MRG
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Greetings all,
It was because of the intense rain & heavy fog that blanked the surrounding area, that caused it to be such slow going. The incoming heavy artillery did not help matters either. As I progressed from one blasted building to the next, heart racing & constantly on the lookout for that Russian soldier I knew was out there somewhere trailing me like a bloodhound, that I came across the remains of a staircase to the second story of a building that once was most likely a factory.
As I slowly reached the top of the stairs, another soldier that I had not seen, stepped out from the doorway at the top of the stairs. As I raised my P-38 silenced pistol, the Russian soldier noticed me & with an oath, also raised his own weapon. At a distance of only a few feet, my smaller & lighter weapon raised up a split second faster than did his & with a gentle squeeze of the trigger, & a spray of blood, I sent yet another so-called ally to an early grave. As I bent low to begin searching the body for anything useful, I am rewarded with a few rounds and a grenade. A split second later, bullets pepper the wall above my head and then a few rounds thunk into me. As I drop into a prone position & scramble into the hallway at the top of the stairs, more bullets thunk into the wall just moments after I dropped to the ground. A split second longer & I would have been dead. As it was, the few rounds that hit me just seconds before did a huge amount of damage to my right side. The blood on the ground next to me is testament to that.
I half run, half crawl down the hallway and come to another staircase. With little thought to what or who is below, I stagger down and with a quick look around, I head across the road to some buildings across the street. Half-way across the street, rounds tear into the wall of the building just in front of me. With a last desperate effort, I manage to make it inside the building. To my right is a window that looks out into the town square & a group of 3 Russian soldiers, who alerted by their comrade in the building I just left, turn toward me & open fire. Once again i'm prone eating dirt as yet more bullets pepper the wall above me. At the back of the room i'm in, is a doorway leading out into what looks like a courtyard. Either death or salvation lies that way. To stay where i'm at, is a deathwish, as the 3 soldiers are running toward the side of the building to the door I just entered.
I jump up and then run like crazy into the courtyard, weaving back & forth, praying that my back isn't a moving target. Ahead of me is a blown up vehicle of some sort & I run toward it, knowing that it will be where i'll make my last stand. As I dive behind it, more bullets thunk into the wreck and ricochet off. In one fluid movement I pull out my 1 and only grenade, pull the pin, stand up and let fly. I'll admit the throw was pure luck, for the grenade bounced off the door jam of the building I just left and rolled inside. A second later I hear a muffled explosion and then silence. Silence can be extremely loud let me tell you. By now I have my rifle out & i'm scoped in, covering the doorway, waiting to shoot whatever comes through it. After the smoke clears a few seconds later, I see a foot... and it's not moving.
I slowly leave my cover behind the blasted wreck & walk towards the door with the unmoving foot. My caution was not needed, for my lucky toss caught all 3 of the enemy soldiers inside the room and in such a confined space, my grenade fragged them all. Yes! What a rush of adrenaline I felt then. Then out of knowhere I hear an MP40 open fire. As I drop to my knee, I zoom in & fire once. I am then greeted to the Bullet Cam which follows just behind and to the side of the round I just fired, above the 3 dead bodies, out the window and across the street up to the second story and finally into the second story window I follow the bullet. At the last second the camera view switches to just behind the bullet & a split second after that I see it plow into the right eye of the one remaining soldier that first stalked me.
What I wouldn't give to have been able to have recored that kill. It was 110% luck. I'm not going to fool myself and say it was skill, because it wasn't. The above short story is 100% true & just happened as I played the game "Sniper Elite." for the first time. It happened on the very first mission. The mission where you have to meet the informant. I have not played the game enough to do any kind of review, but I thought I would share the above with you all. So far, the game has great audio & really good AI. I shot an enemy in the leg and he fell down screaming. Then a friend of his, rushes out from cover, shoots a clip into my general direction and then runs over to his comrade and actually picks him up and puts him over his shoulder like a fireman does and carried him to saftey!
As I get farther into the game i'll post more. The official reviews I have read all seemed to like it for the most part, a 76% being the highest score I have so far seen. I CAN say that this game is the best $5 game I have ever bought. (It was in the bargain bin at a local store for $4.99)
Off to play some more.
-MRG
It was because of the intense rain & heavy fog that blanked the surrounding area, that caused it to be such slow going. The incoming heavy artillery did not help matters either. As I progressed from one blasted building to the next, heart racing & constantly on the lookout for that Russian soldier I knew was out there somewhere trailing me like a bloodhound, that I came across the remains of a staircase to the second story of a building that once was most likely a factory.
As I slowly reached the top of the stairs, another soldier that I had not seen, stepped out from the doorway at the top of the stairs. As I raised my P-38 silenced pistol, the Russian soldier noticed me & with an oath, also raised his own weapon. At a distance of only a few feet, my smaller & lighter weapon raised up a split second faster than did his & with a gentle squeeze of the trigger, & a spray of blood, I sent yet another so-called ally to an early grave. As I bent low to begin searching the body for anything useful, I am rewarded with a few rounds and a grenade. A split second later, bullets pepper the wall above my head and then a few rounds thunk into me. As I drop into a prone position & scramble into the hallway at the top of the stairs, more bullets thunk into the wall just moments after I dropped to the ground. A split second longer & I would have been dead. As it was, the few rounds that hit me just seconds before did a huge amount of damage to my right side. The blood on the ground next to me is testament to that.
I half run, half crawl down the hallway and come to another staircase. With little thought to what or who is below, I stagger down and with a quick look around, I head across the road to some buildings across the street. Half-way across the street, rounds tear into the wall of the building just in front of me. With a last desperate effort, I manage to make it inside the building. To my right is a window that looks out into the town square & a group of 3 Russian soldiers, who alerted by their comrade in the building I just left, turn toward me & open fire. Once again i'm prone eating dirt as yet more bullets pepper the wall above me. At the back of the room i'm in, is a doorway leading out into what looks like a courtyard. Either death or salvation lies that way. To stay where i'm at, is a deathwish, as the 3 soldiers are running toward the side of the building to the door I just entered.
I jump up and then run like crazy into the courtyard, weaving back & forth, praying that my back isn't a moving target. Ahead of me is a blown up vehicle of some sort & I run toward it, knowing that it will be where i'll make my last stand. As I dive behind it, more bullets thunk into the wreck and ricochet off. In one fluid movement I pull out my 1 and only grenade, pull the pin, stand up and let fly. I'll admit the throw was pure luck, for the grenade bounced off the door jam of the building I just left and rolled inside. A second later I hear a muffled explosion and then silence. Silence can be extremely loud let me tell you. By now I have my rifle out & i'm scoped in, covering the doorway, waiting to shoot whatever comes through it. After the smoke clears a few seconds later, I see a foot... and it's not moving.
I slowly leave my cover behind the blasted wreck & walk towards the door with the unmoving foot. My caution was not needed, for my lucky toss caught all 3 of the enemy soldiers inside the room and in such a confined space, my grenade fragged them all. Yes! What a rush of adrenaline I felt then. Then out of knowhere I hear an MP40 open fire. As I drop to my knee, I zoom in & fire once. I am then greeted to the Bullet Cam which follows just behind and to the side of the round I just fired, above the 3 dead bodies, out the window and across the street up to the second story and finally into the second story window I follow the bullet. At the last second the camera view switches to just behind the bullet & a split second after that I see it plow into the right eye of the one remaining soldier that first stalked me.
What I wouldn't give to have been able to have recored that kill. It was 110% luck. I'm not going to fool myself and say it was skill, because it wasn't. The above short story is 100% true & just happened as I played the game "Sniper Elite." for the first time. It happened on the very first mission. The mission where you have to meet the informant. I have not played the game enough to do any kind of review, but I thought I would share the above with you all. So far, the game has great audio & really good AI. I shot an enemy in the leg and he fell down screaming. Then a friend of his, rushes out from cover, shoots a clip into my general direction and then runs over to his comrade and actually picks him up and puts him over his shoulder like a fireman does and carried him to saftey!
As I get farther into the game i'll post more. The official reviews I have read all seemed to like it for the most part, a 76% being the highest score I have so far seen. I CAN say that this game is the best $5 game I have ever bought. (It was in the bargain bin at a local store for $4.99)
Off to play some more.
-MRG
