Sniper rifle.

[barnacle]

Do you think there will be a sniper rifle in HL2? It would be great for the huge environments.

 

[Vegeta897]

Sure. But why did you attach that screenshot? You already posted it in the art forum...

What gives? A little shameless plugging?

Back On Topic, the crossboy makes a good sniper aswell.

 

[A True Canadian]

The crossbow kinda works like a sniper rifle. But I agree, we may need something more effective with these big outdoor environments.

Cool pic.

 

[KagePrototype]

This was just an excuse to show off your little crude drawing wasn't it?

 

[barnacle]

I like my drawing, doesn't hurt to be there, or does it?

 

[Roland Deschain]

Dude, go work for valve in the art department

 

[<RJMC>]

in the weapons section say that will be a sniper rifle right?

 

[Citizen 1150421]

wow traced out drawings

lame dude..

 

[barnacle]

I was 100% not traced out dude, examine the screenshot and my drawing side by side, not traced. believe me.

 

[Vegeta897]

We are getting off topic, if you wan't to discuss the art, go in the thread that was made for it.

I would like to think we would have a sniper rifle besides the crossbow. That would be cool.

 

[barnacle]

I hope the crossbow isn't the only very long range weapon. The arrows are physically simulated which means they would fall before they hit long range targets unless you aimed above and put a long lead to a moving target, sniper rifle would be much more useful.

 

[Flyingdebris]

personally i'd be happy if they didn't have any snipes

i like medium range precision type weapons, but i loathe sniping. i hate that i will be running around and then die simply because some dude practiced 5000000000 hours with the sniper rifle.

go play farcry and you will see that the people who win are always snipers or nade launcher spammers, usually snipers. AVP2 IMO is ruined by snipers, ruins the atmosphere and breaks up the gameplay in a negative fashion

if i had my way, no sniping at all. the best you can hope for from me is zoomable assault rifles

 

[Crusader]

i like medium range precision type weapons, but i loathe sniping. i hate that i will be running around and then die simply because some dude practiced 5000000000 hours with the sniper rifle.

I don't mind that, I only mind when the dude never practiced at all, and he shoots me in the toe with the awp, killing me instantly. Because it is a noob cannon.

 

[Dsty2001]

The reason sniping in most games is horrible is the fact sniper rifles are way to available and are done unrealistically. Take CS for example, a 1 shot one kill weapon (most of the time) that has no scope sway, not much delay between shooting, and allows you to shoot it while running. Totally lame if you ask me :/

 

[DvS]

The reason sniping in most games is horrible is the fact sniper rifles are way to available and are done unrealistically. Take CS for example, a 1 shot one kill weapon (most of the time) that has no scope sway, not much delay between shooting, and allows you to shoot it while running. Totally lame if you ask me :/

CS isn't supposed to be realistic, so... why do you even bring this age-old argument up? The bottom line is that realism isn't the gaming development holy grail, fun is.

Oh, and you can't fire the AWP while running, unless you're trying to miss.

 

[FoB_Ed]

The reason sniping in most games is horrible is the fact sniper rifles are way to available and are done unrealistically. Take CS for example, a 1 shot one kill weapon (most of the time) that has no scope sway, not much delay between shooting, and allows you to shoot it while running. Totally lame if you ask me :/

Have you ever tried shooting the awp while running? It hits everything but the target you want it to

 

[iamaelephant]

I am not a fan of Sniper rifles, but it won't bother me if they are included.

That drawing looks like something a 5 yer old would pump out.

 

[barnacle]

it wasn't traced and was mouse only.

 

[HerzaiMekhtar]

here we say snipe for bird it is very fast

but i see english it is to shoot strate good from far. i hope it is so we can snipe the enemys

 

[Coolhead2100]

I personally hate sniping of all sorts, besides the real stuff. I have never seen a video game properly portray a sniper rifle. The worst thing they do is have a fake looking 2d texture of a scope.

In my opinion Red Orchestra mod for Unreal Tournament 2004 portrays snipers the best. You are actually looking through a 3d scope, not a crummy 2d texture. And as you move side to side the crosshair becomes out of focus and is partially out of your view.

The fact the snipers own the battlefields on most games makes me sick. It is horrible to be manning a machine gun on dod_charlie and be instantly downed by a rogue sniper hiding with his face underwater. Tell me, how does this guy breathe? Bad water physics...?

 

[xrdanielalan]

Stop discussing the ****ing plugged bitmap image for gods sake!!!

 

[Flyingdebris]

in AVP2 the only people still playing as human are the snipers because the weapon is 1 shot 1 kill, has no sway, and is always 100% accurate, anyone who chooses something else is usually doing it for the sake of mixing it up before he goes back to sniping or a total n00b. you have to play less like an alien and more like a sniper hunter when playing against these people, not very fun

in farcry multi i takes about 15 or so bullets to kill someone with most guns, but only 1 snipe round, total BS

at least the battlefield games are consistent, it usually takes 2 or 3 shots to kill anyone with most guns, snipers can kill in 1 or 2 shots and there's always tanks to protect you.


halflife should stick to having the crossbow as the long range tool of choice, at least i can live with the fact that the person earned that kill. longer range assault rifles or slow reloading medium range guns are also good.

arrrgh i just hate snipers so much

 

[guise]

whoaa, alyx has put on some weight.

 

[Mr-Fusion]

The sniper rifle - refuge of the pussy.

It is horrible to be manning a machine gun on dod_charlie and be instantly downed by a rogue sniper hiding with his face underwater

There's a slight balance problem on charlie. It's horribly biased towards the allies, no challenge. I just spend my time spawn camping the axis now it's so horribly easy. Get a bar right into their spawn and pop them as they appear. Oh well, dumbass dod team lol

 

[laz]

Yes theres a sniper rifle in half life 2

 

[sHm0zY]

I think there will be a sniper rifle. or maby a cross bow.

 

[Tab]

A good game with sniping is Joint Ops. You actually have to pull out your nocs judge the range, set your scope to the range your nocs showed. Then lead the target if hes moving. Yesterday i made a 900 meter head shot while a guy was running. Very hard shot in Joint Ops. The thing will half life is that it doesnt implement any of that (range, bullet movement, sway, visiblity) Mostly because the maps are so small.

Expect to see most of those implemented in half life 2. Im not sure about sway though. Valve has never really implemented that.

 

[Daiceman9]

here we say snipe for bird it is very fast

but i see english it is to shoot strate good from far. i hope it is so we can snipe the enemys

A better definition for sniper rifle, is a gun with a high power zoom that is ment only for shooting at long range.

 

[Crusader]

Yes, a Snipe is a bird here, too

 

[alan8325]

I don't mind having one in single player, but I agree with those that think that the sniper rifle should not be included in multiplayer. Some people get WAAAAY too good at sniping and ruin the gameplay for others. With the larger map sizes in HL2 I can imagine barely walking out into a large open area and then immediately being killed before seeing anybody. It creates a situation where everyone wants the sniper rifle and all there is is competition for good sniping spots.

 

[Dsty2001]

CS isn't supposed to be realistic, so... why do you even bring this age-old argument up? The bottom line is that realism isn't the gaming development holy grail, fun is.

Never said CS was supposed to be realistic, but the fact CS, like many games implements the Sniper Rifle ingame without thinking of the consequences is laughable. You just cant slap a weapon together and add a scope and give it a 1 shot 1 kill ability and throw it in a game, weapons as powerfull as the AWP needs to be given some big downsides also.

 

[richpull100]

The downside should be that you need to crouch and place it on a bipod before you can shoot, and it should require one shot to kill for the upper body only, and at least two for the legs and toes.

 

[KingPing_NOR]

If I tell the truth i'll get banned :angel:

 

[groovy]

i really hated the crosbow in half life because it had the delayed hit. a sniper rifle would be awesome if you were in the really big open areas and there were enemy snipers. personally i loved it in MOHAA where you were in that sniper townand you had sniper wars. abusing the sniper rifle and using it as a bug like unscoped killing on different maps is something valve have to watch out for. it was good on farcry what they did with the sniper rifle: VERY LITTLE AMMO FOR IT. so i always ended up saving it for when i needed it most.

 

[Citizen 1150421]

i really hope the crossbow can do stuff like the painkiller steak gun.. it would add to the flavor..

a sniper rifle would be steller.. but i would want it to be daammn powerful and loud to the point where it attracts attention.. adding to the challenge of where and when its appropriate to use it and get away.

a simple example is farcry. snipe in one area move to the next and the ai goes to the last known position of the shot fired or to the position of the fallen soldier.. interesting stuff

but you know what be really cooooll???







if they released the sweet sweet game.

 

[sharp]

In OP4 there was a sniper rifle.. that rifle didn't even look like a 'hl gun'... to shiny and cartoon looking

 

[crownest]

It is rumored that the long rifle behind the Combine assine's back (concept art) is a sniper rifle.

 

[lans]

HL2 will have a sniper rifle. The evidence is the female ninja who's returning (she even has one on her back) - concept art.

also, there is another "unmentionable" source which confirms the sniper rifle.

 

[h4vvok]

CS you are a highly trained Counter Terrorist or Terrorist...plus the Arctic Warfare actually has a stand, which is why it's so damn heavy to lug around and accurate upon crouching...

 

[The Monkey]

Op4 has a sniper rifle, sp why not HL2?