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Sniper Elite

Rebellion Developments 2005

Official website 70Review score

Genres

Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical

Platforms

Xbox, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2

Developer

Rebellion Developments

Release date

September 30, 2005

Game overview

About the Game

Sniper Elite is a third-person action strategy game with a focus on sniping. The player takes on the role of an American agent working for the OSS (the organization that later became the CIA) stationed in Berlin at the end of World War II, tasked with preventing the Russian troops from getting hold of the research Germany had been conducting into nuclear weaponry. As an elite sniper, the style of play is much less run-and-gun and much more about finding good positions, lining up shots and taking out the enemy before he even knows where you are. The single-player campaign takes place over 28 missions set in and around Berlin. Players use stealth tactics, and things like wind and background noise can be a factor when lining up shots. When a shot is performed particularly well, players are rewarded with a 'bullet cam' which follows the bullet in slow-motion from gun barrel to target.

Storyline

The game follows protagonist Karl Fairburne as he attempts to prevent the Soviet Union taking control of Germany's nuclear secrets in and around Berlin, April 1945. Very little information is known about his background, other than he was raised in Berlin as the son of a U.S. ambassador to Germany before the war broke out, that he studied at West Point shortly after America's entrance into the war, and the fact that he was chosen for this mission because the city was his childhood home.

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PC requirements

System Requirements

Windows

Entry specification

Minimum

OS
Windows XP / Vista
Processor
1GHz Pentium CPU or equivalent
Memory
256Mb RAM
Graphics
GeForce2 32Mb or equivalent
DirectX®
DirectX 9.0c
Hard Drive
4Gb free hard disk space
Sound
Windows compatible sound card

Recommended specifications are not published in this game's Steam listing.

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