Sniping gameplay is performed in first person scopeview, whereas movement and use of all other weapons is in third personview.
One of the main features of the game is the option of realistic ballistics, involving factors such as bullet drop, wind strength, and breathing when attempting a shot. Fairburne uses several World War II-era weapons, including sniper rifles, a silenced pistol, submachine guns, light machine guns, an anti-tank weapon, and hand grenades that can be also used to set up tripwire booby traps. To reinforce the stealth aspect, there is a camouflage index measured in percentage that displays the visibility of the player character Fairburne. Sniper Elite is a third-person shooter that involves stealth and first-person shooter game elements. Karl has to assassinate several targets who are attempting to defect to the Soviet Union, such as real life Nazi official Martin Bormann. Karl was dispatched on his mission, by General Patton The game follows protagonist Karl Fairburne as he attempts to prevent the Soviet Union taking control of Germany's nuclear secrets in and around Berlin in April 1945.
