The Sniper Elite 3 ‘Ultimate Edition’ Review

Thanks to 505 Games and Rebellion we have opportunity to test the The Sniper Elite 3 ‘Ultimate Edition’. This latest version of the game includes the tactical shooter and additional DLC content in one package. The Sniper Elite 3 ‘Ultimate Edition’ is available worldwide for $29.99/39.99/€ 29.99/39.99  on Playstation 3/Xbox 360 and Playstation 4/Xbox One.

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First, we want to show you what Sniper Elite 3 ‘Ultimate Edition’ includes, according to the latest press release:

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se3ue_dlc_screen-ENGUSANZ‘Save Churchill’ DLC – A three-part campaign challenging players to foil a plot to assassinate inspirational British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, featuring the biggest environments in Sniper Elite series to date:

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  • Save Churchill Part 1: In Shadows
  • Save Churchill Part 2: Belly of the Beast
  • Save Churchill Part 3: Confrontation

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Six Weapons Packs – Added fire power to help players eliminate their targets:

  • Hunter Weapons Pack
  • Camouflage Weapons Pack
  • Patriot Weapons Pack
  • Sniper Rifles Weapons Pack
  • Axis Weapons Pack
  • Eastern Front Weapons Pack

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Bonus content added to the base game since launch:

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Six Multiplayer Maps – Expand your experience in the field with a diversity of treacherous and complex environments

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  • Fracture
  • Night Watch
  • Outpost Canyon
  • Plantation
  • Lost Valley
  • Airstrip

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Three Distinct Gameplay Modes – Hone your skills with three additional challenging missions

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  • The Shooting Range (Singleplayer  Mode)
  • ‘Twilight Strike’ Overwatch Mission (Co-Op  Mission)
  • Capture The Flag (Multiplayer Mode)

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Now let’s have a closer look.

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Sniper Elite III was released last summer. This game was the first of the series that was also released for the new console generation. 505 Games and Rebellion released now the ‘Ultimate Edition’. Let’s take a look what is inside and if it was worth to release this Edition.

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We want to tell you a little bit about the story if you did not play Sniper Elite III. This game is not a standard WW2 game. The story rather takes place outside of the large war battles with hundreds of soldiers fighting against each other. But it is not less brutal in Africa. You have to prevent various plans of the Nazis. Mostly you have to do it by yourself but you are playing one of the best snipers of the OSS. It shouldn’t be a problem to complete the agent’s missions.

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The story is not the deepest one or very extensive, but it provides a solid base for the game. The levels are straight linear like the story but you have a lot of room to choose your own way through. The consequences of your actions have no effects on the course of storyline, but this is not bad. We noticed that it is more important for the developer to offer good gameplay than a good story to you.

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screenshot04Unfortunately, the game features not many innovations compared to the original Sniper Elite III game. Thanks to the included Save Churchills DLCs players are able to play some more chapters. The  DLCs have been released for the original game, what means, that this does not include new gameplay. Just some small adjustments have been added.

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We can confirm that the Sniper Elite III Ultimate Edition is a great looking game. Everything looks nice and the game’s graphics are great. The smooth african sunlight ensures a nice atmosphere. But this is not the point in this game. The developer’s plan is to kidnap the player to another world. And this works by the help of the X-Ray-Killcam.

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SE3_image_08If a precisely hits players can see in slow motion the bullets way through the enemies body. This live generated videos shows how individual bones breaks and which organs are affected by the bullet. Like the Nanosuit in Crysis, the X-Ray-Killcam is the trademark of this game series.

For the Ultimate Edition, 505 Games and Rebellion have added more details into the X-Ray-Killcam. They have increased the degree of details by adding more blood vessels and more detailed muscles.

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SE3_April_screens_03Sniper Elite III is not a simulation like ARMA 3 and it is not an arcade game like Unreal Tournament. There not no possibilities of the weapon’s adjustments but there are a some external influences on the behavior of your bullet. We still had a lot of fun to shoot one headshots after another after a long play time. You have no silencers for your weapons in this game so you have to use the ambient’s sounds to keep yourself invisible for the enemies.

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SE3_image_02You have to keep in mind that you are playing a sniper in this game. But you can also use some handguns, machine guns, a shotgun or even the approved knife for closer combats. Two of these pistols have a silencer which allows to be invisible while running through the enemies territories. The developers did not change the mechanics of the game but we noticed that they have upgraded the enemy’s AI.

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Sniper Elite III Ultimate Edition has a lot of more content that the original released game (list above). The DLCs are part of the game and are directly playable. This DLCs also includes new weapons and more modification options and the Save Churchill missions. SE3_image_04Unfortunately, we have to say that this game does not include all released DLCs but you can get them on the PSN Store or Xbox Games Store. This is really sad. According to the game’s players can think that they get the whole package but you only get a part of it. We have to add that we are not the only one that think like this about and we wish that the developer release the other content for owners of the Ultimate Edition for free later this year.

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Shoot or be shot!

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Unfortunately, you can see in this review that you do not get a real remake of Sniper Elite III. It is the same game like one year before but includes only some small optical adjustments and an upgrade of the AI. It is really sad that buyers do not get all the additional released content.

The good news are that PS4 and Xbox One owners who did not have played the game should get it as fast as they can. Sniper Elite III is a great shooter and we had a lot of fun with this game. We think that you get a real good pack especially because of the reduced price. After all, you can save money and get more ‘game’ for this.

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