The new features in Sniper Elite V2 allowing player to have 'X-Ray Killcam'Ī major difference from the original Sniper Elite is the introduction of a controversial ‘X-Ray Kill Cam’, which activates when the player makes a particularly extreme shot. Sniping gameplay is from a first person scope view, whereas movement and use of all other weapons is in third person view. One of the main features of the title is the realistic ballistics, involving factors such as bullet drop, wind strength, and the effect of holding one's breath when attempting a shot. Fairburne uses several WWII-era weapons, including sniper rifles, a silenced Welrod pistol, sub-machine guns and German and Soviet hand grenades (which can be also used to make tripwire booby traps). Sniper Elite V2 is a third-person shooter that stresses employing stealth, rather than using brute force. Fairburne remarks that WWII is over but the Cold War has just begun, in which he has acted as the first American-German combatant. Fairburne climbs on top of the structure and, as Wolff is about to escape in a car, he shoots, causing the car to run off the road and crash, killing Wolff instantly. With only Wolff left, Fairburne goes back to the Brandenburg Gate, where he had assassinated von Eisenberg few days earlier. Fairburne arrives at another building just in time to retrieve from a fireplace a map detailing V-2 storage facilities. The office has been already destroyed, but Fairburne finds a ripped notebook and establishes that Wolff is about to escape from an airfield. Wolff, the mastermind behind the project, to find more information. With only information that location is somewhere outside Berlin, Fairburne goes to the Berlin office of Dr.

With no location of V-2 launching site, he goes to a Soviet HQ, where he finds that tabun is a nerve gas carried by the V-2 rockets that are about to launch on London. Müller, whom he assassinates from his command tower. Schwaiger is shot in the process, and before he dies, he says ' Tabun'. The plan works and Fairburne heads off to a place called Opernplatz, where he finds Schwaiger and is forced to hold off waves of Soviet troops who have discovered their position. Fairburne decides to steal a cache of explosives and destroy a bridge to distract the Soviets and Germans while he slips behind them and rescues Schwaiger. Schwaiger, who is willing to defect to the United States, but Fairburne is discovered and must fight his way out of the facility. Next, Fairburne infiltrates a V-2 rocket production facility in search of another scientist, Dr. Gunther Kreidl, a Nazi scientist, and escape with his documents. The next mission is a slightly altered version of the demo, where the player is sent to capture Dr. The campaign begins with a tutorial mission, where the player must assassinate German Major-General Hans von Eisenberg who is attempting to defect to the Soviets. Fairburne comes up against both Nazi and Soviet opponents as he tracks key individuals involved with the development of the V-2 ballistic missile. It references Operation Paperclip and its predecessor Operation Overcast, the plan by the USA to recruit the scientists of Nazi Germany. The main character is Karl Fairburne, an OSS officer who is inserted into Berlin in 1945, during the final days of World War II. Check out our interview with Senior Producer Jean-Baptiste Bolcato as we discussed the newly announced Sniper Elite 3, due in Q2 2014.Karl Fairburne, the main protagonist and the main character of the game. Sniper Elite 3 takes place in North Africa and is much more of a sandbox than V2, with great improvements made to enemy AI so that they behave as squads and not some hive-minded super army.

Rebellion defend the Killcam as a way to 'illustrate why snipers are so feared' in World War II, or any conflict. There's an argument to be made that the X-Ray Killcam is an excess too far, but the Sniper Elite 3 team are expanding it to even include vehicles. Rebellion aren't shying away from the bone snapping or meat explosions. It's not for the faint of heart, and you might just start feeling sorry for the poor flesh bag in your reticule. The studio has greatly improved the Killcam, with extra bits on display. Prepare to cringe as you witness the bone and organ violator that is the X-Ray Killcam from Sniper Elite 3, in this developer diary from Rebellion.

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