History VideoGame / SniperGhostWarrior

* {{BFG}}: The Artic Warfare [=AS50=] Anti Matariel rifle. For bonus points the one time it is compulsory to use you have to time your shots with jets flying over to avoid alerting everyone in the area.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Undercover CIA agent Mike Rodriguez, who turns on Wells during the mission to capture nuclear warhead plans]] it's left unclear whether he was a traitor from before the game began or if he decided [[spoiler: to sell out when the mission revealed valuable nuclear weapons schematics]], although the latter seems most likely given that Vasquez only survived the first assassination attempt due to a complete freak accident.

* GenreShift: The first two games in the series are pretty standard military fiction within "real-world" plot parameters. The third game is mostly this as well, but introduces [[spoiler: genetically engineered super-soldiers]] as a major plot point about 2/3rds of the way through the game. The "sci-fi" elements are less unrealistic than in, say, the first ''VideoGame/FarCry'' game (which had a very similar plot turn), as the [[spoiler: super-soldiers]] still behave like more or less human soldiers with somewhat more health and better skill[=/=]reflexes. ''Contracts'' takes the sci-fi element even further, with the main character, the Seeker, having a special mask that serves to justify every HUD element (like the Dynamic Reticle System, and highlighting points of interest), as well as having a suit that absorbs fall damage and regenerates his health.

* GenreShift: The first two games in the series are pretty standard military fiction within "real-world" plot parameters. The third game is mostly this as well, but introduces [[spoiler: genetically engineered super-soldiers]] as a major plot point about 2/3rds of the way through the game. The "sci-fi" elements are less unrealistic than in, say, the first ''VideoGame/FarCry'' game (which had a very similar plot turn), as the [[spoiler: super-soldiers]] still behave like more or less human soldiers with somewhat more health and better skill[=/=]reflexes.

[[VideoGame/SniperGhostWarrior2 There was a sequel in 2013]] made using the ''Crysis 2'' version of [=CryEngine=], following the further adventures of Cole Anderson. [[VideoGame/SniperGhostWarrior3 A third game in the series was released in 2017]], this time being a ''Far Cry'' style open-world sandbox game, as well as the first game by City Interactive with a AAA level budget. The player takes the role of Marine sniper Jon North, who is sent to Georgia to help battle Georgian Separatists while also attempting to discover the fate of his kidnapped brother, and ends up stumbling into an international conspiracy fueled by mad science.

A 2010 {{first person shooter}} from City Interactive following U.S. Army Special Forces troops attempting to bring down the Latin American dictatorship of Isla Trueno. For the most part the game alternates between two characters; Sergeant Tyler Wells, a sniper and Cole Anderson, a Delta Force operator. Wells' sections are largely stealth based and have semi-realistic sniper mechanics including bullet drop and wind adjustment whilst Anderson's sections are traditional open combat with a small team supporting him. It later received an expansion pack entitled ''Second Strike'', depicting the sniper team being sent to another Latin American country to hunt down Isla Truenan remnants.

[[VideoGame/SniperGhostWarrior2 There was a sequel in 2013]] made using the ''Crysis 2'' version of [=CryEngine=], following the further adventures of Cole Anderson through the Phillipines, Sarajevo, and Tibet as he battles an international weapons smuggling ring and finds himself facing off against an equally skilled rival sniper from his past.

[[VideoGame/SniperGhostWarrior3 A third game in the series was released in 2017]], this time being a ''Far Cry'' style open-world sandbox game, as well as the first game by City Interactive with a AAA level budget. The player takes the role of Marine sniper Jon North, who is sent to Georgia to help battle Georgian Separatists while also attempting to discover the fate of his kidnapped brother, and ends up stumbling into an international conspiracy fueled by mad science.

* BananaRepublic: Isla Trueno, a typical, jungle filled, Latin American, cocaine funded dictatorship. Meanwhile the expansion is set in an unnamed country refered to as "one of the Latin American Republics" although the presence of a local drug lord with ties to the Mexican cartels could hint that it is Colombia.

* BoomHeadshot: Encouraged by a fancy bullet cam effect when you pull one off but not totally necessary as any rifle hit to the body will ussually be a one hit kill.
* BulletTime: Plays whenever you pull off a sniper headshot or a double kill.

* MoreDakka: Mounted machineguns.

* StealthBasedMission: Most of the sniper teams levels are to some extent, but particularly enforced on some (generally involving infilitrating a base) where getting spotted results in either a {{nonstandard game over}} or alarms that bring more enemies than you can handle.

* UnusableEnemyEquipment:
** Averted in the first game, in which you can pick up enemy firearms, although picking up an assault rifle means dropping your sniper rifle, which you ''need'' for many segments of the game (although these sniping segments usually have a Dragunov sniper rifle nearby in case you actually did throw away your sniper rifle earlier).
** Played straight in the second game, where you simply aren't able to pick up enemy assault rifles (or use assault rifles at all, which definitely seems to have helped the devs save on budget).

Recieved a sequel in 2013 made using the ''Crysis 2'' version of [=CryEngine=], following the further adventures of Cole Anderson through the Phillipines, Sarajevo, and Tibet as he battles an international weapons smuggling ring and finds himself facing off against an equally skilled rival sniper from his past.

Compare and contrast'' VideoGame/SniperElite'', an earlier more well known third person sniper game with many of the same sniping mechanics.

** TheManyDeathsOfYou / TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: There are four different animations.
*** [[spoiler: Snipe the man himself [[CaptainObvious and he dies]], but the helicopter continues onward.]]
*** [[spoiler: Snipe the helicopter's pilot, and the helicopter crashes into the ground, exploding.]]
*** [[spoiler: Snipe the helicopter's rotor shaft, and the helicopter flounders around for a little while until free-falling to earth, and exploding.]]
*** [[spoiler: Snipe the helicopter's tail rotor, and the helicopter goes into a tailspin before colliding with a cliff-face, [[RunningGag and exploding.]]]]

A 2010 {{first person shooter}} from City Interactive following U.S. Army Special Forces troops attempting to bring down the Latin American dictatorship of Isla Trueno. For the most part the game alternates between two characters; Sergeant Tyler Wells, a sniper and Cole Anderson, a Delta Force operator. Wells' sections are largely stealth based and have semi-realistic sniper mechanics including bullet drop and wind adjustment whilst Anderson's sections are traditional open combat with a small team supporting him. It later recieved an expansion pack entitled Second Strike, depicting the sniper team being sent to another Latin American country to hunt down Isla Truenan remnants.

Compare and contrast VideoGame/{{Sniper Elite}}, an earlier more well known third person sniper game with many of the same sniping mechanics

A third game in the series was released in 2017, this time being a ''Far Cry'' style open-world sandbox game, as well as the first game by City Interactive with a AAA level budget. The player takes the role of Marine sniper Jon North, who is sent to Georgia to help battle Georgian Separatists while also attempting to discover the fate of his kidnapped brother, and ends up stumbling into an international conspiracy fueled by mad science.

* UnflinchingWalk: The Delta Force team as they walk away from [[spoiler: the destruction of the uranium mine]].

* DarkIsEvil: Jesus Mendoza from the expansion campaign dresses all in black, complete with black gloves and a wide-brim black hat, making him look rather like Toht from ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.

* HollywoodSilencer: Attached to the Mark 23 pistols all the U.S. characters use and many of the sniper rifles.

A third game in the series was released in 2017, this time being a ''Far Cry'' style open-world sandbox game. The player takes the role of Marine sniper Jon North, who is sent to Georgia to help battle Georgian Separatists while also attempting to discover the fate of his kidnapped brother, and ends up stumbling into an international conspiracy fueled by mad science.

Recieved a sequel in 2013 made using the ''Crysis 2'' version of [=CryEngine=], following the further adventures of Cole Anderson through the Phillipines, Sarajevo, and Kashmir as he battles an international weapons smuggling ring and finds himself facing off against an equally skilled rival sniper from his past.

A third game in the series was released in 2017, this time being a ''Far Cry'' style open-world sandbox game. The player takes the role of Marine sniper Jon North, who is sent to Georgia to help battle Georgian Separatists while also attempting to discover the fate of his kidnapped brother, and ends up stumbling into an international conspiracy.

Recieved a sequel in 2013, and a third game in the series in 2017.

Recieved a sequel in 2013.

*** [[spoiler: Snipe the helicopter's tail rotor, and the helicopter goes into a tailspin, collides with a cliff-face, [[RunningGag and explodes.]]]]

* NintendoHard: This game is a ''lot'' harder than a typical first-person shooter, largely because the enemy soldiers will lock onto you instantly once you're spotted, and can hit you with pinpoint accuracy from several hundred feet away. Other than the (relatively miserly) regenerating health, the game balance is much closer to tactical shooters like ''VideoGame/{{ARMA}}'' or ''[[VideoGame/OperationFlashpoint''.

* {{BFG}}: The Artic Warfare AS50 Anti Matariel rifle. For bonus points the one time it is compulsory to use you have to time your shots with jets flying over to avoid alerting everyone in the area.

* NintendoHard: This game is a ''lot'' harder than a typical first-person shooter, largely because the enemy soldiers will lock onto you instantly once you're spotted, and can hit you with pinpoint accuracy from several hundred feet away. Other than the (relatively miserly) regenerating health, the game balance is much closer to tactical shooters like ''ARMA'' or ''OperationFlashpoint''.

Compare and contrast {{Sniper Elite}}, an earlier more well known third person sniper game with many of the same sniping mechanics

* MoreDakka: Mounted machineguns.

* NintendoHard: This game is a ''lot'' harder than a typical first-person shooter, largely because the enemy soldiers will lock onto you instantly once you're spotted, and can hit you with pinpoint accuracy from several hundred feet away.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Undercover CIA agent Mike Rodriguez, who turns on Wells during the mission to capture nuclear warhead plans]] it's left unclear whether he was a traitor from before the game began or if he decided [[spoiler: to sell out when the mission revealed valuable nuclear weapons schematics]].