
If you’ve played Sniper Elite 4, you know what to expect. The gameplay loop remains mostly the same. I only need to know one thing: where they are.” Meet Mary Sue, strong, independent and some other stuff I guess To quote Vasquez from Aliens “ Look, man. So while these elements are not great, they did not detract too much from the experience you can easily skip/ignore them. Or perhaps I’m reading too much into it…Īs said, the story or characters have never been the highlight of the series. It also seems Rebellion ham-fisted in some “ representation” for good measure, because of course they did. On the contrary, it serves to highlight the already weak aspects of the game, the voice acting, the lip-syncing, and the boring characters. My biggest issue here is with the mid-mission cutscenes which I don’t think add anything to the experience. Thus, it’s your job to, basically, destroy it.

This time, the game takes place in France, and revolves around a new secret weapon being made by the Nazis, called the Kraken. The story has never really been the main focus in the series, and certainly has never been its strong point. And in a nutshell, and to no one’s surprise, it’s more Sniper Elite, but with a few tweaks and changes. I played its second and third parts years ago, and its fourth part about two weeks prior to the release of SE5 (so that I could make an apt comparison between the two). I’ve always been a fan of the Sniper Elite franchise since the release of the original game in 2005.
