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Tonight at a glance

Platforms
XBOX · Wii · PC · Mac · PS2
Mode
Single player · Multiplayer
Age rating
ESRB M
Violence
Strong
Frights
None

Why tonight?

  • It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.

The story

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.

  • Action
  • Fantasy
  • Historical
  • Stealth
  • Warfare
  • world war ii - ww2
  • gravity
  • 1940s
  • death
  • steam

The look

A few frames, chosen rather than collected.

Production

Players
70 / 100 · 82 players
Critics
81 / 100 · 2 critics
Developer
Rebellion Developments
Publisher
MC2 France, Namco Hometek, Reef Entertainment, MC2-Microïds, Rebellion Developments