And we quickly discover that being spotted can lead to a defeat as infuriating as it is expeditious. Karl may have a whole customizable arsenal, upgradeable skills (thanks to a dedicated tree) and a slew of gadgets, but he is still extremely vulnerable to the army he faces. Obviously, to progress in such well-guarded settings, especially in high difficulty mode, it is essential to advance cautiously. The fact that these places speak to us obviously has an influence. Don’t expect to devour an egg from Mère Poulard, it’s the Mont as it was at the time, with barracks of Nazi soldiers and checkpoints installed almost everywhere! The rest of the title is in the same vein with a passage through the island of Guernsey, the Massif Central or Saint-Nazaire. Although the formula hasn’t evolved that much, this environment – all in verticality – gives a rather crazy scale to certain objectives. Although the historic building does not bear its name in the game (it becomes Beaumont-Saint-Denis), the developers have done an excellent job of reconstructing it and the mission, consisting in reaching the top and therefore the Abbey, is a Little Madeleine by Proust. Then comes one, if not THE emblematic mission of this episode: Mont-Saint-Michel. After the Atlantic Wall, Karl Fairburne finds himself in a gigantic property overlooked by a castle, reachable by three firmly guarded paths. Sniper Elite 5 is made up of nine missions (with multiple objectives) all taking place in quite varied settings. If the title does not escape oddities (the 32-bit syndrome with a character who climbs a wall, but finds himself unable to cross a fence wire), he has for him ultra immersive and very well thought out environments.

Thus, one of the greatest strengths of this fifth episode is undoubtedly its level design and the different branches offered to the player.īeaum… sorry, Mont Saint Michel in all its splendour! All the clichés of the genre are present, but the developers of Rebellion have nevertheless sought to offer the maximum number of possibilities to the player to solve the different objectives – whether main or secondary. To attract his future targets, Fairburne can whistle, throw bottles or sow chaos by detonating good old explosive canisters before going to hide in the tall grass. In the vein of previous episodes, the gameplay of Sniper Elite 5 does not upset the original formula and is essentially based on a mixture of action (sniper sequence or use of more direct weapons such as rifles or grenades) and infiltration ( furtive elimination or neutralization, sabotage of vehicles, setting a trap on a corpse, use of decoys, etc.). And that is good news! France, sweet France The approach is classic, but this smooth start has the merit of not letting go of players who have not completed previous episodes. These first steps are above all a tutorial office and the progression boils down to remote shooting in a corridor with a few infiltration phases to surprise the enemy soldiers. In the cloudy sky, dozens of planes filled with paratroopers face the fire of the flak while the avatar approaches the buildings requisitioned by the enemy. From a submarine, the player eliminates his first targets and begins to sink on the Normandy beaches, with the little accordion sound in the background (ah yes, my good Lady, we do not escape a few clichés). The operation begins at night, when the Nazi army is about to be surprised by American ships.

The game thus has a pleasant country side, even if it does not forget to be sometimes spectacular. Strolling through a village and coming across signs indicating the directions to Nantes or Dunkirk, it immediately has a small effect. For the inhabitants of our beautiful country of France, Sniper Elite 5 will have a special resonance, that’s for sure.

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