![]() ![]() Each one worthy of a Mortal Kombat fatality.Įnvironmental kills can also be performed in some unexpected ways. ![]() Punch a guy in the chest and you’ll see his rib cage crack and organs shake and burst from the trauma. Here there has not only been multiple new layers of detail added for the brain matter, blood vessels and muscle tissue as they all go pop from a high calibre bullet, but Rebellion have expanded them to some brutally wince worthy hand-to-hand takedowns too. ![]() One of the defining features in the Sniper series has always been the X-Ray kill camera. Movement of our master sniper has been refined considerably, whilst not nearly as slick as Big Boss, it all feels smoother, more responsive and a wider variety of gory takedowns than ever before. This level of dynamic behaviour feeds in to everything in Sniper Elite 4 and allows you to create you own moments and stories. Then to my amazement, a fellow soldier who was patrolling alongside him just a few moments prior, bolted out from cover, picked Gerry up on the field and carried him off to the side where he administered some field dressings to patch up his buddy! Meanwhile the poor sod I left bleeding out on the battlefield was surely a gonner. Surrounding soldiers started to piece together where my shots must have been coming from and decided to try a pincer movement, closing in from either side. What happened next was completely unexpected. Yes you can shoot the grenades on their belts and it is as wonderful as it sounds! There I was quietly picking off unsuspecting soldiers when I got a bit too cocky and shot him in the hip instead of the grenade on his belt. I had found the perfect sniper spot with good visibility of the area and my gun shots masked by the deafening BOOM of the Nazis anti-air artillery in the distance. Whether it be the sun soaked Bitanti Village, the dense forest of Regilino Viaduct or a tense moonlit infiltration to Lorino Dockyard, each map feels like a devilishly brutal puzzle to be solved, navigated and ultimately toyed with.Īn example of how just how crafty they can be happened during a lengthy 3 hour playthrough on mission 3’s Regilino Viaduct. Further more, each of the 10 missions (11 if you add in the bonus Target Furher mission) are meticulous, diverse and extremely beautiful. Packed with detail and a ridiculous labyrinthine set of pathways, infiltration points and escape routes. Here they are vast, open and downright massive. It all just clicks in a way that had eluded previous games.Įnvironments no longer have that small, claustrophobic feeling. Then in steps Sniper Elite 4, completely built from the ground up for the latest console generation and PC hardware, everything, and I do mean everything, has been overhauled and reworked. The latter point jarring somewhat with what being a sniper is all about. Previous entries of Sniper Elite have always been well received whilst never quite hitting that top tier status, be it the narrower focus of the environments or the slightly too predictable AI behaviours, or even just a tendency to be able to “shoot your way out” of any situation. “Packed with detail and a ridiculous labyrinthine set of pathways, infiltration points and escape routes.” It’s not often a long running game series realises it’s potential in such a confident manner, but with the latest entry of master sniper Karl Fairburne’s secret exploits overseas, Rebellion Studios have nailed it. ![]() Throughout the entirety of my 30 hours with Sniper Elite 4’s campaign I had a grin the size of a Chesire cat. ![]()
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