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* The ''[[Silent Scope]]'' series was one big [[Sniping Mission]]. At the very end of each one... "[[One Bullet Left|Bring him down with one shot!]]"
** This trope is somewhat inverted when going inside areas such as the mansion near the end of the first game - the sniper goes through the mansion taking people down from about 20 feet away. Amusingly, though the bad guys are armed with semi-auto pistols and SMGs, they never think to rush you...
* Several levels throughout the ''[[Call of Duty]]'' series (even though your character is never identified as a sniper or marksman, beyond the player character "Soap" in the fourth game being the only member of his squad given scoped rifles... but [[
** Kind of inverted in the first Russian mission in the original ''Call of Duty'', where once upon meeting a sniper, he covers you. And by "covers you", I mean "uses you as sniper bait."
*** Turned around in the first Russian mission of the later ''World at War'', where upon meeting a sniper, he instead gives you his rifle and uses ''himself'' as sniper bait.
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** ''Halo 3: ODST'' includes one mission during which you play as a sniper moving along rooftops in New Mombasa, ending in a segment defending your group from alien dropships with missiles galore. In addition, the nighttime segments wandering New Mombasa can become one with a sniper rifle from a supply cache or defeated enemy sniper.
** ''Halo: Reach'''s sniping mission is done alongside the squad's sniper, Jun, and also includes [[Invisibility Cloak|active camouflage]] and hologram armor abilities.
* Along with the ''CoD'' series, the ''[[Medal of Honor]]'' series also has quite a few sniping missions, and it's also mostly [[
** Sniper's Last Stand, the [[Scrappy Level]] of ''Allied Assault'', pits you against dozens of well-hidden [[Hit Scan|insta-hit]] snipers, then combines it with an [[Escort Mission]] in the second half. The last level of the mission, "The Bridge", is also a [[Hold the Line]], where you first have to stop Nazis from detonating the explosives, then call air strikes to protect the tank as it crosses the bridge.
** The Reboot, however, is notable for having one of the player characters ''being'' a sniper, with your NPC ally being his spotter. Everytime you play as him, you ''will'' get to snipe some unsuspecting terrorists. And it is awesome.
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* The first [[Sin]] has a short section wherein you must snipe all the guards on an oil rig before you can board it. An easy mission, as the guards are never close together and have predictable patrol routes.
* Playing through Magoichi's story mode in [[Samurai Warriors]] 2 will result in sniping mini-missions.
* [[Shadows of the Damned]] has a chapter (4-1) devoted to what basically amounts to a sniping mission. Your character's [[Living Weapon]], Johnson, listens to a sexy phone call, [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|gets incredibly excited, and extends to a six-foot-long cannon.]] You're then tasked with gunning down slowly approaching [[Smash Mook|Smash Mooks]] from far off.
* While it isn't a mission ''exactly'', there's a certain trench area in [[Fallout|Fallout 3]] filled with Super Mutants. The optimum strategy, therefore, is to use a stealth boy and snipe them.
* ''[[Mini Robot Wars (Video Game)|Mini Robot Wars]]'' has a sort-of example with one of its [[Mini Game|Mission Stages]] (Sharpshooter). You control a Sniper Minirobot and have to shoot down enemy Machines before they cross the end of the screen. The catch is that you can ''only'' attack an enemy when a [[Crosshair Aware|crosshair appears on them]] (by clicking the middle of the crosshair), otherwise the Sniper will miss.
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** The second game has one you need to fire to cover one of your troop who's moving toward the enemy hideout.
* ''[[Saints Row]]'' had McManus Says Hello, a mission where the player had to snipe down a bunch of Carnales and Colombians. With RPGs.
* ''[[Gears of War]] 2'' had a small part in a mission where a sniper rifle is placed before you over a rocky ledge, allowing you to see a bunch of enemies over a long, open area - with the main character saying "Anybody need some sniper practice?". The main character would yell out their kill count after each escalating kill, ''louder''. The lines are: "That's one. ''That's two.'' ''That's three!'' THAT'S FOUR! [[This Is
* The last part of one of the missions in ''[[Perfect Dark]]'' has you sniping enemies ''through walls'' as you and Elvis escape from the underwater research base.
** In Agent and Special Agent difficulties, the Carrington Villa level starts off with you covering a negotiator with a sniper rifle. Perfect Agent makes you the negotiator - with [[Lazy Backup|no one covering you]].
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