Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts announced, ditches open world gameplay

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CI Games have announced the latest instalment in their Sniper Ghost Warrior series.

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by Liam Andrews

@pass_controller

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Set in the Siberian wilderness, Contracts drops the open world seen in Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 in favour of denser and more “focussed” maps. The campaign will feature levels that have been tailor-made for the new contract missions, with players going after a “clear main objective with a fixed monetary reward."

Secondary objectives, along with the ability to tackle missions in multiple ways, are said to add replayability, and the game also gives players the chance to earn more money by completing contracts more than once.

“We were too ambitious in terms of the scope of Sniper Ghost Warrior 3, but we’ve learned from our missteps,” said CI Games Chief Executive Officer, Marek Tymiński.  

“Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts will be more focused on emergent gameplay with an open-ended mission design that the team feels strong about, but it will not be set in an open world.”

“It is going to be a more tactical, more condensed experience and the game will offer plenty of replayability, both on the single player campaign and on the multiplayer modes.”

According to CI Games, Contracts “distils the core sniping gameplay” the series is known for and combines it with maps that reward tactical thinking.

Targets can be taken down in hundreds of ways, and players will also need to contest the harsh modern-day Siberian landscape.

Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts will release sometime in 2019 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.​

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