I bought this book when I was going through a period of reading lots of the genre. Sniper One: The Blistering True Story of a British Battle Group Under Siege has to be one of the most honest stories I've ever read. Sergeant Dan Mills doesn't hide anything. Launched in 2021, Far Cry 6 was criticized for being more of the same, but in many ways, it was a culmination of Far Cry's best bits into one game. It dropped many irritating aspects and streamlined them into a more rewarding experience. Let's be honest – being a hated camper. The sniper in Escape from Tarkov consciously chooses a rifle with a scope, goes to a point that provides a convenient view of the high traffic areas – and waiting! And the wait can be really long, because it's not at all certain that someone will show up in a particular location in this raid, even if it's at the starting point of the map. The shot itself usually has to be fired at a moving target that's able and likely to return fire if missed. So it's a good idea to have a predetermined escape route.

There's an awful lot of technical talk, but presented in an understandable way. Likewise a lot of boo-yah military talk, but with the men involved, and the situation they're in, I'd be disappointed if there weren't. I'm a massive fan of war memoirs - the kind popularised by Andy McNab and Chris Ryan in recent years - so when I saw the hype surrounding this book, I had to give it a go. Just as the mission creator requested! It can be a simple task of going to point A and firing a shot, or a long mil-sim-style co-op mission. The multitude of mods and add-ons to choose from allows you to select almost any rifle, uniform or ghillie suit, as well as the location and era of the armed conflict. Some take place in open terrain, others in urban areas. Exchange of fire happens at really long distances, so you'll always need to zero your scope, and with mods that increase realism, like the ACE3, it's even worth getting a ballistic calculator and laser rangefinder. In the second installment of Contracts, we have to deal with two types of locations. Smaller enemy camps and buildings can be cleared from a distance of a few hundred meters or so, or infiltrated by stealth, since you usually have to pass through them anyway. You can also combine both of these approaches. Some locations, however, allow for record-breaking shots at a distance of over a kilometer and there, we act like a typical sniper – we take down targets and withdraw to safety, without having to visit the areas from which we wanted to keep away. I found the book to be an excellent read, that was honest and with no filtering. When your job after years and years of training, is to really in the end to kill people, I do begin to understand how important the training and discipline to reach that goal is, and I suspect it is what keeps them sane. You do get a glimpse in the end how the soldiers returning from conflicts such as this survive by turning it off afterward. Knowing UK though, I am surprised how they could return to such a controlling country without loosing it.We all saw it at once. Half a dozen voices screamed 'Grenade!' simultaneously. Then everything went into slow motion . . .' Before you know it, you're wrapped up in the personalities and the mood of the situation so that when the "where they went after the war" piece comes at the end of the book, you actually care. Dan Mills��� style is narrative. The style being a narrative is superior in this book, because it gives the readers Dan’s perspective so you get all of the story firsthand. A good example for this is in this quote. “ The Specters pulverized any enemy resistance as soon as they came out” (107). The book takes place in Iraq in the early 2000’s and at a time when the U.S and the British were really accepting the challenge and fighting the terrorists. Therefore the description combined with the style of narrative writing really makes you feel like you are right there at that time. One of the best action writers I've had the pleasure of reading in a long while, Mills holds your interest not only during the firefights but also when telling you about camp routine or describing military equipment. He spares you much of the history of his regiment and his own life story, telling you just enough to acquaint you with both but not so much that your mind wanders off. He relates all manner of detail about the platoon: the rivalries, the practical jokes, even the sexual deviancy where applicable. Some passages of this book will probably have you laughing out loud. Some parts will make you glad you're not a sniper, like the time Mills' number two had to catch his steaming number two in plastic film while Mills shat and shot at the same time.

But maybe this is what it is really like out there. Maybe this is what goes on in the brains of the people fighting these wars. Maybe this level of stupidity is what it takes to be able to do this job. One of the best first-hand accounts of combat that I've ever read.” —Andy McNab, international bestselling author of Bravo Two Zero Despite being 8 years old, Arma 3 still remains the most compelling and rich in content soldier simulator on the market. It offers single-player capmaigns and missions, co-op, and PvP multi-player. At the time of its release, its highlight was a feature campaign depicting a fictional conflict on a Greek island, but no one is likely to remember it now. Once there were a lot of add-ons to expand gameplay options, and even more important were the countless modifications created by the community around the game.

In 2022, we will no longer play the old Verdansk map in Call of Duty Warzone. Instead, the game has been rebranded as Call of Duty Warzone Pacific and players have been introduced to the new Caldera map, which, while similar in size, has far fewer tall buildings. Instead, you'll find plenty of trees, forests, and even... a volcano. Will it erupt in Warzone Pacific? Well, Chekhov would be fatally disappointed if it didn't. The single-player mode in military shooters like Call of Duty and Battlefield offers fun and cinematic run-and-gun experiences. However, these titles are fast-twitch Michael Bay movie-like experiences that require little thought or patience. The stealth shooter genre is the perfect antithesis of cinematic shooters and run-and-gun blasters like DOOM. They're quite different from popular action games. In this game, the number of accessories and weapons to choose from doesn't matter – each army has only one type of weapon. In Squad, we are not a sniper, but a marksman – a team member, but with a scope on the rifle (so called DMR, Designated Marksman Rifle). Provided we can reserve such a role in time, as there's limited number of marksmen slots. And even if we do – there's a good chance that the commander will immediately remove such a delinquent from the squad! You can, of course, try to form your own team and operate on your own terms, but that's not what this game is about. The author details the story of the PWRR, primary the sniper platoon during their tour to Al Amarah, Iraq, and the siege of CIMIC House.