On FPS Sniping And The Ruination Of Gameplay

An anonymous reader writes "FiringSquad has a great article today which puts forth the claim that sniper rifles in multiplayer FPS games have made the genre infinitely worse. They take the time to explain why, and what improvements need to be made. It's definitely not the standard 'I hate campers' article." The editorial argues: "Every... 'reason' for the existence of sniper rifles - realism, historical accuracy, weapon diversity, giving players identifiable roles - is a lie", concluding that "...in games, snipers are given a ludicrous advantage over everyone else."

Comments

Re:America's army

[wolf-]

Very true.
#1 Takes skill to finish the sniper training
#2 Limit of one or 2 per side, dependant on total number on team
#3 It is NOT easy to get a frag using it.

But then, the article author is living in his own little world. He wants "realism" but is playing a GAME.