Another video for Sniper Elite 5 is out to help highlight more of the new features coming to the Sniper Elite IP
The next round of features to be shown off for Sniper Elite 5 are here and it looks like we are getting much more of a game than ever with it. If you are looking for things like new ways to move about the maps and ways to customize your weapons. Those are only a few of the new things that Rebellion has for us in this Sniper Elite title with many more mixed in for the May 26th launch on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. With more to come in the following showcase that we also have here for you. Not to mention more to be found while actually playing the game, but that is a topic for another day.
Here we get a quick look at the aforementioned items for Sniper Elite 5 as well as a bit on the multiplayer, Kill Cam, and the new Invasion mode for the game. The latter being an optional mode that will allow you to drop-in to another player’s campaign of Sniper Elite 5 and become an enemy sniper. This is not the first time any title out there has given us this option, sure, but it is a first for this IP and I can see it making main missions just a bit more challenging than figuring out and then waiting out the AI of the core game. Have a look for yourself just below.
Sniper Elite 5 — Features
Sniper Elite 5 will release on Xbox Game Pass, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 4 & 5, Epic, Steam, and Windows Store on the 26th of May 2022.
As part of a covert US Rangers operation to weaken the Atlantikwall fortifications along the coast of Brittany, Karl makes contact with the French Resistance. Soon they uncover a secret Nazi project that threatens to end the war before the Allies can even invade Europe: Operation Kraken. It’s Karl’s mission to take out the high-ranking Nazi officers and end Operation Kraken once and for all.
Based upon real-world locations from France in 1944 the new game maps are the largest and most immersive in the franchise’s history with the new traversal system offering players an even greater sandbox of options when it comes to taking out their targets. You can even invite a friend to help you on your mission with enhanced cooperative gameplay options.
Sniper Elite 5 continues the franchise’s unparalleled tactical sniping experience complete with incredible ballistics and enhanced kill cam taking the genre-defining feature to the next level. New customization options allow you to adjust your rifle, other weapons, and ammo to suit the mission and your play style.
Game Features:
- Expansive Campaign – real-world locations have been captured using photogrammetry to recreate a living, immersive environment, and multiple infiltration and extraction points and kill list targets provide a whole new perspective on each mission. Take on the Nazi plot solo or work with a partner, with improved co-op mechanics allowing you to share ammo and items, give orders, and heal each other.
- Advanced Gunplay Physics & Traversal – use ziplines, slide down slopes, and shimmy along ledges to reach the perfect vantage point, or to sneak past a sharp-eyed lookout. Factor in rifle stock and barrel options along with gravity, wind, and heart rate while you line up your sights on the target.
- High Caliber Customization – use workbenches to customize and upgrade virtually every aspect of your weapon. Change scopes, stocks, barrels, magazines, and more. Rifles, secondary weapons, and pistols all have a huge variety of options. On top of that, you can select the ammo to suit your target, from armor-piercing right down to non-lethal.
- Invasion Mode Drop-In PVP – you can invade another player’s Campaign as an Axis sniper and engage in a deadly game of cat and mouse, providing a new dimension to the challenge as you stalk your prey. Alternatively, as Karl, you can call for assistance and have a second sniper drop in to help you out of a tricky situation.
- Tense Adversarial Multiplayer – customize your character and loadout and earn XP, medals, and ribbons as you take on intensely competitive 16-player battles that will really test your sharpshooting skills. If co-op’s more your style, you can team up with up to 3 other players against waves of enemies in Survival mode.
- Enhanced Kill Cam – more realistic and grisly than ever, the trademark X-ray kill cam returns, showing you the true destructive power of each shot. Bones deflect bullets unpredictably, ripping a new path through enemy bodies. SMGs and pistols can also trigger kill cams, including multiple shots in dramatic slow motion.
What thoughts do you have for these new features coming to Sniper Elite 5 and will they make the game vastly better? Will you want to give the new Invasion mode a chance or will that be too daunting for you to want to give it a go? Do you think we will see more hidden in the deeper parts of the game or will these be the true and only vast improvements to it all? Tell us your thoughts on this down in the comments and then feel free to discuss it all if you so wish. More for Sniper Elite 5 should be on the way, so keep an eye out for all of that and everything else we can share on the site.