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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 23.0 hrs on record (17.2 hrs at review time)
Posted: 9 Jul, 2024 @ 8:44am

Believe the reviews this game is terrible.

The title relates to the three roles you play in various missions. There are sniper missions, stealth ones (ghost) and run and gun ones (warrior). The only type that is any good are the sniper missions.

The 'Warrior' missions are terrible for a variety of reasons; the clunky hit detection means you will sometimes get stuck trying to run away from fire as you turn the corner of stairs or a vehicle. It also means you can unload a full clip of 20 bullets 15 yards in front of an enemy and they don't drop, they just keep firing at you and soak up the bullets. The draw distance is terrible and you struggle to see where enemies are and with only iron sights available in the 'warrior' sections it's a pretty big deal. All in all these elements make the run and gun parts the worst part or the game and deeply frustrating at times as you are mown down by unseen enemies who simply refuse to die. There are multiple ways to approach enemies and places from which to shoot from and you will die a lot trying to find where this is. In some games this is part of the puzzle, in this game it's just an annoyance to have to replay terrible levels, under terrible conditions over and over.

The Ghost sections can work quite well, but the exercise simply becomes a crouched walking game and you need only dispatch a couple of enemies at point blank range with a pistol as you walk round the back of buildings or hug the edge of the game map. If you stick to this several levels can be completed in 15 minutes. However, you don't have to do this at all if you don't want to...you can simply snipe people which is way more fun. Although there are several levels that have an alarm system and if you try to take out any more than a group of three it usually results in an alarm and you restart the level. There are checkpoints on some of these missions but they can be quite far apart and a raised alarm from a guy you shot in the back is deeply irritating when you then have to restart the level.

The Sniper section is by far the best and frankly the only reason to play the game. It works quite well with Max Payne style bullet style, allowing you to take out sometimes as many as five enemies at once if you are quick enough and accurate enough. There are missions when you are the spotter and some where you are the sniper. Lots of tower action and covering team members from distance and these work well. It is still a beautiful sight to see a perfect headshot bullet time visual as the camera soars across the valley following your bullet. Having a record shot distance would have been nice and encouraging to try more of these, but no, instead they actually managed to make you dislike bullet time as the game goes on because if you are trying to dispatch more than one enemy at a time the last thing you want is your second shot interrupted by watching the first one glide to its target. Inevitably when this happens you curse, the second guy gets away, the alarm is raised and you restart the level. Great! Don't aim for headshots is the lesson learned. Shame.

The story is absurd with a hopeless plot twist half way through that literally makes not difference and the motivation for you and all characters is as simple as a single line. The writers didn't came and neither do you. All in all the clunky graphics, simple sound and poor gameplay make this something to miss. There are much better sniper games out there, to I suggest you ghost this game and go be a warrior elsewhere, time is precious people, don't waste it here.
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