This can get frustrating at times, especially since the game gives you a limited amount of saves in the higher difficultly levels. A lot of the time, though, your enemies will only start attacking after you've killed a specific target or crossed into a certain area.Īll+set+for+facial+explosions. Sometimes you're able to scout upcoming areas from special vantage points like apartment windows or trenches. Though there is an indicator on your compass showing where enemy fire is coming from, it still proves to be particularly vague. In many instances you won't be able to spot your enemies unless they actually kill you, in which case the camera will zoom in on their position. You need to be patient because not all of the game's enemies are going to be visible. If you really want to get through the single player campaign while dying as little as possible, you're going to need to get on your belly and crawl through most of the game's environments while using your binoculars to scout the surroundings.Īs a gamer, you basically must possess two qualities to enjoy Sniper Elite: you must be incredibly patient and you must be willing to reload your game ad nauseam until you properly manage some of the game's sections. None of these missions are particularly short, though you'll eventually be able to play through them more rapidly as you memorize enemy positions. Also, conditions may change at any time, so you're objectives will frequently be changing. Missions in Sniper Elite play out by assigning you a large scale mission and then breaking it down into several smaller missions once you're on the ground. As an American spy codenamed Eagle Watch, you'll need to stop the Soviet secret service, the NKVD, from obtaining Nazi nuclear technology though a series of assassination, rescue, intelligence, and assault missions. Get all that? Basically, at the end of World War 2 it's clear that the Soviets are threatening to take over all of Europe.

It's 1945 and you're a West Point trained American soldier disguised as a German and working to prevent an advancing Soviet force from stealing atomic technology. If you're one of those players who disregard the main gameplay in titles like Call of Duty or Far Cry to try and line up perfect sniper shots, there's definitely a solid experience waiting for you in Sniper Elite. If you don't snipe, you're pretty much dead. To clarify, this game is pretty much all sniping. However, developer Rebellion has built a respectable game for fans that really, really like sniping. With a title as awkward sounding as Sniper Elite, you might not expect a game that can impress.

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