Give me a semi-automatic, and an endless stream of Nazis
Bullet-based brain surgery in Sniper Elite 3
I’m like a bull in a china shop, except the china shop is a Body Worlds exhibition and I have a gun. Sniper Elite 3’ s X-Ray Kill Cam never gets old. With Rebellion revamping enemy anatomies to give them accurately modeled musculature and circulatory systems, each attack is a gory little party. Where will the bullet go? Eyeball? Liver? I love surprises.
My mission takes place in a hyper-realized Tobruk. Screeching warplanes divebomb, and the ratio of seconds to explosions is an estimated 1:200. It’s a marked departure from the silent rubble- strewn streets of Sniper Elite V2. After a few practice rounds in which I shoot a man through his binoculars, I’m tasked with sabotaging four anti-air emplacements. With my silenced Welrod pistol I creep around popping men in the head, but it’s rubbish. I want to snipe. Give me a high perch, a semi-automatic, and an endless stream of Nazis.
Later I move into a large, cliff-flanked bay that scratches the itch. Using the ambient racket as cover, I maim in every way possible, targeting intestines, teeth, belt-clipped grenades and even car engines. Perpetual fun. And there’s more to look forward to, such as, the official website proudly advertises, being able to shoot Charlie Brooker (Rebellion mo-capped him in after the British satirist called Sniper Elite V2 ‘The Rolls Royce of sniping games’ ). Oh, and Hitler, naturally. But it doesn’t matter who I kill—only that I get to watch the replay.