I'm just going to comment and do a bit of compare and contrast on the sniping system in both GoW and CoD3.
first in Gears of War. The sniper rifle (aka the Longshot) is a very powerful, mid to long range weapon. This rifle is bolt-action. When you aim with this weapon, the camera switches from third-person view to a first person view, as if you were looking down the scope. When you aim in GoW, the cross-hairs remain fixed on the screen, like in most shooters. The rifle may be powerful, but if you don't get a headshot, it will take 2 to 3 shots to kill your enemy (one shots to weaken, another to down, and another to finish them off). But if you were to snipe the opponent is certain areas of the body, then you can down them in one shot. Also, if you were to shot someone at point-blank range (2 - 3 feet from you opponent) then you can down them in one shot, and you can crub-stomp them, melee them, do whatever you want to finish them off.
Now for CoD3. Sniping in this game requires more skill in my opinion (then again, it is an FPS). When sniping in Call of Duty 3, your cross-hairs never remain still; they are always moving. The only way to center your cross-hairs is by holding you breath, this give you about 10-15 seconds of perfect aim. The sniper rifle for all nations is bolt-action. These sniper rifles are not all too powerful, for sometimes it can take 3-4 shots to kill a enemy if your a bad shot. But if you were an experienced sniper, you can most of the time get headshots with your cross-hairs moving around your screen. But one thing you can't really do in CoD3 that you can do in GoW is shoot your enemy at point-blank rage, for the sniper rifle becomes extremely inaccurate when you are in motion. It is possible though, but its caused by luck more so than skill.
In general, i prefer sniping in CoD3, it feels better to me. Plus the Scout Sniper gets to call in Artillery Strikes!!!! But the sniping animation, and headshot animations are much better in GoW. Getting a Headshot in GoW is just amazing, and feels good when your enemies head explodes!
PS- My 360 gamertag is: Lionheart14588
That's going to hurt in the morning!
BOOM HEADSHOT!!!!!
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
