SNIPER ELITE 4 SHOULDER AIMED KILLS SERIES

This is most notable in a mission named Spy Academy.

However, I do think it’s fair to say that with these almost Hitman influences creeping in, Sniper Elite 5 sometimes tries to veer away from the sniping action it has been built upon.

SNIPER ELITE 4 SHOULDER AIMED KILLS SERIES

There’s a playfulness to the series that I love, and the levels do a good job of providing lots of room to indulge that playfulness. It’s a lot of fun to sneak around, stab some guards, hide behind corners, lay down mines to decimate a truck and engage in a few shootouts. Of course, I was taking my time, ticking off every objective and messing around a little, which is exactly how Sniper Elite 5 should be played. On average each of the levels took me around 60-90 minutes each, equalling around 10-15 hours of playtime for the eight included levels, although the eighth mission doesn’t really count as it lasts just a few minutes. Speaking of which, Sniper Elite 5’s levels are huge affairs that span multiple main objectives that can be tackled in almost any order and several optional goals, too. We’re here to snipe some Nazis and mess about in the levels, and the plot provides solid excuses for adventuring into u-boat pens, beaches and towns. I don’t play Sniper Elite for the story and neither do the franchise’s many fans. This is basic videogame scripting, and quite honestly, that’s okay. The rest of the cast is much less impressive and are not aided by the stiff facial animations and bland writing. Tom Clarke-Hill still has an excellent voice and delivers a solid performance as Karl Fairbourne, but the character continues to be a one-note gruff guy even after five games. The Sniper Elite games have never been what you might call story-driven and that fact remains true for the fifth entry. He’s the John Wick of World War 2, the only dude who can actually get things done, after all. This time the Nazis are working on a super-secret project codenamed Kraken and Karl needs to find out what they’re up to and eliminate a variety of targets along the way – preferably from several hundred metres away. Once again Karl Fairbourne, the German-born turned Ally sniper, is back to deliver some X-ray gore and decimate the German ranks during World War 2. And put the rifle back down, you’ll take someone’s testicles out with that thing. So grab a rifle, zero in the scope, take a deep breath and….grab a cup of coffee. But there are a few badly aimed shots, too. And having absorbed even more of the Hitman vibe, Sniper Elite 5 is, in many ways, the best one yet. Although they may be janky, there’s a charm and sense of fun to the Sniper Elite series that makes it hugely endearing.

Yes, it’s Sniper Elite 5, a double-A series that has, over the years, somehow managed to sneak its way into my heart. The world’s foremost socially distancing testicle surgeon is back to ensure there will never be any Nazi offspring.

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