The rules are virtually the same on this side, only here, naturally, you have dozens of AI-controlled soldiers fighting in your corner. While Invasion Mode is undoubtedly fast and frantic when on the receiving end – and incredibly rewarding when you come out on top – it's such good fun when invading other players. "But as I grew into the role of ruthless hitman, I became wicked, crippling players with shots to the hands, the arms, the legs, before getting in close and finishing the job."
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Full Axis Invasion through the looking glass. Instead, when I fancied a break from my own single-player exploits, I found myself gravitating towards Axis Invasion, wherein it was me who filled the boots of the Sniper Jager. Playing a pre-release review copy of Sniper Elite 5, I wasn't able to reliably sample all that it has to offer on the multiplayer front, admittedly, but across four modes – Free-for-all, Team Match, Squad Match, and No Cross (wherein two teams battle at distance, separated by an uncrossable barrier) – it seems there's plenty of fun to be had away from the game's straight-laced Campaign Mode. Scouring each campaign map in full two-player co-op will inevitably make fraught situations easier, with friends even able to join forces against the elusive Sniper Jager, should they rear their ugly head. Particularly when it leads to you getting the drop on unsuspecting enemies or uncovering a cache of weapons and first aid supplies when you need it most.
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In its most conspicuous moments, this might mean using zip lines to reach lower platforms or to make quick getaways, but, in my experience, utilizing the game's less obvious traversal opportunities – such as vaulting countryside mansion walls via well-placed vines, or scaling internal structures via exposed plasterboard – is often the most rewarding. Maps are bigger here than anything we've seen in previous Sniper Elite games too, and the scope for variety in how you approach each mission is likewise greater than ever before. 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.
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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. 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. 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. "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." Is that him? What about him? Or him? Should I break cover and seize the moment Rambo style? Or should I hug the shadows and wait for my hitman to reveal themselves? Dozens of NPC Nazi soldiers ran to and from cover on the stretch of land before me, but I stayed down. Wall-mounted telephones, each suddenly indicated on my map via corresponding icons, let me trace the Sniper Jager's last known location, but these were merely estimates, given that the stalker was constantly on the move, edging ever-closer to the spot where I was holed up. Instead, I was alerted to another player's presence in my game, and given little else to work with. In the above scenario, I was on the cusp of stealthily infiltrating an enemy stronghold in a bid to uncover information about a secret Nazi war plan. Throwing a volatile, trigger-happy player into the mix, though, can turn everything on its head. Because, while the AI in Sniper Elite 5 is the most intelligent it has ever been, enemy behavior patterns, routines, and patrols are, for the most part, pretty predictable.
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