App Review

Sniper vs Sniper Online

Ive waited patiently for this game since I watched a video demo a few weeks ago.

The basic idea of the game is to look around different scenery and shoot any enemy snipers you come across, before they kill you. To make it more difficult civilians etc are dotted around to try to confuse you, you fail missions if you shoot them by mistake.

On opening the app for the first time, you will be asked to enter an online gamername and password, this is to set up an account for you to use their online servers. This is a one time setup and everytime you open the app after that you'll just be connected straight to the servers if you choose to.

The main menu presents the options and game modes.

1. Single player ;

This allows you to choose 1 of 6 different scenes to play, most of which are locked until you complete the training field mission. You then choose a game mode ;

a) Campaign mode

Here you are given a series of tasks to complete per area, each increasing in difficulty, when completed you move on to the next mission

b) 1 vs 1

This is a timed challenge, you will be asked for example to shoot down 10 snipers within 5 minutes without any civilian casualties

c) Special missions

This will give you a further 5 or 6 missions, these will all have different tasks to complete within time limits

2. Online play ;

This allows you to take your challenge globally, compete against anyone from around the world via wifi, join or create your own game to play.

a) 1 vs 1

Hunt down and shoot all your foes snipers before they kill you, the results of each game will effect your global rank

b) Alliance attack

Team up with other players to destroy all the enemy snipers, you will be awarded scores depending on your performance

c) Friends list

Team up with your friends

After each online match you can post your scores directly to your facebook and twitter accounts.

Overall, I like this game, the online matches add a bit of tension, the single player missions can be quite tricky, but not too hard to put you off. Graphics are good, not great, and controls are easy to master. Its a basic tilt and shoot mechanism, tilt to move view around the screen, there are 3 touch screen buttons for the different views ;

a) Eye view

This is a full screen view of the entire area

b) Binoculars view

This zooms in but does allow you to pan a wider area

c) Sights

This zooms right in for better accuracy for your shot, when in this view another button appears to fire your weapon.

I rate this game 8/10