The tutorial loadout includes a Remington M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle equipped with an adjustable x20 optical zoom scope, but once the game properly starts, you’re stripped of that and given a weak non-variable 8x scope for no discernible reason. It is all made worse by the obscure unlock process and limited selection of weapons available. I theorise that’s because the game no longer fires the whole casing along with the bullet. It is unfulfilling and disappointing, to say the least. However, the sniper rifles feel surprisingly meek and pathetic their barely noticeable recoil coupled with a muted audio design makes the sniping experience more akin to firing a BB gun than pressing the trigger on a piece of gear capable of hitting targets a thousand metres away. Some of them, like the assault rifle, possess great feedback and feel rightly heavy and powerful, the sound of gunfire echoing through your speakers every time you engage an enemy. Gunplay is the primary aspect of any first person shooter, but weapons here are a mixed bag. The title relies on its open world shooting to keep the player entertained, but that’s the first thing that is slightly off.
The outposts, the climbing, and free-roam - all of that makes gunplay fun and exciting, and the freedom to tackle challenges however you like is a powerful attractive. The best parts of Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 come from how clearly influenced by Far Cry it was. With such a dull plot fueling proceedings, all hope lies with gameplay.
Here, the premise of an American spreading democracy against evil Russian/former-Soviet Union soldiers is executed in an objectively boring fashion, a product of some uninspired writing that never veers off the expected path. Even Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands used the exact same plot premise, albeit with the slight twist of fighting a narco state instead of an established legitimate government. It was a novel concept back when Just Cause released back in 2006 and Just Cause 2 followed four years later, but nowadays, it has become somewhat banal. After the prologue is done with, Jon gets dropped down in Georgia (the country, not the state) to perform the now cliche plot of destabilising a government by causing chaos and sowing more panic than The Walking Dead did in Georgia (the state, not the country). The latest in the batch, CI Games’ first person shooter SGW3 is a fun game, dragged down by an unsatisfactory creative direction and a disappointing technical execution.įollowing the story of siblings Jon and Rob North, Sniper Ghost Warrior 3’s tutorial takes place as both sniper brothers infiltrate a compound in Eastern Ukraine in order to destroy a Soviet-era cache of weapons. Between Sniper Elite 4, Ghost Recon: Wildlands, and now Sniper Ghost Warrior 3, fans of long-distance stealth killing have got their steady little hands full. Reviews // 17th May 2017 - 4 years ago // By Marcello Perricone Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 Review
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