Your class has to have the primary weapon set to the sniper rifle. If it is then clicking the right analog stick should zoom on default settings.
If he died in Mass Effect 1 then he is not in Mass Effect 2. If he survived Mass Effect 1 he shows up in Mass Effect 2 but he can not be killed.
No. It is an Ignition Effect, meaning you may only activate Snipe Hunter's effect during your turn.
yes
No, Mass Effect 2 has a completely different weapon system.
Yes. Mass Effect is a good game series and you should start playing the Mass effect 1 on PS 3.
Yes.
If you played Mass Effect 1 the second game imports your old game save, so it would depend on how you played Mass Effect 1 as to whether or not Kaiden is alive. If you did not play Mass Effect 1, then the game will default to the character with the opposite gender to Shepard. So Ashley will be there with a male Shepard, Kaiden for a female one. Below is a link which has the important decisions you make in 1 and their effect in the sequel.
Yes. Mass effect one is available on the play station three.
No. Mass Effect 1 on ps3 is not a BLX set just by itself.
Shepherd is killed during Mass Effect 2's intro. He is literally remade from the ground up, meaning his skills are reset, and things like his class and even his gender can be changed from how they were in Mass effect 1.
Sure, as long as you don't import your previous file
You won't be able to import your save game from ME1.