Reviewing EVERY Sniper Elite game | Complete Series Retrospective (2005 - 2022)

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  • @Analog_Nightmare
    @Analog_Nightmare  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +74

    To all the viewers who have been with me since the beginning, consider this a victory lap. With every video the quality, research and passion increased, and I didn't realize how evident it was until putting this compilation together. All of your amazing comments, critiques, and compliments contributed to this undertaking and I couldn't ask for a better group of nerds to share this with!!

    • @jpvielleux
      @jpvielleux 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Hey! Who you calling a nerd!?!?
      **Does nerd things**

    • @AC-hj9tv
      @AC-hj9tv หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nice bro I hope you post more

    • @botellopiedraleonelcristob6366
      @botellopiedraleonelcristob6366 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Se5 peak

    • @luvmyizzy
      @luvmyizzy หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m gonna be honest I miss you dude. I love your uploads. I love your jokes. You’re hilarious, bro. Please come back and post again.

  • @NightHawk5156
    @NightHawk5156 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +82

    The craziest thing about this video is that you have footage of the first game. I have literally never seen the first game ever. Thank you for your swrvice

  • @metrocop_elite
    @metrocop_elite 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    this deserves more views, havent seen many people review the whole franchise

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Thank you for the kind words! It took ages but I'm pleased with how it turned out!

  • @Jager413
    @Jager413 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I played the original on PS2 with my dad RELIGIOUSLY. He was an LEO sniper and the original was how he taught 7 year old me the concept of bullet drop and the importance of being sneaky. Some of my best memories.

  • @thehistorian1232
    @thehistorian1232 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I know a fellow history autist would appreciate this, so I have to say that “white death” was not actually a contemporary soviet nickname for simo häyhä, it seems to have been instead a reference to particularly bad winter conditions. Häyhä was, however, nicknamed “magic shooter” by the finnish press, which is a pun on the finnish word for “sniper” (“accurate shooter”).
    “White death” as a nickname for simo häyhä didn’t really appear until the 1980s! Wild, eh?

  • @SirButton-
    @SirButton- หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    "I promise it's not you, it's the soviets" great one-liner right here

  • @Josh-g9x
    @Josh-g9x 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I love this game series. I have nerve damage in my hands so traditional shooters are harder for me to play. I love sneaking up on enemies, successfully getting trap kills, and getting out before anyone knows im there. These games are like crack to me

  • @ORkYYGreENS
    @ORkYYGreENS 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Fantastic to see a collection of your work in one place. Can't wait to see what's coming next!! Great work :D

  • @DreamsCodex
    @DreamsCodex ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Ive played the 1st game along with the 3rd 4th and 5th game. I absolutely love these games.
    As I was watching this video, I thought back to other games involving sniping. And now I want a video like this on sniper ghost warrior games. ❤

  • @TheElijuuh
    @TheElijuuh หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just wow dude, This was amazing. I hope the algorithm recommends this video to more people cause it definitely deserves it. Also you got 1 new subscriber from it. Keep up the good stuff.

  • @Vault5Dweller
    @Vault5Dweller 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for such a comprehensive survey of this incredible series - one which has always punched above its weight.

  • @Ben-vu4qf
    @Ben-vu4qf หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cool video I dig how you threw in some actual history here and there as well 🤙🏻 great job

  • @mickeymousesimp
    @mickeymousesimp 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    good job chie (i will finish when you have a vid about wolfenstein the new order)

  • @dankenstein9462
    @dankenstein9462 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Man you deserve more subs for this effort, heres one more! 👍

  • @Lordy110
    @Lordy110 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    18:22 this sums up my play through of every game in this series

    • @Lordy110
      @Lordy110 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      hella based

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's like clockwork my friend

  • @Haydn8oR
    @Haydn8oR 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I just redownloaded 3 and 4 off a steam sale last month, and was looking for some hyper fixation content for my favorite niche franchise, and happily stumbled upon this.
    4 hours of a game I've been playing since 2013 when I managed to find V2 on sale at GameStop for ten bucks, and it's well made? Yes please!

  • @paulyboy29
    @paulyboy29 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I rage quit this video during the SE5 bashing, I played 5 first, than bought 4, I like 4 but I really miss all the refinements of 5 and the much more realistic photogrammetry based maps. Yes slightly less sniping... but more immersive believable maps with better variety of combat/stealth encounters, the AI is also both more tanky and more cowardly in SE4 so anything other than a head shot gets punished with the ai soldier running behind cover and hiding for 5 minutes. In SE5 IF they live from being shot through the chest/neck they slowly limp to cover and will occasionally blind fire or attempt to peek out to see where you are, they also can be incapacitated and other soldiers will attempt to pick them up move them to cover and give them first aid.

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Hey man sorry to hear that, I'm glad that you enjoyed what you did though, even though SE5 wasn't my favorite I can totally see how it would be for others, just wasn't doin it for me.

  • @henryhamilton4087
    @henryhamilton4087 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    13:40
    If you play on the hardest difficulty, the last sniper rifle on the first game is a bolt action that fires much slower (this isnt simulated on lower difficulties)

  • @MTMMoonlight
    @MTMMoonlight หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well guess I'm now falling asleep to this for the next month!

  • @ARIXANDRE
    @ARIXANDRE 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome video. Thank you and hope you get more views!

  • @person9313
    @person9313 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    honestly massive shame that V2 didn't keep in stuff like the bormann mission. shit like that is actually far more interesting to me because of the historical context with his unclear circumstances of death instead of 'nazis have a super weapon!!!1' which is done to death. i do hope future sniper elites feature historical figures that aren't just hitler even if they are just background characters. also i feel the critique of SE5'S lack of open space is pretty silly of you when every other SE has been similarly as linear, if not much worse designed and just felt like bashing for the sake of bashing the new thing. apart from that good review.

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed on playing with ambiguous historical context, the alternative history angle is super compelling and makes for a far more interesting narrative. I still disagree about sightlines and map visibility however. SE4 was significantly wider both in terms of sightlines and vertical scale. This doesn't make SE5 a bad game, I did my best to dispel a lot of what I thought were bad takes about the game, but I maintain that there's a noticeable step back. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!

  • @1234jakehall
    @1234jakehall หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The limited sightlines in se5 is mostly just because of the location. The bocage in France was compared to the cqb fighting in jungles. And in some cases I'm sure it was worse.

  • @Dustemikkel_Rev
    @Dustemikkel_Rev 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Cool to have these videos in one compilation. It gives the whole series a better context. Btw. who is that balding sweaty guy who is clapping like a maniac in front of the Microsoft logo? I have no idea why, but he completely cracks me up. Also, "Frenchie" in V, Marie Chevalier has actually been a SE character since V2. She's been a DLC skin in every game. V was the first time she actually made an appearance. 😎 "Listen very carefully, I will say thiz ønly wuence!"

    • @elPominator
      @elPominator หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "Bald sweaty guy" is Steve "DEVELOPERS!" Ballmer, crazy? Yes but also one of the M$ leads who actually understood the importance of... developers

    • @Dustemikkel_Rev
      @Dustemikkel_Rev หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@elPominator Oh, I don't think he's crazy, his enthusiasm is just so funny to me in a good way. He seems manic in the clip, but it's quite infectious. It just makes me laugh, not AT him, but WITH him.

    • @elPominator
      @elPominator หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @Dustemikkel_Rev yeah, he ran things at M$ in their golden age, in large part because he treated M$ as a tech company, one that prioritised... DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS!
      Since then M$ has kinda followed Disney, Sony, Alphabet/Google and Meta/Facebook in being a general "lifestyle brand" company that tries to get to the lowest common denominator in making things as idiot friendly as possible like Apple did, regardless of the experience for people who actually WORK with the tech.
      So yeah, Steve holds a special place in my heart for being one of the last actual nerds that ran shit in a tech company before "geek chic" ruined everything with the big bang theoryisation of nerd culture as a lifestyle brand meant to sell funko pops

  • @TheFelmaster
    @TheFelmaster 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for all the SE analysis! Part of me wants to condemn SE5 for not delivering the pure sniping joy that playing SE4 gave me, but they did enough right that I enjoyed the game immensely. Invasion mode saved SE5.

  • @SydneySighs
    @SydneySighs หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just found this channel because of this video, but I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed 5, but the fact I could beat my second playthrough with only the welrod (yes, even the very final shot took a lot of trial and error)

  • @mcsmash4905
    @mcsmash4905 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    one thing i hated about alot of the missions in sniper elite was that you HAD to go loud in order to complete a mission , which i somewhat hate because i try to avoid killing most enemies unless they are key targets like radio operators etc , killing everyone on the map feels unprofessional from a commando standpoint and overall meh , i get the same feel in most games where stealth is a big part of the gameplay a sabotage mission turns into a bloodbat which ends up feeling unsatisfying , and since i immediately went into sniper elite 4 on authentic plus without the hud basicaly it meant that enemy never stopped searching for me

    • @stevsux4442
      @stevsux4442 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah Sniper Elite has always been a series I love to hate because every game I always have 2-3 missions that absolutely blow me away on how thoughtful the developers were on the level designs and sightlines and other times like the second level in the city in 4 have me ripping my hair out because I'm trying to get through the level having to shoot or start fights as little as possible but there's so few ways to do it on the more linear maps and I notice the NPCs especially in 4 do gravitate towards the player if you move to slow and will eventually catch you if you dont start shooting or leave the area fast enough

  • @anthonyruby2668
    @anthonyruby2668 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    PERFECT TIMING!!! With WWII in real time starting a year early and Russkies at Berlin now... 6 year build up to replay... V2!!!!!!!!!! And the original to I suppose

    • @xman777b
      @xman777b หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      if only Rebellion had the balls to set Sniper Elite 6 in Berlin circa 1961. East German citizenry scaling the Wall, jumping from windows. Snipers and Spies everywhere. If only..

    • @anthonyruby2668
      @anthonyruby2668 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@xman777b One of the Ian Fleming James Bond short stories had Bond as a cover fire sniper around that time period in Berlin

  • @brianthao102
    @brianthao102 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think the Sniper Elite series would benefit from some spin off titles. I understand that the series usually revolves around the Germans and their Wonder Weapons and Fairburne stopping them, but at the end of the day it's a espionage sniping shooter. A change in the theater of war would be a refreshing taste. The Soviets have their fair share of snipers and Sniper Elite having some dlc that includes Russian weaponry and skins. I feel like an Eastern front spin off would work since you can still have allied weapons because of the lend lease that the soviet got from the UK and US.
    All in all, great video of reviewing the series so far. I certainly hope the next Sniper Elite game is an improvement compared to SE5. Moving away from Fairburne may seem like heresy, but it might work, who knows.

  • @yohinotyoshi5378
    @yohinotyoshi5378 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Will you review the Zombie Army games?

  • @littlebittygames2395
    @littlebittygames2395 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You should check out the socom games. I've been hoping they would revive that series. i loved it!

  • @elidasilva5558
    @elidasilva5558 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love this video, just found your channel

  • @Crowson-Gaming
    @Crowson-Gaming 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I guess sniper elite isnt as active on PC as it is on console cause i have no issue finding games

    • @RyanGoslingthestonecoldsigma
      @RyanGoslingthestonecoldsigma 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah, I guess it’s just that kind of game, people on PC tend to get a bit frustrated in SE (multiplayer anyway) for some reason.
      I think the controls might just handle better on console

  • @Bullz_eye47
    @Bullz_eye47 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sniper Elite: Vietnam, that's an awesome idea.

  • @Crowson-Gaming
    @Crowson-Gaming 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tom Clarke Hill will always be Sgt Cortez from Time Splitters to me

  • @aKoniicK
    @aKoniicK 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Amazing!!

  • @chrislamdry5737
    @chrislamdry5737 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved the whole video! And the channel :)
    But I just wanted to say, I adored the reflexes of an empty ketchup bottle joke, I thought it did make send and was amusing 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @anthonyruby2668
    @anthonyruby2668 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    THE ULTIMATE Bonas Level should be a V2 spinoff where you Sniper Duel Vassili Zaitsev! And it should be a true peer duel with all your video game advantages turned off

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We need more sniper duels in general. That was the best part of SE3

  • @RyanGoslingthestonecoldsigma
    @RyanGoslingthestonecoldsigma 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I know this was unintentional, but according to the letters and stuff, the scientist you saved, wernicke, is the only one of them that isn’t an a horrible person

  • @TylerPal271
    @TylerPal271 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey @Analog_Nightmare, let me give you some context as to why Deathstorm should've scared you more. The Nazis were so afraid of losing the war that they were willing to NUKE THE FRENCH COASTLINE AND THEIR OWN FORCES! The fallout from such an attack would've devastated the landing force, the Allied Navy vessels bombarding the shore, and the local marine ecosystem for most of the English Channel would've been put in the past tense from the radioactive runoff. If the Allies heard about ANYTHING like Deathstorm they would be putting people on that problem within the hour and be expecting updates every hour on the hour until it was taken care of.

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha I completely get that, I think after so many games of saving the world it sometimes starts to feel a little old. Deathstorm is definitely up there in terms of SE super weapons though, I agree. More than the Ratte haha

  • @allanboss1296
    @allanboss1296 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    i love chuck berry . go johnny go!!

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So glad people are catching the reference haha

  • @captainamvv7135
    @captainamvv7135 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent video brother
    I am a fan of the Sniper Elite series
    However I despise the modern Hitman World of Assassinations games
    Sniper Elite 5 felt more like a modern Hitman game with Sniper elements to me than a true Sniper Elite game
    Only got to the second mission before I quit
    Hopefully the sixth one will course correct

  • @thedamntrain3467
    @thedamntrain3467 หลายเดือนก่อน

    banger of a video

  • @sarahroberts3827
    @sarahroberts3827 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Would you be willing to do some biowsre games? I really enjoyed this one and the assassin creed ones!

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah! I was going to hold off on doing KOTOR since the remake was coming out, but seeing as that's not likely anytime soon I don't see why I couldn't look at them sooner. Any in particular?

    • @sarahroberts3827
      @sarahroberts3827 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Analog_Nightmare I mean I love the mass effect series the best but any of them honestly, dare I say all?? 😂 KOTOR would be awesome too!! My sister is really not into video games at all and she got sucked into watching your videos with me 😂

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh that's awesome! I started making videos specifically because of doing exactly that, getting sucked into video essays, retrospectives and documentaries on YT, especially ones I wanted to share with friends and my family. Very cool to hear I get to be that for someone else!!

  • @aranerem5569
    @aranerem5569 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I enjoy the Sniper Elite games

  • @Leenroc
    @Leenroc 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Absolutely love it!

  • @clydemarshall8095
    @clydemarshall8095 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    45:01 I think you misspoke and meant to say WWI there.

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  หลายเดือนก่อน

      100%, reading too far ahead in the script and mixing up words haha

  • @stefkoni55
    @stefkoni55 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Why dont't you make a discord server, I would sure like to play sniper elite 3 and 4 co op or multiplayer with this community and you.

  • @anthonyruby2668
    @anthonyruby2668 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    New Indiana Jones Game!!! So pretty much Sniper Elite if you have all your weapons taken away

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I saw!! I was rolling my eyes quite a bit at the Troy Baker performance but seeing that extended trailer the other day I think he's able to get the performance a bit more subtle.

    • @anthonyruby2668
      @anthonyruby2668 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @Analog_Nightmare I remember in Emperor's Tomb when you finally got a gun, it was like shooting paintballs at the enemy and you ran out of ammo quick! Least Black gave you ammo back after it took 20 shots to kill a standard minion

  • @sonofsueraf
    @sonofsueraf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Can you add timestamps so we can jump to what game we want to see?

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Usually YT adds them automatically, I'll get em added manually here shortly ☺️

    • @sonofsueraf
      @sonofsueraf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Analog_Nightmare I see

  • @austinrose8982
    @austinrose8982 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These hours long videos never have ads on them, but a 10min video will have 4 ad breaks. I don’t get it.

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      So YT actually allows us to place where ads go, but there's also an automatic AI driven option. I personally try to place them sparingly, and in a way that rewards longer viewers (for example after the 90 minute mark they're very infrequent). The thing you mention I find takes places if you let YT automatically place ads, it either goes balls to the wall or barely places any. This isn't a job for me, so ads really just allow me to inject some money back into the channel to buy gear, games, etc.

  • @Augie-ni9hw
    @Augie-ni9hw 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Will you do sniper elite resistance when it comes out?

  • @camotero1718
    @camotero1718 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Heinz ketchup made me subscribe. I don't make the rules either apparently

  • @SnacksFS
    @SnacksFS 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This video is so underrated. You should have separated the games and dropped each part as it's own video man

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I actually did! This is just the compilation of them all :)

  • @MasterOfDarkness42069
    @MasterOfDarkness42069 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A bit off-topic, but have you ever tried any of the Sniper: Ghost Warrior games at all?

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      No! But I've watched my friends play. I know it's far more of a sandbox than a narrative experience though. Once I'm through some of the heavy hitters on my list I definitely plan to take a look at it :)

    • @MasterOfDarkness42069
      @MasterOfDarkness42069 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cool cool, I have Contracts 2 but I haven't played it a lot yet. Looking forward to some content down the line from you about those games!​@@Analog_Nightmare

  • @Savage1-0-7
    @Savage1-0-7 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    sniper elite 5 ended the series for me, they removed a shitload of features and put the most basic ww2 weapons behind paywalls. Fuck Sniper Elite.

  • @Proxygamedev012
    @Proxygamedev012 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Am I lucky then to have antialiasing on to 4x and still get 60 frames? This is 72 hours in the first game with it on and I have had no problems oh and also if you didn't know in the first mission if the Germans see you as well as the tank they won't shoot you because you are wearing a German uniform

  • @roccorockst4r972
    @roccorockst4r972 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    3:50:53 now I just want a video of you pointing out every typo

  • @XLegiitBadassX
    @XLegiitBadassX หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What the fuck… why is there a reference to Halifax, Nova Scotia’s premier club “The Dome” in this video…..

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The Dome is Home my friend.

    • @XLegiitBadassX
      @XLegiitBadassX หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Analog_NightmareSeahorse for life

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Meet in the middle at Gus's?

    • @XLegiitBadassX
      @XLegiitBadassX หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Analog_Nightmare Stillwell Freehouse and you’ve got a deal

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I actually have channel stickers hidden all over most of those places, keep an eye out next time you go!

  • @WH250398
    @WH250398 หลายเดือนก่อน

    4 is the best in the series in my opinion.

  • @Skreezilla
    @Skreezilla หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love Sniper Elite, but i feel 5 went too heavy on the DLC... splitting it into 2 season passes really put me off and just made me give up which is sad

  • @mackjeff5041
    @mackjeff5041 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nah they nerfed his mug face💀

  • @robtektek
    @robtektek 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    awesome

  • @aranerem5569
    @aranerem5569 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Have you played the game Dusk? A game that is great fun

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have!! Reminded me a lot of a mix between Thief and Amnesia 😁

  • @aranerem5569
    @aranerem5569 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    There's the zombie army games

  • @qwerqwer-i5w
    @qwerqwer-i5w 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    should i watch this or play wolfensttein the new order?

  • @iGoatsby
    @iGoatsby 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    based

  • @naw9549
    @naw9549 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    🎉🎉

  • @EliteFuller
    @EliteFuller 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sniper Elite 3 is best sniper elite

  • @Pat43489
    @Pat43489 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    clicked on this video, but 4 hours???? nevermind

    • @Analog_Nightmare
      @Analog_Nightmare  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No sweat man, if you look in the recommended videos from them there's some really good channels that make similar but shorter content, might find something there you'll enjoy 🤙🏼🤙🏼

    • @Pat43489
      @Pat43489 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Analog_Nightmare yours seem to be the only one that includes V5 sadly