
Xbox One
Sniper Elite 4
8.15
playscore
Good
244th of 4673
Trailer, Gameplay, & Screenshots
About this game
Themes: ActionAdventureMilitary Military ShooterCoopOnline Co-opSingle-playerTactical ShooterThird-Person Shooter
Developer: Rebellion
Content Rating: Mature
Summary
Sniper Elite 4 is the next game in the award-winning, chart-topping shooter series. Launching 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, Sniper Elite 4 combines genre-defining ballistics, breathless emergent stealth, and gripping thirdperson action across the largest and most diverse environments ever seen in a Sniper Elite game.
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Critic Reviews
13 Reviews7.70
With its inconsequential story and addiction to inane splatter kills, Rebellion’s Sniper Elite 4 doesn’t subvert expectations. It doesn’t have to necessarily: The appeal of shooting digital Nazis may never stagnate, and increasing the scale of each stage means more Nazis to kill and an increased potential for strategy. But a bigger scope makes the inherent problems more visible.
Its stealth and action mechanics may be simplistic, but they're functional and regularly enjoyable. And the maps--with their impressive scale, open-ended objectives, and clever level design--coalesce these disparate systems into a creative and fulfilling whole. There are still some issues with AI inconsistency, a bland story, and some dull competitive multiplayer, but it finally feels like this series is living up to its long-standing potential.
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. The way it encourages you to stay mindful, experiment, and get better is a refreshing vote of confidence, even if it doesn’t always reward the extra effort you’re putting in.