A Single Serving of Goreporn.

• Large, open levels.
  
• Amazing co-op experience.
  
• Multiple ways to approach each level and play style.
  
• Glorious gore moneyshots. (If you're into that kind of thing)

• Physics engine seems dated, but it worked well enough.
  
• Movement and animations seem a bit stiff.
  
• Graphics leave something to be desired.

• Story is almost nonexistent.
  
• AI is pretty derpy, even on the harder difficulties.

Get it on sale. Even with its issues I'd recommend it for the right price.

I bought this game with the season pass for 16 eoros in the steam summer sale and well... holy crap it was worth it. This game is amazing. The realistic gun physics (wind/distance), The cool storyline, the stealth machanics, and sometimes just making you feel like an outright badass. The X-ray vision when you shoot someone in a vital organ is very unique. After you finish the campaign there is a survival mode which is very fun even without a friend to play with and the overwatch mode which is very fun in its co-op sense. Even though the game is a bit dead it is still worth it to buy it.

Something with this is off - it's just not fun.

Graphics are pretty but the story is so trash with its cookie cutter yank with gravel stuck down his gullet. The whole bullet camera thing gets old really fast and you'll find yourself turning it off in options (which is handy to be fair). COOP is boring and usually ends up in the two of you sat on some rock or roof picking the stupid AI off as the run in walls and bales of hay.

The whole lighting dynamite with flint is just fiddly for the sake of it as well.

TL;DR: Utterly boring due to the stupid AI, terrible story and forgetful characters and repetitve mechanics. I didn't even bother to waste my time trying to finish it.

I don't need to tell you the misc parts so here's the most important one...
It took me 3 hours for 1 mission...and that's the 2nd mission.
It's stealth is very good and gameplay synchs with the stealth.
Perfect match if you ask me,
Worth it(on sale).

"World War II Secret Agent Game"

Let me start off by saying that "Sniper" should not even be in the title of this game. So little of what you do in this game is what a Sniper actually does, really frustrated me. I have yet to even complete the story of the game because to me it just felt so disconnected, boring and just plain BAD at times. What it really should be called is "OSS Files" or something of the sort, something that clues you in to be more of a Secret Agent who HAPPENS to be a really good marksman, not a US Army Sniper. I've been playing this series from the get go and time and time again I've been disappointed by it. Between the simple fact that a lot of the rifles in this game wouldn't have been used as Sniper Rifles, to the downright horrendous AI even on higher difficulties, leads me to finally write a sadly quite bad review for this game. Now. Let's dive into the Pro/Con.

Pros:
-Wide variety of tasty WWII-era, mostly authentic weaponry for your Nazi-killing pleasure.
-Did I mention variety?
-Bullet physics and the like are desperately refeshing in a gaming era dominated by CoD and Battlefield where legitmate ballistics are woefully lacking if existant at all.
-The environment is very immersive and authentic, right down to the vehicles.

Cons:
-Remember that variety I mentioned? Yeah. You have to pay for a lot of it.
-The AI ranges from laughably stupid to mind-numbingly difficult.
-Remember those physics I was talking about? Yeah. They only work sometimes.
-"Remote detonated TNT" that you shoot to set off. (Don't even get me started with the physics of this one)
-The lack of any GENUINE sniping got old after the first two or three hours.
-No seriously. You BARELY snipe anyone in this game. 100-300 meters does not constitute sniping. I regularly make shots inside that distance with my Iron-sighted rifle at the gun range.
-Did I mention stupid AI?
-I could go on. No really. I could.

Bottom line is, the game can be really, really enjoyable. It also can be the bane of your existance and WILL drive you absolutely insane with how bad some of the story can be. Honestly a very fun game, with sadly tons and tons of unrealized potential, that the game reminds me of every single time I boot it up.

Love playing this game...Super Graphics... Super Gameplay...Super Action..AAA+

You can shoot nazis in the nuts

The fact that the words "realistic" and "simulator" were used in the advertising of this game makes me wonder what the world is coming to.

Let me start by saying that I played and loved the first two Sniper Elite games, they gave me the sniping experience no other games could deliver at the time. Sniper Elite 3 has better graphics, customizable loadouts, and fancy new maps, but it fails to improve upon the gameplay experience. What I mean by that is enemies can see you behind cover, the third-person controls feel a bit clunky, and in some situations (like in mission 5) enemies will not render until you get to where the game wants you to be. These problems can be very frustrating, especially in a stealth based sniping game. The game is still fun as long as you play it "the right way", it just seems a bit linear to me.

If you ask me...."Sniper Elite 3" is the best of the series so far. While the previous installments stuck to Europe....this game takes place in Africa. Which means instead of traveling through war torn and narrow streets....you get to snipe targets in wide open spaces. The sniping mechanics are still reliable as ever and if you know what you are doing....you should rarely miss a shot. To make said shots....you have an entire arsenal at your disposal. Everything from rifles...sub-machine guns....pistols....to explosives. Not to mention....you can pick exactly what you what from the main menu once you've unlocked everything. For those that want more of a challenge....you can always sneak up on an unexpecting adversary and peform a stealth takedown....which will either result in a neck-breaker....or a knife to the throat. The missions are challenging but fair and if you are the type of person who likes to take their time and collect everything....then you can easily spend 2+ hours on a single level alone. The game has plenty of achievements to keep one occupied....along with DLC missions that are well worth the price of admission. Speaking of price....the game usually retails for around $49.99....but I picked up the game for the low, low price of $9.99 while it was on sale. Rebellion products are on sale often enough and you can usually expect something in the 50% - 75% off range. No matter what you spend....if you like sniper games....for now you can do no better.