Sniper Elite III | Ep. 1 – Siege of Tobruk
A brand-new sniper campaign begins, and this time the sands of North Africa are already fighting back.
Tonight marked the beginning of our next Plumb Hunters adventure as Sniper Elite III finally arrived on the channel. What should have been a straightforward opening mission quickly spiralled into stealth kills, cursed X-ray cameras, chaotic marble tournaments, and enough conspiracy theories to keep the entire chat arguing for the rest of the night.
And honestly… it could not have been a more perfect start.
🎯 About the Game
Sniper Elite III throws players into the brutal deserts of World War II North Africa, combining stealth gameplay, long-distance sniping, and tactical freedom across huge open battlefields. Every encounter becomes a choice between patience and chaos — creeping silently through enemy camps or turning the entire map into a firefight after one badly timed shot.
Of course, the real star of the series is the legendary X-ray kill cam. Every perfectly placed sniper round has the potential to trigger one of the game’s cinematic slow-motion shots… assuming the game decides to cooperate.
And judging by tonight’s stream, cooperation may be in short supply.
🧭 Where We Are in the Journey
This episode begins the very first mission of our Sniper Elite III playthrough with the Siege of Tobruk. While the mission itself acts largely as a tutorial for the mechanics and controls, it also officially launches the next chapter of the ongoing Plumb Hunters saga after the frustrations of Sniper Elite V2.
The goal remains simple: land the perfect “Plumb Shot” with the glorious X-ray cam finally giving us the recognition we deserve.
Unfortunately, the game had other ideas.
⚠️ What Happens in This Episode
Right from the opening moments, the stream settled into that wonderfully dangerous combination of stealth gameplay and complete chaos that somehow always follows us into these campaigns.
The mission itself was surprisingly short, but Tobruk still gave us plenty to laugh about. Between testing controls on the new PC setup and figuring out some slightly questionable keybinds, the first few minutes already felt like the beginning of a very cursed adventure. Once the rifle came out though, the hunt officially began.
Sneaking through enemy positions across the North African desert felt smooth almost immediately. Guards were quietly eliminated, artillery crews disappeared one by one, and sniper nests were cleared with that slow, methodical pacing that makes Sniper Elite so satisfying to play. The problem was that the game absolutely refused to reward some of the stream’s best shots.
Our very first serious attempt at a legendary plum shot almost worked perfectly… almost.
The shot connected, the enemy folded, chat erupted… and the X-ray camera refused to trigger because apparently we only grazed the plumbs. Close enough to be painful, but not enough to count. Then somehow the next three shots landed properly, but those didn’t trigger the X-ray cam either, instantly creating the running battle of the evening between the stream and the game itself.
At that point it became personal.
Things only became funnier as enemies repeatedly failed to notice explosions, missing allies, or entire firefights happening practically beside them. One poor soldier wandered around completely oblivious while bodies vanished around him, turning the stealth sections into accidental comedy. Even the environment joined in, with some tunnel sections getting roasted by chat for looking suspiciously like old Minecraft texture packs.
One misclick during a sniper shot instantly became another running joke after the target moved at exactly the wrong moment, ruining what could have been another perfect kill cam opportunity. Every failed X-ray somehow became funnier than the last, especially with chat becoming increasingly convinced the game was deliberately sabotaging the Plumb Hunters mission.
The mission itself wrapped up far faster than expected — barely twenty minutes long — but that only opened the floodgates for even more chaos once we switched over to Marbles On Stream.
And honestly, the marble races may have been even more ridiculous than the sniper mission.
What started as a quick community game rapidly descended into complete confusion as the points system seemingly abandoned all logic. Mr. V had only just returned after spending almost two weeks in hospital and somehow immediately won the Grand Prix… without actually winning any of the four races. Naturally this led to instant accusations that the AI was rigged, cursed, bribed, or possibly all three at once.
The conspiracy theories only grew stronger as marbles bounced off walls, flew off tracks, survived impossible collisions, and somehow continued producing scoreboards that made absolutely no sense. Frodo, Striker, Happy Cat, and the rest of the regulars got dragged into the madness while we experimented with several game modes we had never tried before.
The highlight may have been the bizarre tilt-control mode where the stage itself could be manipulated in real time. What sounded like a good idea lasted only a few seconds before marbles started launching themselves into disaster zones while frantic rescue attempts unfolded across the stream.
By the end of the night, Sniper Elite III had already delivered exactly the kind of opening episode we hoped for: stealth tactics, technical chaos, endless banter, broken scoring systems, and a community fully committed to turning every moment into a joke.
And somewhere out there in the desert… those missing X-ray plum shots are still waiting.
🔥 Watch the Episode
The campaign begins here with the Siege of Tobruk — stealth, sabotage, missing X-ray cams, and absolute marble-fuelled chaos included.
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🌌 Join the Adventure Live
The desert only gets more dangerous from here.
Every stream adds another story to the campaign — impossible sniper shots, accidental disasters, community conspiracies, marble catastrophes, and those moments where absolutely nothing goes according to plan. Whether we are sneaking through enemy strongholds or arguing over broken scoreboards at midnight, the best moments always happen live with the community.
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And at the end of tonight’s mission, the raid carried us onward into the world of OurChickenLife — because no Dr Ravenholm stream truly ends quietly.
💬 Community & Links
Out here in the desert, nobody survives alone. Every stream, every joke, every impossible moment becomes part of the growing chaos surrounding the community.
🔴 Live Operations
The next mission is never far away, and the battlefield is always open for new recruits.
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💬 The Community Network
Join the Discord and become part of the conversations, conspiracies, and complete nonsense between streams.
🌐 Across the Wasteland
You can also track the journey across the wider network of platforms and social channels.
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👕 Support the Expedition
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🏢 More From Me
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🌙 Closing Thoughts
The first mission may be over, but the campaign is only beginning.
Tobruk gave us stealth kills, cursed X-ray cams, suspicious AI behaviour, and a marble tournament so broken it may never fully recover. Which means, naturally, we are absolutely coming back for more.
The desert is waiting… and sooner or later, those perfect plum shots are going to happen.
— Dr Ravenholm
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