Alert the enemy, and you'll have a hard time evading them, although you can always bust out a machine gun and start mowing down the bad guys as you beat a hasty path to safety. Almost every ammunition type and gadget is dual purpose too, so choosing the right stuff for the job is part and parcel of your strategy, with more intelligent AI quickly tracking you down if you fail to remain stealthy. Of course, there's a battalion of patrolling troops to contend with too, so as ever, scoping things out with your binoculars is of paramount importance.Įlite 4's core sniping mechanics ostensibly haven't changed all that much since the previous game, but the gory spectacle that ensues remains every bit as gratifying as the thrill of perfectly lining up an accurate shot itself. Presented with Sniper Elite 4's opening tutorial level set on the island of San Celini, we're given a massive sandbox in which to ply our trade as sniper extraordinaire, using special silenced ammunition and the best vantage points possible to stealthily pick off four high-profile Nazi targets hiding somewhere on the map. You play once again as crack-shot sniper Karl Fairburne, armed with an arsenal of guns, grenades and gadgets at his disposal to take down Nazi scum with impunity. Picking up where Sniper Elite III left off, Sniper Elite 4 moves the theatre of conflict from Africa to Italy where Nazi forces are being pushed back into mainland Europe, as Italian rebels, communists, partisans and the Mafia assemble an underground resistance against Hitler and Mussolini.

But there's so much more to Rebellion's World War II sandbox than grim cross-sections of punctured lungs, brains, testicles and eyeballs. How many games enable you to see in intricate, disgusting detail the damage wrought by a single sniper's bullet? Only Sniper Elite, as far as I know.

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