If you, like me, have been playing the Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War alpha on PlayStation 4 this weekend, you may have noticed sniper rifles are pretty handy.
I spent most of yesterday evening playing the alpha, getting a feel for the multiplayer portion of the game, its weapons and potential loadouts, and it quickly became apparent that snipers were the go-to weapon.
They’re super powerful, as you’d expect, but also have an extremely quick aim down sights (ADS) speed – much faster than the kind of sniper rifle ADS speed we’re used to from recent games in the series.