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Sniper Scope Glint
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In fiction, a sniper will almost always give their position in one of three ways: the sound of their Sniper Rifles firing, tracer rounds being fired from their weapons, or, in this case, their scopes giving off a huge and very obvious glint. This is often from sunlight reflecting on their scopes, but this can also apply to any form of light in general, such as from a nearby fire, streetlight, or even a Laser Sight that comes as part of the rifle. Thanks to this giveaway, expect the sniper to fall to a Scope Snipe from a counter-sniper, with the glint disappearing just as the bullet flies into their scope. Some snipers in fact see these glints as a reason for them to opt to use rifles without scopes instead, due to this trope making a scope Awesome, but Impractical in combat. Alternatively, the sniper can also exploit this trope to their advantage, by having decoys, usually an Outfit Decoy, fitted with a dummy rifle or light that replicates the glint produced by a sniper rifle, in order to bait enemies into attacking or moving to the supposed position, only for the enemies to be Lured into a Trap and killed. In a Sniper Duel, a glint from either combatants' rifles is enough to spell the difference between life and death. In video games such as First Person Shooters and Third Person Shooters, this is often implemented as one of many Anti-Frustration Features to counterbalance difficult enemies such as snipers. In Stealth-Based Games, snipers having their scopes glint is usually meant to help players either sneak under the watchful eye of an enemy sniper, or for them to stealthily sneak up and kill their adversary, or alternatively counter-snipe them if the player is themselves armed with a Sniper Rifle. It may also be a form of Acceptable Breaks from Reality, when a sniper's scope still produces a glint even in the absence of any nearby light source. Alternatively, this can overlap with the aforementioned Laser Sight, where the former produces enough of a glint combined with the laser itself that gives the sniper's position away. Related to Crosshair Aware, though in this case it's confined mainly to a sniper rifle's scope, or at the very least an optic. |
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Battlefield has introduced this mechanic ever since Battlefield 3, where high-powered scopes, particularly sniper scopes, produce a visible glint from long distances. It has since become a recurring gameplay element in subsequent titles, with Battlefield 1 expanding this mechanic to include both sniper decoys and trench periscopes producing glints, the former to attract attention from enemies, the latter as part of gameplay balance. Battlefield V brings back the glint mechanics for both scoped rifles wielded by the Recon class as well as the decoys, but the telescopes no longer produce the glint. | |
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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain: Enemy snipers, including Quiet during her introductory battle, can be spotted by their scope glint when they take aim, which is accompanied by a subtle Audible Gleam. | |
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Sniper Elite III makes this glint and an accompanying brief audio cue the only hints to give away camouflaged snipers' positions, who wear yellow and green foliage camo over their uniforms and pretty much blend into their environment. | |
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In Bambi II, the Great Prince spots the glint of Man's rifle right before he starts shooting at him and Bambi, at which point the two get the hell out of dodge as fast as they possibly can. | |
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Desert Punk: The Shimmer Sniper deliberately invokes this trope as his calling card in the second episode. Desert Punk points out how stupid it is and calls Shimmer Sniper an amateur and poser for deliberately giving his position away. | |
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Half-Life 2: Combine Snipers have a Laser Sight that doubles as this, with the glint pointing at the intended target. When the sniper fires a shot from their rifle, the glint briefly disappears before reappearing. | |
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Team Fortress 2 Classic: The same rules apply, but now there are also yellow and green glint colors. | |
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Dead Rising 2: The Militiamen are a group of snipers who are targetting the survivors of Fortune City for being traitors to America. When they are prepared to shoot, a scope glint alerts the player to where they are and they have to dodge the attack. | |
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BioShock Infinite: Both Founder and Vox Snipers' positions are given away by either the tracer rounds they use in their rifles or the obvious glint in their rifles when standing still. | |
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Song of Susannah: Immediately after arriving in Maine from Mid-World, Roland and Eddie get into a firefight with Enrico Balazar's enforcers. It begins with Roland catching a circular flash of light from the woods and thinking, "in his experience only two things made that unique reflection: eyeglasses, and the long scope of a weapon." Cue sniper fire. | |
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: The locations of the Ghillie Sniper enemies fought in Campaign and Spec Ops mode are given away by the brief white glints of their rifle's scopes, which can be very useful in a lot of the harder Spec Ops missions. | |
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 features a flashback to Price's attempted assassination of Imran Zakhaev, as seen from Yuri's POV. You can see the light glint off of the scope right before Price fires. | |
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Metal Gear: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater: This is one of the ways to defeat the End. His rifle will give off a glint that Snake can spot from across the map, letting the latter close in on him. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots: After Snake and Meryl learn that Liquid's soldiers are closing in on them, they realize Johnny inadvertently gave away their position from the glint given off from his binoculars. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain: Enemy snipers, including Quiet during her introductory battle, can be spotted by their scope glint when they take aim, which is accompanied by a subtle Audible Gleam. |
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Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots: After Snake and Meryl learn that Liquid's soldiers are closing in on them, they realize Johnny inadvertently gave away their position from the glint given off from his binoculars. | |
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Sniper Elite V2: Unlike later games, which used audio cues alongside the glints to give away enemy sniper positions, this game had you rely solely on the glints to find and kill enemy snipers. If and when the glint faces you, expect to be killed in a few hits. | |
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Halo 5: Guardians introduces this for scoped weapons, which will give off a very obvious reflective glare when their scopes are being used. This returns in Halo Infinite, this time with the color of the glint depending on the exact weapon being used. | |
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Mass Effect 3: Cerberus's Nemesis snipers give themselves away due to the laser sights they use. | |
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In the Sniper Elite series, enemy snipers' positions are always given away thanks to the white glints on their scopes, giving the player just enough time to react and place a shot into them. Sniper Elite V2: Unlike later games, which used audio cues alongside the glints to give away enemy sniper positions, this game had you rely solely on the glints to find and kill enemy snipers. If and when the glint faces you, expect to be killed in a few hits. Sniper Elite III makes this glint and an accompanying brief audio cue the only hints to give away camouflaged snipers' positions, who wear yellow and green foliage camo over their uniforms and pretty much blend into their environment. Sniper Elite 4 combines the white glint with a sharp audio cue, indicating to the player that an enemy sniper is not only looking at you, but has also spotted you and will potentially give away your position. Sniper Elite 5 brings back the white glint, now accompanied by a two audio cues, with the first indicating that the enemy sniper has seen the player, with the second indicating he is about to fire on your position and blow your cover. Additionally, in Axis Invasion Mode, the Allied sniper, should they be aiming while using a scoped rifle, will produce a similar white glint as both regular enemy snipers and the Sniper Jager (the invading player, should they also be aiming with a scoped rifle). |
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The Division and The Division 2 both do this, even in low light areas. If the area's dark enough, the reflection looks more like the snipers strapped a flashlight on their rifles somewhere. Outcast snipers in the sequel take it even further, somehow having a scope glint while wielding bows! | |
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In the Quiller novel "The Tango Briefing", a sniper conducting a war of nerves on another Bureau agent does this deliberately. | |
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JoJolion: A variation. While chatting with Yasuho, Josuke is briefly blinded by a light getting reflected off a pair of cans as Karera uses them to get Josuke to notice her from afar. | |
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Golden Wind: During Bucciarati's battle against Secco, both them catch a glimpse of a light reflecting off a binoculars belonging to the Mysterious Backer who's watching from Rome's coliseum. | |
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind: During Bucciarati's battle against Secco, both them catch a glimpse of a light reflecting off a binoculars belonging to the Mysterious Backer who's watching from Rome's coliseum. JoJolion: A variation. While chatting with Yasuho, Josuke is briefly blinded by a light getting reflected off a pair of cans as Karera uses them to get Josuke to notice her from afar. |
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Leverage: In "The Morning After Job", Nate gets an early warning about a sniper sent to kill his crew's current mark when he spots a suspicious glint in a window across the street. | |
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Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater: This is one of the ways to defeat the End. His rifle will give off a glint that Snake can spot from across the map, letting the latter close in on him. | |
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Sniper Elite 4 combines the white glint with a sharp audio cue, indicating to the player that an enemy sniper is not only looking at you, but has also spotted you and will potentially give away your position. | |
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Sniper Elite 5 brings back the white glint, now accompanied by a two audio cues, with the first indicating that the enemy sniper has seen the player, with the second indicating he is about to fire on your position and blow your cover. Additionally, in Axis Invasion Mode, the Allied sniper, should they be aiming while using a scoped rifle, will produce a similar white glint as both regular enemy snipers and the Sniper Jager (the invading player, should they also be aiming with a scoped rifle). | |
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Wolfenstein: The Old Blood: Marksman Soldiers, armed with the Bombenschuss rifle, will have a white glint whenever they aim their rifles towards the player, helping them to be distinguished from other targets. | |
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Splatoon: When Chargers are ready to fire, the user's ink tank emits a bright glow that can be seen from quite a ways away, while a laser sight reveals to other players where they're currently aiming. | |
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Team Fortress 2: Sniper Rifles will always show a red/blue (depending on the team) colored glint where they're aiming shown in walls as a dot, making it possible to see if there's one awaiting if you look well. Unlike most examples where it's an external light source providing the glint, here it's the result of the built-in Laser Sight used in the rifle's scope. | |
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Call of Duty: Call of Duty: World at War: During the Sniper Duel in "Vendetta", the German sniper faced by Pvt. Petrenko has his rifle produce a momentary glint that helps give away his position. The sniper, however, knows this, and actually exploits this trope against the player by having an elaborate Outfit Decoy fitted with a flashlight that replicates the glint found on his scope. Shoot the decoy with the flashlight, and chances are the German sniper will kill you. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: The locations of the Ghillie Sniper enemies fought in Campaign and Spec Ops mode are given away by the brief white glints of their rifle's scopes, which can be very useful in a lot of the harder Spec Ops missions. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 features a flashback to Price's attempted assassination of Imran Zakhaev, as seen from Yuri's POV. You can see the light glint off of the scope right before Price fires. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019): In the campaign mission "Highway of Death", this can be used to locate the enemy sniper. Farah will even tell you to look for it. A feature added in the multiplayer is having Sniper Rifle-wielding players have their scopes produce a noticeable glint visible to other players present. An interesting detail here is that the glint itself is only visible to other players provided that the enemy sniper is facing towards you from at least 20 degrees to the left or right. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War brings this detail back, but modifies the mechanics on how it's seen. |
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Medal of Honor: Airborne: The Heer Officer faced during the midway point of "Operation Husky" wields a Karabiner 98 Sniper Rifle that produces a massive glint that pretty much gives away his position to the player. This is intended to help introduce players on how enemy snipers operate, due to more skilled snipers appearing in later levels that have much better aim and faster firing rifles. The Waffen Senior Troopers and Fallschirmjager Snipers are notorious for having a Sniper Rifle capable of killing players in just four hits. To counter this, their locations are marked by a rather large glint in their scopes, not helped that they refuse to relocate from their perches even when spotted and fire tracer rounds that leave telltale white trails. |
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Enemy at the Gates: During the Tractor Factory duel, Vasily Zaytsev, being Pinned Down by Major Konig, decides to exploit this trope against the latter with the help of Tanya, by having her use broken glass to reflect sunlight into the Major's sniper scope, temporarily blinding the German, giving his exact position away, and allowing Vasily to shoot the Major's exposed hand. | |
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019): In the campaign mission "Highway of Death", this can be used to locate the enemy sniper. Farah will even tell you to look for it. A feature added in the multiplayer is having Sniper Rifle-wielding players have their scopes produce a noticeable glint visible to other players present. An interesting detail here is that the glint itself is only visible to other players provided that the enemy sniper is facing towards you from at least 20 degrees to the left or right. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War brings this detail back, but modifies the mechanics on how it's seen. | |
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Black Mesa: The HECU Snipers combine this trope with the Laser Sight found installed in their rifles, which helps to give away their positions to the player. The glint/laser sight extends from their rifles all the way to their intended target, and briefly disappears when the sniper fires a shot. | |
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The Professional: Leon explains to Mathilda that this is why the sniper rifle's scope has a cover, which — in order to reduce the chances of being spotted by its glint — is only to be opened at the last possible minute. | |
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Amphibia: In "The Ballad of Hopediah Plantar", when only Mama Hasselback is the only opponent left, she notices the glint of a metal slingshot in the distance, causing her to realise what's actually been knocking out the gang members. | |
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: Indy, Henry, and Sallah are spotted by the German motorcade on a hillside overlooking their route by a glint off of Indy's binocularsnote If you pay attention, however, it's clear that the sun is behind Indy, meaning there's no way he would have any kind of glint, but it's still funny. The motorcade stops and the tank opens fire on their position, destroying Sallah's car. | |
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Call of Duty: World at War: During the Sniper Duel in "Vendetta", the German sniper faced by Pvt. Petrenko has his rifle produce a momentary glint that helps give away his position. The sniper, however, knows this, and actually exploits this trope against the player by having an elaborate Outfit Decoy fitted with a flashlight that replicates the glint found on his scope. Shoot the decoy with the flashlight, and chances are the German sniper will kill you. | |
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