When not preoccupied with its brilliant and brutal online invasions (which can be toggled on and off at the player's behest), Sniper Elite 5 offers everything we've come to expect from the shooter series. Story-wise, protagonist Karl Fairburne has sided with the French Resistance against the Nazis at the start of World War 2, and, having been captured using photogramattery techniques, the game's real-world locations are as stunning as ever. Sniper Elite 4 was treated to a complimentary PS5 upgrade last year, but Sniper Elite 5 marks the first proper stride onto new-gen hardware and it shows. A familiar haul of customisation options is extended to weapons, loadouts, character models, skills, and difficulty settings; while the same organic hazards affect successful sharpshooting, not least wind speed, gravity, and Karl's increasingly elevated heart rate.

Securing the beach and helping the resistance movement - You will learn how to destroy the floodlights, how to safely cross the beach and how to save a friend from the resistance. Whilst we will do everything we can to meet the delivery times above, there may be factors outside of our control and we cannot guarantee delivery within this time frame. Mission 3 (Spy Academy) - You can find 5 Personal Letters, 5 Classified Documents, 3 Hidden Items, 3 shooting targets (Stone Eagles) and 3 Workbenches. Try to get weapons with silencers. Using a silencer does not completely eliminate the risk that opponents will not hear the gunshot, but it does limit it. It is still a good reason to look for temporary weapons with silencers and to install silencers on your weapons.

But it wasn't until the third mission, Spy Academy, where I fully grasped what raises this above its predecessors. Sniper Elite 5's signature level, Spy Academy opens with a glorious panoramic reveal of Beaumont Saint-Denis, a stunning fictional recreation of the tidal island of Mont Saint-Michel. From across the water, it seems like a sniper's paradise. Wehrmacht soldiers patrol openly on the narrow stone bridge connecting the island to the mainland, while circling Luftwaffe planes provide reliable audio cover for your shots.

Kill List Target - Jaan Trautmann - Learn how to sneak into the mansion of the mission target in the western part of the map, as well as how to kill Jaan Trautmann with poison.One of the cool things about Sniper Elite 5 is that it's impressively customisable, allowing you to tailor the experience to your tastes. While there are a variety of presets, ranging from Very Easy to Authentic, you can also customise various attributes to your very specific tastes. This means you can, for example, play with demanding bullet ballistics but make stealth a little more straightforward. It's well worth spending a few minutes going through the options and tinkering them to your personal preferences. Don't be ashamed to dial things down if you're getting frustrated, and remember, practice makes perfect. Scout Out the Environment Map of mission 8 and location description - Our guide contains a map of the ruined Saint Nazaire, which shows important locations in the city and the U-boat base. We have marked the locations of secrets and collectibles on the map. Evacuation - You will learn how to get to the evacuation zone without being detected by snipers and other enemies. Mission 2 (Occupied Residence) - You can find 4 Personal Letters, 6 Classified Documents, 3 Hidden Items, 3 shooting targets (Stone Eagles) and 3 Workbenches.

Kill List Target - Lanzo Baumann - Our walkthrough tells you where exactly Lanzo Baumann is and how to kill him by burying him in concrete. Aiming your crosshair at a Nazi's head before taking a deep breath and pulling the trigger still feels magnificent. There's a gratifying rhythm to lining up your shot, adjusting for distance and wind, and then watching your bullet propel across the map until it collides in the most grisly way imaginable. Sniper Elite 5 has mastered the cinematic bullet camera, with each shot ending in a violent cacophony of broken bones, ruptured organs, and exploding eyeballs, all captured in X-ray vision to reveal the brutal details. Close-range combat with pistols and SMGs is solid by comparison--with enemies crumpling from your shots in a satisfying manner--and you can now switch to a first-person view and aim down sights to achieve slightly greater accuracy. Fairburne still isn't quite as nimble or fluid in his movement as, say, Metal Gear Solid V's Venom Snake, so you will encounter a few awkward moments where you struggle to get into the right position to perform a takedown or mantle over a piece of cover. With the benefit of hindsight, there were signs Sniper Elite might turn into something special. While known mainly for its 'X-Ray' system, which lets you watch your bullets pass through enemy bodies in grotesque anatomical detail, Sniper Elite has been slowly unveiling its potential since 2014's tour of Africa in Sniper Elite 3. The maps have grown larger, more open and more ambitious while the once clunky movement and combat have become steadily more refined. Sniper Elite has been dependably entertaining for a while. It just needed a spark of inspiration to make it excellent.Side missions - Our walkthrough for mission 6 includes all 3 side missions concerning e.g. finding a radio operator and destroying anti-aircraft guns. Securing the crossing - We have described 2 available paths. The western path runs through the town and involves eliminating 3 snipers, and the eastern path runs across the bridge and requires you to defuse the bombs. Taking the stealthy approach is encouraged, but there's nothing stopping you from charging in guns blazing or adopting a chaotic mixture of the two disparate playstyles. This has been the case in the series before, but Sniper Elite 5 is also more willing to give you increased agency in how you complete a level. Recon planes and French resistance fighters will sometimes provide you with intel on potential routes or points of interest within a level. You might find out that a bridge in the west is lightly defended but encounters semi-regular traffic from patrolling vehicles, while a path through the forest in the east is heavily guarded but offers more sneaking opportunities due to the tall grass surrounding the area. Alternatively, you might simply plant mines on the road to destroy any vehicles before they can reach the bridge, or head to the top floor of a house overlooking the forest and snipe each foot soldier from a distance. There are dozens of possibilities no matter how you choose to approach a given situation. Destroy U-boats and Kraken - You have to destroy submarines in the base - first you have to sabotage 3 smaller U-boats and then destroy the Kraken.