Sniper Elite 4 further evolves the series by taking the glimpses of freedom seen in SE3: Afrika and expanding it massively.
Every mission is an open map with multiple angles of approach, routes, and objectives that allow players to strategize how they will go about it all.
One of the common complaints of the series is that it's repetitive, and it can be if you only focus on just head-shooting every single enemy. But you can also be pretty creative with the tools given to you, set up ambushes using corpses as bait, shooting out lights for better infiltration, detonating grenades on enemy belts with precise shots, gaslight the AI using noise, set up an explosive domino effect with dynamite bundles, and the list goes on. Emergent gameplay that's only possible through the player's creativity. Dare I say Sniper Elite 4 comes dangerously close to being an immersive sim.
As for the plot, there isn't a whole lot to say really, as usual for the series, the story is background fluff to justify bursting nazis' vital organs with high-caliber weapons, and that's good enough for me. Sniper Elite as a series always focused on moment-to-moment gameplay in its infiltration and sabotage scenarios rather than some grand narrative.
Every mission is an open map with multiple angles of approach, routes, and objectives that allow players to strategize how they will go about it all.
One of the common complaints of the series is that it's repetitive, and it can be if you only focus on just head-shooting every single enemy. But you can also be pretty creative with the tools given to you, set up ambushes using corpses as bait, shooting out lights for better infiltration, detonating grenades on enemy belts with precise shots, gaslight the AI using noise, set up an explosive domino effect with dynamite bundles, and the list goes on. Emergent gameplay that's only possible through the player's creativity. Dare I say Sniper Elite 4 comes dangerously close to being an immersive sim.
As for the plot, there isn't a whole lot to say really, as usual for the series, the story is background fluff to justify bursting nazis' vital organs with high-caliber weapons, and that's good enough for me. Sniper Elite as a series always focused on moment-to-moment gameplay in its infiltration and sabotage scenarios rather than some grand narrative.