Hypocrite, if this was a call of duty game you will criticize it for being too similar to the last entry, but this game gets a pass for doing the same thing
@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 nah. People put too much time and effort into hating and complaining. Just don’t buy the shit you don’t like. It’s that simple. I hate all multiplayer so Call of Duty never has been great to me. I only play single player games
The levels are much bigger but seem more maze like, it’s frustrating when you get to a small wall which goes to your knees but you can’t jump over it, but larger walls over 6 feet are easily climbed and not all walls are the same so you can go a certain way just to have to go all the way back as there is no opening to get through. That being said, some of the levels are fantastic, it feels like you are in a WWII movie at times, the enemy AI is still quite poor at times (big delayed reactions when enemies see you) but this is close combat, at a distance the AI is pretty good, the alarms are a great new addition. Lots of side missions to undertake as well, lots of replay value as well. Overall a solid Sniper Elite game but hopefully next time the open levels will be fully open with limited restrictions
Everyone keeps saying it’s like 4 and is that supposed to be a bad thing because 4 is great so if 5 ends up being a slightly improved SE4 I’m all for it.
@S.D I'm using gamepass for SE5 there not worth full price at all. I usually buy the complete edition a year or so after release for half price or whatever.
The levels are bigger but feel less open, lots of hedges hemming you in. Vehicles seem to be random, so an explosive carrying truck might rumble through through a check point or it might never spawn in🤷♂️ AI seems weaker too, sometimes they search, sometimes they scamper off in the wrong direction to hide behind seemingly random hedges. The gameplay feels slower and it’s lost its flow and rhythm. It’s’ rarely worth setting traps in the more open areas as unless the AI doesn’t bother checking bodies unless it has nowhere else to go.
Actually I found NPC Ignore Bodies if they been laying there more than 5 minutes they will just walk straight over them so no point boobytrapping the body as they don't set it off unlike sniper elite 4 where just walking past or over set the trap off it does not happen in this game.
"One of the best stealth experiences in recent years" . This is kinda crazy if you think back to Splinter Cell 20 years ago where you have fine control of walking animation, can stealth climb up on roofs and do takedowns, take hostage, do interrogations and more.
@Jim Bianco well seeing as there hasn’t been a splinter cell (chaos theory is got btw) in RECENT YEARS the statement isn’t exactly made moot by you and your idiot friend op’s point now is it. Reviewer might not know what he’s talking about but you morons don’t know how English works apparently 🙄
I really hope the dev team gives us a Cold War version of this series. Personally, I'd love playing a story spread over the course of the beginning (around the early '50's) and the near end (concluding with the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989) of the Cold War. Add in multiple open ended endings to send off Fairburne's character, and I think having him be forced to question everything from relationships to motivations would bring more depth to his identity in ways that would really make him even cooler to respect. In all, Sniper Elite will also be the pinnacle of quality when it comes to shooting, but having a riveting story would compliment the series fairly well, and may even open the door to possibly introducing a newer generation to what makes Sniper Elite so great.
Some reviews say it's good, some reviews say it's bad. I guess people can't judge AI correctly, or they would come to the same conclusion. Unless we start understanding that reviews are no more than opinions, that some opinions are unreliable in the gaming industry, that there are conflict of interests. My approach: read and listen to as many reviews and never base my purpose on 1 review.
@@colaboytje got it on game pass so will find out tomorrow. Let's hope the AI is good though, I do have my doubts though as most times games are never as good as what we are lead to believe 👍🏼
@@chillymonkeys7772 I agree. I'm going to try it as well through game pass. I move the second Sniper Elite. I absolutely did not like the third one as you are busy in the same area over and over. Loved number 4. This new game looks a bit too much a copy paste game from 4 without significant improvements. It's a franchise I really like and I would like to see it make that big step to an actual classic game that sets a standard.
@@John-996 True. But then again, my statement is still sound and valid. It is an opinion, not a fact. Look at Gran Turismo 7: I can't play that game on high diffuculties and win any race. Other people will be amazing at the same difficulty setting and think that it isn't that difficult and regard lower settings as not maybe bad AI. My opinion would be different. My point was that we as gamers need to accept that reviews are nothing more than opinions, accept that there might be conflict of interests, accept our own bias towards outlets, ... As long as we (I don't mean you and I), don't accept that, we will keep making the same mistakes. That is what my point was.
It's basically Sniper Elite 4 with a few minor changes. Slightly bigger maps, slightly improved graphics and weapon customization. Although in a few departments they really dropped the ball. The Ai is utterly atrocious, less weapons to choose from (where is my Lee Enfield?) and traversing the maps can feel very linear even though you can pick your own path (this due to the fact that you can jump over a wall in 1 spot but you can't in the next even though they are the same. And if you as much walk onto a slightly banked piece of grass/sand you'll get a stumbling animation which can be very annoying)
@@rustyfmj2388 It is a bullpup as well as being a pump action. And it was clear you meant the No4 that had been available previously - but lots of other weapons seem to have been lost, too. At least there's been an attempt to give an improved version (and giving him a prototype, for the story, doesn't seem far-fetched), but having put many rounds through a real No4 (and a fair few through a No7!) I do know what you mean - it was a world class battle rifle. There is a YT vid available of a Sri Lankan police instructor putting 31 shots down range in 60 secs - with 30 hits, using an SMLE.
I thought Sniper Elite 4 had tighter, more composed maps. I replayed most of them. I'm still working through Sniper Elite 5 (I just finished mission 5 today), but I'm not seeing myself wanting to replay any of them just yet.
Actually Replay with all the skills etc you master makes the game much easier the 2nd time round so if it took 3hrs for level first time on 2nd time it only take half that time I have found
Personally I’m really enjoying the game so far, the biggest problem I’ve ran into so far is some audio doesn’t seem to play. Specifically a big cannon on the 5th mission was firing and the sound mask prompt was showing up but no sound, kind of threw me off. There was also a weird clipping issue on the 4th mission where I fell through the floor and I was able to replicate it a few times, however it was only 1 wall on the whole map that caused it to happen. Also if you played 4 you’ll notice instantly that the aiming on controller feels really off, I can’t describe it and it doesn’t ruin the game at all but I had to adjust the sensitivity settings quite a lot before it felt comfortable to me. (I only mention this because I played se4 multiple times and never had to change any sensitivity settings)
was messing around with SE4 last night. If you do all the challenges and try your best not to get caught a map can take a lot of time to complete. Looks like they are going more the hitman route this time. So you will find yourself going back to each map trying to kill the target in all the challenge ways that are given. Maybe you have to snipe him out of a car? Maybe you have to shoot and explosion. The game has excellent replay ability IMO
A good review... I agree with it's flaws, and that it technically, is more of a double A-game instead of triple. Apart from that, it's a very 'gamey' game. (or arcady, if you will) It's a game that you can show your friends, and they say: "Ow yeah, I see what I have to do." Instead of needing an introduction. Or putting an Assassins Creed game on, where you are stuck in some kind of mission, battle, or annoying climb and they think: "This game sucks." See the difference? It's a game that says: "I am here, and I know what to do." It has this high pick up-and play-quality, which in my eyes, surely is worth something, cause that has become rare these days... So I would like to have this game in my game collection. (which I do) Other then that, apart from its double A-status, it's objectively speaking, still the best sniping-game there is. This game is a sniping-game first, and all the rest around it, Rebellion just expanded the sniping-gameplay. And that's why it's clear its third person-shooter sections, cannot compete with triple A blockbuster third person shooter-games. But we should not punish the Sniper Elite-series - which we don't - for underperforming compared to modern third person-shooter games, cause Sniper Elite, offers something those games cannot offer neither... Imagine a third person shooter-game, like for instance, the Ghost Recon-series... Imagine Ubisoft decided to flush out the sniper-gameplay. (just as Rebellion decided to flush out it's third person-shooter gameplay) would it be possible the Ghost Recon-series can ever compete with Sniper Elite when we look only at the sniping? Of course not. Cause both games are build with different goals in mind, and they will excel on which quality is chosen. (the Ghost Recon-series excel at micro-transactions;) It's a sniping-game first and foremost, and everything around it, is actually 'extra.' Cause when playing the first Sniper Elite in the past, nobody complained there wasn't many to do apart from sniping itself... And that is how we should look at this game. And slowly, Rebellion gets there, which in my opinion, as a developer, is extremely difficult to do, because it has this whole sniping-mechanic underneath it. In the end, it is the best sniping game-series until date, and i think nobody can deny that. That is worth something... We do give the game a lower score because it's not really competing with triple A blockbuster third person games, but we acknowledge its gameplay mechanisms, and therefore, the series has earned itself at least, a respectable 8 trough all of it's history.
I stumbled upon Sniper Elite 4 after upgrading my PS Plus. We burned through that one and I picked up part 5 last weekend and aside from a few very minor complaints it's a great game my Co-op partner and I are having a blast playing.
I love this game so much. Stealth and also action feels so intense. This game is better than MGSV in so many ways. It’s one of the most fun games for years to me and it’s the best addition to gamepass this year together with Guardions of the galaxy.
Sniper Elite 4 is my favorite game of all time. However, I disagree that SE5 is better than MGS V 'in so many ways'. They are different games, each with their own, and quite different, approaches to stealth, and gameplay in general.
The fact that you said “shooting in this game is a tertiary aspect of the game at best” with a straight face,tells me all I need to know about watching another one of your reviews.
The best way to play is on Authentic difficulty I'd say. Finding it easy enough on Sniper Elite difficulty. On SE difficulty, an initial stealth/lethal mission playthrough takes about 2 hours for me. That's with finding all benches and wiping everyone off the map.
The gameplay is awesome but the invisible walls really take you out of the experience. It feels like the game is controlling where you go instead of you. That being said when you and the game are in sync and you’re able to pull off a crazy flank or pull off a crazy shot to get out of a difficult situation it’s crazy good. The fact that it’s on game pass makes it even better
Isn’t every game at heart just rinse and repeat. Still SE is fun and has high replay value but if your not interested in the series then yeah this game probably won’t change that.
There is a few annoying bugs in this game I have played through about 5 times now, But some Levels are a lot harder and takes a lot of time and patience to pull off I found Enemies NPC on a couple maps to be So aggressive Going at it anything other then stealth will shorten your Life, But the Bugs I have found can Ruin a Level For instance you enter some bushes to avoid Detection Hint Never Ever Enter Any Bushes Or Rock Faces You Become Stuck in the scenery and only way to become Unstuck is to start the whole mission over and If you already done an hour that is disheartening to say the least, Another bug NPC you get kill Cam but for some unknown reason the NPC is still alive and combat Ensues that just messes up your Stealth as every NPC in the area Hunts you, I know it gives you options to roam but I have found Gameplay Repetitive as your path is Set no matter which or How you approach the same path nearer the main Objective is always the same, I play mainly Stealth and Sniping But have found Close Quarters and even Melee Is a Must in Order to get through Some overly NPC Populated Levels, One last annoyance the Vehicles are too frequent specially in one mission When your checking bodies and a vehicle appears behind you resulting in a firefight, If they can patch some of the annoying bugs mostly scenery collisions It make Gameplay more enjoyable for me where I don't have to restart the whole level.
Just hit and run like in sniper elite 3... thats how some sections are like in sniper elite 5 or set up grenade traps.on every dead body in case the enemies run into it which will save your subsonic bullets over time.
@@alvinsimba734 already completed it didn't really use any of the ammo types except for invasions. I really enjoyed it but couldn't help liking everything sniper elite 4 did better the only thing missing I'm 4 was swastikas and German markings.
how much did they pay you ? now words on it being full of bugs , i am on mission 3 and had on every mission a bug related to obiective kills that unlock weapons..
I'm fucking tires of every game "needing" co-op or multiplayer, it's ridiculous and takes attention away from the vast scope of potential masterpiece singleplayer content
i will turn off the invasion mode and wont touch multiplayer at all. i enjoy these games as all single player also. only game i play multiplayer is cod and havent played that game hardly at all since vanguard trash and little of cold war. now cod dont even interest me anymore
Its on game pass so im good with it im just curious if its worth the download Im curious though.. when u say drastic improvement thats a very strong word Does it feel like sniper elite 4 to u as much as it looks?
Am up to mission 6 or 7.. if you find you are struggling to put a decent gun together, just slap the wyvern barrel, match parts and extended mag on the 1911.. Its super accurate and very deadly, for a run and gun players its the perfect mix with vicious "Y spam" 😁👍
To each his own: "Kill cams returns. Watching the gore is gratifing as always". I have few issues with violence in movies or games, but I turned that shit down to zero in SE4. It just felt glorified violence (and stupid). I always find a review with nothing negative suspicious... specially when I obviously see things that could easy have been improved
Someday a more modern setting like other points in history or modern sniping scenarios could be neat to see. 5 games in killin Nazis can only be novel so long
the story pulls me in. like anything else, its only fun when you get good at it. i have run into more bugs than i would like. definitely looks like an early ps4 game. thats all
Stealth is all over the place in this game. When it works it’s decent but the whistle over guards into your hiding spot only works half the time. The ? pops up over the guards head but a lot of times they just stand there and won’t move to look for you. Hopefully the AI is one of the first things to get patched. As it stands now the reviewer was being very generous handing out an 8.
You know what would help make this game from good to great would be if when the sniper shot go from x ray gore shot to the stomach then to the outward physical display that the stomach would come pouring out of the body from the outward appearance or a xray head shot to actual brain matter and the hair and head would explode with a big whole in it just saying maybe give it a shot doesn't hurt to try lol
I don't know, I uninstalled twice now. Last time I just quit out of frustration on the first map. It doesn't tell you where the circuit breakers are and even when you assign that side objective it takes you literally to nothing. This feels like a game that was designed in 2003.
@@devinvez3869 love Elden Ring, so no. Not even the that. This game is just rushed. Enemy placement is everywhere, they can spot you crouched in grass 50 yards away at night. They don't predictably react which makes circumventing their patrols trial and error. Did the devs even play Phantom Pain. How is it that a game that came out 7 years ago appears less dated gameplay and design wise? I loved Sniper Elite 4, this game just doesn't have that same polish. No wonder they're selling it for 40 dollars.
I'm not even a little bit bothered about the lack of AAA "polish". If this is an example of how good AA games can be, Than count me in. I'd happily never buy another AAA game again. There will always be millions of PC owners. Hobbyists who love owning their own equipment, having a machine that is discretely upgradable, being able to write their own games. Having a system that does everything with a massive back catalogue of literally hundreds of thousands of games. Any developers that create for that market will have access to a market that can sell tens of not hundreds of thousands of their product. Sometimes millions. Will be able to make a good living writing games that are their passion - rather than games that fulfil the tick-box sheet given to them by their market survey department for "What you have to do to make the most money". And that's where I'll be. With the enthusiasts. Not the mainstream. And I'll be very happy to be there. If that means entirely different games than those available on console and phone. Who cares? Not me. The sooner PC gamers realise that AAA games are not made for them, and we are a poor afterthought - the better. AAA game publishers know they don't need us. Have known for years. It's time we understood and reciprocated.
Loved sniper elite 4 this 5 version has some great graphics/maps on ps4 I hope this game is released for the Nintendo switch.The actual movement of the character feels quirky hoping it will improve as skill points are earned.Potentially a great game.
The campaign is ok but after a while the shortcomings of the game become so frustrating, im surprised the review didn’t highlight these as they are glaringly obvious. Alarms are too easy to set off and in an instant one stray bullet from 300m away will have 15 nazis honing in on your location. Karl takes forever to reload his weapon which can be frustrating in shootouts. The item wheel is hit and miss and often I selected the bandage only for the pistol to be selected instead, or nothing else. When your low on health and surrounded by enemy AI that take bullets to the head and still live, this is incredibly frustrating. The DLC missions are just more of the same campaign, they should have offered something different and there is no motivation to play them. The skill tree is laughably bad and you will easily unlock everything before you are even halfway through the campaign. It’s a pretty game but is let down by AI that take too much to kill and spot you from 500m away in long grass, but then font see you crouched in the grass right in front of them. The autosave feature is very inconsistent and I learned that manual saves are the only way to play the game. Too often you will complete several objectives without the game autosaving for some reason, then when you die you have to give way back and start again.
15 to 20 hours for the campaign? That's rookie numbers - are you playing on Civilian going Rambo style, just doing the main objectives? I'm just done with mission 3 - always playing 2 runs, the first on Authentic, no alarms, lethal stealth, methodical, the other on Sniper Elite difficulty, to get all the collectibles, also taking some time trying to find the gold medal long shots - and I already have 25 hours under my belt. One can get a lot more than 20 hours out of this game.
First mission I did 5 hours already and only one star, need to replay that mission to do it right. However maybe once I beat the campaign then next time I will try with axis invasion on to make it more intense.
Big disappointment!!! In Sniper Elite 4 you could focus on sniping and tactics and above all, you had a free open world. SE 5 is nowhere to be close at SE 4 and i miss the sniping really a lot in this game. Movement is somehow restricted. Not worth to buy this game.
Is that... a silencer on the end of a Thompson? Wtf? I see the challenge has been reduced significantly this time around, as if Sniper Elite 4 wasn't easy enough already.
Im just amazed, that the Devs. Choose to stay with the straight white male protagonist,... many other franchises, would have changed to a black woman by now...
I stopped listening at 1 30 when he mentions graphics uhm we are watching a video showcasing graphics why do we need your comment on that its like looking at a black wall and saying the wall is black, gun play maybe?
You should be embarrassed by this review. Game is full of game breaking bugs, trophies are glitched and don't complete, the AI is utterly tragic, and the worse thing is the levels, apart from Atlantic wall and Guernsey where is the sniping? They've made every mission like deathstorm from SE4 and it's just repetitive.
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Just a super fun game I'm glad the series continues on. Breath of fresh air from all the easy uninspired AAA games.
It looks similar to 4 but I loved 4 so I don’t care. I’m looking forward to exploring and mastering all of the maps.
Same
Hypocrite, if this was a call of duty game you will criticize it for being too similar to the last entry, but this game gets a pass for doing the same thing
@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 nah. People put too much time and effort into hating and complaining. Just don’t buy the shit you don’t like. It’s that simple. I hate all multiplayer so Call of Duty never has been great to me. I only play single player games
@@gejamugamlatsoomanam7716 one big thing too is that COD usally costs $70 when theyre new, theyre only charging $30 bucks for sniper elite
@@johannesclips1685 $60*
The levels are much bigger but seem more maze like, it’s frustrating when you get to a small wall which goes to your knees but you can’t jump over it, but larger walls over 6 feet are easily climbed and not all walls are the same so you can go a certain way just to have to go all the way back as there is no opening to get through.
That being said, some of the levels are fantastic, it feels like you are in a WWII movie at times, the enemy AI is still quite poor at times (big delayed reactions when enemies see you) but this is close combat, at a distance the AI is pretty good, the alarms are a great new addition. Lots of side missions to undertake as well, lots of replay value as well. Overall a solid Sniper Elite game but hopefully next time the open levels will be fully open with limited restrictions
We need Zombie Army 5. Now!
Everyone keeps saying it’s like 4 and is that supposed to be a bad thing because 4 is great so if 5 ends up being a slightly improved SE4 I’m all for it.
@S.D I'm using gamepass for SE5 there not worth full price at all.
I usually buy the complete edition a year or so after release for half price or whatever.
Its not as good as 3 or 4 to me
The levels are bigger but feel less open, lots of hedges hemming you in. Vehicles seem to be random, so an explosive carrying truck might rumble through through a check point or it might never spawn in🤷♂️ AI seems weaker too, sometimes they search, sometimes they scamper off in the wrong direction to hide behind seemingly random hedges. The gameplay feels slower and it’s lost its flow and rhythm. It’s’ rarely worth setting traps in the more open areas as unless the AI doesn’t bother checking bodies unless it has nowhere else to go.
Actually I found NPC Ignore Bodies if they been laying there more than 5 minutes they will just walk straight over them so no point boobytrapping the body as they don't set it off unlike sniper elite 4 where just walking past or over set the trap off it does not happen in this game.
I have to agree. This game is badly put together. Sniper Elite 4 felt better. The AI is practically cookie cutter in this game.
"One of the best stealth experiences in recent years" . This is kinda crazy if you think back to Splinter Cell 20 years ago where you have fine control of walking animation, can stealth climb up on roofs and do takedowns, take hostage, do interrogations and more.
@Jim Bianco well seeing as there hasn’t been a splinter cell (chaos theory is got btw) in RECENT YEARS the statement isn’t exactly made moot by you and your idiot friend op’s point now is it. Reviewer might not know what he’s talking about but you morons don’t know how English works apparently 🙄
A lot less to do and master in Splinter Cell, with boring level design
I really hope the dev team gives us a Cold War version of this series.
Personally, I'd love playing a story spread over the course of the beginning (around the early '50's) and the near end (concluding with the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989) of the Cold War.
Add in multiple open ended endings to send off Fairburne's character, and I think having him be forced to question everything from relationships to motivations would bring more depth to his identity in ways that would really make him even cooler to respect.
In all, Sniper Elite will also be the pinnacle of quality when it comes to shooting, but having a riveting story would compliment the series fairly well, and may even open the door to possibly introducing a newer generation to what makes Sniper Elite so great.
Vietnam the Carlos Hathcock experience
I mean, it already kinda did that. The first and second game are sorta a "cold war before the cold war" sort of thing
3:35 The AI just looked into a corner of stacked chairs….. Best AI I’ve ever seen?
Shooting Nazi's? I don't think any game has done that before. I'll have to pick this up!
Wolfenstein has done that billions of time before it...
@@remarkableputter6622 I think he's being sarcastic bro 😂
My game this week/weekend, thank you you Gamepass ❤️
I was so happy to see this title on my Game Pass yesterday!
So glad to hear the AI is good, as this is what mainly runs the immersion in games
Some reviews say it's good, some reviews say it's bad. I guess people can't judge AI correctly, or they would come to the same conclusion.
Unless we start understanding that reviews are no more than opinions, that some opinions are unreliable in the gaming industry, that there are conflict of interests.
My approach: read and listen to as many reviews and never base my purpose on 1 review.
@@colaboytje got it on game pass so will find out tomorrow. Let's hope the AI is good though, I do have my doubts though as most times games are never as good as what we are lead to believe 👍🏼
@@chillymonkeys7772 I agree. I'm going to try it as well through game pass.
I move the second Sniper Elite. I absolutely did not like the third one as you are busy in the same area over and over. Loved number 4. This new game looks a bit too much a copy paste game from 4 without significant improvements. It's a franchise I really like and I would like to see it make that big step to an actual classic game that sets a standard.
@@colaboytje Might be what they play it on. Look at Last of us 2 on grounded vs easy.
@@John-996 True. But then again, my statement is still sound and valid. It is an opinion, not a fact.
Look at Gran Turismo 7: I can't play that game on high diffuculties and win any race. Other people will be amazing at the same difficulty setting and think that it isn't that difficult and regard lower settings as not maybe bad AI. My opinion would be different.
My point was that we as gamers need to accept that reviews are nothing more than opinions, accept that there might be conflict of interests, accept our own bias towards outlets, ...
As long as we (I don't mean you and I), don't accept that, we will keep making the same mistakes. That is what my point was.
It's basically Sniper Elite 4 with a few minor changes.
Slightly bigger maps, slightly improved graphics and weapon customization.
Although in a few departments they really dropped the ball.
The Ai is utterly atrocious, less weapons to choose from (where is my Lee Enfield?) and traversing the maps can feel very linear even though you can pick your own path (this due to the fact that you can jump over a wall in 1 spot but you can't in the next even though they are the same. And if you as much walk onto a slightly banked piece of grass/sand you'll get a stumbling animation which can be very annoying)
Its a shame seeing the weapon selection
You realise the SREM-1 is a pump-action Lee-Enfield, right?
@@wessexdruid7598 A bullpup you mean. And i meant the classic Enfield not a prototype that was never used
@@rustyfmj2388 It is a bullpup as well as being a pump action. And it was clear you meant the No4 that had been available previously - but lots of other weapons seem to have been lost, too. At least there's been an attempt to give an improved version (and giving him a prototype, for the story, doesn't seem far-fetched), but having put many rounds through a real No4 (and a fair few through a No7!) I do know what you mean - it was a world class battle rifle. There is a YT vid available of a Sri Lankan police instructor putting 31 shots down range in 60 secs - with 30 hits, using an SMLE.
Wish I could reverse the B button with the RS button, looks like 4 with some gameplay improvements, love it
I thought Sniper Elite 4 had tighter, more composed maps. I replayed most of them.
I'm still working through Sniper Elite 5 (I just finished mission 5 today), but I'm not seeing myself wanting to replay any of them just yet.
Actually Replay with all the skills etc you master makes the game much easier the 2nd time round so if it took 3hrs for level first time on 2nd time it only take half that time I have found
Personally I’m really enjoying the game so far, the biggest problem I’ve ran into so far is some audio doesn’t seem to play. Specifically a big cannon on the 5th mission was firing and the sound mask prompt was showing up but no sound, kind of threw me off.
There was also a weird clipping issue on the 4th mission where I fell through the floor and I was able to replicate it a few times, however it was only 1 wall on the whole map that caused it to happen.
Also if you played 4 you’ll notice instantly that the aiming on controller feels really off, I can’t describe it and it doesn’t ruin the game at all but I had to adjust the sensitivity settings quite a lot before it felt comfortable to me.
(I only mention this because I played se4 multiple times and never had to change any sensitivity settings)
I had the sensitivity issue, very noticeable as I was playing 4 prior to this one launching.
Immediately it felt like I was on an ice circuit 😅
Turning off all aim assist helped me solve that problem
@@samjones4772 very true, realised this last night and haven't looked back 👍
Well it just came out so it will have glitches
It’s going to be on Game Pass.
I heard it was just for pc, not xbox. Have you heard different?
@@Papa_WooWoo it's on xbox game pass too
Just got the game and it looks and feels way better than 4 graphics 100% better just enjoy the dam thing
Not as good as 3 or 4, im glad it was free on gamepass
Much better than the craptastic IGN review.
They only seem to give out sevens so it's hard to tell if their reviews are even legit sometimes.
@@parasolo89- The reviewers pay is low so IGN gets what it pays for.
I noticed all the Sniper Elite games are short story wise, Why is that?
High replay value and different ways to approach. Just like MGS V.
was messing around with SE4 last night. If you do all the challenges and try your best not to get caught a map can take a lot of time to complete. Looks like they are going more the hitman route this time. So you will find yourself going back to each map trying to kill the target in all the challenge ways that are given. Maybe you have to snipe him out of a car? Maybe you have to shoot and explosion. The game has excellent replay ability IMO
They focus on gameplay more than some boring story.
A good review...
I agree with it's flaws, and that it technically, is more of a double A-game instead of triple.
Apart from that, it's a very 'gamey' game. (or arcady, if you will)
It's a game that you can show your friends, and they say: "Ow yeah, I see what I have to do."
Instead of needing an introduction.
Or putting an Assassins Creed game on, where you are stuck in some kind of mission, battle, or annoying climb and they think: "This game sucks."
See the difference?
It's a game that says: "I am here, and I know what to do."
It has this high pick up-and play-quality, which in my eyes, surely is worth something, cause that has become rare these days...
So I would like to have this game in my game collection. (which I do)
Other then that, apart from its double A-status, it's objectively speaking, still the best sniping-game there is.
This game is a sniping-game first, and all the rest around it, Rebellion just expanded the sniping-gameplay.
And that's why it's clear its third person-shooter sections, cannot compete with triple A blockbuster third person shooter-games.
But we should not punish the Sniper Elite-series - which we don't - for underperforming compared to modern third person-shooter games, cause Sniper Elite, offers something those games cannot offer neither...
Imagine a third person shooter-game, like for instance, the Ghost Recon-series...
Imagine Ubisoft decided to flush out the sniper-gameplay. (just as Rebellion decided to flush out it's third person-shooter gameplay) would it be possible the Ghost Recon-series can ever compete with Sniper Elite when we look only at the sniping?
Of course not.
Cause both games are build with different goals in mind, and they will excel on which quality is chosen. (the Ghost Recon-series excel at micro-transactions;)
It's a sniping-game first and foremost, and everything around it, is actually 'extra.'
Cause when playing the first Sniper Elite in the past, nobody complained there wasn't many to do apart from sniping itself...
And that is how we should look at this game.
And slowly, Rebellion gets there, which in my opinion, as a developer, is extremely difficult to do, because it has this whole sniping-mechanic underneath it.
In the end, it is the best sniping game-series until date, and i think nobody can deny that.
That is worth something...
We do give the game a lower score because it's not really competing with triple A blockbuster third person games, but we acknowledge its gameplay mechanisms, and therefore, the series has earned itself at least, a respectable 8 trough all of it's history.
This is better than 4 in every way and I loved 4, better graphics, gameplay, maps, tools and AI.
Rebellion games are more fun than most AAA games. It was an instant buy for me.
I stumbled upon Sniper Elite 4 after upgrading my PS Plus.
We burned through that one and I picked up part 5 last weekend and aside from a few very minor complaints it's a great game my Co-op partner and I are having a blast playing.
I love this game so much. Stealth and also action feels so intense. This game is better than MGSV in so many ways. It’s one of the most fun games for years to me and it’s the best addition to gamepass this year together with Guardions of the galaxy.
Sniper Elite 4 is my favorite game of all time. However, I disagree that SE5 is better than MGS V 'in so many ways'.
They are different games, each with their own, and quite different, approaches to stealth, and gameplay in general.
Better than mgs5? I don't think mgs5 was a 10 or anything, but in terms of the stealth mechanics it's pretty untouchable...
The fact that you said “shooting in this game is a tertiary aspect of the game at best” with a straight face,tells me all I need to know about watching another one of your reviews.
Lol right?!?! Glad I didn't imagine that
Who said he had a straight face? You were sitting next to him?
@@FakeGyllenhaal imagine not knowing what a metaphor is
@@regulator18E you didn’t imagine it bro. I was like ….🫠
@@bagsofsauce9095 I wonder if farming is a tertiary aspect of Farming Simulator 2022
It even have some " hitman " like missions that's an A in my book
The best way to play is on Authentic difficulty I'd say. Finding it easy enough on Sniper Elite difficulty. On SE difficulty, an initial stealth/lethal mission playthrough takes about 2 hours for me. That's with finding all benches and wiping everyone off the map.
Lies
The gameplay is awesome but the invisible walls really take you out of the experience. It feels like the game is controlling where you go instead of you. That being said when you and the game are in sync and you’re able to pull off a crazy flank or pull off a crazy shot to get out of a difficult situation it’s crazy good. The fact that it’s on game pass makes it even better
Sniper repeat 5
Isn’t every game at heart just rinse and repeat.
Still SE is fun and has high replay value but if your not interested in the series then yeah this game probably won’t change that.
There is a few annoying bugs in this game I have played through about 5 times now, But some Levels are a lot harder and takes a lot of time and patience to pull off I found Enemies NPC on a couple maps to be So aggressive Going at it anything other then stealth will shorten your Life, But the Bugs I have found can Ruin a Level For instance you enter some bushes to avoid Detection Hint Never Ever Enter Any Bushes Or Rock Faces You Become Stuck in the scenery and only way to become Unstuck is to start the whole mission over and If you already done an hour that is disheartening to say the least, Another bug NPC you get kill Cam but for some unknown reason the NPC is still alive and combat Ensues that just messes up your Stealth as every NPC in the area Hunts you, I know it gives you options to roam but I have found Gameplay Repetitive as your path is Set no matter which or How you approach the same path nearer the main Objective is always the same, I play mainly Stealth and Sniping But have found Close Quarters and even Melee Is a Must in Order to get through Some overly NPC Populated Levels, One last annoyance the Vehicles are too frequent specially in one mission When your checking bodies and a vehicle appears behind you resulting in a firefight, If they can patch some of the annoying bugs mostly scenery collisions It make Gameplay more enjoyable for me where I don't have to restart the whole level.
U right lol fuk this game u loose 2 much time with the bugs y put in the trash this game
Looking forward to the multiplayer
Do the silencers/subsonic ammo get better? I get descovered instantly.
Just hit and run like in sniper elite 3... thats how some sections are like in sniper elite 5 or set up grenade traps.on every dead body in case the enemies run into it which will save your subsonic bullets over time.
@@alvinsimba734 already completed it didn't really use any of the ammo types except for invasions. I really enjoyed it but couldn't help liking everything sniper elite 4 did better the only thing missing I'm 4 was swastikas and German markings.
how much did they pay you ? now words on it being full of bugs , i am on mission 3 and had on every mission a bug related to obiective kills that unlock weapons..
I'm fucking tires of every game "needing" co-op or multiplayer, it's ridiculous and takes attention away from the vast scope of potential masterpiece singleplayer content
Multiplayer/Co-op has been a part of the series and Zombie Army spin off since V2.
i will turn off the invasion mode and wont touch multiplayer at all. i enjoy these games as all single player also. only game i play multiplayer is cod and havent played that game hardly at all since vanguard trash and little of cold war. now cod dont even interest me anymore
Its on game pass so im good with it im just curious if its worth the download
Im curious though.. when u say drastic improvement thats a very strong word
Does it feel like sniper elite 4 to u as much as it looks?
It’s free for gods sake sir just play it …. Smh
@@allfacts8496 little late to the party pa smhl im hooked on it lol
Am up to mission 6 or 7.. if you find you are struggling to put a decent gun together, just slap the wyvern barrel, match parts and extended mag on the 1911..
Its super accurate and very deadly, for a run and gun players its the perfect mix with vicious "Y spam" 😁👍
I bought the game for Xbox 1 played 2 months and now I have no scope can't zoom in on a target for the kill with rifle .custom pistol
Has scope
To each his own: "Kill cams returns. Watching the gore is gratifing as always". I have few issues with violence in movies or games, but I turned that shit down to zero in SE4. It just felt glorified violence (and stupid). I always find a review with nothing negative suspicious... specially when I obviously see things that could easy have been improved
I'm delighted that it's pretty much the same level in terms of graphics- means my laptop can actually still play it!
Can't wait to play tomorrow
Someday a more modern setting like other points in history or modern sniping scenarios could be neat to see. 5 games in killin Nazis can only be novel so long
Nobody gets tired of killing Nazis
I still love these games but yea I think many are ready for a diffrent moment in time by now.
This is going to be fun
the story pulls me in. like anything else, its only fun when you get good at it. i have run into more bugs than i would like. definitely looks like an early ps4 game. thats all
why does it not have seperate scope render.. what a shame.. and this series should have made enough money by now to be more than just so so
Stealth is all over the place in this game. When it works it’s decent but the whistle over guards into your hiding spot only works half the time. The ? pops up over the guards head but a lot of times they just stand there and won’t move to look for you. Hopefully the AI is one of the first things to get patched. As it stands now the reviewer was being very generous handing out an 8.
Sniper elite sounds like a great game.
An obvious step down from 4, and three to be honest.
You know what would help make this game from good to great would be if when the sniper shot go from x ray gore shot to the stomach then to the outward physical display that the stomach would come pouring out of the body from the outward appearance or a xray head shot to actual brain matter and the hair and head would explode with a big whole in it just saying maybe give it a shot doesn't hurt to try lol
If its the same as 3-4, it will be great!
Make a VR port plz
This went to £13 on sale today... 95gb or something so won't be playing until tomorrow 😢
95 gb wtf??1 That's about 15 gb less than GTA V.
I don't know, I uninstalled twice now. Last time I just quit out of frustration on the first map. It doesn't tell you where the circuit breakers are and even when you assign that side objective it takes you literally to nothing. This feels like a game that was designed in 2003.
Dude its not hard to figure out....maybe games that hold your hand every step of the way is what you need. Also it's already marked on the map.....
@@devinvez3869 love Elden Ring, so no. Not even the that. This game is just rushed. Enemy placement is everywhere, they can spot you crouched in grass 50 yards away at night. They don't predictably react which makes circumventing their patrols trial and error. Did the devs even play Phantom Pain. How is it that a game that came out 7 years ago appears less dated gameplay and design wise? I loved Sniper Elite 4, this game just doesn't have that same polish. No wonder they're selling it for 40 dollars.
Xbox game pass and not a full $60 price is nice. Going to play it for sure just not in a hurry 2.
Yeah I like the word 'immaculately' too but I see the guy slashing air like a madman a couple times in this vid.
I'm not even a little bit bothered about the lack of AAA "polish". If this is an example of how good AA games can be, Than count me in. I'd happily never buy another AAA game again.
There will always be millions of PC owners. Hobbyists who love owning their own equipment, having a machine that is discretely upgradable, being able to write their own games. Having a system that does everything with a massive back catalogue of literally hundreds of thousands of games.
Any developers that create for that market will have access to a market that can sell tens of not hundreds of thousands of their product. Sometimes millions. Will be able to make a good living writing games that are their passion - rather than games that fulfil the tick-box sheet given to them by their market survey department for "What you have to do to make the most money". And that's where I'll be. With the enthusiasts. Not the mainstream. And I'll be very happy to be there. If that means entirely different games than those available on console and phone. Who cares? Not me.
The sooner PC gamers realise that AAA games are not made for them, and we are a poor afterthought - the better.
AAA game publishers know they don't need us. Have known for years. It's time we understood and reciprocated.
Loved sniper elite 4 this 5 version has some great graphics/maps on ps4 I hope this game is released for the Nintendo switch.The actual movement of the character feels quirky hoping it will improve as skill points are earned.Potentially a great game.
I got it on PS5 and damn does it look good
I can't wait for Season Passes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
No season passes for these games.
@@retrolightman6737 Season pass 1 is coming very soon
Please we want WW1 Sniper Games...
No
No we don't stop chatting shit
We ???
Where do they get these gaming writers from the job center
Doesn't look any different from 3 and 4, and according to other reviews there's still AI problems. I'll wait for a sale.
Someone one xbox who wanna team up for Campaign/multiplayer?
Cannot wait to play this game on my ps3
I cannot wait to play it on my gameboy advanced.
Sniper elite is cool👍
IT'S FREE ON XB GAME PASS
This game on Xbox has no deadzones so it's very annoying to use iron sights and shoot at big distances
I feel you on that one. Had to up the sensitivity
@@cooliusmaximus5802 it's so bad that if you run in a room you might run left to right in a door way repeatedly trying to get through it
The campaign is ok but after a while the shortcomings of the game become so frustrating, im surprised the review didn’t highlight these as they are glaringly obvious. Alarms are too easy to set off and in an instant one stray bullet from 300m away will have 15 nazis honing in on your location. Karl takes forever to reload his weapon which can be frustrating in shootouts. The item wheel is hit and miss and often I selected the bandage only for the pistol to be selected instead, or nothing else. When your low on health and surrounded by enemy AI that take bullets to the head and still live, this is incredibly frustrating. The DLC missions are just more of the same campaign, they should have offered something different and there is no motivation to play them. The skill tree is laughably bad and you will easily unlock everything before you are even halfway through the campaign. It’s a pretty game but is let down by AI that take too much to kill and spot you from 500m away in long grass, but then font see you crouched in the grass right in front of them. The autosave feature is very inconsistent and I learned that manual saves are the only way to play the game. Too often you will complete several objectives without the game autosaving for some reason, then when you die you have to give way back and start again.
When it isn’t buggy it’s fun.
By your description, Cyberpunk 2077 would be decidedly AA!!!!!
15 to 20 hours for the campaign? That's rookie numbers - are you playing on Civilian going Rambo style, just doing the main objectives? I'm just done with mission 3 - always playing 2 runs, the first on Authentic, no alarms, lethal stealth, methodical, the other on Sniper Elite difficulty, to get all the collectibles, also taking some time trying to find the gold medal long shots - and I already have 25 hours under my belt. One can get a lot more than 20 hours out of this game.
First mission I did 5 hours already and only one star, need to replay that mission to do it right. However maybe once I beat the campaign then next time I will try with axis invasion on to make it more intense.
buying this game when it goes down to $30
Yeah. Definitely a last-gen game, with the same ol' AI problems, so waiting for a sale.
It was a fun game to play
The game does need patches
Looks way better than 4. Loved 2 and 3. Hated 4.
Hua chu tua?
Big disappointment!!! In Sniper Elite 4 you could focus on sniping and tactics and above all, you had a free open world. SE 5 is nowhere to be close at SE 4 and i miss the sniping really a lot in this game. Movement is somehow restricted. Not worth to buy this game.
Great fuxkin review!
Is that... a silencer on the end of a Thompson? Wtf? I see the challenge has been reduced significantly this time around, as if Sniper Elite 4 wasn't easy enough already.
They had suppressors back then... The maxium suppressor was first introduced in 1910.
Sniper elite 5 is way harder than 4 so far...
4 need I say more
Needs a change, can we be a German Wehrmacht sniper killing Americans please?
This game is only 12 hrs long hope it's not $60 cuz I ain't no fool a 12 hr game isn't worth $60
This game is awesome fun
Im just amazed, that the Devs. Choose to stay with the straight white male protagonist,... many other franchises, would have changed to a black woman by now...
I stopped listening at 1 30 when he mentions graphics uhm we are watching a video showcasing graphics why do we need your comment on that its like looking at a black wall and saying the wall is black, gun play maybe?
Gotta 2022
I been playing sniper elite since ps2 and these game is more of the same with sluggish mechanics repetitive missions definitely not worth 60usd...
getting my pre-order of SE5 tomorrow, just hope the graphics isnt worse than SE4 cause SE4's graphics was good.
How is multiplayer no one is talking about that lol
Game hasn’t officially released so it’s very difficult to find games with only a handful of reviewers playing.
Because reviews copies had no multiplayer yet
AAA games despited their buyed come out a buggie mess and much more problems so
It’s never been harder to get him past a doorway. Or get the bloody right piece out of the inventory you need 🤬 in speed.
You should be embarrassed by this review. Game is full of game breaking bugs, trophies are glitched and don't complete, the AI is utterly tragic, and the worse thing is the levels, apart from Atlantic wall and Guernsey where is the sniping? They've made every mission like deathstorm from SE4 and it's just repetitive.
Sniper Elite 5…Poor Controls, Bugs, Areas Close, Some Walls & Even Grass Can’t Climb…..Prefer Sniper Elite 4…February 2023…5/10……2 More Bugs…Couldn’t Change Weapons, Shot Enemy & He Vanished…Ridiculous…
Ayo
how is this an 8 just from this video I can see awful enemy ai , bad lock on takedowns haha it's literally sniper elite 4.5
From the last 1 minute i saw of this video. I agree. How the hell did it get an 8
I actually PLAYED IT,it's a 9 actually.
U two are the problem with gaming these days,u watch a small video n say its trash..its stunning how ridiculous u sound
I've finished it and it's 10/10 to be more accurate 😎
Yes, I’m sure you can better score the game from watching a few minutes of gameplay vs someone who has actually played it all the way through…
The controls suck. Otherwise great game.
xbox gamepass wins
same old same old sniper 1 or 5 no diferrence
What are you on about? 4 and 5 are light years ahead of the 1s that came before.
@@currychips 3 or 4 or 5 all same game
What exactly were you expecting from a game about being a sniper during WWII? It’s like complaining that all FIFA games are the same!!!!
@@Carfilliot exactly all i meant to say was to wait for 80% off then buy
@@huseintambawala4381 Or you could just get it on Game Pass day one…
I must be in the minority I found this worse then bf2042
AI is excellent.... no it isn't
same rinse an repeat gameplay
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Well everyone likes this game so sorry about your lucky