Sniping Mission: Difference between revisions

*** 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.

** One mission in ''Call of Duty 4: [[Modern Warfare]]'' places you as a sniper with a very-long-range rifle, trying to take out a single target from about a mile away. Once the shot is fired, {{spoiler|assuming it has actually hit the target (the ballistics are malevolently real, other than the bullet always [[Story Overwrite|lopping off the target's arm no matter where you end up hitting him]]), you will have to use the gun again to take out a helicopter pilot (though at a much shorter range)}}.

* The first mission (except for the tutorial) in ''[[Hitman]]: Codename 47'' (it can be done without sniping, but it is dangerous.)

* The NES versions of ''Golgo 13'' have incredibly easy sniping missions, especially in comparison to the rest of the game. [[Justified Trope|Of course, Golgo 13 is very, very good at it.]]

* Occurs in ''[[Hostile Waters]]''. ''An RTS.'' In one of the missions, you have to kill a helicopter pilot without getting too near. The only weapon with the neccessary range and accuracy is the Rapier. An [[No Kill Like Overkill|''anti-tank laser cannon'']].

* Several times in the lightgun game ''Ghost Squad'', with a time limit on taking out all the enemies. Mandatory in the first mission, and two optional occasion in the third, one with a thermal sight where you have to shoot through walls.

* The game ''Baito Hell 2000'' (or ''[[Work Time Fun]]'' in US/EU) contained a Sniping game called Happy Sniper. The splash screen ripped off Golgo 13, and the point was to shoot people with a drug which made them happy. The only sniping game you'll ever play where the target is wearing a sombrero and a barrel and has chicken legs.

* The PS2 port of ''[[Time Crisis]] 3'' has the "Rescue Mission" mode, with some of its stages requiring you to use a sniper rifle. ''Time Crisis 4'' has something very similar at the end of Stage 1 Area 2.

* ''[[Razing Storm]]'''s third stage begins with a sniping segment, necessary to allow your allies to transfer the location of the [[Big Bad]] to the [[Kill Sat]]. Missing a shot will alert on-screen enemies, and unless you react quickly and finish them, this will draw out enemies and make you waste time (and possibly health).

* One shows up in [[Twilight Princess]]. You don't really ''need'' to snipe your way across, a sword and hookshot does the trick, but it's somuch more fun to shoot a Moblin in the face without fear of retaliation. And let's not forget the awesome music that plays during this sequence...

* [[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.

 

{{examples|Examples of Sniping [[Escort Mission|Escort Missions]]}}

** 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]].

*** The Perfect Agent isn't nearly as hard as it sounds, since you start with a gun disguised as a laptop. And can potentially kill one of the snipers on the roof so they drop they're rifle where you can reach it.

* 007: Nightfire had a level with a major sniper-escort section where a Bond has to provide sniper support from the tower of an airbase. Subverted however because the silenced Walther pistol that is signature to the franchise, is in fact [[Hit Scan|more accurate and does more damage]], the fact that AI Bondgirl being escorted will react to gunfire by taking cover behind an object that provides maximum exposure to all present hostiles, really helps to punch the whole level down into a [[Scrappy Level]], [[It Got Worse|a second sniper section shows up later in the same level]].

** Thankfully, the console version drops this in favor of an intro/training mission where Bond snipes the cars chasing Dominique through Paris. If a new profile is started (which automatically begins this mission), the game automatically locks onto the gunmen or tires to make it a turkey shoot, and it's still quite easy with manual aiming.

=== Examples of [[Sniping Mission|sniping]] [[Boss Battle|boss battles]] ===

 

** [[Theres No Kill Like Overkill|Or Stingers]].

* The {{spoiler|second}} fight against {{spoiler|Vamp}} in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2 Sons of Liberty]]''. Different from the other two because {{spoiler|Vamp}} does not have a sniper rifle, he is instead attacking your escort with his knives, and of course if she dies it's game over. It's not a very difficult boss battle, though.

* And to round out the series, ''[[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots]]'' puts you up against Crying Wolf, who uses a ''[[BFG|rail gun]]'' with a sniper scope (that is, when she's not trying to trample you). Like the fight with The End, though, you can use other weapons against her. Defeating her results in you getting the rail gun, which will be essential (due to its lethality) for an upcoming segment.

* While not a true boss battle, you have to bring down a sniper in a building who's found you and your comrade in the ''Call of Duty: World at War'' mission "Vendetta." As your comrade will only act as bait twice, a way to overcome this through a gameplay exploit is to remember which window he calls out, quit and resume the mission from the main menu. Immediately put your crosshairs on that window, hold your breath when he asks if you're ready, and hopefully the sniper will walk right into the shot. You also have to kill a German general at the near-end of the mission before he can escape off-screen to the right side, although there's an Achievement/Trophy for landing the fatal blow with a pistol, and he has at least one more marksman covering his escape.

* The Nosferatu battle in ''[[Resident Evil Code Veronica]]'' is the only time in the game you get to use a sniper rifle.