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Sniper elite 5 review11/21/2023 Players will find themselves in open countryside dotted with checkpoints and artillery batteries, as well as Nazi installations and fortresses, and occupied French towns. The huge maps offer diverse gameplay that is as much about stealthy infiltration as sniping. That being said, the series’ renowned, and very gory, slow-motion x-ray bullet cams are still a treat, offering a gratuitous, but guiltily satisfying, moment of triumph when a carefully aimed bullet hits its mark. It’s still a very polished game, it’s just the character models could do with an overhaul. All the weapons can be upgraded if you have the parts via workbenches handily dotted around the In some circumstances sneaking up for a melee kill is the best option. As I mentioned, the game’s AI is very astute and will investigate loud noises. The pistol can be silenced for stealth kills, with the machine gun reserved for when things go pear-shaped. As well as his sniper rifle, Fairburne carries a sidearm and a machine gun. There are plenty of weapons to choose from. This includes the odd tank and armoured car which you need to be particularly careful with. The Nazis are not shy to raise the alarm and will seek to flank you if they know where you are. Unlike in other games, the enemy will hunt you down rather than just duck with their little head peeking out ready to receive a shot of lead. Gung-ho heroes will quickly find themselves the subject of a very effective manhunt. This leads him on the trail of a top-secret Nazi project called Operation Kraken.įor a sniping game, I spent plenty of time running away and hiding from Nazis. Whilst trapped behind enemy lines, Fairburne decides to go after Ubergruppenführer Abelard Möller and find out what he is up to. It becomes clear, however, that the Germans are plotting something big. He is initially charged with taking out the Nazi coastal defences and early warning system ready for the Allied D-Day invasion. Teaming up with British commandos and the French resistance, Fairburne must make his way from the coast inland. It’s been like it for years across the Sniper Elite games and even the developer’s fun Strange Brigade game. Sniper Elite 5 takes the winning formula and polishes it up rather than reinventing it, the result is a game that is every bit as thrilling as its predecessors.Īs is the way with any game from Rebellion, it takes a while to get used to the weird, slightly stiff, way the game’s movement control mechanic works. Players familiar with the gameplay of the previous games will find themselves very much at home. Rebellion has not really stepped out of its comfort zone with this latest instalment of the celebrated Sniper Elite franchise. Call of Duty: Vanguard covered the same setting late last year.īut here we are again, playing as a crack marksman, alone, and in enemy territory. It’s a scenario, that is almost as common as depicting the D-Day landings, themselves. With the Allied victory in sight, Sniper Elite 5 takes the action to Nazi-occupied France.Īfter Sniper Elite 4’s somewhat refreshing sojourn into Axis-controlled Italy, this fifth outing takes us to the familiar setting of being behind enemy lines just before the Normandy D-Day landings. American sniper, Karl Fairburne continues his tour of WW2 theatres of war, having previously caused headaches for the Axis powers in Berlin, Africa and Italy.
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