History VideoGame / SniperEliteIII

* GeneralRipper: General Franz Vahlen is really intent on defeating the allies with his top secret weapons project. So much so, he cuts corners, rushes production by any means, and even executes his own men when they even slightly slack off.

->''"Equipped with Tiger tanks and the latest weaponry, Germany’s infamous Afrika Korps have the Allies outnumbered and outgunned. Worse still, intelligence indicates the Nazis are developing a super weapon in Africa that could destroy all hopes of victory not just in Africa, but in the whole war."''

-->''It must end here. You are the turning point. Because one bullet can change history..."''

->''"Equipped with Tiger tanks and the latest weaponry, Germany’s infamous Afrika Korps have the Allies outnumbered and outgunned. Worse still, intelligence indicates the Nazis are developing a super weapon in Africa that could destroy all hopes of victory not just in Africa, but in the whole war."

[[caption-width-right:350:''A single bullet can change history.'']]

* VillainousBreakdown: In several of the late-game diary entries found by Fairburne, Vahlen begins going through a long and drawn-out one following Rommel's defeat at El Alamein, hoping to rush his project to completion for as long as the Afrika Korps can hold Tunisia and he's still in Hitler's favor.

* SniperDuel: Surprisingly only one official one, between Fairburne and a German officer named Raubvogel, and it is in the "Save Churchill" [=DLC=] no less. Granted, any encounter with a sniper can turn into one.
* SniperScopeSway: Player heart rate, position, and whether you are using the focus mode or not can cause a player's scope to sway. Use of focus mode temporarily eliminates or greatly reduces the effect, and resting the rifle on a surface can also reduce it. Different rifles also have different amounts of scope wobble, and modifications to the rifle can either improve it or make it worse.

** The Schutzvollstrecker unit in the Save Churchill DLC are armed with SuperPrototype rocket launchers derived from the MG42 and Panzerschreck.

* EliteMooks: Both the Germans and Italians have elite Airborne infantry, who are much better trained and durable than their regular infantry counterparts. In addition, an elite version of the ColdSniper also exists, wearing desert camouflage over their uniforms.

* StupidJetpackHitler: Fairburne uncovers and eventually stops an [[spoiler:attempt to produce a prototype super-heavy tank called the Landkreuzer P.1000 Ratte, armed with naval artillery guns and having 9 inches of armor plating]].

* SniperDuel: Surprisingly only one official one, and it is in the "Save Churchill" [=DLC=] no less. Granted, any encounter with a sniper can turn into one.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: As the campaign progresses, several German and Italian soldiers and officers begin speaking out against Vahlen and his increasingly questionable actions, with some even betraying him and intending on reporting him to Field Marshall Rommel.

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** Tiger I tanks are shown assaulting Gazala in June 1942, when in reality the first unit equipped with Tigers to reach North Africa didn't arrive until November 1942.

* BigBad: Vahlen, a General in the Afrika Korps, and the brains behind Project Seuche, a top-secret project for the German Army intent on helping to win the war in the Axis favor.

* TanksButNoTanks: Every enemy in the game gets an info card, which you can look at by looking at them through your binoculars. Normally this gives information on the soldier looked at, giving you information like "Rank" and "Weapon", but when you look at a tank of any sort it always says it's armed with an 88mm gun...even for Panzer 3s and 4s, which only mounted 50mm and 75mm guns respectively
* TacticalWithdrawal: There is a new relocation system that encourages a player to move before the enemy finds them. Multiple shots from a location will lead the enemy to the player more quickly or increase the chances of an enemy finding the player when they do move.

* UrbanWarfare: Some of the environments can take part in small villages or bases providing both challenges and opportunities to the player as they traverse the terrain.

** The Gewehr 43 used by both German snipers and the player wasn't developed until 1943, a full year after the timeframe for the game.

The third game in the ''Sniper Elite'' series, a prequel set during the campaigns in Africa, chronologically before the fall of the Nazis in ''VideoGame/SniperEliteV2''. You are again Karl Fairburne, an OSS officer who is sent in to deal with Nazi Wunderwaffe or Wonder Weapons. The location is various parts of Africa as Karl does his best to help turn the tide against the Nazis in favour of the Allies.