History Main / ModernDaySciFiRPGClassEquivalents

** Soldier: Brick, with some Sapper-capabilities namely with explosives
** Sniper: Mordecai, with some Medic-capabilities namely with his Bloodhawk bird
** Sapper: Lilith, with some Sniper-capabilities namely with her phase walk
** Medic: Roland, with some Soldier-capabilities namely with his turrets

As of today, shooters with RPGElements have slowly-but-surely became the norm. However, shooters and other gun-games like them can be difficult to make into [=RPGs=] without FunctionalMagic, which is why there has to be a collection of equivalents to make-up for the lack of magic. Thankfully, there are two: [[StuffBlowingUp Explosives such as grenades and rockets]], and healing items such as medkits and defibrillators. Therefore, when creating a shooter, developers have to take into account the following RPG-like shooter archetypes:

** Sapper: Lilith, with some Sniper-capabilities namely with her phase-walk

** Soldier: Salvador, whose abilities focus on survivability. There's also Krieg, who focuses on close-range combat and dishing as much damage as he takes.

** Sapper: Heavyweight weapons, including the chainsaw, the rocket-launcher, the plasma-gun, and the [[{{BFG}} BFG9000]]

** Soldier: Submachine Guns, Assault-Rifles, Shotguns, and the M60
** Sniper: Sniper-Rifles, Handguns, and Melee Weapons
** Sapper: Pipe-Bombs, Molotov Cocktails, Boomer Bile, and the Grenade Launcher

* Soldiers, who possess high HP and defense like the warrior
* Snipers, who are stealthy, agile, and precise like the rogue
* Sappers, who use explosives for [=AoE=] damage like the mage
* Medics, who heal and revive fallen teammates like the cleric

* The VideoGame/CallOfDuty Franchise's Weapons
** Soldier: Assault-Rifle, LMG, SMG, and Shotgun
** Sniper: Sniper-Rifle, Pistol, Machine-Pistol, and Melee-Knife
** Sapper: Lethal Grenade and Rocket/Grenade-Launcher
** Medic: Tactical Grenade and Riot Shield (VideoGame/ModernWarfare2 and VideoGame/ModernWarfare3 only)

** Medic: Dedicated Hero and Charismatic Hero

* ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'':

*** Sniper: Scout Marines (Can be armed with sniper rifles).
*** Sapper: Devastator Marines (armed with the heaviest guns) and Libraians (equivalent to mage).

* StarWarsTheOldRepublic:
** Soldier: Trooper (Republic) and Bounty Hunter (Sith)
** Sniper: Smuggler (Republic) and Imperial Agent (Sith)
** Sapper: Jedi Knight and Sith Inquisitor
** Medic: Jedi Consular

* The CallOfDuty Franchise's Weapons

** Medic: Tactical Grenade and Riot Shield (ModernWarfare2 and [[ModernWarfare3 3]] only)

** Sniper/Medic: The Zerg; cheaper to produce (Medic), and can move much faster (Sniper)
** Balance: The Terran; neither as fast as the Zerg nor as strong as the Protoss
** Soldier/Sapper: The Protoss; possesses stronger technology (Soldier), and can use psionic spells (Sapper)

* StarWars D20:

** Soldier: Army and Marines
** Sniper: Scouts

** Sapper: Axton, whose abilities focus on being generally good at everything with some emphasis on explosive damage.

There are also classes that can contradict the "sniper" class, as well as all of the other classes here, that use patterns and abilities that may make them extremely different from these basic archetypes. Then again, the same could be said for fantasy settings. Some of them can be based around crowd control like the sapper and the sniper, but also specialize at defense like the Soldier and the Medic, and counter attacks in a subversive manner like the sniper. The choices for classes in a modern setting, like a fantasy one, are limitless. Unfortunately there is a tendency to use this option.

*** Soldier: Jacob Taylor, Grunt, and Zaeed Massani
*** Sniper: Garrus Vakarian, Thane Krios, and [[spoiler:Legion]]
*** Sapper: Miranda Lawson, Jack, and Samara/[[spoiler:Morinth]]
*** Medic: Mordin Solus, Tali'Zorah vas Neema/[[spoiler:Normandy]], and Kasumi Goto

** Sapper: Espers psychics equivalent to mages. Engineers who can bring out big guns, put on exo suits, and call on AttackDrone's.
** Sniper: Spellslingers who are a combination of a gunslinger and spellcaster. The Stalkers are the more melee oriented stealth class who favor hacking foes with their blades.

* The Franchise/AssassinsCreed franchise (despite not taking place in modern-times except during the Desmond Miles segments)
** Main Mechanics
*** Soldier: High-profile combat and evasion
*** Sniper: Low-profile stealth and free-running
*** Sapper: Items such as throwing-knives, poisons, and bombs
*** Medic: Medicines bought from street-doctors
** Side Mechanics (VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII, [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood Brotherhood]], and [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedRevelations Revelations]] only)
*** Soldier/Sniper: Assassin apprentices
*** Sapper/Medic: Renovatable shops

* The SuperSmashBrothers Franchise
** Soldier/Sniper: Free-for-all games, where players can attack whomever they want
** Sapper/Medic: Team-games, where members of each team have to work together to win

* VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}, despite it being a first-person puzzle game
** Soldier/Sniper: The single-player campaign mode
** Sapper/Medic: The two-player co-op mode

* VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry

* VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 and UltimateMarvelVersusCapcom3
** Soldier/Sniper: Active character, who does the majority of the fighting
** Sapper/Medic: Reserve characters, for assists and tag-switches

* {{Contra}}
** Soldier/Sniper: Bill (player 1)
** Sapper/Medic: Lance (player 2)

** Soldier/Sapper: Donkey Kong (minus the explosives)
** Sniper/Medic: Diddy Kong (minus the medkits)

** Soldier: Salvador, whose abilities focus on survivability and

** Soldier: Tactical and Assault Marines (armed with bolters, chainswords, meltaguns, flamers).
** Sniper: Scout Marines (Can be armed with sniper rifles).
** Sapper: Devastator Marines (armed with the heaviest guns) and Libraians (equivalent to mage).
** Medic: Apothecaries (Medics)

* For Space Marines