The correct portrayal of sniper rifle scopes in video games.

[Dezcaban]

I've noticed a trend in modern FPS shooters that have sniper rifles.


This is the correct way to do it:



Not this:



If you were that close to the scope and you took a shot, it would give you a serious concussion.

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[brawlman14365]

it's meant to be a downside to zooming in, you can't see anything besides what's directly in front of you at a lowered field of view.

[Masterlegodude]

I think it's to give you more focus on what's in the scope rather than what's around you

[Dezcaban]

I just realized that it's supposed to block out the rest of the FOV

That's a good tactic, but I still think it's a little out of place. Normally you could see in your peripherals. I still think that SMOD has some of the best sniper rifle mechanics out there.

[tikitai]

this used to make me dizzy

[Flamecannon]

If you prefer the supposed correct way to portray zooming in through a scope, I think it should, at the least, blur the surrounding and dim it a bit so users can focus better, while being able to see other things happening around the scope.

[TheScout]

Its to make snipers more fair to use, and signifies focus on the scope.

[snot2]

i wish the bazar bargain in tf2 would do that since its not a scope

[RagnaTheBroedge]

this is something that bothered my in Ace Of Spades, but the way i chose to combat this is something most other developers should do

i basically just made the scope really huge on the player's screen and used a vignette to simulate a lack of peripheral focus (though in any other game a blur of DoF would probably be better)
however, most developers are far too lazy for that :Y

[Kalphiter]

TF2.

[Pengie]

I laughed at the mental image of all these people getting concussions from being too close.