Garcias

Main Quest #131 - 12 January 2021

Sniper Elite 3

Sniper Elite 3

7/10
about 8 hours playtime
16 of 77 achievements (21%)

I’ve had a few busy times in the last week, so this took more time than predicted. I also predict it will continue to be a little busy, but I want to finish a few more games this month. The game was an improvement over Sniper Elite V2, although I much preferred its setting. SE3 world was well designed, but something about the desert and Africa that does not entice me.

Charles Nonsens

“Only two kinds of creature get fun in the desert: Bedouins and gods, and you’re neither. Take it from me, for ordinary men, it’s a burning, fiery furnace.”

Garcias

Oh, really cool quote! Where’s it from?

Charles Nonsens

It’s from the beginning of Lawrence of Arabia, in the scene where Lawrence gets the mission to seek out Prince Faisal in the Arabian desert and says it will be “fun”. Fantastic movie - and a lot of quotable material!

Garcias

I’ve had that movie on my watchlist for ages. Maybe I should give it a watch one of these days!

Charles Nonsens

If you have a cinematheque or a movie club close to where you live, I would recommend holding off until you can see it on the big screen in a theater. It’s the kind of movie where watching it on a TV or computer screen will be much less than the full experience. If you’ve already waited this long…