The announcement details say the following: The third and final DLC, Sniper Elite 4 Deathstorm Part 3: Obliteration, starts off in an odd way. It sort of reminds me of the new Hitman series, where each episode offered completely different challenges for players to take on. This ramped up the difficulty since there weren’t as many places to hide, plus the enemies were much more numerous (and dangerous). The first DLC offered pretty wide open areas which were easier to get into, since the original game’s ten missions were very expansive. They could have been greedy and sold each DLC for $9.99 but they are reasonably priced at $6.99 apiece, or free if you happen to own a Season Pass. I have to hand it to the developers here. The original game took him all across the gorgeous country of Italy, and culminated in a spectacular spoiler that I won’t ruin for those who have not yet played it (I hate when people do that!).Įver since the debut of the original game, a three-part mini DLC series called Deathstorm has been released in rather quick succession. Sniper Elite 4 features American secret operative and crack sniper Karl Fairburne, whose gravelly voice makes Escape From New York’s Snake Plissken sound like Shirley Temple. It’s tighter (as opposed to SGW 3’s empty open world environs), more focused, and features some seriously gorgeous scenery to take in. While the recent Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 release was met with harsh criticism, Sniper Elite 4 was lauded as one of the best sniper games out there. Indie game developer, Rebellion, specializes in sniper games, with their other sniper franchise, Sniper Ghost Warrior, set in modern times and the Sniper Elite titles set during WW 2. The Sniper Elite series is one such example. While the extremely limited imagination it takes to whip up a quick and sleazy anti-Nazi premise is pretty pathetic in and of itself, some of the games themselves can be pretty good, at least technically. While the genre as a whole is hackneyed and worn out, are there still some games based on it out there that are actually decent? Well, yes and no. So here we go again, back to Nazi-bashing during WW 2. Why aren’t there any games or movies about brave Russian or Chinese heroes rising up to fight against the overwhelming tyranny of Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and many other monstrous leaders, along with their various lackeys? It’s quite baffling. That dwarfs anything that the National Socialists (Nazis) did. Evidence points to at least 100 million being killed. It is estimated that 150 million people died under the iron fist of Communism. Why haven’t there been any games or movies about brave people standing up against the many Communist regimes throughout history? I mean, Communism has been tried out by hundreds of millions of people for over one-hundred years, and has always resulted in death, extreme suppression, “disappearing” people, and overall misery and suffering. I guess in these hyper-politically correct times, conflicts within safe space bubbles which can be re-enacted over and over and over for the sheeple are what many folks feel should be on offer. But amazingly, the WW2 genre seems to be making a comeback. It was already getting tired about five years ago when it began to putter out of steam. As a whole, the World War II genre, not just in games, but in film, literature, and other forms of media, has been beaten to death. But after a while, it does begin to get a little stale. I love Nazi-killing in games just as much as anyone else does. Sniper Elite 4 is available now on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.Sniper Elite 4 Deathstorm Part 3: Obliteration The increase in difficulty is rewarded with a smattering of new trophies and achievements. Also included are three new weapons, the M30 Drilling, the SVT semi-automatic rifle, and the M712 Mauser fully automatic pistol.Īnd if you are finding the game a little on the easy side, you might be tempted by the new Authentic Plus difficulty level which ramps up enemy AI to provide a tougher gameplay challenge. Facility comes to Sniper Elite 4‘s co-op survival mode, and Bunker adds a new multi-tiered arena map to the adversarial multiplayer. Today’s update also includes two new maps. Set in the Bavarian town of Steigerloch, Fairburne’s latest mission sees him tasked with rescuing Allied scientists, blowing up transport terminals, and taking down Bosch, the head of Deathstorm. The third and final part of Sniper Elite 4’s Deathstorm campaign is out today.ĭeathstorm Part 3: Obliteration sees happy-go-lucky agent Karl Fairburne back behind enemy lines, and back to Nazi Germany for the first time since 2012’s Sniper Elite V2.
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