But do expect to spend the lion's share of your time staring down the scope of your weapon popping off shots at hapless Nazis, clearing the way so that you can move forward to your objective. You can lay traps and ambush enemies with a variety of different weapons – plus use stealth takedowns if you can get close enough to an enemy to execute one. This sets up an interesting cat-and-mouse game that can be tense, yet fun.Īs I've already said, there's more to the game than just shooting. Once you shoot, the enemies are alerted to your position, and you essentially need to relocate otherwise they'll track you down and overwhelm you through force. The general way through a level is by sneaking and shooting. The player is pretty much free to tackle missions and sub-objectives as they like, and while there is a certain linearity to the game, there's plenty of room to improvise and experiment – and that's a good thing, because this game isn't always easy. The action plays out as a third-person action stealth game over a series of very large maps that often have multiple objectives. Playing as Karl Fairburne, an American sniper, the objective is to work through eight levels (in the main campaign) set across numerous locales representing a North African campaign and essentially take on the mighty German Afrika Korps one shot at a time. Shooting Nazis in the head is plenty entertaining, but there's a lot more to this game than that. It's a lot more fun than I thought it might be. However, I'm really glad that I'm playing this third outing, now available as Sniper Elite III Ultimate Edition that comes complete with nine DLC packs that include extra missions, weapons, maps and modes. For some reason, reviews have just never convinced me to give them a whirl. I'm new to the Sniper Elite series, having not played prior iterations before - even though they sounded right up my alley. I just wish I'd managed to get a screenshot of it. I thought I was getting bored of Sniper Elite III's exquisitely medical killcam, but that shot was definitely worth watching.

Right through the eyes of an unsuspecting German soldier, and shown in full sniper-porn-o-vision.

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