The game’s unobtrusive, inoffensive plainness, in some ways fits quite well into the humdrum second world war-era tale it tells. By putting you behind a scope, tracking your target from 300m away, the game creates a sniping experience that’s so good the rest of Sniper Elite 4 – a serviceable, visually impressive open-world shooter akin to Far Cry – feels generic in comparison. But Sniper Elite 4 does a superb job of that. Rather than using firearms as an emotional release or a tense show of force, games often feature the firing of a weapon as a formulaic means of earning progress to fight your way from A to B to earn a new cutscene, a better weapon or a climactic boss.įew games nowadays succeed in making the actual act of shooting the main reason to play. Take Sniper Elite’s trademark sharpshooting into unique competitive play for up to 12 players in 7 modes across 6 custom-designed maps.T he act of shooting a gun – occasionally dull, frequently unsatisfying, universally overused – has become gaming’s primary interaction. Play the entire campaign online with another player or jump into dedicated co-operative game modes for up to 4 players. Sniper Elite’s acclaimed X-ray Kill Camera returns with all-new visuals and features, now framing your most impressive melee attacks and explosive trap kills in bone-cracking detail. Create and edit custom loadouts for any encounter.Ĭlimb, hang, shimmy and leap your way across the game’s vast environments to get the drop on enemies and deliver killing blows from behind cover, hanging over ledges and more! Hone your combat effectiveness by upgrading skills and tweaking key weapon traits such as scope magnification, muzzle velocity and stability. Forge your own path to your objectives, uncover new sniper nests, find secret side missions, collectibles and more!Įxperience genre-defining rifle ballistics where snipers must take account of wind, gravity and heart rate to land satisfying shots over hundreds of meters.Īdapt seamlessly to any combat situation with an impressive array of iconic World War 2 sniper rifles, pistols, submachine guns, heavy weapons, traps, grenades and explosives. Set in the aftermath of its award-winning predecessor, Sniper Elite 4 transports players across the beautiful Italian peninsula, from sun-drenched Mediterranean coastal towns, to ancient forests, mountain valleys and colossal Nazi megastructures.Ĭovert agent and elite marksman Karl Fairburne must fight alongside the brave men and women of the Italian Resistance and defeat a terrifying new threat with the potential to halt the Allied fightback in Europe before it’s even begun.Įncounter hours of gripping gameplay in huge campaign levels with hundreds of enemies, vehicles and high-ranking Nazi officers to hunt.
Experience tactical third-person combat, gameplay choice and epic longshots across gigantic levels as you liberate wartime Italy from the grip of Fascism. Discover unrivalled sniping freedom in the largest and most advanced World War 2 shooter ever built.