Sniper Elite 3 (free DLC on preoder)

When you say you're being spotted, do you mean the yellow circle alert or the red attack one? The yellow one could be caused by AI patrols finding the bodies of your victims.
I've completed the game on Marksman difficulty level and I don't remember seeing any random AI spotting behavior, but maybe I just got lucky.

Anyway, I've been enjoying the game although I can see how it's not for everyone. There is quite a lot more sneaking around getting stealth kills than I expected. I'm finding it quite reminiscent of the old Hidden and Dangerous games, in a good way. The 7-8/10 review scores it's been getting seem fair to me.
 
rocktart said:
When you say you're being spotted, do you mean the yellow circle alert or the red attack one? The yellow one could be caused by AI patrols finding the bodies of your victims.
I've completed the game on Marksman difficulty level and I don't remember seeing any random AI spotting behavior, but maybe I just got lucky.

Anyway, I've been enjoying the game although I can see how it's not for everyone. There is quite a lot more sneaking around getting stealth kills than I expected. I'm finding it quite reminiscent of the old Hidden and Dangerous games, in a good way. The 7-8/10 review scores it's been getting seem fair to me.
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I loved Hidden and Dangerous 2..it was utterly superb whilst being utterly frustrating

when I played sniper elite v2 it reminded me of the mission in H&D 2 where you had to infiltrate a town to get to a bank
 
ricky1981 said:
Up to mission 6 and the AI bugs are really starting to frustrate me, I've had several occasions where I get spotted and the warning marker sticks to me not matter what I do. I know I'm not being seen as it happens even inside buildings or tunnels and all I can do is reload the game.

On top of that, I've had to restart a mission 3 times because when I load up a save game I get shot by a tank some 800m away (that hadn't seen me when I saved) or spotted by AI that fails the mission.

The actual shooting part is okay but the AI just ruins it completely in places and trying to play stealthily becomes a chore as it's easier to just pick off 1-2 people then let the rest of them come to you one at a time like lemmings.

I really want to like the game but right now I can't recommend it.
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i deffo recommend the game, you're just unlucky with the download that you have, Sniper Elite 3 is good fun easy gaming....It's a game you play after work when you're tired.........but Metro Last Light isn't, that game requires much more thought.

but to be honest SE3 is too dumb, because when you fire the Lee Enfield in real life it can be heard 5 miles away :D.....but the AI in this game only hears you in your immediate location.

the enemy in real life will always know roughly where the shot has come from, but where it's wrong is that they're detecting you far too easily....because you could be anywhere over there !!!!

not knowing exactly where the sniper is, means that you will not run around out in the open...you'd duck behind cover and search for him through binoculars first...plus if you were looking directly at him, you still wouldn't run toward him, because that's suicide !!!!!! his silenced pistol is total Krap, it has no stopping power at all...he'd never use that, he'd use a custom modified Browning or Colt

finally, why does the game suddenly end, because it's about 3 hours too short !!!!
 
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not knowing exactly where the sniper is, means that you will not run around out in the open...you'd duck behind cover and search for him through binoculars first...plus if you were looking directly at him, you still wouldn't run toward him, because that's suicide !!!!!! his silenced pistol is total Krap, it has no stopping power at all...he'd never use that, he'd use a custom modified Browning or Colt
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The AI does actually take cover though, generally hiding from the direction the shot came from. That's why the system is in place that yo can go elsewhere, fire a shot, go back to your orignal place unseen and the enemy should be out in the open again.

Also, the Welrod was never one for stopping power, that wasn't its design brief. They aimed to create a weapon that would take an enemy down silently, invaluable for covert agents.

Wikipedia said:
"Although it had a maximum suggested range of 23 metres it was intended for use far closer—up to point-blank range. The muzzle end of the gun was cut away so that it could be fired in direct contact with the target. This would reduce the sound levels even further and remove the chance of missing."
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i've just downloaded the 2nd game, it keeps missing shots, zoom doesn't work as well, plus the bullet graphics is missing in Kill camera....it hasn't registered a single head shot yet :conf

it's playing fine now; you have to turn down the graphics settings, the higher setttings have some kind of bug buried somewhere in there.

it's a better sniper game than the 3rd, it's far better in the streets of Berlin than in Africa, more realistic and atmospheric, it's a no nonsense shooter with good mechanics.....but like the 3rd game it's a bit dumb, even so; i prefer this game to Wolfenstein...it's a far more satisfying shooter, the kill camera is to die for, mind you i've always been a sniper

i've played many good shooters, but never one that you can sniper as good as this, i was always put off by it's low review score on Steam; but it's a far better game than that, you dont do anything but shoot whilst going from A to B , yes true, but that's all you should be doing anyway.
 
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TehBluebear said:
The AI does actually take cover though, generally hiding from the direction the shot came from. That's why the system is in place that yo can go elsewhere, fire a shot, go back to your orignal place unseen and the enemy should be out in the open again.
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yes i've noticed that, but you still get loads that run at you..... you do in the 2nd game as well.
 
Patched it in time for last mission, game was ok but far easier to hit a target at same difficulty setting than the last game.

Had the animation glitches where they would blow apart before bullet reached them etc, seems fixed after patch.

Does not seem to like OC GPU as much as v2, not sure what was causing me issues on launch day.

Game was ok not sure if better than v2 and will wait on next Zombie version of this.

Going to play the DLC next week, but if anything like v2 you had to do in 1 go as it does not save once you close/reopen game.
 

Some gameplay footage of what so far has been my favourite level. I really enjoyed having to cover the guy, even though it seemed bugged at one point as I simply couldn't see any other guys shooting at him and even looked for the signs of gunshots where the guy was hiding to no avail.

The level before this one (mission 3) was punishing though for difficulty on sniper elite. Think I died at least 10 times on it and had to constantly slow my advance and use relocate better to eliminate enough enemies so get to the objectives.

Its a superb game though and I'm very much enjoying it so far. Playtime says I've put in over 5 hours already too, which is pretty nice tbh!
 
Just finished this on sniper elite difficulty and loved it. The final level is absolutely solid on that difficulty. I seemed to get very unlucky with sniper ammo towards the end, meaning I had to constantly reassess the method I used in terms of luring away enemies for welrod kills, to clumping them together for S mine multikill mayhem.

I'd not recommend playing the game on anything less than sniper elite as you can still take a few shots before you die and health packs (plus bandages) are still pretty plentiful anyway. If you play the game right, most enemies will never even get a shot off.
 
I absolutely loved Sniper Elite V2, and this one from all accounts is even better, I'll have to see if I can pick it up cheap, as I've already spent my monthly games allowance upto 2015 after my Steam Summer Sale Spending Spree.
 
ive been loving this game, the Steam achievments give it a lot of afterlife once them campaign's been completed,
i got 100% with a lil help from youtube to find a few last things ;) and today i got the season pass for the extra missions.
gotta love cheap key codes off the bay ;)
 
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