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The Sniper Rifle (スナイパーライフル Sunaipā Raifuru) is a long-ranged weapon. It debuted in Time Crisis 3, and has appeared in subsequent Time Crisis games and the spin-off Razing Storm.
Overview[]
The sniper rifle is a long-ranged variant of a regular battle rifle, only obtained in certain gameplay sequences. Its use makes it only viable against targets in longer ranges, as most of the game's firefights take place at ranges where a sniper rifle would be not appropriate to the situation, hence its use by the player characters is not seen often compared to the standard weapons in the player's inventory.
V.S.S.E. agents Giorgio Bruno and Evan Bernard briefly used a sniper rifle inside a helicopter to disable a truck by shooting its back tires, next-generation agents Luke O'Neil and Marc Godart commandeered sniper rifles on their way towards Wild Dog's factory to eliminate the sentries posted there.
Use by Non-V.S.S.E. protagonists[]
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S.C.A.R. operatives and Almada Penitentiary prison guards sniper rifle
Alicia Winston, a sharpshooter in Lukano Liberation Army used her bolt-action sniper rifle to great effect against Zagorias Federation Army sharpshooters wielding similar sniper rifles of their own. Both S.C.A.R. Alpha and Delta teams used semi-automatic sniper rifles as well.
Gameplay[]
The sniper rifle acts differently than most weapons in the player's standard arsenal as it requires the player aim down the scope (by getting out of cover) before firing, this will zoom the player's view to the location of where the player is aiming to, allowing to take down enemies from a long distance. It functions as a long range version to the handgun, firing one bullet at the player's crosshair at a slow rate. The sniper rifle itself usually contains a few rounds inside the magazine, however. There are certain exceptions to the amount of rounds it has, though. In Razing Storm Story Mode, this is the starting main weapon in Lixeira/Stage 3.
As it is a special weapon, the player cannot change to the sniper rifle in the weapon switching system introduced in Time Crisis 3, they have to discard the sniper rifle after its use. The exception is Razing Storm Story Mode which the player can choose to retain and use it until all ammunition runs out, or exchange it for another main weapon at certain points of the game.
Statistics[]
- Starting ammunition: same as magazine capacity
- Maximum ammunition: 66 (Razing Storm Story Mode, 6 rounds inside sniper rifle with 60 reserve rounds)
- Magazine capacity: 3 (Time Crisis 3), 2 (Time Crisis 4), 6 (Razing Storm Story Mode), 1 (Time Crisis 5)
- Rate of fire: one round per trigger pull, depends on player
- Special attributes: infinite ammo (Razing Storm Arcade Mode and Time Crisis 5), infinite magazines (excluding Razing Storm Story Mode), can headshot enemies, can zoom into targets, available in certain sections
Advantages[]
- Unlimited magazines (excluding Razing Storm Story Mode)
- Unlimited rounds (Razing Storm Arcade Mode and Time Crisis 5)
- Excels in single target damage
- Can zoom into targets and has an aiming marker to assist in accurate shots (the latter trait is applicable in Razing Storm and Time Crisis 5).
Disadvantages[]
- Paltry magazine size; must be reloaded after 1, 2, 3 or 6 rounds (Time Crisis 5, Time Crisis 4, Time Crisis 3 and Razing Storm Story Mode respectively. For the first game, the reloading is done automatically)
- Only available on certain sections, then discarded afterwards (excluding Razing Storm Story Mode)
- Semi-automatic, must be fired for every trigger pull
- Delay between shots, preventing chase shots (Time Crisis 3 only), or requiring the follow up shot to be placed more quickly (Time Crisis 5 only)
- Fires only one shot for every trigger pull
- Non-headshots caused from this weapon are not a one-shot kill (Razing Storm Arcade Mode and Story Mode, and Time Crisis 5)
Models[]
Each character/faction used varying models of the sniper rifle throughout the series:
Protagonists/Supporting[]
- Alicia Winston: Accuracy International Precision Marksman bolt-action sniper rifle
- VSSE Trainees: Accuracy International Precision Marksman bolt-action sniper rifle (Time Crisis 3), Mk 12 SPR (Time Crisis 4)
- Giorgio Bruno and Evan Bernard: Mk 12 SPR
- S.C.A.R. operatives and Almada Penitentiary prison guards: Modified Walther WA 2000 semi-automatic sniper rifle
- Luke O'Neil, Marc Godart and Robert Baxter: GOL bolt-action sniper rifle
Antagonists[]
- Ricardo Blanco: Unknown sniper rifle (in attract mode)
- Zagorias Federation Army sharpshooters: Accuracy International Precision Marksman bolt-action sniper rifle
- Jared Hunter: Modified HK PSG-1 sniper rifle (Crimson Beach fight)
- Hamlin Battalion soldiers: Unknown sniper rifle
- Marcus Black: Heavily-modified Barrett M107 anti-material rifle with charging ability
- Renegade Soldiers: Unknown sniper rifle
- H.A.C.S. powered exoskeleton: Denel NTW-20 anti-material rifle
Trivia[]
- The antagonists killed by sniper rifle bullets are Jake Hernandez and Paulo Guerra.
- Along with the submachine gun, the sniper rifle is the weapon available in all the Razing Storm Story Mode stages including the robot boss fight.
- In a Time Crisis 3 cutscene, a bullet casing ejected from sniper rifle has the Zagorias Federation Army logo.
- When Robert Baxter uses the sniper rifle if players fail the "Snipe Event", he is seen firing two consecutive shots without manually moving the bolt handle to eject the empty cartridge case between shots. This is despite the sniper rifle being a bolt-action type which requires an empty cartridge to be manually ejected after each shot.
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