Earlier this week, Rockstar Video games launched the most recent, massive replace for Grand Theft Auto On-line, its tremendous standard open-world MMO. The brand new replace introduced some much-needed modifications and options to the practically decade-old sport. It additionally added a brand new semi-auto rifle to the digital streets of Los Santos that price practically half one million {dollars} and… it utterly sucks. It’s so unhealthy, that many are confused as to why it was even added.
The free Legal Enterprises replace for GTA On-line launched on July 26 and it introduced with it quite a lot of enhancements and new options to the sport, lots of which had been requested by followers for years. The replace contains stuff like the flexibility to do promote missions in a non-public session and the flexibility to lastly run across the on line casino or inside nightclubs. It additionally added new observe creator options and simplified consuming snacks and utilizing armor. All and all, not an excellent flashy or horny replace, however a wise one that may assist hold the getting old sport playable and enjoyable.
The replace additionally added a brand new weapon that simply actually sucks.
The Precision Rifle is, in idea, speculated to be a semi-auto sniper rifle that’s extremely exact and can be utilized in mid-range to long-range gunfights. And for an eye-watering excessive value of $450,000 (with out reductions) quite a lot of gamers may anticipate some first rate bang for his or her buck. I do know I did once I picked up the gun the second I logged in after the replace was dwell. What I and different gamers truly received for that prime price ticket was fairly horrible.
The primary crimson flag appeared earlier than I even fired the gun. After shopping for it, I went to spend some further money on upgrading it and including some equipment, like a scope or silencer. It is a fairly frequent a part of GTA On-line and mainly, all of my different weapons have comparable choices. However the Precision Rifle doesn’t have any of this. All you are able to do is swap out the colours on it. There’s no scope, prolonged magazine, flashlights, or something. This made me nervous, however I figured on the time that maybe it was so good it didn’t want that stuff. You learn the headline and made it this far so I don’t need to let you know—however I’ll anyway—I used to be improper. So improper.
Within the very first firefight towards some random police who began attacking me for no purpose in any respect (don’t take a look at all of the lifeless our bodies round me) I shortly found this rifle has a really gradual firing charge. It additionally doesn’t appear any extra exact or correct than most of my different rifles and pistols. In opposition to different gamers it additionally doesn’t appear to do a lot injury, taking three or 4 physique pictures to kill a troll making an attempt to harass you. Whereas it does sound cool, that’s about all this costly firearm has going for it.
Throughout the GTA On-line neighborhood, the suggestions from gamers is generally adverse. The overwhelming majority of gamers on-line really feel the gun is a ripoff and a waste of cash, evaluating it to cheaper rifles which have comparable and even superior stats. I noticed one participant compare it to a Nerf blaster. Not an important overview of a factor that’s speculated to be a lethal weapon.
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Including to the adverse response is that gamers have been anticipating one other, totally different weapon to even be part of this new replace. That gun is the M16-like Service Rifle, a gun that Rockstar teased in screenshots launched earlier than Legal Enterprises was launched. However after the replace hit, the gun was nowhere to be discovered. It seems, by way of dataminers, that the Service Rifle is coming and will be a reward for completing a scavenger hunt.
Oddly, some gamers are reporting that once they loaded up the sport after the replace they discovered the Service Rifle of their stock already. This model of the gun appears bugged and it’s all seemingly an unintended mistake. However no less than it’s onerous to complain a couple of crappy, bugged gun when it’s “free”.
Kotaku has reached out to Rockstar in regards to the Service Rifle and if there are any plans to replace or change the poorly-received Precision Rifle. Till one thing modifications, I’d counsel you save your cash and purchase one thing else. And hey, no less than Rockstar nerfed the horrible OP jetbike!
