Sniper Elite 4 - PlayStation 4

Originally bought this for my husband. Watched him play while sitting in the room working on something else. It was interesting how you can go anywhere and go after most options in any way you wish to do them. Depending on how difficult you set it up, it changes the way the Nazi's behave.I am not a huge video game fan, however, I started on Sniper Elite 3 and really enjoyed it. Then I finally bought this game on disk, so I could play it too as hubby was always playing in his free time. I have gotten to the Sniper Elite difficulty but decided not to go further because I didn't want to have to figure out how to aim without the aid of the little diamond and like seeing where the Nazis are on the little map.There is so much built into this game that it is one of my favorite video games ever. The first game I ever played was Pong. So I am old school. I like the games that allow you the freedom to shape your play in a way that fits you. My husband goes gangbusters into herds of Nazis and I like to kill them with head shots from a distance. I like to kill every single Nazi until there are none left and my husband just finishes the missions. Both of us are happy with the freedom. I actually like to play it when I am trying to relax after working or when my brain is too tired to study.San Celini is a nice introduction to the game. There are no snipers in that mission. Good one for distance sniping. The second mission (the Village) is more difficult. If you are not stealthy, the radio guy will call in the Jagers and you will have your hands full. You can hear the Nazis killing the Partisans in the background, so there is a sense of urgency. The visuals are stunning. Lots of the missions are near water. The quality of the water and waves is great. During night missions there are even bugs around the lights. During the Viaduct mission the scenery is lovely. I highly suggest you wear headphones on that one and some of the others because you hear crickets and birds, depending on where you are. I have all the extra missions too. You have to have those. The trophies are fun sometimes. You can even shoot out most of the lights, just for fun. Depending on the mission, you may wish to use generators as a sound masker or rig them so one of the Nazis will get blown up when they fiddle with it. I killed an officer just the other day by rigging the generator. You can choose what weapons and other devices you bring with you when you start. I am a fan of the silenced rifle ammo.Again, this is my favorite game. Everything is winnable. There are no missions that are too challenging. I would have rated God of War better if the last Valkyrie was not so hard to beat and there were a little more too it. I also liked the Lara Croft series of games but again, they have silly bosses that are just put in to make it difficult. The crazy difficult bosses actually detract from fully enjoying the game when you have to play a boss over and over again to get to the next location or level. I don't find that enjoyable.All around, for the reasons that I have mentioned, Sniper Elite is fun to play, as challenging as you desire it to be, and not distracted by levels that are too hard to beat. You can play it over and over again and still get surprised by the programming. You can change how you approach the missions every single time. The extras are awesome! Scenery is realistic. Movement of people is realistic, although not perfect. Bodies can end up quite contorted when they die or sometimes float above the ground. Aiming is very good, although yesterday, there was a lot of drift and the Nazis were jerking around a bit. Part of the design. It changes based on what level of difficulty you choose or if you customize the difficulty.If you are going to buy any video game for a first person shooter, I could not recommend this one more strongly. Just buy it. You will thank me. :-)

If you have come this far with this franchise, you know what you're getting: a World War II sniper-stealth game that is as hard as you want it to be. Getting set up in a perch is half the fun, marking guards on the way and either doing a ghost run and passing them up or silently dispatching them with a takedown or silenced pistol round. Once you've reached a perch, there is usually a noise-making opportunity or diversion such as a generator or passing bomber planes that make for noise-masking opportunities. There is plenty of DLC to get into as well, ranging from skins and characters to whole missions. All in all, this is a great continuation of a unique stealth game.

if you've never played a sniper elite game, try one . so far I've played 3 and they are all great. slow-mo bullet time never gets old. run and gun or stealth. totally your call. love this franchise.

Fun for the methodical player who likes to plan things out - if they don't get spotted and all hell breaks loose, that is. Which happens. You can complain about how enemies stop searching even with a growing pile of bodies around them but I suppose continued states of searching would change the character of the game. Doesn't it get repetitive? Maybe. But if you like sniping, you won't be too bored.Is "empty lung" mode too easy? Maybe, at least on normal difficulty, which is all I've tried so far. Tagged enemies show up as highlighted and you can snipe them sometimes even though you can't see them. I expect this to change on harder difficulties.There's a graphic kill cam you can dial up or down, showing the effects of your bullet. It ain't pretty. It's more disturbing if you pay attention to the snippets of info about the German soldiers you tag. Some are nasty ("takes no prisoners ") but some give you pause about shooting them ("saved an Allied soldier by removing shrapnel" or "thinks we (Nazis) shouldn't be bombing civilians"). Similarly, some of their conversations remind us of our shared humanity, such as their plaintive disappointment at not getting any mail again, missing their kids, their cries of grief at finding one of your victims, or their valiant attempts to carry their wounded to safety. There are enough reminders on the other side of the coin of some of their misguided loyalty to the Fuhrer ("why are they resisting? Can't they see what we're trying to accomplish?"), or how little Hans is getting great marksmanship scores, but still.All said, it feels great to be able to disable a tank by sniping their gunners and drivers, and to make a difficult long-distance shot, masking your shot with a sabotaged generator, or seeing your enemies encounter one of your traps. The scenery is great, too.