A SiC Play: Sniper Elite 5 - War Factory #3: Sniper's Nest

[@SS-vs4lo]

Great video. Not let me tell you something. It will be a big comment. Since you are talking about hardcore snipping let me tell you, the "hardest"-core snipping in Sniper Elite series is in Sniper Elite 1. During making of the game they actually brought an actual sniper. The game has a wind meter but no binocular to get the distance. You have to use the lines in the scope to figure out distance of the enemy. The manual which was an actual book back in the day (now pdf) has detailed explanation of how to figure out wind and distance and adjust for it. It is insanely deep. The manual even has blank pages to use it for calculating the wind and elevation. There are also not red colour on environmental object that can be shot (like gas tanks of truck). To know to to destroy trucks and tanks, one must read manual. It goes in detail on those and their weak spots. If you want to place dynamite to blow up something you can either place it and shoot it or you have to manually set the timer on the bomb and I really mean it. You have to set the timer gradually from 5 second to 45 minutes I believe. However, I won't recommend the game to anyone because of a few things 1) it does not control very smoothly. Players can get used to it but still it is never going to be smooth. 2) no checkpoints or saves. There is a cheat code of sort that enables saving but by default you have to complete the mission in one go. To the game's favour the missions are smaller in size. 3) since it is the first game in the series the devs hadn't figured out yet what works the best. So you have some incredibly engaging missions with a while lot of absolute BS sequences. There are 2 missions that are pure Sniper Elite and shows the DNA that made the later games. 4) the game looks bad. I know it is an old game and graphics won't look good but older games that that looks better. It's not graphics, it is bad art direction. 5) bad story. Even though in the series it is the only game with some acurate historical background (aside from V2, more on that) If someone wants to experience a version on Sniper Elite 1 without jank, I would recommend V2 as it is a loose remake of the original game with much more efficiently told story and the sequence of events and missions are better set up. Some missions are cut though or brought back in DLC. But the hardcore stuffs and tactical planning is nowhere near as good as the original. For instance, there is a mission in V2 where you have set ambush and hide at a nearby church or something. In V2 the game will tell you here you place the bomb (and the game will choose the bomb for you) and hide here. In the original you have to decide where to place the bomb, which type or explosive to place, if dynamite then whether to add timer or not, and where to hide. The game will just let you do what you want to. That's all. I hope you read this very very long comment.

[@SiCDisaster]

Hey, I meant to reply a lot sooner but such a comment deserves a proper reply haha. I have played Sniper Elite 1 as well in the past, though just not on KZbin. It was my first experience with the series, though I didn't finish it if I remember correctly. I didn't remember all the things you talk about, but I definitely do remember being impressed with the enemy sniper AI because it takes a shot at you and then moves, sometimes hides for quite some time and pops up in another place to take another shot. It was quite fun to play against. Sadly I also remember a part of the enemy AI that I didn't like, and that was the fact they basically know where you are at all times once you take a shot. I very clearly remember a map where I took a shot at a patrol from across a canal. And after that shot, I ran away into the building, through a few alleys, zigzagging completely randomly and then entering a basement somewhere, and I hid in a corner. These guys lost sight of me the moment I moved deeper into the building I took the shot from, yet they found me immediately and just sprayed me down as soon as they entered the basement haha. I remember being quite disappointed with V2, because it's basically just a linear path shooter with no freedom. It's a lot smoother but also much more boring, and I only really liked it for the X-ray kill cams. V3 finally started getting good again, but that one also suffered from not being able to save in missions, at least on authentic difficulty. But it had semi-open maps, so that was pretty nice. V4 is definitely still king for me though.

[@stburr91]

There are three workbenches on every map to upgrade your weapons. You need to find all of them to unlock all the upgrades, and weapons.

[@SiCDisaster]

That's good to know, funny I only found so few lol. I need to keep a better eye out, even though I will most likely never change from the starting rifle anyway, and only upgrade muzzle velocity where I can :p