Sniper Elite 4 is the game that fans of very long-range shooting have been waiting to play. Even the previous title in the series, Sniper Elite 3, while a good game overall, never got close to the polish that Sniper Elite 4 offers.

The third Sniper Elite game's headline feature was definitely the larger and more open levels when compared to previous games in the series. When it comes to the newly released fourth game in the World War II sniper series, it turns out that its even larger levels are the stars of the show, so both...

For the uninitiated, the Sniper Elite series takes place during World War II and is a third-person shooter sporting a lengthy campaign that's reliant on meeting multiple objectives (some optional) across each of its huge sandbox levels to progress.

Finding a spot with a great view of the battlefield, staring down the scope of your rifle, and taking out your enemies before they even know what hit them is a thrilling moment in any shooter.

Sniper Elite 4 may be more of the same, but it improves on the theme enough to be a worthwhile sequel. The new stages are large and diverse, the story is more engaging, there's more variety to the kill cam and the game looks better than ever.

A lot of games tout the ability to "play how you want to play," but Sniper Elite 4's missions and mechanics actually are robust enough to back up that claim. Picking apart the Nazi war machine piece by piece, using whatever plan comes to mind, is a blast.

Continuing the voyage out of Germany, our friendly sniper now hunts the Italian countryside in his effort to thwart the Nazis.

While social media debates the ethics of punching Nazis, Sniper Elite 4 continues to consider how best to perforate their spleens. Sniper Elite 4 marks Rebellion's fourth round for their World War II marksman, and it doesn't lose sight of the series' slow motion hook: showing the internal damage of...

Sniper Elite 4 isn't without its flaws, but it offers a number of noteworthy improvements over its predecessors to make it an engrossing experience.

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X-Ray kills never get old; Each map provides a staggering amount of freedom; Lots of customisable difficult options

Story tails off; Not a great deal of variety in missions; The AI is really dumb