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Do you like video games?
Do you like World War 2?
Do you like snipers?
Do you like shooting guys?
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The main menu.
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Insertion point of the first mission. You'll notice your HUD. To your left, compass, health meter, objective pointers, clock, and camoflage meter. The camoflage meter is somewhat useless as it only tells you how hidden you are in incriments of 25%, but it can be useful at times, because if you're at 75% and you take out a target, you are unlikely to be found right away, compared to 25%.
To your right you'll notice the type of weapon you have equipped, how many rounds are in your clip, and your ammunition count. All of the HUD can be turned off at will.
From here, I am to find my contact.
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After creeping around for a while and getting used to the visuals, you'll begin to notice you can locate enemies easier. For some reason the first time I played the first mission I was almost completely blind. But as I play more, I became a bit more careful, as well as observant. This screenshot is an example of being able to spot a guard who is just standing around, guarding the bridge (that extends out beyond the building to the right).
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Zoomed in, I move closer to get a clear shot, his life will end now.
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Approaching the ruins of a bombed out building, the map says my contact should be here.
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Ah, some intel. My friend here also asks me to save his wounded friend a few blocks away. He offers to come, but I reply "You'll just slow me down, show me on the map where I can take him."
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Animated skies are a highlight to the visuals in this game. You'll even see airplanes getting shot down (some crashing in your 'level'. Also, in this blown out building, I've spotted a sniper and will begin to stalk him.
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Advancing to my right, you can see a glint of his face towards the middle-left, near the wood frame.
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Hello, friend.
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When you get a decent shot on a target, it will go into a bullet-cam mode, not unsimilar to Max Payne's sniper rifle. There is plenty of motion blurring, but this is always a cool effect to have. Obviously I have made a neck shot, and sometimes even with headshots it can get gruesome. The gore is kind of realistic for what it is, even with chunks of meat and flesh flying out the back side of your target when you plug them. A look of horror will appear on their face as they fall to the ground.
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So long, friend.
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Tanks patrolling in the street can make things extra complicated. Especially with the noisy rain.
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As I maneuver around to the left and find my perch in the second floor of an apartment, I believe I have found my next objective. Feet moving, as if he is laying on the ground writhing in pain, spots of blood on the floor... and a patrolling enemy that won't let me give him a clear shot in the doorway.
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I guess I'll just go around to the back door and wait for him.
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Target aquired.
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In-game engine cutscene begins.
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After I leave the Ally at the drop point, I come across another tank near my extraction point. I get filled in on another sub-objective. Things could be complicated.
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A nice spot has been found in some more rubble. Two guards also are standing near the extraction point, near the tank.
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Remember the bullet-cam mode I talked about? This guy is burger.
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Guard number 2, taken out. That's not rigor mortis you see, but him not-quite-dead yet. I have to put another bullet in him so he'll stop rolling around and screaming for a medic. Yes, I am dead serious, it's that awesome.
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Two more have spotted me. Fucking fuck.
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One down, one to go. Note the yellow "cone" on the left side of my HUD. This tells you where incoming fire is coming from. If you have a shit-ass speaker set like me, it's very useful, but can be turned off.
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After some paitence and a slight relocation to a bomb-crater in the road, number two's life is ended.
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Now for the tank. The waiting and watching for the perfect shot begins. See the MG-40 machine gun I picked off a corpse? Yeah, I can use that on enemies if I want to. Along with many other weapons, or a sidearm I keep with me at all times.
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EXCELLENT!!!!!!
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Extraction successful, advancing to the next map begins. But as I got my objectives from my contact way back at the beginning, this is the only the start of this 'stage'. It'll be a while before I can go back to base.
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