Sniper Elite 4 combines genre-defining ballistics, breathless emergent stealth, and gripping third person action across the largest and most diverse environments ever seen in a Sniper Elite game. Sure, Karl still takes himself a little too seriously but Sniper Elite 4 is the murderous theme park you didn’t know you needed to visit.Sniper Elite 4 is the next game in the award-winning, chart-topping shooter series. Everything feels slick, engineered to get you straight back into the warzone but as an even better killing machine. Bars are here to be filled, medals ticked off, organs burst, loadouts tweaked, teeth shattered. Want improved damage? Get 20 heart shots. Before you even consider doing the whole thing in co-op or attempting the satisfying survival mode, each level has its own mini objectives and Karl’s loadout can be tweaked and altered with upgrades. Once you’ve completed the story for the first time (which plods along quite happily and comes complete with joyously trashy Hollywood ending) you’ll want to go straight back in. Whether you’re crouched at a corner in an Italian village, watching the dust eddies swirl around your feet as you listen to the conversation of the soldiers mere metres away, or are silently sneaking through a dockyard, gramophone music gently echoing on the wind, there’s a genuine sense of place. In short, this world feels alive, the environments beautifully layered.
Hey, at least you knew he slept with a picture of his German Shepherd next to his bed before you carefully shot at the grenade belt across his chest. In less useful detail but oddly appreciated, even tagging an enemy from afar will give you a titbit of info on them before you inevitably take them down. Clear red and green bars show exactly the damage and recoil you’re switching out for. You made this happen, now deal with the consequences.Įven the addition of weapons stats as you hover over them feels like a slick addition. The joy of Sniper Elite is in these little moments. A quick switch to the sniper rifle, one headshot, two headshot, oh dear God, watch those eyes pop. I found myself sheltering from hails of bullets on the deck of a ship, rattling off satisfying SMG headshots between enemy fire and feeling exhilaratingly like a World War 2 John Wick as the enemy did the same. Then it all went wrong, I missed a headshot, the soundmask stopped and I shot again, sending every painstakingly tagged enemy in my direction with a deafening loud single gunshot. On one occasion, I had crept around the Lorino Dockyard for hours, tagging every enemy and shooting only when mortar fire could mask my gun, saving every five minutes. That might be exactly what you want though. Don’t cover your sniper fire with a soundmask and your position will immediately be compromised, a dangerous red triangle appearing exactly where you’ve hidden Karl so perfectly.
Even if you’re using suppressed ammunition, funnily enough soldiers will notice when their friends start dropping like flies. The murderous choice on offer is positively intoxicating.ġ1 essential Sniper Elite 4 tips to know before you play If you want to keep your distance though, there are few moments as satisfying as regulating your heartbeat before a well placed shot to a vehicle’s petrol tank and the resulting chain explosions causing nearby soldiers to dissolve in X-ray killcam as they dive for cover. Thinking boom raider as they go up in flames is totally optional. You could even rig a dead body with a trap and wait for someone to check for a heartbeat.
Sure you could throw in a grenade and send enemies scattering, unaware of your position, or you could tag everyone in sight with your binoculars from a prone position on red tiled roof, and start blowing up areas of the environment. This means every tiny mission can become an enormous one.
Underground tunnels might take you the back way into a facility, a tiny sewer grate will let you into the heart of an Italian castle being used as a guard post, clambering up a drain pipe and leaping onto a balcony might give you a whole new angle to pop that officer’s skull. There’s never only just one way in and you’ll constantly have to switch out your playstyle. Like Hitman or the later Assassin’s Creeds, you can choose exactly how you want to take on each objective.
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