That said, the AI isn’t exactly dialled up to eleven. The bright environments aren’t just better looking, there’s also something unsettling about playing stealth sections in burning sunshine. The change of scenery is probably the biggest improvement in SE3, moving away from the gloominess that dominated the first two entries and instead taking place on the sun-scorched battlegrounds of WW2’s Africa campaign. And yes, you could do that in V2, but beige streets and dull grey textures are no match for the searing heat of the African desert. I had no idea that blowing Nazi brains out in super slow motion while on the khazi would be so much fun. I’m continuously surprised by just how many games really are a fit for the Switch, and Sniper Elite 3 is no exception.

Turns out that maybe V2 was a just an appetiser, maybe even a field test to gauge interest.Įither way, 3 is finally on the Switch and, just as when it was originally released, the step up in quality from V2 is impressive. I also wondered why Rebellion hadn’t opted to go straight for Sniper Elite 3. While a perfectly competent sniper sim, V2 was a particularly bland and uneven title that stumbled and fell any time you weren’t belly-down with a rifle under your chin. When Sniper Elite V2 was ported to the Switch earlier this year I wondered long and hard why it was worth the time and effort. Sniper Elite 3 originally scored 8/10 in July 2014. Switch Re:port covers the Nintendo Switch port/version of a game newly released on the platform.

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