Sniper Rifle (cut weapon)

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The Sniper Rifle is a weapon cut from Half-Life 2. It can be found in the playable Half-Life 2 Beta. While it still exists in Half-Life 2 and its episodes as the Overwatch Sniper Rifle, it was cut as a weapon to be used by the player, like the Stun Baton. It is also different in other ways.

Overview

 * The Sniper Rifle was to be Half-Life 2's long-range weapon but was dropped in favor of the less conventional crossbow (which has the same range for a skilled player). This weapon was adapted for use by Overwatch Snipers and Alyx only, and was eventually seen in Episode Two.


 * It is an extremely powerful weapon; it can kill a regular Overwatch Soldier with one hit. However, the player must manually insert a new round between shots, much like the retail crossbow. The reload time between shots is also much longer for the Sniper Rifle. To compensate this, the Sniper Rifle's bullet will instantly hit a target.


 * The Sniper Rifle (along with the Overwatch Sniper) is prominently featured in the WC mappack maps starting with "sniper".

Behind the scenes

 * In Half-Life 2 and its episodes, the player can spawn a box of sniper rounds using the console command "give item_box_srounds". These rounds would originally act as ammo for the Sniper Rifle. They have the word "OBSO1337" (leetspeak for "obsolete") on them.

List of appearances

 * Half-Life 2