Sniper Elite 4. Blowing off testicles in HD.

I'd prefer if they made it more of a sniper game and less of an action stealth game. The shooting mechanics in the 2nd game were terrible and being 3rd person guarantees that. And being like MGS is the last thing I'd want. I fully expect cut and paste game design and grinding for hours to unlock equipment, only to learn that you've finished the game so you can't even use it. The XP counters seem to indicate it did go that route.

A military sniper game can be limiting, but I always though putting it in a mercenary theme (1970-80s Africa conflicts?) would give you some options. I've always wanted to see a sniper game that offered a pre-mission scouting phase for certain missions. Essentially you free roam around the map prior to the mission to plan your movements, find shooting positions and even place some weapons or traps hidden in certain areas. Then you execute the actual mission, move to positions, pick up weapons/ammo, maneuver around patrols or enemies and get into position. Shoot your targets and get out of the area. Maybe you've placed an MG somewhere so you can ditch the rifle to hold them off before making a getaway, or maneuver through a minefield you set up prior as perusing enemies walk right into them. My idea anyways. Would be better than a not so good Spliter Cell/Hitman knock off, IMO.
 
I was hoping for more of a change.

It would have been great to have seen it go open world (a la MGS V), or maybe region-based (so you could cover more of the different regions of the war, from Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge, etc).

Heck, I'd have even loved to see them go to WWI instead, tackle that era since most games haven't.
 
Haven't played the 3rd game yet but I really liked the 2nd game. I thought the missions we're well done, rarely did I have to restart from a save point and the flow of the game worked well for me. Not sure I like the direction they've gone starting with the 3rd game but can't say for sure until I play it.
 
LOL people will buy it just for that....I had this game or series on my Wish List but deleted it you can kill Adolf Hitler =)
 
Would testicle shot actually kill though?

Or would the guy just wish he'd been killed?
 
i enjoyed 2 for what it was. Haven't played 3 though.

didn't 2 have testi-shots also? I swore it did.
 
Red Orchestra 2 did, but it only appeared in the kill feed like a head shot would.
 
aeonrevolution said:
You would more than likely bleed out quickly.
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Been awhile since I had a class on that part of the anatomy, but it's a survivable wound. There's an artery there but it's not a major one (small). A shot to the thigh area adjacent would be deadlier (femoral artery, much bigger).

I don't think they'd be in any condition to fight, so it'd be considered an incapacitating wound.
 
Still waiting for the complete edition of Sniper Elite 3 to be on sale for $9.99 or less.....looks entertaining and I have always enjoyed Rebellion's games.
 
Has anyone yet heard of a pre-load or the download size? I'm stuck on a rural 6MB DSL connection so I plan to hopefully let it download over the weekend before it unlocks on Tuesday.
 
GOD'SlittleSERVANT said:
How do you get through life with that speed?
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Unfortunately, I don't have a choice. I live in a very rural area and AT&T is the only provider. Prior to getting DSL in 2008, I used DirecPC (now HughesNet) and it was really terrible.

However, we will be moving either later this year or next year and I'm making sure we can get some other broadband alternatives. My neighbor two miles down the road has 75MB U-Verse! :(
 
piratepress said:
Unfortunately, I don't have a choice. I live in a very rural area and AT&T is the only provider. Prior to getting DSL in 2008, I used DirecPC (now HughesNet) and it was really terrible.

However, we will be moving either later this year or next year and I'm making sure we can get some other broadband alternatives. My neighbor two miles down the road has 75MB U-Verse! :(
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I feel your pain 100%... we have one ISP as well, and it's a "15mb" service that's really 3mb in the evening...
 
Messed around in the shooting range a little bit. Won't have time to get into this until tomorrow. Eye candy looks nice maxed out. DX11 video options.

I notice they have added a few refinements to the base sniping mechanics like using Q and E to compensate for distance.

Past this, everything more or less the same as it has since 2 and 3. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

(First impressions after 20 minutes or so. )
 
Yeah I haven't tried any of the series yet but know they have a dedicated following.
I always wanted to track down Hitler in #2
 
pendragon1 said:
fyi, AMD has release drivers for this game...
https://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+10+-+64#
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Nvidia drivers are out today too. I played for about an hour last night and really enjoyed it. It defaulted to 2560x1440 so I just left it there and it looked great and ran great. I didn't have time to benchmark it with Fraps but I probably will try to tonight and get it dialed-in a little more.
I read that the SP campaign is around 20 hours so it sounds like I'll get my money's worth.
 
I'm a happy camper. Any SE fan should be very happy with this. I just finished that first level and it took me two hours on it. Didn't get 100 percent in there either although I got all the objectives done. Looks and runs great. :)
 
First thing. With my rig setup on 7900x1440p or some where there about everything set to Ultra with V-sync on is buttery smooth. Have not done an FPS check to give exact numbers yet. Looks beatiful.

Second thing. This is a matter of personal preference but you appear to be Bond level Ninja superhero. One of the things I would have liked to have seen is a little more personality to the game. To give an example my favorite part of the first COD was the section where you're in Stalingrad and are literally forced to fight without even bullets when you start and it's largely miserable and feeling like a struggle. It had a very cinematic feel to that story. I've reviews saying yeah thats where this game lacks. Its pretty standard kill Nazi's next level etc etc. I feel like Nazi Zombies though it wasn't epic it maybe up for it by just being a fast paced action game. It was basically "Ok kill a hundred mutherfuckers with one sniper rifle while the dead are swarming you go!". This may be an unfair assessment as this is called "Sniper Elite". Speaking of which Enemy at the Gates is still an awesome film.

Third thing. Immediately set my sensitivity to 0. Just the Counter-strike player in me.

Last thing. Game is fun but the whole "Play it how you want" thing is working against me. I have not fired a single shot. Just slowly creeping my way through the entire first map stealth killing everyone. Even ones I don't need to. My OCD is getting the best of me.
 
piscian18 said:
First thing. With my rig setup on 7900x1440p or some where there about everything set to Ultra with V-sync on is buttery smooth. Have not done an FPS check to give exact numbers yet. Looks beatiful.

Second thing. This is a matter of personal preference but you appear to be Bond level Ninja superhero. One of the things I would have liked to have seen is a little more personality to the game. To give an example my favorite part of the first COD was the section where you're in Stalingrad and are literally forced to fight without even bullets when you start and it's largely miserable and feeling like a struggle. It had a very cinematic feel to that story. I've reviews saying yeah thats where this game lacks. Its pretty standard kill Nazi's next level etc etc. I feel like Nazi Zombies though it wasn't epic it maybe up for it by just being a fast paced action game. It was basically "Ok kill a hundred mutherfuckers with one sniper rifle while the dead are swarming you go!". This may be an unfair assessment as this is called "Sniper Elite". Speaking of which Enemy at the Gates is still an awesome film.

Third thing. Immediately set my sensitivity to 0. Just the Counter-strike player in me.

Last thing. Game is fun but the whole "Play it how you want" thing is working against me. I have not fired a single shot. Just slowly creeping my way through the entire first map stealth killing everyone. Even ones I don't need to. My OCD is getting the best of me.
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LOL great post and I largely agree with you.

You aren't that much of a superhero because if you get shot you die fast but other than that... play as you want. :)
 
Q-BZ said:
LOL great post and I largely agree with you.

You aren't that much of a superhero because if you get shot you die fast but other than that... play as you want. :)
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I'm confused on one aspect. If I snipe these guys wont it alert the others? WWII rifles are basically just standard issue with a big fucking scope on them. I've fired a Kar98 and you can hear that thing for miles.

I also tried to see if I could knife a guy standing right behind another guy. That clearly didn't work he was all U WAT M8!?

I had a terrible headache last night so I didn't really get around to testing how sound works and all that.
 
piscian18 said:
I'm confused on one aspect. If I snipe these guys wont it alert the others? WWII rifles are basically just standard issue with a big fucking scope on them. I've fired a Kar98 and you can hear that thing for miles.

I also tried to see if I could knife a guy standing right behind another guy. That clearly didn't work he was all U WAT M8!?

I had a terrible headache last night so I didn't really get around to testing how sound works and all that.
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Yes. Sound matters.

Depending on how far away you are when you fire and how often it will raise the alerts and they will triangulate to your last known position.

They will go on a search and the can find you if you aren't careful but you can dodge, hide, make it go away and they go back to normal routine.

I notice there's actually suppressed ammo even for the sniper rifles this time. I'm going to be messing around with that.
 
I usually try to fire my sniper rifle near one of those running generators to mask the sound, or I wait until a plane flies over. Or if you are close enough, use the pistol with the silencer.

Last night, I caught a bunch of Nazis standing near one of their trucks so I shot the gas tank and blew it up killing about three of them. The two that survived ran and hide behind a big explosive container. It was so satisfying to shoot it and finish them off! :LOL:
 
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