History VideoGame / SniperElite

A realistic sniping game developed by [[Creator/{{Rebellion}} Rebellion Developments]] for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/NintendoWii, and Windows PC.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: One of the game's first targets is Nazi Party leader [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Bormann Martin Bormann]], who is trying to defect to the Soviets. In reality, Bormann is widely regarded to have [[DrivenToSuicide killed himself]] in order to escape Soviet capture.

* DirtyCommunists: How the Red Army is depicted, giving them a HistoricalVillainUpgrade, in contrast to most modern works about the Eastern Front of World War II. Probably because the OSS realized that the Soviets will become a greater threat than Nazi Germany ever was.

The game received a reboot for it's sequel and led to a series of games including:

The game received a sequel/Reboot in the form of ''VideoGame/SniperEliteV2''.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Shoot to wound. Then shoot (ideally, shoot to wound) anyone who comes to help the wounded man as he cries out for help. He'll die without treatment after a few minutes, and you can just sit there and watch, or practice your grenade-lobbing skills, or run a good distance away and shoot him with the sniper rifle for long-distance kill points. This can be a very useful method if you're facing lots of enemies in cover and need to even the odds. WarIsHell.

* ArrowCam: While using the sniper rifle, shots against moving targets, long-range kill-shots, and any headshot gets this treatment. Follow the bullet as it makes a mess of your opponent's skull.

* GoodBadBugs: Saving and quitting the game will result in AI difficulty resetting but you'll still be counted as the difficulty you were playing on, starting a new mission on the difficulty with the AI setting you want and then loading your save can fix this.

In this game, you are Karl Fairbourne, an American OSS Agent operating in Germany during the final stages of the Second World War. You conduct various missions and operations against invading Soviet forces over-running Germany and remnants of the Nazi Army still in the cities. Your goals are usually oriented toward hindering the Soviets from receiving information regarding nuclear weapons development from the falling Nazi Government. You also render aid to the local German Resistance Fighters as they fight the Soviets.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Acknowledged, as the game opens with a disclaimer that it's events are fictional:
** While a German Resistance did exist, they never engaged in any sort of en-mass armed uprising against the Germans or Soviets during the final days of the war, were fairly disorganized and mostly engaged in non-violent resistance aside from a few assassination attempts on Hitler.
** Martin Ludwig Bormann's cause of death (The target of the set of missions) is unknown in reality, while his body was found, how exactly he died is unknown, though the game's depiction (Assassinated before he can defect to the Soviets) seems fairly unlikely with either Suicide or being killed by the Soviets being more likely.

* {{BFG}}: The MG-42 and DP-28 machine guns. Both weapons are large machine guns and pack a lot of firepowers and a high ammo count.

* BottomlessMagazines: Played straight for [=NPCs=] and averted with you. Interestingly, whenever you loot the corpse of any enemy, they've usually got less than ten rounds left in their weapons, whether they ever fired at you or not.

* DirtyCommunists: How the Red Army is depicted, giving them a HistoricalVillainUpgrade, in contrast to most modern works about the Eastern Front of World War II.
* DressingAsTheEnemy - Karl. He's wearing a German uniform, which makes him pretty safe from the Germans. Too bad you're mostly fighting Russians.
* EliteMooks: The NKVD and SS troopers. They are better shots and use grenades more often.
* EvilPowerVacuum: The game takes place during the USSR's final drive to crush the Third Reich out of existence, as [[EnemyCivilWar fighting breaks out]] between Nazi remnants and the pro-US German resistance.

* MeleeATrois: The Nazi remnant, German resistance, and Red Army are locked in a three-way fight to scramble for what's left of Berlin.

* {{Mooks}}: The average Russian/German Soldier you encounter.

* MovingTargetBonus: A kill shot on a moving target scores extra points.

* OneHitPolyKill: If Multiple Enemies are lined up you can kill most of them with one shot.

* ScopeSnipe: Averted You will instead hit the enemy in the face without hitting the weapon.

* ShownTheirWork: Yes, unlike other states at the time, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipers_of_the_Soviet_Union Soviet female snipers]] did enlist en masse during the war and was sent to multiple fronts, including the one in the Battle of Berlin. As such, it is no wonder that at some point, you'll have to deal with Soviet female snipers during a certain point in the game.

* StateSec: One for each enemy faction: The Nazi SS and the Soviet NKVD.
* TacticalWithdrawal: When the enemy finds your hiding spot you do this.

* VideogameCrueltyPotential: Shoot to wound. Then shoot (ideally, shoot to wound) anyone who comes to help the wounded man as he cries out for help. He'll die without treatment after a few minutes, and you can just sit there and watch, or practice your grenade-lobbing skills, or run a good distance away and shoot him with the sniper rifle for long-distance kill points. This can be a very useful method if you're facing lots of enemies in cover and need to even the odds. WarIsHell.

* GoodBadBugs: Saving and quitting the game will result in difficulty resetting but you'll still be counted as the difficulty you were playing on, starting a new mission on the difficulty you want and then loading your save can fix this.

** Enemies will also sometimes have absurd accuracy with their guns, easily shooting you at far sniper range with submachine guns. Although thankfully, these hits barely cause damage to you if they're still far away and will only be lethal to you if you're in close range with them.

A realistic sniping game developed by [[Creator/{{Rebellion}} Rebellion Developments]] for the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/NintendoWii and Windows PC.

In this game you are Karl Fairbourne, an American OSS Agent operating in Germany during the final stages of the Second World War. You conduct various missions and operations against invading Soviet forces over-running Germany and remnants of the Nazi Army still in the cities. Your goals are usually oriented towards hindering the Soviets receiving information from the falling Nazi Government. You also render aid to the local German Resistance Fighters as they fight the Soviets.

The main selling point of the game is the realistic sniping system. This includes the effects of wind, posture, heart beat, bullet drop due to gravity, and even being shot. The game has adjustable difficulties which adjust the challenge of the AI and the realism of the shooting effects. The player can earn Points of Fame for shots they make. There is a bullet cam effect that is shown when the player makes head shots at 30m and out. The effect also sometimes triggers for other kill shot events.

The player will die easily if they don't fight smart as the AI uses flanking, cover, and grenades to good effect. Being quiet and sneaky goes a long way.

* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: Obviously a guy with a .30-cal rifle can't really destroy a tank by shooting its gas cap. However, it is sufficiently difficult to pull off in-game, especially without first making a ranging shot (or a miss) that alerts the tank--and its big-ass gun--to your presence that doing so counts as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome

* AllGermansAreNazis: Averted, you fight along side German Resistance, in fact they're one of the few friendlies you fight alongside with.
* ArrowCam: While using the sniper rifle, shots against moving targets, long-range kill-shots, and any head shot gets this treatment. Follow the bullet as it makes a mess of your opponent's skull.

* BenevolentArchitecture: Even for a war zone, there's an awful lot of little barricades and sniper positions about...
* {{BFG}}: The MG-42 and DP-Machine Gun. Both weapons are large machine guns and pack a lot of fire power and a high ammo count.

* BoomHeadshot: The guaranteed kill. Plus you are a sniper. You get more fame points for head shots at range. Plus when the bullet hits home there is a spray of blood and an entry and exit wound.
* BottomlessMagazines: Played straight for [=NPCs=] averted with you. Interestingly, whenever you loot the corpse of any enemy, they've usually got less than ten rounds left in their weapons, whether they ever fired at you or not.
* BulletTime: The in-game bullet cam shows a slow mode bullet leaving your rifle and hitting your target. Happens with head/neck shots, some body kill shots, and if you hit multiple enemies in a row with a single bullet.

* EvilVersusEvil: How the Battle of Berlin is depicted. In one corner... UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany. In the other... UsefulNotes/JosephStalin and the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]]. You have to make your way through the crossfire of both. Place your bets now ladies and gentlemen.
* EyeScream: Head shots with the sniper rifle to the eye.

** Enemies will also sometimes have absurd accuracy with their guns, easily shooting you at far sniper range with submachine guns.
* GoodBadBugs: Saving and quitting the game will result in the difficulty resetting but you'll still be counted as the difficulty you were playing on, starting an new mission on the difficulty you want then loading your save can fix this.

* HandGuns: Enemy snipers, rifleman, and officers all have handguns and will use them instead of another weapon. The Snipers and riflemen will use the handgun if you start to close on them quickly and they can't open the distance fast enough.
* HarderThanHard: Sniper Elite mode. Between realistic damage and greatly increased difficulty aiming your precious rifle, fulfilling your mission objectives is easy compared to just staying alive. Even Cadet mode is pretty tough if you don't take the game's unique tactical viewpoint to heart.

* HyperspaceArsenal: Averted. If it's in your inventory, it's visible either slung on Fairburne's back or holstered/clipped on his gear.
* ImmuneToBullets: Cars, tanks, and APC vehicles. Unless the vehicle has an external fuel tank with a gas cap you can't kill it with your gun. Even if you use a MG-42. However Rockets and dynamite work every time.
* JustAStupidAccent - the German freedom fighters have over-the-top German accents. And that's the least problem with their voice acting. Averted with enemies in missions, who speak either German or Russian as appropriate.

* MeleeATrois: The Nazi remnant, German resistance, and Red Army are locked in a three way fight to scramble for what's left of Berlin.
* MissingBackBlast: The Panzershreck has small little spit of fire but no real back blast like it would in real life.

* MoreDakka: Most enemies are carrying a sub-machine gun or a BFG. Their response to a sniper in the open is to hose him with bullets.

* OneBulletClips: When the player reloads they don't lose any unfired ammo from disposed magazines. The ammo returns to their total ammo pool.

* OneManArmy: You blow up enemy depots, assassinate officers, fend off platoons worth of men and multiple enemy snipers very often without any help at all.
* OnlyAFleshWound: You can shoot enemies in the arms and legs and they will limp and hold their arms. You can also wound them with a non lethal chest shot and they will roll around on the ground in pain. However there are times where shoot them in the chest and they keep running around like nothing happened.

* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Averted. Ironically, shots to the limbs or torso don't usually leave a mark, but head shots are very conspicuous, more so with the ArrowCam.
* SamusIsAGirl: You probably won't know it until the Kill Camera gives you a close look, and/or you hear them screaming, but some of the Soviet snipers you tangle with are women.

* ShootTheFuelTank: Tanks, trucks, and fuel drums
* SniperRifle: You get three different rifles with different cross hairs you can use to accurately gauge distance and use the lines to adjust and fire.
* SnipingMission: Every mission is a sniping mission.

* TacticalWithDrawal: When the enemy finds your hiding spot you do this.

* UrbanWarFare: The majority of the missions to take place in Berlin while the Red Army was in the process of obliterating it. Craters and collapsed buildings abound, giving you lots of potential firing positions.

* AllGermansareNazis: Averted, you fight along side German Resistance, in fact they're one of the few friendlies you fight alongside with.

* DirtyCommunists: How the Red Army is depicted, giving them a HistoricalVillainUpgrade, in contrast to most modern works about the Eastern Front of WW2.

* EnemyCivilWar: The game takes place during the USSR's final drive to crush the Third Reich out of existence, as fighting breaks out between Nazi remnants and the pro-US German resistance.

* EvilVersusEvil: How the Battle of Berlin is depicted, giving the Red Army a HistoricalVillainUpgrade. In one corner... UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany. In the other... UsefulNotes/JosephStalin and the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]]. You have to make your way through the crossfire of both. Place your bets now ladies and gentlemen.

* AllGermansareNazis: Averted, you fight along side German Resistance, infact they're one of the few friendlies you fight alongside with.

* {{BFG}}: The MG-42 and Dp-Machine Gun. Both weapons are large machine guns and pack a lot of fire power and a high ammo count.

* EliteMooks: The NKVD and SS Troopers. They are better shots and use grenades more often.
* EvilPowerVacuum: The game takes place during Stalin's final drive to crush the Third Reich out of existence and supplant it with the Soviet Union.
* EvilVersusEvil: In one corner... UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany. In the other... UsefulNotes/JosephStalin and the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]]. You have to make your way through the crossfire of both. Place your bets now ladies and gentlemen.

* JustAStupidAccent - the German freedom fighters have very annoying over-the-top German accents. And that's the least problem with their voice acting. Averted with enemies in missions, who speak either German or Russian as appropriate.

The game received a sequel/Reboot by the same developers Titled ''VideoGame/SniperEliteV2''.

* DummiedOut: The PC Manual mentions a Knife once or twice, one as a way of silently killing enemies and for the server options of setting weapon damage, Karl also has an empty knife Sheath on his model so it's safe to say a usable knife was cut from the game.

The game received a sequel/Reboot by the same developers Titled VideoGame/SniperEliteV2.