Remember that film with Marky Mark where he’s a US Army Sniper and then leaves the service only to be brought back in via a web of deceit...well now we’ve got a game based on that. Really, the gameplay is interesting and could have done without the film tie-in, but it’s Paramount so they had to tie some film story into the game I guess.

I’m not going to re-hash the shared plot, let’s just say it’s got some gaping holes in it. Instead I’m going to look at the game as a stand alone product so as not to jade my analysis of it as a game.

In Shooter you’re a highly trained ex-military sniper and so you’ve got to use your sniper rifle to shoot people from long distance. Now they could have left the game one-dimensional with that being the only type of level in the game, luckily for all involved, they didn’t. There are also various other types of levels that need to be cleared in order to proceed. For example there’s a level that requires you to disarm mines. The gameplay in this particular level reminds me of games like Trauma Center where you had to perform a set list of tasks in a certain time with a certain steadiness to succeed. There are also some non-sniper rifle shooting levels. But for the most part this is using the scope to take out individuals from long range.