![]() ![]() From a narrative side, it’s a game that feels like it could have been made any time in the last 20 years. WWII has been done to death in video games, and Sniper Elite 5 doesn’t have much else to say about it beyond its Nazi-killing catharsis. Fairburne, with his gruff voice and cardboard personality, is about as dull a video game hero as they come. The story itself is boilerplate, dropping in vague political intrigue to set up missions. ![]() Throughout nine missions, Fairburne must assassinate key targets and sneak into secret facilities to sabotage crucial weaponry. military operation to dismantle a Nazi plot code-named “Operation Kraken,” which threatens to turn the tide of WWII. Sniper Elite 5 follows Karl Fairburne, a highly skilled sniper with zero tolerance for Nazis. Just make sure your stomach is prepared for violence so grisly that it could put the fear of God in a white supremacist. Sniper Elite 5’s limited toolset and generic set-dressing don’t quite elevate it to Hitman levels of creativity, but its open-ended approach to stealth action makes for a devilishly satisfying war game. ![]() Every Nazi target is an opportunity for players to flex their creative muscles (and their trigger fingers) in a series of free-range murder sandboxes. Building off of the increased scope of its predecessor, the fifth installment is a full-blown immersive sim set during World War II. The latest entry in Rebellion Developments’ long-running stealth-action series is more notable for a less headline-worthy reason: Good, old-fashioned design. ![]()
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