Reboot the Sniper Elite series

[Team Kill]

I think we need to get out of sniper elite ww2 games. You know how many other snipers existed in different wars? Vietnam, The cold war (if you wanted to make your own "war" for it), Iraq, Afghanistan, even a WW1 sniper elite game would be fine at this point. Idk what the deal is with them, but they just have no creative mindset. It would be like CoD sticking with WW2 since they pretty much did that up until CoD 4, but as soon as they branched out, it became a popular title everywhere.

[Silent Violence]

Go play COD, Sniper Elite is a WW2 game

[jf3000]

This game has been around for almost 20 years, still a great game and sure it has hiccups, the game has changed over the years, so you can tell that certain programmers have left the business and moved on.

[NoLifeDGenerate]

I keep saying they need to do a Vietnam game based on the Sniper movies with Tom Berenger while he's still alive to voice the character.

[startrekmike]

Originally posted by NoLifeDGenerate:

I keep saying they need to do a Vietnam game based on the Sniper movies with Tom Berenger while he's still alive to voice the character.

So there are a couple of reasons why this isn't such a great idea. The first really comes down to the costs involved in getting the rights to the films and even the necessary actors to do voice work. It isn't a minor thing and wouldn't really be worth the cost in this case.

The second reason really comes down to simple franchise identity. If the developer/publisher were to make a Sniper Elite game based on the Sniper film series, it wouldn't even be called Sniper Elite anymore. It would be its own standalone adaptation. Sony Pictures (the current studio handling the Sniper film franchise) isn't going to want a Sniper adaptation to have anything but the Sniper branding on it directly (for obvious reasons).

You are asking for an entirely different game that has nothing to do with the Sniper Elite series.

[NoLifeDGenerate]

Originally posted by startrekmike:

Originally posted by NoLifeDGenerate:

I keep saying they need to do a Vietnam game based on the Sniper movies with Tom Berenger while he's still alive to voice the character.

So there are a couple of reasons why this isn't such a great idea. The first really comes down to the costs involved in getting the rights to the films and even the necessary actors to do voice work. It isn't a minor thing and wouldn't really be worth the cost in this case.

The second reason really comes down to simple franchise identity. If the developer/publisher were to make a Sniper Elite game based on the Sniper film series, it wouldn't even be called Sniper Elite anymore. It would be its own standalone adaptation. Sony Pictures (the current studio handling the Sniper film franchise) isn't going to want a Sniper adaptation to have anything but the Sniper branding on it directly (for obvious reasons).

You are asking for an entirely different game that has nothing to do with the Sniper Elite series.

No, I'm asking for a different sniper game on the same engine. The only engine worth a ♥♥♥♥ for it.

[Team Kill]

Originally posted by Silent Violence:

Go play COD, Sniper Elite is a WW2 game

So was CoD at one point. You think CoD would've made it by sticking to WW2? No. Sniper Elite is getting boring and the only people who still like it are either new players like me or people like you who think change is a bad thing for games.

[Team Kill]

Originally posted by jf3000:

This game has been around for almost 20 years, still a great game and sure it has hiccups, the game has changed over the years, so you can tell that certain programmers have left the business and moved on.

The issue isn't the game itself. It is the time period. They keep adding on and dragging out the war as if it was Wolfenstein. How many games let you kill the Fuhrer again? 4 games he has died and somehow came back for the next one?

[Team Kill]

The game will get stale the longer they keep this up. 5 or 6 sniper elite games (if you count VR) all set in the same time period with similar gameplay and somewhat similar missions. Sure, new players are going to love the newest one. That is like all games. The older players may not like it over time. I've only played 4 and 5 and I am already bored of it and have no reason to go back to 3 or V2.

[Lamoi]

Originally posted by Team Kill:

I think we need to get out of sniper elite ww2 games. You know how many other snipers existed in different wars? Vietnam, The cold war (if you wanted to make your own "war" for it), Iraq, Afghanistan, even a WW1 sniper elite game would be fine at this point. Idk what the deal is with them, but they just have no creative mindset. It would be like CoD sticking with WW2 since they pretty much did that up until CoD 4, but as soon as they branched out, it became a popular title everywhere.

Please no.

Ghost Recon Wildlands, truly scratch that itch for jungle combat. Even Breakpoint.

Also to render jungle scenery well is incredibly difficulty. Lighting and foliage, very labour intensive. heavy asset load. It’s not easy.

Don’t forget Rebellion are essentially an Indy developer.


What I want is WW2 Eastern Front: Russia.

Ruined cities… bombed out factories. Some Russian countryside.

Then FEATURES —

Create your own custom character.
Male or female snipers selectable from beginning of game.
Camouflage mechanic re-added from SE1.
Snow.
Real-time - Changeable weather conditions
Gear has weight and impacts movement.
Backpacks can be carried for extra space for gear/ items. Backpacks can also be placed on the ground and picked back up. Placed on the ground when the player needs extra mobility in combat.

Movement especially whilst prone revamped. You can lie on back and aim gun for better stability etc.
climbing also improved.

Bleeding mechanic. Enemies can now track you if you are bleeding.
Bandages have to be used to stop bleeding. Passing through water can help break enemies ability to track you.

Tripwire grenade re-added.
More booby trap guerrilla warfare type items.

[Team Kill]

Originally posted by Lamoi:

Originally posted by Team Kill:

I think we need to get out of sniper elite ww2 games. You know how many other snipers existed in different wars? Vietnam, The cold war (if you wanted to make your own "war" for it), Iraq, Afghanistan, even a WW1 sniper elite game would be fine at this point. Idk what the deal is with them, but they just have no creative mindset. It would be like CoD sticking with WW2 since they pretty much did that up until CoD 4, but as soon as they branched out, it became a popular title everywhere.

Please no.

Ghost Recon Wildlands, truly scratch that itch for jungle combat. Even Breakpoint.

Also to render jungle scenery well is incredibly difficulty. Lighting and foliage, very labour intensive. heavy asset load. It’s not easy.

Don’t forget Rebellion are essentially an Indy developer.


What I want is WW2 Eastern Front: Russia.

Ruined cities… bombed out factories. Some Russian countryside.

Then FEATURES —

Create your own custom character.
Male or female snipers selectable from beginning of game.
Camouflage mechanic re-added from SE1.
Snow.
Real-time - Changeable weather conditions
Gear has weight and impacts movement.
Backpacks can be carried for extra space for gear/ items. Backpacks can also be placed on the ground and picked back up. Placed on the ground when the player needs extra mobility in combat.

Movement especially whilst prone revamped. You can lie on back and aim gun for better stability etc.
climbing also improved.

Bleeding mechanic. Enemies can now track you if you are bleeding.
Bandages have to be used to stop bleeding. Passing through water can help break enemies ability to track you.

Tripwire grenade re-added.
More booby trap guerrilla warfare type items.

As long as we get out of the American side, I am down. I'd still prefer a vietnam game just because we don't have enough of those. The best Vietnam game is still Rising Storm 2 and that is really old. We've yet to get anything to compete.

[Thorbalt]

Originally posted by NoLifeDGenerate:

I keep saying they need to do a Vietnam game based on the Sniper movies with Tom Berenger while he's still alive to voice the character.

Yeah. Waste money on celebrity cameos and spend even less on story. What could POSSIBLY go wrong with an idea as stupid as that?

[Struonger]

Originally posted by Team Kill:

I think we need to get out of sniper elite ww2 games. You know how many other snipers existed in different wars? Vietnam, The cold war (if you wanted to make your own "war" for it), Iraq, Afghanistan, even a WW1 sniper elite game would be fine at this point. Idk what the deal is with them, but they just have no creative mindset. It would be like CoD sticking with WW2 since they pretty much did that up until CoD 4, but as soon as they branched out, it became a popular title everywhere.

I think the franchise can do well with spinoff series that takes place long after the WWII conflict. Maybe Vietnam or present day like Sniper: Ghost Warrior.

[Struonger]

Originally posted by Thorbalt:

Originally posted by NoLifeDGenerate:

I keep saying they need to do a Vietnam game based on the Sniper movies with Tom Berenger while he's still alive to voice the character.

Yeah. Waste money on celebrity cameos and spend even less on story. What could POSSIBLY go wrong with an idea as stupid as that?

Wasn't that what happened with Cyberpunk 2077?