If you suddenly thought that the Sniper Elite series is about how one brave American special forces with a rifle at the ready saves peace from the Third Reich, then this is not entirely true. The main task of Karl Feirbern (that’s the name of the hero) is to shoot a mediocre Austrian artist Adolf Shiklgerer, more famous under the name Hitler, Testicula with as distant as possible.
It was this mission that was an apotheosis in each room part. But with the release of Sniper Elite 5, it suddenly turned out that the developers decided to sell the most important task for money as a separate DLC! Do you imagine their treachery? Previously, this task was part of the main game, but now-take out and put the money. Unloved impudence! Moreover, in the list of Achovka tasks for this mission is almost more than everyone else combined. That is, without buying an addition, you cannot get a platinum! This is already beyond good and evil.
I am sure you did not expect such an introduction. Typically, the structure of a review article is built on clear patterns-first about the main, then criticism, then the results. But this time I decided to break the rules and put criticism from the first paragraphs. Yes, you correctly understood. This is the main thing that I can present the fifth part of Sniper Elite on the merits.
Of course, there are still small technical problems, some flaws, small bugs and, in general, the lack of new ideas, but damn it! They sell the most important mission separately for money! Will not forgive…
Plot
France, 1944. The very year when the whole world became clear that Nazi Germany would lose the Second World War, and the Soviet Union and a little England will win it. Naturally, the United States of America could not afford this, therefore, they finally decided to open the Western Front, which Stalin asked, if I am not mistaken, since 1942.
No matter how it was, Operation Overlord is about to begin. Karl Fairburn conducts sabotage activities in occupied France. Thanks to the help of the local la resistan, secret documents are included in his hands on the preparation of mysterious weapons under the code name Kraken project. The hero decides to find out what is being discussed at all, and in violation of the order goes deep into the country for new information.
gameplay
The fourth part of Sniper Elite brought a very important feature into the game-events began to occur in large open spaces. In addition, secrecy mechanics improved significantly. The fifth part of the series actually did not change anything compared to the predecessor, only providing a new area (read-a set of cards) for adventure.
Otherwise, Sniper Elite 5 remained exactly the same as it was before. You will continue to sneak on a belly in the bushes to remain unnoticed by a patrol passing by. Or vice versa, shoot the Nazis with platoons from Tommy Gan. It’s like you want it yourself. The game absolutely does not force to be invisible. But if you decide to do Stlas, then for this gaming designers have provided all the possibilities. Here you have dense bushes where you can hide, and some kind of embedded plant, along which you can climb the window bypassing the patrol, the bottles are empty to divert attention and whistle to attract it.
They killed a German, but do you know that the body will be discovered soon? There are several options to choose from-you can pull the body and hide it in a box or in a pit, or you can mine it and wait until the Germans come into this trap. You can also minute cars, alarm or diesel generators. All for the sake of effective and spectacular death of Nazi bastards.
So, you are a lone wolf (although you can already be played in a cooperative) against the relics of the Third Reich. Karl has several key tasks and several side ones that are still better to perform each mission. Somewhere it is necessary to steal documents, and somewhere to eliminate a senior Japanese or German officer, and not just like that, but with the help of poison or, say, shoot him from a certain weapon. For this you will get more experience and unlock a new rifle, machine gun or gun.
The hero’s pumping has not gone anywhere. For any active actions, Karl receives experience and grows in levels. There are 40 of them. For each one score is issued, which can be spent on the acquisition of new characteristics. Upon reaching level 40, you will study everything.
But here there is one nuance. And it is associated with the level of complexity of the game. The fact is that half of the talents do not work on realism-it was on it that I passed the plot. In fact, I don’t know how to know how some mechanics work in the game, such as concentration or special vision there, which highlights opponents around the corner.
And that's what I tell you. Play the Sniper Elite 5 on any other, except for realism, the level of complexity is a crime. I'm not joking and not show off. The game is very, very simple. Alas, opponents do not show any intelligence. They will continue to run in a straight line, not trying to hide, although their comrades fall nearby. The tank will stubbornly ignore the explosions fifty meters away, and only when you see you some kind of movement will begin. Fritz standing in front of you will think about five seconds what to do next, politely waiting for you to change the weapon or reload it.
No, this does not mean that you will run an immortal Maclaud throughout the map. Your hero will die often. But this frequency is connected exclusively with the chiter shooting of opponents and their number. I generally had the impression that the enemies will dull when you look at them. But if you only turn away to you, they turn into seasoned commands, hiding in an ambush and waiting when Karl shows the edge of the ear in the window to immediately shoot it. Here is such a contrast you will observe all the passage.
Playing on lower complexity becomes quite simple. You will be provided with a mini-card, and the influence of the wind on the flight of the bullets will be removed and even politely illuminate the zone where the bullet will fly, as soon as the hero holds his breath before the shot. Without jokes, so uninteresting.
Ganpley
The branded feature of the series is a slow flight of a bullet of hundreds of meters that crashes into a cranial box or the body of the next soldier and a demonstration of damage through an anatomically faithful X-ray. This is interesting to observe the first ten times, but then you still turn off the demonstration. Shooting from a rifle with an optical sight is still on top. But this time it is interesting to run not only with her, but also to pick up an automatic weapon or pistol.
For each trunk, it is possible to modify it. I don’t know how historically the resulting models ended up, but sometimes I got the impression that the developers from Rebellion were inspired by custom of Duty: Vanguard.
Weapons are not so many, only six types of rifles, machine guns and pistols. Not densely and very primitive-you like to shoot rarely, but powerful, take a bolt. Not sure that you will kill the enemy from the first shot? Arm yourself with a rifle with a store. Of course, it was not without the opportunity to install a muffler on all types of weapons, but this greatly reduces the sophistication indicator. But if we are talking about shots in the head, then there is no particular difference what to shoot from is.
Graphics, Music and Sound
Graphically, the game looks cool, but without any revelations. The game’s engine is clearly outdated, but still worthy, in the sense, can give out open landscapes. Detailization of models pleases, you can carefully consider the weapon in all details. The uniform of German officers and soldiers is fulfilled very carefully. Visual effects are also at a very decent level.
Separate delight is caused by the work of locations designers. If events take place in urban development, then you experience natural aesthetic pleasure from the architecture of buildings, exterior and interior. Some locations are so well worked out that it is impossible to resist and not make a couple or two screenshots. By the way, the game has a photo mode, but it is completely n1. Unless several color filters add variety.
But the music of enthusiasm did not cause. Moreover, in a game where you have to listen a lot, it frankly interferes. Actually, I turned it off somewhere in the tenth minute of passing the first mission. But the sound did not disappoint. Everything bangs, shoots and drags the way you expect him. True, sometimes shoals with positioning happened when a stomping floor above the soldiers sounded as if he was behind your back. I hope that in future patches this will be fixed.
multiplayer
It doesn’t matter if you love network battles, or prefer a single game more, but in Sniper Elite 5 there are a pair of multi-user modes that can give pleasure. First of all, we are talking about the cooperative passage of missions. You won’t tell you especially a lot of things, since everything is clear without a description-the team is more interesting and more fun than 1. Introverts will not understand, well, God be with them.
But the second mode is a real fan! It is called invasion. Its essence is as follows: you, as a German soldier, join the session to another player passing the plot tasks. Therefore, your goal is to eliminate the player. Or two if the game is in a cooperative. And here, I’ll tell you, the game is completely revealed-hunting for other players is implemented in Sniper Elite 5 is amazing. You initially do not know where the player is, but he can give himself away by shots by raising the alarm or completing one of the tasks. He can also with the help of intelligence find out your indicative location. Yes, the invader has an advantage in the form of a soldwarf soldier, one of which can be pretended to be in the crowd. But the player is not stupid, he can pay attention to an uncharacteristic weapon or the fact that the application of the rifle has traces of modification. And you will not even understand where the shot sounded where...
In addition to the described, there are two more classic modes. In survival you will have to defend yourself from the enemy waves with other players. Well, where can I go without a network classics represented by a Desmach, where everyone is for himself, Fighting the commands or Fighting of the detachments. I see no reason to dwell on their description.
for the results
Rebellion made a game for fans of the series. But for beginners it is perfect. There is practically nothing new in Sniper Elite 5, even the picture remained from the last part. But they love the series for this constancy. Sniper shooting is still at an excellent level, locations are incomparable and beautiful, and the invasion mode gives the game a new life if you have already completed the plot campaign.
Yes, you will certainly meet several small bugs, like a box that hung in the air or stuck in enemy textures, but there are very few of them, and certainly they do not interfere with pleasure from the process. Sniper Elite 5 receives fully well-deserved 8 points out of 10 . I hope that soon Rebellion will decide to return the opportunity to buy a game in Russia.
Liked :
- Sniper shooting
- Level design
- Detail
- Sound
- The Invasion mode
Did not like :
- Unnecessary music
- Small bugs
- Lack of innovations
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