Sniper Elite

Sniper Elite

Released: September 30, 2005
Type: Main Game

Platforms:

Xbox Wii PC (Microsoft Windows) Mac PlayStation 2

Genres:

Shooter Simulator Strategy Tactical

Game Modes:

Single player Multiplayer

Themes:

Action Fantasy Historical Stealth Warfare

Player Perspectives:

First person

Ratings

User Rating

70.4
Based on 71 ratings

Critics Rating

80.5
Based on 2 ratings

Total Rating

75.4
Based on 73 ratings

Summary

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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Involved Companies

MC2-Microïds

Role:
Publisher

Rebellion Developments

Role:
Publisher

MC2 France

Role:
Publisher

Rebellion Developments

Role:
Developer

Namco Hometek

Role:
Publisher

Reef Entertainment

Role:
Publisher

Game Engines

Asura

Keywords

world war ii - ww2 gravity 1940s death steam espionage bullet time tank slow-motion bink video loot gathering wasd movement sniping stealth kill gore system fascism forced slow walking wii zapper compatibility xbox 360 backwards compatibility

Alternative Names

Sniper Elite: Berlin 1945 Sniper Elite: Berlin 1945

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