Meet the Sniper!
Let’s not talk about the accent, okay? Let’s just talk about the fact it’s very, very funny, and does an impeccable job of making one of the classes we so love to hate (CAMPING BASTARDS) endearingly human. Even the most cold-blooded of killers has daddy issues.
Update, after a dozen happy watches of the thing. Things to look out for:
- Keep an eye on the lower left of the screen during the coffee scene
- Does the bobblehead hint that we’ll be seeing the VIP-escorting Hunted map from TFC return? Ooh…
- Is that a new gun the Pyro’s carrying? – See below.
The Mysterious New Pyro Weapon:
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just so you know, they HAVE added damage to the Hadoken.
It’ll be easiest against snipers, if you can get up behind them.
I promise not to grind this time.
Superb, truely a work of genius.
Top marks to the guys and gals at Valve.
I never felt any connection to the sniper before now, however his human side just makes the character.
Brill
I think part of making the Sniper likeable is no shots whatsoever of him and that bloody machine gun.
That ‘mystery gun’ is a flare gun, which is the unlockable secondry weapon for the Pyro. It sets enemies on fire at a range, but takes a lot of skill to use effectively.
Haven’t read all the comments, but has anyone else noticed the top-notch quality of the music this time? Particularly nice drumming