{"title":"Sniper","description":"\u003cp\u003eSniper games are built around the single deliberate shot. Most shooters reward reflexes and volume of fire; these reward patience. You read the distance to a target, allow for bullet drop and wind, track a moving figure through the scope and wait for the moment when everything lines up. The shot itself is only the middle of the job. Before it comes the approach and the choice of a firing position, somewhere with a clear line, cover from return fire and a way out. After it comes the consequence, because a rifle report tells everyone within earshot roughly where you are, and the best games make relocating as much a part of play as aiming. Players attach the Sniper tag to games where that loop of positioning, precision and withdrawal is the heart of the design rather than an occasional set piece, and this shelf gathers every title in our catalog that carries it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe tag is easy to confuse with its neighbors, so it helps to know what each one is measuring. Shooter is the broad genre of gun-based combat, and every sniper game belongs to it, but most shooters treat the long rifle as one weapon among many. FPS and Third-person Shooter describe where the camera sits, and that is not what Sniper describes: the Sniper Elite games are played from behind the character, the Sniper Ghost Warrior series is played through your own eyes, and both are sniper games to the core. Stealth is the closest relative, since staying unseen before and after the shot is half the craft, yet a stealth game does not need a rifle at all and a sniper game can be played loud if you are willing to accept the response. Tactical covers planning, positioning and deliberate engagement in general, of which sniping is one specialized expression. Military, War, World War II and Realistic describe setting and tone, and sniper games often wear those tags too, but a marksman can just as easily work in a modern city or a fictional conflict. What Sniper tells you is the discipline the game is built around: distance, precision and the cost of being found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo kinds of game wear the tag, and they feel different in the hand. The first is the dedicated sniper game, where the whole campaign is designed around the rifle and the levels are wide, open-ended spaces with several approaches, so the question is not whether to shoot but from where and when. The second is the broader shooter with a celebrated sniping stretch, the kind of mission everyone remembers, like the ghillie-suit crawl through Pripyat in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, where the discipline is a chapter rather than the design. Sniper Elite 3 is the collection's first member and a clean example of the first kind. Rebellion's third-person tactical shooter sends OSS marksman Karl Fairburne into the North African campaign of World War II, across large maps where you pick a perch, mask the crack of your rifle under a passing aircraft or a running generator, and move before anyone traces the shot. Its signature X-ray kill cam follows the bullet into the target in slow motion, there is a two-player co-op campaign and online multiplayer, and Steam players voted Sniper their top tag for it, ahead of Action and Stealth. If the shooting here is what draws you, the Shooter, Stealth, Tactical and World War II collections cover the surrounding ground.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sniper-elite-iii-pc-download","title":"Sniper Elite III","description":"\u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003eSniper Elite 3 trades the rubble of Berlin for the sun-bleached canyons, oases and ancient cities of North Africa, where Karl Fairburne hunts the Afrika Korps through huge open levels in a race to stop a Nazi super-weapon program. Rebellion's third-person shooter is built around patience: read the wind, steady your breathing, and let one bullet change the course of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eA Sniper's War in the Western Desert\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in 1942, the campaign follows Karl Fairburne from the siege of Tobruk through the Gaberoun oasis, Halfaya Pass, Fort Rifugio, Siwa and Kasserine to an airfield at Pont du Fahs and the hidden factory beyond it. What starts as a routine assignment against Rommel's supply lines becomes a hunt for a weapon that could end Allied resistance in Africa for good. Each mission is a large, multi-route space with primary and secondary objectives you can tackle in any order, so a ridge line, a wadi or a marketplace roof can become your firing position depending on how you choose to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBallistics That Reward Patience\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe series' signature gunplay is at its sharpest here. Every rifle shot accounts for distance, gravity, wind and your own heart rate, and the Western Desert's long sight lines invite shots that would be reckless anywhere else. Time the trigger to an artillery barrage or a running generator to mask the report, and the enemy will never know where the bullet came from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eRevamped X-Ray Kill Cam\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eA clean shot triggers the acclaimed slow-motion camera, now showing detailed muscle layers, 3D mesh particles and the complete circulatory system as the bullet passes through. You can tweak how often it appears, or turn it off entirely if you prefer to keep the flow of the hunt.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eX-Ray Vehicle Takedowns\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eVehicles are targets too. Multi-stage destruction lets you dismantle armored cars, trucks and Tiger tanks piece by piece, from shooting out a driver's view slit to detonating a fuel tank or an engine block once the plating has been stripped away.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eStealth, Traps and the Relocate Mechanic\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSniper Elite 3 gives you the tools to fight on your own terms. Stalk patrols through the twisting canyons with stealth and distractions, rig trip mines along a route you know a convoy will take, or drop an officer with a melee takedown before he can raise the alarm. If things go hot, the new Relocate mechanic lets you break contact, slip back into the shadows and start the hunt again from a fresh position instead of trading fire in the open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSound masking turns the battlefield into cover: wait for artillery, generators or aircraft to drown out your rifle and the garrison keeps searching in the wrong direction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTraps, distractions and explosive ordnance give you options beyond the scope, so an enemy camp can be taken apart methodically without ever firing a long-range shot.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDifficulty and assistance are fully adjustable. Turn off every aid and turn up the AI for the authentic experience, or dial the settings to suit your preferred playstyle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eCo-op and Competitive Multiplayer\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe entire campaign can be played in two-player online co-op, with one partner spotting and the other pulling the trigger, or both working opposite flanks of a fort. Two dedicated co-op modes push teamwork further: Overwatch pairs a sniper with a spotter who must mark targets and handle close work, while Survival throws waves of Afrika Korps at your position.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFive competitive online modes cover everything from Team Deathmatch to Distance King and No Cross, where a valley separates the teams and only the longest, cleanest shots count. XP carries across all modes, and Medals and Ribbons reward the way you play as you customize your character, weapons and loadout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eTake the Shot\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe desert is wide, the wind is shifting, and somewhere below a convoy is about to roll through your sights. Sniper Elite 3 is for players who would rather wait an hour for the perfect shot than spray a magazine. Settle into position, read the range, and make the one bullet count.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rebellion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41691734156,"sku":"PC_11064815308_DL_L_BY_RU_SS_XK","price":8.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0875\/3268\/files\/card-sniper-elite-iii-pc-steam-game.jpg?v=1789600317"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.pjsgames.com\/en-ch\/collections\/sniper.oembed","provider":"PJ's Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}