Sniper Elite: Resistance vs Rust

• Perspective: Third-Person (First-Person when aiming)
• Multiplayer: 2-Player Co-op, 16-Player Competitive, Axis Invasion
• Setting: 1944 Vichy France
• Platforms: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Game Pass
• Unique Feature: A standalone story with a new protagonist, and new 'Propaganda' side missions, while retaining the core sandbox sniping gameplay and enhanced X-Ray Kill Cam.

• Perspective: First-Person
• Multiplayer: Online Multiplayer Only
• Platforms: PC (Windows, macOS), PlayStation 4, Xbox One
• Core Concept: Unforgiving, player-driven PvP survival with deep base building and raiding.
• Full Release: 2018-02-08
• Unique Feature: The server 'wipe' cycle, which regularly resets progress and creates a fresh start, fostering a unique and highly replayable gameplay loop.

• Co-op Partner: In co-op mode, a second player can join to play through the entire campaign. Players can share items, revive each other, and use tandem tactics like having one player spot with binoculars while the other snipes.
  Human (Player)

• Horse: Horses can be found in the wild and claimed by players. They serve as a primary mode of transportation and can be equipped with horseshoes and saddlebags for increased stamina and storage.
  Equine
• Clan Mates: Rust is fundamentally a social game. Your most important companions are other human players you team up with. A well-coordinated clan can dominate a server through numbers, strategy, and shared resources.
  Human (Player)

• Propaganda Posters: Hidden posters promoting the French Resistance. Finding and viewing one unlocks a corresponding short, timed 'Propaganda Mission' accessible from the main menu.
• Classified Documents & Letters: Intel items found on officers or in secure locations that provide lore, background on the 'Kleine Blume' project, and insight into the lives of soldiers and civilians.

• Scrap: Found by breaking barrels and looting monuments. Scrap is the most important resource in the game, used for researching blueprints, crafting components, and trading at NPC outposts.
• Components: Found in crates and barrels. Items like Gears, Metal Pipes, and Rifle Bodies are essential components required to craft advanced weapons and items.

• World War II
• Stealth
• Espionage
• French Resistance
• Tactical Combat
• Sniping
• Sabotage
• Alternate History

• Survival
• PvP
• Base Building
• Crafting
• Post-Apocalyptic
• Sandbox
• Player Interaction
• Betrayal

• Sniper Rifles: Bolt-Action and Semi-Automatic Rifles
  The core of the arsenal. Includes authentic WWII rifles with deep customization options for scopes, stocks, barrels, and more to affect power, range, and handling.
• Secondary Weapons: Submachine Guns, Pistols
  Used for close-to-medium range combat when stealth is broken. Includes iconic weapons like the Thompson SMG and the Welrod silenced pistol.
• Heavy Weapons: PIAT (Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank)
  A new addition to the series. A powerful, man-portable anti-tank weapon used to destroy armored vehicles and fortified positions.
• Gadgets and Traps: Mines, Grenades, Decoys
  A wide array of tactical tools including Teller mines, trip mines, grenades, and items like rat bombs to create distractions or booby traps.

• Primitive Weapons: Melee, Bows
  Early-game weapons crafted from wood, stone, and bone. Includes spears, the Hunting Bow, and the Crossbow. Essential for initial survival and hunting.
• Mid-Tier Firearms: Pistols, SMGs, Shotguns
  The first firearms players can craft at a Tier 2 Workbench. Includes the Revolver, Semi-Automatic Pistol, Thompson SMG, and Pump Shotgun.
• High-Tier Firearms: Assault Rifles, Sniper Rifles
  The most powerful weapons in the game, requiring a Tier 3 Workbench to craft. Includes the iconic Assault Rifle (AK), LR-300, and the L96 Sniper Rifle.
• Explosives: Raiding Tools
  Essential for raiding enemy bases. Includes Satchel Charges, Timed Explosive Charges (C4), and Rockets, which require large amounts of Sulfur to craft.

• Character Skins: There is no armor system that affects gameplay stats. Players can unlock and equip various cosmetic outfits and character skins for the protagonist, Harry Hawker, especially through the Season Pass.

• Primitive Armor: Early-game armor crafted from wood and bone. Offers minimal protection but is cheap to produce.
• Road Sign & Metal Armor: The standard mid-to-late game armor. The Road Sign Jacket and Kilt offer a good balance of protection and mobility. The Metal Facemask and Chestplate provide the best projectile protection but are expensive and slow the player down.
• Hazmat Suit: A unique, one-piece suit that provides excellent protection against radiation, allowing players to loot high-tier monuments. It offers only moderate protection against projectiles and cannot be worn with other armor.

• Default Operative Attire: Harry Hawker's standard outfit, suitable for blending in with civilian populations or for tactical operations.
• Cosmetic Skin Packs: The Season Pass and other content packs include various character skins that allow players to change Harry's appearance.

• Cosmetic Skins: Players can buy and trade a massive variety of cosmetic skins for nearly every item in the game, including weapons, armor, clothing, doors, and deployable items. These skins are applied to an item and do not change its stats.

Players earn XP to rank up, unlocking new skills, weapons, and items. A comprehensive weapon customization system returns, allowing players to find workbenches in levels to swap out scopes, stocks, barrels, and magazines to tailor each weapon's performance. Skills are divided into three categories: Combat, Body, and Equipment, allowing players to enhance abilities like breath control, health, and item capacity.

The game features seven large sandbox maps set across diverse locations in France. These include dense forests, subterranean tunnels, occupied towns, and massive Nazi superstructures like dams and repurposed country estates. The level design emphasizes verticality and multiple infiltration/exfiltration routes.

• Enemy Vehicles: Trucks, Armored Cars, Tanks
  The game features a variety of authentic WWII vehicles used by the Nazi forces. While not drivable by the player, they are key parts of the environment and can be destroyed. Targeting a truck's engine block or a tank's weak point with a well-placed shot is a key tactical element.

• Modular Cars: Ground Vehicle
  Players can find rusted car chassis on the road and repair them using modular engine parts. Cars can be customized with different modules, including armored cockpits, storage, and passenger seats.
• Minicopter & Scrap Transport Helicopter: Air Vehicle
  Small, agile helicopters that can be found and fueled. They are the fastest way to travel and are highly sought-after for scouting and transporting small teams.
• Boats: Watercraft
  Motorboats and RHIBs (Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boats) that spawn along the coast. They are essential for traversing the ocean, reaching offshore monuments like the Oil Rigs, and for piracy.

• Harry Hawker: Playable Protagonist
  An agent of the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) working with the French Resistance. He is a skilled operative and marks the first time a protagonist other than Karl Fairburne has led a main series game.
• French Resistance Fighters: Allies / Quest Givers
  Various members of the Maquis (rural guerrilla bands) who provide Harry with intel, support, and mission objectives to disrupt the Nazi occupation.
• Axis Invader: Antagonist (Online Player)
  A human-controlled elite Axis sniper who can infiltrate another player's campaign with the sole objective of hunting down and eliminating them.

• Campaign Missions
  A series of large sandbox levels where the primary goal is to advance the story by completing main objectives, such as assassinating a high-ranking officer, sabotaging a facility, or recovering intel. Each mission also contains optional side objectives and Kill List targets.
• Propaganda Missions (Challenges)
  Short, timed, arcade-style missions unlocked via collectibles. These challenge players to achieve a high score by chaining together kills under specific conditions (e.g., sniping from a fixed perch or using only stealth takedowns).

• Player-Driven Objectives
  Rust does not have developer-created missions or quests. All objectives are set by the players themselves. Common goals include building a secure base, progressing through the tech tree to craft high-tier weapons, raiding a powerful rival clan, or controlling key monuments on the map.

• Q: Is Sniper Elite: Resistance a sequel to Sniper Elite 5?
  A: It is a standalone installment that runs parallel to the events of Sniper Elite 5. It features a new protagonist and story but uses the same core gameplay engine and mechanics.
• Q: Do you play as Karl Fairburne?
  A: No, for the first time in the main series, the protagonist is a new character named Harry Hawker, an SOE agent.
• Q: What is the 'Axis Invasion' mode?
  A: It is an online mode where another player can join your campaign as an enemy Axis sniper. Your mission then gains a secondary objective: survive and eliminate the human-controlled invader.
• Q: What are Propaganda Missions?
  A: They are new, short, score-based challenge missions unlocked by finding posters in the main campaign. They focus on either pure sniping or pure stealth takedowns against a time limit.

• Q: Can you play Rust solo?
  A: Yes, but it is extremely challenging. The game is designed around player interaction and PvP, and solo players are at a significant disadvantage against organized groups (clans).
• Q: How do I change my character's appearance?
  A: You cannot. Your character's physical appearance (gender, race, etc.) is randomly generated and permanently tied to your game account (e.g., your Steam ID). The only way to change it is to use a different account.
• Q: What is a 'wipe'?
  A: A wipe is a server reset. On a set schedule (usually weekly or monthly), all player-built structures are removed, and everyone starts fresh with a rock and a torch. This ensures a level playing field and keeps the game from becoming stagnant.
• Q: Is Rust pay-to-win?
  A: No. The game is a one-time purchase. All paid content is purely cosmetic (skins) or optional (DLC with themed items like instruments) and provides no gameplay advantage.

• OFFICIAL PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS from the game's Steam page. These specifications reflect the demands of the large sandbox environments and advanced physics.
• Laptop Performance Note: Laptop performance will vary based on the specific model's cooling and power delivery (TGP). For the game's focus on long-range sniping and stealth, a stable framerate is highly recommended.
• Laptop Consideration: G P U T G P Impact: Total Graphics Power (TGP) is critical for laptop GPU performance. A higher TGP allows the GPU to perform closer to its desktop equivalent.
• Laptop Consideration: Advanced Cooling Thermals: The game's large maps with long draw distances can be demanding. A robust cooling system is essential to prevent thermal throttling and maintain consistent performance.
• Laptop Consideration: C P U Performance Sustain: A strong mobile CPU is important for handling the complex enemy AI routines and physics calculations across the large sandbox levels.
• Laptop Consideration: R A M Configuration Speed: 16GB in a dual-channel configuration is the minimum and is recommended to avoid stuttering.
• Laptop Consideration: Display Panel G P U Pairing: Match the GPU's capability to the laptop's display. The game's deliberate, precision-based gameplay benefits from a responsive panel.
• Laptop Consideration: M U X Switch N V I D I A Advanced Optimus: A MUX switch or Advanced Optimus is beneficial for reducing input latency, which is crucial for making precise shots under pressure.
• Laptop Consideration: Driver Updates O S Optimization: Keeping GPU drivers updated is crucial for performance and stability.
• Game Name: Sniper Elite: Resistance

• OFFICIAL AND EXTRAPOLATED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS for Rust. This information is based on the official PC specifications from developer Facepunch Studios, adapted to the requested JSON structure. As a long-running and continuously updated survival game, its requirements have evolved and are notably CPU and RAM intensive. Laptop and future-generation GPU listings are extrapolated based on performance benchmarks.
• Laptop Performance Note: Laptop versions of the listed desktop GPUs require comparable performance. Rust is notoriously demanding on the CPU, especially on high-population servers. A laptop with strong single-core CPU performance and a robust cooling system is critical for a stable framerate.
• Laptop Consideration: G P U T G P: While Rust is often CPU-bound, a sufficient TGP is important to prevent the GPU from throttling during intense moments with many player-built structures and environmental effects.
• Laptop Consideration: Cooling Thermals: The game can put a heavy, sustained load on the CPU. A high-performance cooling solution is essential to prevent thermal throttling and maintain consistent performance, which is critical for PvP encounters.
• Laptop Consideration: C P U Power Limits: Strong single-thread CPU performance is critical for Rust. A laptop with high CPU power limits is key to maintaining a high minimum framerate and reducing stutters when loading in assets and other players.
• Laptop Consideration: M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is highly recommended to minimize system latency, providing a tangible advantage in a game where split-second reactions are vital for survival.
• Optimization Detail: Upscaling Tech: Rust has official support for NVIDIA DLSS. AMD FSR is not natively integrated, but players can use driver-level solutions. Given the game's demanding nature, using DLSS on supported hardware is highly recommended to boost performance.
• Optimization Detail: Key Settings Impact: Performance is heavily impacted by settings like Shadow Quality, Draw Distance, and the number of player-built objects being rendered. The game is often CPU-bound, so lowering graphical settings may not always increase framerates if the CPU is the bottleneck.
• Game Name: Rust

• Upscaling Tech: Rust has official support for NVIDIA DLSS. AMD FSR is not natively integrated, but players can use driver-level solutions. Given the game's demanding nature, using DLSS on supported hardware is highly recommended to boost performance.
• Key Settings Impact: Performance is heavily impacted by settings like Shadow Quality, Draw Distance, and the number of player-built objects being rendered. The game is often CPU-bound, so lowering graphical settings may not always increase framerates if the CPU is the bottleneck.

• G P U T G P Impact: Total Graphics Power (TGP) is critical for laptop GPU performance. A higher TGP allows the GPU to perform closer to its desktop equivalent.
• Advanced Cooling Thermals: The game's large maps with long draw distances can be demanding. A robust cooling system is essential to prevent thermal throttling and maintain consistent performance.
• C P U Performance Sustain: A strong mobile CPU is important for handling the complex enemy AI routines and physics calculations across the large sandbox levels.
• R A M Configuration Speed: 16GB in a dual-channel configuration is the minimum and is recommended to avoid stuttering.
• Display Panel G P U Pairing: Match the GPU's capability to the laptop's display. The game's deliberate, precision-based gameplay benefits from a responsive panel.
• M U X Switch N V I D I A Advanced Optimus: A MUX switch or Advanced Optimus is beneficial for reducing input latency, which is crucial for making precise shots under pressure.
• Driver Updates O S Optimization: Keeping GPU drivers updated is crucial for performance and stability.

• G P U T G P: While Rust is often CPU-bound, a sufficient TGP is important to prevent the GPU from throttling during intense moments with many player-built structures and environmental effects.
• Cooling Thermals: The game can put a heavy, sustained load on the CPU. A high-performance cooling solution is essential to prevent thermal throttling and maintain consistent performance, which is critical for PvP encounters.
• C P U Power Limits: Strong single-thread CPU performance is critical for Rust. A laptop with high CPU power limits is key to maintaining a high minimum framerate and reducing stutters when loading in assets and other players.
• M U X Switch Optimus: A MUX switch or NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is highly recommended to minimize system latency, providing a tangible advantage in a game where split-second reactions are vital for survival.