pattern in the body it touches. All it needs then is a signal from the powerpack and the molecule unscrambles, shredding all similar DNA.

Best thing is it's range. One million miles.

Major cookies to whoever knows where I got it from

 

[HellbirdIV]

Semi-automatic high-powered fifty-caliber sniper rifle, always.

The Barret .50 in CoD4, the PTRS-41 in CoD5, and of course the delightful SRS99-series in the Halo trilogy.

The kick, the sound, and of course the effects on the targets all get me excited when using them.

 

[Unknower]

Spoiler: I'm more of a follower of this school of thought.

Anyway, W2000 is cool.

125 years of military tactics can't be wrong.

Human wave attacks. Invention of machine guns. 'Nuff said.

 

[Ginnipe]

Any cross-bow gives me pleasure, and once you kill someone you can take your ammo back, beat that bullets.

 

[MasterSqueak]

The Exitus rifle of the Imperial Vindicare Assassin's.

http://warhammer40k.wikia.com/wiki/Weapons_of_the_Imperium#Exitus_rifle

I'd like an Aratech Sniper Rifle with a Tri-Light scope, but no game has one

Giant cookie for you, good sir!

Wow, I just gave my first cookie!

 

[Treblaine]

125 years of military tactics can't be wrong.

Human wave attacks. Invention of machine guns. 'Nuff said.

Fair point, just because a tactic has been used for a long time doesn't make it valid.

However, bolt action rifles have been the centre of sniper tactics that have ruled the battlefield for the PAST 125 years, they are STILL relevant today. Unlike human wave attacks that have been obsolete not just since machine guns but even since the first firearms, snipers remain incredibly hard to counter.

In fact the best counter to a sniper armed with a bolt action rifle, is another skilled sniper with a bolt action rifle. Weapons that are by all definitions antique in design. Recent advancements like fibreglass stocks offer trivial advantages, and even the big .50BMG rifles are a close cousin to the 19th century elephant guns. In fact it is only the bolt action versions of the .50BMG rifles that are reasonably portable.

That's why I think the bolt action sniper rifle is the best, it is such a classic weapon and shows no sign of becoming obsolete in the foreseeable future so you know it's the smart choice too.

PS: This might make sniping tactics obsolete:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunshot_Location_Detection_System

 

[not a zaar]

I love the sniper rifle in Fallout (and Fallout 2), just because it's so satisfying to land that critical eye shot and it has wonderful range. Half Life 2 has a really cool crossbow though, it shoots superheated rebar, that's awesome! Too bad it's a projectile weapon and not a hitscan, very hard to use against moving targets since its difficult to judge distance and direction in a game.

 

[CrikeyO]

I'd forgotten about the crossbow in Bioshock, it was pretty awesome.

Give me the Beam Rifle from Halo 3 any day though. The camera sound it makes when you fire it allows so many bad puns to see the light of day.