I bought this game quite a while ago during sale and never got around to play it due to time constraints. I decided to play it after months and i was definitely NOT disappointed. Sniper Elite 4 is a solid game with fantastic mechanics.
However, like every game, it does have its own downsides. I'll be breaking dowm my review into a simple Pros/cons with a few specifications here and there.


+Gameplay: The core foundation of the game. The mechanics have been fantastically executed and it encourages you to snipe your way through the game. The sniping mechanic is backed up by an Xray mode which gives you that satisfying kill cam every time you end up popping a dudes head, or his balls. (Yes, his balls.)
You also have the option of going in guns blazing, and that's also a viable and fun option, although not as interesting and engaging as the stealthy way. The player can also interact with the environment, by using certain sounds to mask their rifle shots as well as taking out light emitting sources in order to ease travesal.


+Level Design: This game has 8 levels in total, each level having a unique design to itself. All of the levels presented are semi-open and provide you with ample opporunities to complete your objective. This further encourages replayability. Although certain level designs can be questionable, there really wasn't a moment where i was confused/irritated. Each level can take up to 45-1 hour if you rush through it, or 1 hour 30 mins+ if you want to do all the optional objectives as well.


+Difficulty: The game can be as difficult or as easy as you want it to be. You can crank up the difficulty by switching on parabolics, or completely switch off those settings so that the bullet follows your cross hair. Although i highly recommend switching those settings on, as they provide a much more immersive experience.

+ Co-op: It makes it makes the base game even MORE fun with a friend to ♥♥♥♥ around with!

+Visual Fidelity: Decent enough to get the job done. Nothing special, though.

+ Performance: It ran reasonably well and i was able to hit 60+ FPS most of the time except in one particular level which was foliage intestive, where my FPS drops to the high 40s. (For your reference: GTX 1050 TI, 16 GB RAM, i7 7700 HQ)




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-/+ Weapons: Now this might not be a problem for everyone. I just found the weapons at my disposal to be a little bit...less viable. Throughout the entirety of the game i just stuck to the guns given to me at the beginning of the game, all the other options really weren't all that great. But hey, that could just me my issue. Also the fact that several guns require DLC to unlock makes it worse.

-/+ Soundtrack: Nothing fantastic, nothing bad. Pretty mediocre.

-/+ Story: Nothing specatular, it's your traditional World War setting. Wasn't particularly intrigued by it, but it wasn't anything bad either.


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- Autosave: The autosave system in this game can be absolutely retarded at times. Whenever i ♥♥♥♥ up, i load into the most recent autosave in hopes that it saved prior to the ♥♥♥♥ up. But nope, it lands me RIGHT after the ♥♥♥♥ up which is super annoying.

- Face Animations: Very unimpressive to put it in a polite manner. of course, it isn't Mass effect andromeda level bad, but its still not decent enough to make it passable.


In the end, the pros outweigh the cons. I thoroughly enjoyed the game and will definitely be playing it again in the near future. I give it a solid 8/10. If you enjoy stealth games, i highly recommend you to pick this up. If it's on sale, it's a STEAL. Very much worth the value.