Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3

 Xbox One
Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 12
  3. Negative: 2 out of 12
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  1. Meristation
    Apr 24, 2017
    72
    Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 is the best entry in the series yet... but again, it's not good enough. The open world feels great after the last (awful) campaign, and it has more content on offer than ever, but it forgets its roots and turns into a Far Cry wannabe. Also, it has graphical issues, repeats the same things all along and turns boring. We'll miss multiplayer.
  2. TheXboxHub
    May 8, 2017
    60
    Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 is a game of two halves. If you can look past the glitches, there’s a good game fighting to get out, and one with a lot to offer. This is a big game, and with the free roam map and variety of approaches that can be taken, one that offers a lot to the player. However, glitches that require a mission to be restarted, or for you to fast travel out of the area to get out of them, are not really on in this day and age. It is due to these that I have had to really think about my final score – do I score on potential or actual experience? In the end – as usual – I’ve had to put my actual experiences ahead. If CI Games manage to patch out the glitches, this game will easily get a half or full point more. But without it, it can be classed as nothing but average.
  3. Generación Xbox
    May 2, 2017
    60
    Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 has the benefits from an open world with an entertaining gameplay that allows us to have more freedom on making decisions compared to previous releases of the saga, but its technical section is poor with many bugs, long loading times, a poor optimization and the absence of multiplayer section that affect the experience.
  5. SomosXbox
    Apr 28, 2017
    60
    Despite being a more ambitious project than its predecessors, Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 is a product that verges on mediocrity. Both its open world and its concept of freedom that allows us to face the game’s missions blurs due to poor technical performance and an implausible script.
  6. Game Rant
    Apr 27, 2017
    60
    Long load screens and a very cookie cutter narrative hold SGW3 back from greatness, but there’s no denying that this installment in the shooter franchise has brought the series forward quite a few steps.
  7. TrueGaming
    Apr 27, 2017
    55
    The game might be fun at times. But it is mostly unpolished and weak in content. As such, it is best to just avoid it.
  8. ICXM
    Apr 24, 2017
    55
    Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 is a broken experience on Xbox One. If the multitude of bugs and horrendous frame rate were fixed, the game would be quite enjoyable as a lower-budget Far Cry 4. As it stands, however, the games needs excessive patching before it becomes a viable experience to charge $60 for. CI Games need to release a patch as soon as possible on Xbox One.
  9. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Jun 18, 2017
    50
    A jack of all military trades that could have been master of one. [July 2017, p.79]
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  10. Attack of the Fanboy
    Apr 24, 2017
    50
    Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 has a decent foundation for a good game, but its many technical issues bring the experience down significantly.

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6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 115 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 66 out of 115
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 115
  3. Negative: 34 out of 115
  1. papierowy
    Apr 25, 2017
    10
    It's a very good game. I believe all those bugs can be fixed with update, it would be a lot worse if gameplay or sniper pechanics were awfulIt's a very good game. I believe all those bugs can be fixed with update, it would be a lot worse if gameplay or sniper pechanics were awful but they're very, very nice. Give it a chance, reviewers.… Full Review »
  2. ryan425
    Apr 25, 2017
    8
    Is this FARCRY? No, but its helluva lot of fun. If your looking for a seamless but bland game stick to Call of Duty. This Game is made to haveIs this FARCRY? No, but its helluva lot of fun. If your looking for a seamless but bland game stick to Call of Duty. This Game is made to have fun with. After 14 hours of play I have NOT run into any major bugs. Its not the prettiest but if you want an open world and weapons to collect with no hand holding then this is it. Its a leap ahead of wild lands thats for sure.… Full Review »
  3. SuperkenGaming
    Apr 26, 2017
    7
    Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
    A great game held back by performance
    Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 is a first person shooter that takes place in Georgia,    Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
    A great game held back by performance
    Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 is a first person shooter that takes place in Georgia, the country
    You play as American Marine Captain Jon North attempting to prevent another cold war…
    The story sounds pretty generic, but things do start getting interested, and I did care for these character despite how generic they actually are.. one of them is basically elana fisher with longer hair and an accent..
    Despite the game being called sniper, this isn’t a sniper simulator…
    The words ghost and warrior hint at options… and that’s exactly what you get here
    This is an open world game with a base that you use to buy new weapons you unclock from completing missions or picking up off of enemies, as well as buy ammo and gear and choose your next mission…
    But this open world isn’t vast, it isn’t connected…
    it just exists…
    it’s a world to put missions into and nothing else..
    You have a buggy to drive around, but there are no other vehicles on the road and the ones off road are all locked…
    There are points of interest around the map though if you are into the ubisoft style clean up…
    Or you can stick to the 11 hour campaign
    The campaign is fun to get through, and challenging…
    Its satisfying scoping out the place with your drone, sniping out enemies from a distance and then going in for the objective, or being a ghost, sneaking in, taking enemues out silently while you try not to alert anyone or be caught on camera.. and then theres the warrior option of just going in guns blazing…
    There are mandatory do not get detection sections of the game, but for the most part.. youre free to tackle a mission any way youd like..
    You can even mix your play style up like I did…
    This means youre going to be unlocking perks in all 3 skill trees for sniper ghost and warrior, but if you prefer one play style then that means of course youll be more decked out for that style with the skill tree..
    Missions are what youd expect…
    Get a point on the map to go to and complete the objective.. nothing more..
    And despite the missions structure being the same throughout, the missions all felt unique thanks to the great level design this game has…
    The game felt fresh throughout…
    However the performance of this game brings all of the great parts down…
    For starts the load times…
    Theyre painful…
    Some missions take place on different sections of the map.. and to get to these sectiosn you have to deal with the games initial load screen..
    Which is 4 minutes long, I wish I was kidding, but the load time for this game is longer than this review…
    Its painful…
    The game also froze trying to load in 2 times….
    And the game would freeze and crash mid shot probably 3 or 4 times….
    its just not reliable…
    and its only made worse by again the 4 minute load time to get back into the game and the fact that checkpoints in missions are so awful…
    Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 is enjoyable,
    The calculating, the scouting, the turning the dials of your scope to adjust to a targets distance..
    All of this makes the campaign so satisfying to get through…
    But the freezes, the crashes, the load times…
    Theyre going to annoy… so be prepared…
    I Give Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
    a 7.0/10    … Full Review »
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