Resistance to deviate from the Sniper Elite formula, if only a touch. I thought maybe we'd be shooting something other than nazis, perhaps during a point in history that's not World War 2. No: Sniper Elite Resistance is still about shooting nazis during WW2.

At the risk of sounding too cliché in my introduction, it only feels like yesterday that I found myself, controller in hand -- WW2-period French countryside before me -- trying out a sample of what was,

Stealth and high difficulty create tense, engaging missions with multiple tactical routes.

While not making any major gameplay strides, Sniper Elite Resistance is doing right by the franchise's penchant for creative stealth opportunities and dense map design.

The frustration you get in Sniper Elite is special because you know that, deep down, it is your fault things went wrong. At the same time, the catharsis you get when everything slots into place makes every missed shot worth it. Picture the scene: I needed to cross the Saône river, but the bridge was crawling with Germans.

Since 2017's Sniper Elite 4, I've viewed the Sniper Elite series as something similar, only in this case, the series it's filling in for is Hitman. Rebellion's Sniper Elite: Resistance won't outdo IO Interactive's incredible Hitman series,

A t their core, the Sniper Elite games have always been about freedom of player expression. Despite what the title might have players believe, there are multiple viable approaches