One thing I did enjoy playing SE5 is that the invasion mechanic really rewards SUPER sneaky, like solid snake level, gameplay. This means most enemy living players just give up because you aren't tripping lines of sight of AI and just enjoyed pecking at the invaders with a welrod and skurry off until I get off the blip. Then rinse and repeat.
After just recently replaying all of 5 again and then going back to a mission on 4 tonight, I can’t believe how much 4 feels better to me. The gunplay feels so much faster and intuitive. And the ability to go to third person view with half an aim trigger pull and then switch shoulders with an R3 press is so much better than the new system on 5. I’ve played this game ever since the very first one and for me they nailed it with four and five has been a step backwards. It’s very pretty, but the challenge and the smooth gunplay of 4 is sadly missed. I don’t know why they felt the need to mess with such a great formula.
Your description is spot on, se5 is nowhere near as challenging as 4, the maps in se5 are overly circuitous and became tedious.a huge step backwards on the gameplay.
I found this channel about a month ago and binge watched the whole sniper elite series. your videos are so addicting and fun to watch! i hope the dlc review comes out pretty soon. i cant wait
Thank you for the kind words! Next video will be up hopefully this weekend, not SE but afterwards I have some very special Sniper Elite content lined up 😉
I really enjoy 5, but the slow texture loading on PS4 was painful. On the PS5 it runs great though. I loved the customization options, and I really had fun finding new ways to blast nazis to hell and beyond. Boobytrapping corpses never got old. BUT! You got a lot of cool skins in this game, and they never appeared in cutscenes. By 5 they ought to start using the game engine for cutscenes. 3 is still my favourite though. Also Sullivan looked he'd been through a REALLY botched botox incident.
Amen, 3 is my favorite too! And yeah I noticed the customization not carrying through to cutscenes in 4 as well and just never thought to look for it here!
One of the major gripes I have in this game that I have not seen mentioned in a lot of written reviews of this game and in this one, is Karl's movement and handling. In 4 you could run while crouched, crouch mid run, and the the transition between different stances was snappier. They also took away the ability to change the camera side with the right stick in exchange for doing it in the radial menu and took away going from OTS with a half press of the aim trigger to first person aim with a full press of the trigger. It makes me miss sniper elite 4 when I'm playing as clunky Karl in sniper elite 5. In four you just moved near an item like a grenade, mine, bandage, medkit, i.e. Consumables and he'd just pick them up. In 5 you have to manually aim at each individual item you want to pick up. I appreciate you taking the time to make this review, it makes me feel a little vindicated that there are things about this game I felt were off but couldn't get a grasp on being illustrated in this video. Thank you.
As someone who's been a fan of Sniper Elite since V2 came out, it's always been so hard find repeatability in the games because none of my friends liked the game play enough to do coop playthroughs of the campaign with me. When 5 came out, it was like a holy-grail of sorts in the sense that the game was now enough of a sandbox that anyone could play. Even as someone who prefers sniping, I real enjoy that. Not just because it meant my friends would finally join, but also because it meant every weapon was viable. Gone were the days of 2-3 bursts from your MP40 at close range trying to hit people 5 feet away in a crappy situation. Now, if you're in danger, your sidearms are much more accurate and reliable. I get why people don't like the game for straying from sniping, but I see this as a sort of reboot, for good or for worse. I just hope that the good parts of this game find their way into the upcoming Zombie Army title Rebellion is working on.
I never understood the "straying from sniping" argument. My Karl turned into a sniping stealth monster, and the feeling of scaring the living daylights out of the enemy was what really made it a great experience for me. Watching soldiers in total panic shouting "WHERE IS HE?! WHERE IS HE?!" in german was pure magic. The addition of audible range was such a treat. I REALLY weighed pros and cons when customizing the guns in this game.
I for one like sniping in sniper elite series and at the moment me and my girlfriend are playing SE3. I sometimes make her the sniper at the top so I can infiltrate the forts and stuff (like overwatch) just so the game does not feel repetitive and damn the smg’s suck in this game like sniper elite 5 can be a great shooter and I like that tbh.
@@ajaykaranveer2069 Playing Sniper Elite with a loved one sounds like the perfect cornerstone of a healthy relationship. "Those who snipes together ..." Ok, I don't have a good rhyme, but live long and prosper you crazy kids.
I think the game doesn't force players to fully utilize the mechanics the game has. Since you can leave piles of bodies everywhere and for enemies isn't exactly smart (although I had done everything in medium difficulty but still) and would actually try to lure out the player or do anything to prevent another of their teammates from dying or something. Another thing you don't have any objectives to keep an NPC alive (even a target). You can play as kill as many you can and don't die to go complete ghost without harming any enemies. Plus they have issues with HDR being too bright.
That's always how I've felt about games who use single player maps that are also in multiplayer, it makes me wonder which is getting the real design precedence and which is a consolation prize
SE one of my favourite game serious. One of the few games I love replaying. I had fun with SE5 but not nearly as much time spent on it as on SE4. SE4: 500 hours of play SE5: 200 hours of play
Gradual fall-off@@Analog_Nightmare Recently bought a new gaming rig and started SE5 again to play the game with ultra graphics. Fun to re-visit game but didn't last long. Considering installing SE4 again 🙂
After you’ve hit the 10 or so long range kills that the level design permits, this is how you have to play anyway. Except Spy Academy, which strikes a 50/50 balance, no wonder it’s everyone’s favourite.
Getting into sniping games and enjoying 5 and Contracts 2 thus far. Great vid. Had a mad annoying bug where I killed Kummler without realising it (not with the chandelier) and wandered for ages thinking I had missed him. The distance counter suggested the body in front of me, in Kummler's office to be fair, was the guy. Searching him did nothing. Shooting the corpse popped the kill. Great stuff! Ah well. You've got a sub :)
@@Analog_Nightmare 1. Ha, thanks. I have forgotten how to get rid of the annoying number at the end, but I used to DJ as Seneca and was quite taken with stoicism (not quite as much any more, but a little bit). And I'm in the UK :P 2. Sniper wise, SE5 and SGWC2. Really enjoying both on the normal difficulties and they're different enough. I normally find stealthy games way too stressful and I have a baaad save scum habit! Other than that, Soulslikes and FPS games are my jam. I also am a latecomer to the remade Resi games which I've had a blast with :)
Invasion Mode is probably the root cause of most mentioned issues. Dunno if they found it too late in design, but probably found test-players weren't engaging / too hard to locate / then sniped from nowhere, and had to plaster fix it. Hence areas bounded by invis walls to force choke points, telephones and wallhack vision, limiting panzerfausts (re: noobtube PvP issues), trees placed to limit sight lines - all there to get Karl and invader to be able to locate and engage, and not just sniped (especially with Empty Lung easiness) from way across the map. Even the way the jaeger always appears within medium distance proximity to Karl i think hints at this notion of forcing encounters. Is the mode fun? Sure. But it had impacts on game design, and hence the singleplayer possibilities. Prob prefer if the video pondered this stuff more, and less step-by-step of each mission.
In all fairness, satchel charges are not mandatory to complete the primary objectives, there will always be at least one other option that usually doesn't even require tools. If you absolutely need them, they are almost always around the objective (even secondary ones, can't think of any exception, on top of all of the ones scattered around the map) and a quick look around in focus mode will reveal them (crowbars, bolt cutters and charges are highlighted in orange). Every other criticism is more than fair tho
I found these videos this morning and have been binging them today... Honestly it's been super fun listening to your production quality get better and better, with your delivery and humor still holding true. I've been having a blast with this series, and you've definitely earned a subscriber because I can't wait to see what you get up to in the future!
I had so much fun with SE5 especially with Axis Invasion (currently at 237 kills) I really enjoy all the medal challenges along with the weapon customization. That being said I do agree with some of the points you made. I hate the invisible walls in this game, probably the worst I have seen in a long time and I also don't like the fact that long rang sniping isn't really present but I get the feeling it was Intentional design choice to accommodate invasion mode. Also the side characters/ voice acting (not including karl) is the worst in the series for me personally. As a whole though it's my 3rd favourite SE game and I am still very much enjoying the game. For me the game is a solid 7/10.
the dialog is bad. Karl never stops making comments to himself during a mission. The only way to stop this is to turn voices off for everyone including the enemies. Also its more fun with the music off. The controls are clunky. button layouts need to be changed. Agreed! the maps are very restrictive and inconsistent. some things you can vault over and some thing you can't. Getting stuck hanging on a wall is so stupid. The mini map is awful too. Enemies will be covered up by mission markers. Its also very hard to tell where an enemy actually is because the map does not have enough detail or its not scaled correctly. The zip lines are trash. you can pass right over an enemy and they have no clue despite looking right at you.
Thanks for watching! I never realized you had to disable voices entirely to get Karl to shut up, turning off music is an interesting choice, I'll give that a try!!
Totally agree. The maps on SE5 simply aren't as good as SE3 and SE4. The levels are so much bigger but feel so much smaller with their physical barriers and so many houses and rooms. That last 2 minute mission is bullshit. There was so little actual sniping because of these level designs. It's like they were pushing the game towards Call Of Duty children. Considering that it was supposed to release in 2020 but came out 2 years late, what the hell were they doing in that time? 54:38 they teased the ability to hide in the back of truck to get into areas or passed guards. And that turned out to be a lie. Trip mines and the pop up anti personal mine removed. SE3 and SE4 came with 1 season pass. SE5 had 2 season passes costing the same as before but having half the shit in it I enjoyed SE5 but not as much as I enjoyed the previous 2 games and I'm much more likely to replay those than the new one. I just hope SE6 comes out solely on the new consoles and PC and forgets about old gen consoles so they can push the limits because SE5 just looked like DLC for SE4 and SE4 just looked like DLC for SE3. In nearly a decade, you'd expect a bigger leap in graphics.
@@Analog_Nightmare more than a handful of sniping scenarios would be nice. Set it in Poland, snow levels. Leaving behind footprints that alert the enemy unless a minute has passed for the snow to settle and cover them up. Lay down for long enough and you get covered in snow for hiding. More animals in the towns, they could give your position away by barking at you, following you around or begging for food or they could be used to distract the enemy. Large maps with (and I cannot stress this enough) better AI for the enemy. Previous games had better enemy AI, they wouldn't all just rush to the noise, they'd actually try to flank you or throw grenades from a distance and some enemies would just run off. The ability to steal uniforms from certain enemies would be great. They wouldn't all fit, you could check how well they fit using the binoculars. If you blow someone's head off, the uniform will have blood on it, making it less effective. Certain uniforms could get you into different areas. Remove the alarms and bring back the radio men and give a chance to kill the guy who, in many levels, constantly talks over the speakers. Ride in vehicles as a stowaway or actually drive vehicles. Flamethrowers!
9:15 That's a good point. The final DLC really should have been a D-Day expansion with some new skins. Imagine the Saving Private Ryan references with a sniper in the bell tower, maybe a wounded soldier shooting a tank with a pistol, cool shit like that. I know they never said D-Day was gonna be in the game but it's a bit misleading for it to be the backdrop of the cover art.
Loved these retrospectives, don't see many people talk aboit these games, and was so enthralled I watched them all in one day Sniper Elite 4 is one of my top games of all time, and while I heard 5 was mid I never knew it was this bad, it's like they're abandoning everything the series is about and what they're supplementing it with is awful, the terrible enemy AI alone makes this a pass but to remove the level design of 4 and making it a generic close-up shooter is unforgivable. Unless they course-correct for 6 by making it a better 4 I can't see myself sticking with this series, it's a tragedy.
That's almost definitely the better way to do it, they put it in a way too convenient place on the keyboard so I found myself using it subconsciously haha
If you're a fan of Hitman, I'd recommend checking out "Death To Spies", it's a trillogy of games that's basically Hitman in WW2 with more of an espionage focus. (With the third game, Alekhine's Gun, moving to the cold war.)
I totally forgot Alekhine's Gun! I wanna say I played it over a steam free weekend and spent more time than expected playing it, but just never picked it up...
@@Analog_Nightmare I do still like Alekhine's Gun but the DTS III we were supposed to get was pretty different and the fact Alekhine is stapled together from that is pretty obvious. It goes for pretty cheap when steam has sales at least.
I love Sniper Elite 5 but I do understand the arguments you make here. I think the word that comes to mind for SE5 is "why?". Why did they not add a path through the invisible wall areas that gives you another pathway or make it into a minefield that you can carefully navigate or something. Why did they get rid of some of Karls arsenal like bouncing bettys and trip wires? Why is non-lethal even in a game like this? And why oh why do they block off some of the coolest looking vantage points. Like in Atlantic Wall, why is there not an opening at the top of that giant billboard looking thing you have to blow up that allows you to snipe into the open fields adjacent to it?
And that's exactly my point. There are issues that feel like they have simpler, more synergistic solutions that got missed. Still an enjoyable game, but with some glaring design flaws.
I had a blast playing 5, as I did with the previous 4 games. Customization of weapons in 5 was awesome. I created a silenced sniper pistol that was quite satisfying.
Lots of people say things like: after playing the game for the fifth time and replaying Sniper elite 4, I can say SE4 is better. It’s like, bruh, if SE5 was bad, you wouldn’t have replayed it that much. SE 5 definitely has some problems, but it’s definitely a really good game overall. Also is the first game to implement invasion. Everybody loves it
It's ok, I sold it after I finished it. I play these on the hardest setting, 3 and 4 is the best. All the levels felt bland in this game and the AI felt like a downgrade, 4 has the best AI. I think the 3rd game is very underrated, 4 is the best but 3 is also solid, I replay 3 and 4 about once a year. Your right about the lack of sniping, only a few locations have big open fields, but even then, the maps lack good veridicality.
I reallly miss a critical thing from your review: The biggest problem about the game is, it's too easy. The lack of authentic plus really makes the game feel very unrewarding. It's mostly to easy as a coop game, if you die, you just respawn at last save point. Temporary weapons kills the immersion for the game, also that the sniper rifle is often unneaded, really gives the game a casual whatever shooter feeling. During our Coop walkthrough we never really felt "challenged" and that made the game boring to me/us in comparison to SE4
Yeah man if I had my time back I would've gone for an Authentic/max difficulty run for all of them, I was just figuring out how to make videos but for the current projects that's exactly what I'm doing. Max difficulty/100% completion to really get a sense of how the game evolves
@@Analog_Nightmare in SE4 when you got killed in authentic plus. You didn’t respawn. You had to start the whole level over. Also a lot more enemies spawned in SE4 and I remember my friend and I had incredible games but also got our ass handed multiple times and had to attack from a different side of a map etc. Was super fun because you had to change strategies. SE5 is boring in comparison. You never feel like u you are in threat or anything. Atleast in coop
Looking forwards to this one, having only just picked up Sniper Elite 5 as it’s finally on a sale that works for me, I’ve been enjoying the maps, changes and story of the campaign, and haven’t yet touched things like invasion mode etc.
Still enjoying SE5 over here, but there's another small gripe I have which is that the enemy gun noises in SE5 sound puny compared to the ones in SE4. I miss the loud punch of the K98 when I'm getting shot at.
good review of the game, i don't think my opinion is to far from yours, my biggest problem with SE5 over SE4 has to do with authentic plus, i felt like it took a step back and removed a challenge that made you think before you acted because once you alerted someone in SE4 they kept looking for you as well as alerting others in a never ending loop which could become a nightmare, in SE5 authentic it was kinda like playing skyrim, room full of dead bodies and the last guy standing gives up on you and says "oh well, must have been my imagination" and goes back to whatever was happening before, but overall it was worth playing and a good looking game, loved the aircraft carrier, thanks for the video.
They already covered Germany in Sniper Elite V2. That game ended with the total defeat of the Nazis. Nowhere to go from here but the Pacific theater or reboot the series.
Sniper Elite 4 as of now is the peak of the series. Much bigger levels than 3 but still being fun. Sniper Elite 5 maps are bigger, but then they proceed to make highway funnels to pull the player away from sniping. Sniper Elite 4 war factory mission is way better design than 5. Sniper Elite 4 has more multiple paths to stealth while sniper Elite 5 made their maps more like 3.
At the rate Karl's character is snowballing, he is probably going to be the SE universe's definitive Neo chosen one messiah in a 3rd soft reboot Berlin climax. Kinda made the Italian guy in VR refreshing
@Analog_Nightmare Got annoying when COD jumped around characters too much and even had basic grunt privates be super soldiers like Karl. But it was refreshing MOH didn't use Jimmy Patterson all the time too. Anyone remember B.J. Blazkowicz? He made Karl look like a HS JV football player!
Hey there. Good video as always and now it’s time to wait for almost another year again for the next video lol. I just wanted to jot down a few things I wanted to say. UntotenPelz in an another comment kinda hit that nail on the head of what I was gonna say. 5 was designed to take every kind of play into account instead of being primarily focused on sniping. In my opinion, it’s a good thing. Yes, there should be some more longer sight lines for people want to really engage in long range combat but I think there is something for every player here. Especially for people that try to play stealthily like me where the game can become a WW2 Splinter Cell title which I love. This also has encouraged more varied level design than in the past couple of games. Weapons that aren’t snipers also feel a whole lot better to use in this game especially with the first-person aiming that they added in. This probably also encouraged Rebellion to make more areas close-medium range. Invisible walls, for me anyways, weren’t a problem for me outside of Atlantic Wall and a little bit of the second mission. The UI is a “you-problem” lol. I think something you neglected to mention, though it is just two small things, is that the X-Ray cam has been changed so that non-rifle weapons can now also activate it and it can also be sped up or slowed down. I also want to touch on the equipment “problem.” I don’t really think it’s a problem as usually the equipment you need for a target is usually within a short radius from the target and/or there’s another provided way of taking it out. I do wonder why people complain about the graphics. Aside from the face models of characters in the game, the game is graphically and artistically beautiful. The interactable water is amazing looking to me (when they actually put it in lol). For me, Sniper Elite 5 is my favorite of the series so far. I just hope that they bring Invasion mode back and give more long range sniper positions. I do wonder what you would prefer as a setting for 6. Would you like them to take Karl to the Pacific, since they did have a bit of a Japanese element to the story in this game, or maybe stop with WW2 all together and have Karl fighting in the Korean War?
First of all, Holy shit thank you for the massive comment- I wanna do it justice so anything I don't bring up I might use in my follow-up video (if you don't mind). I think one of the biggest issues is that variety and inconsistency can mean the same thing for different people, which personally I just find cool? Like for me I'm missing out on the sniping, but as you and (I'm so sorry I forgot your name but the other guy that left a great comment) pointed out the non-sniping gameplay has definitely been stepped up, and that's something I noticed too but I guess I maybe just didn't appreciate it until you guys mentioned how much you like it. I think for me what I like to see (which is a big ask, obviously) is for maps where both the close and long-range feels viable. The maps as they are have those medium sized ones that act more like a muddy Venn diagram between the two rather than some kinda paragon of choice. As for the UI being a me problem, 100%. HOWEVER. My issue with both that and the equipment is that it's something of a regression from the previous games. It felt like it was perfect before. Maybe my problem with satchel charges wouldn't be as big of a deal if there were more instances where you could use the other tools instead of just blowing stuff up. (Safes are a good example of this but those have been in the game for a while) What I think/hope is that when 6 comes out we'll see the final vision and go "oooooh" and 5 will make more sense. As for setting: 1, stop taking all the good video ideas 😉, 2, I also thought Japan would be the next choice given their involvement and how varied the environments there are, that really plays to Rebellions strengths. But what I think would be super cool is a cold war setting, maybe in East Germany in the somewhat immediate aftermath of WW2, like with the original Sniper Elite. You can have rubble and ruin aside new building efforts, but also work in some more of the stealth mechanics. A man can dream.
Just watching your video on my tv, and had to comment.... I have been playing invasion mode for 8 months and it is awesome... My main gripe is that I think focus mode should be turned off for the invader.. i am so cheesed off by being tracked and killed by being shot through a wall or door or even a floor by a camping player... At least give us (the invader) focus mode as well to even the score.. I know exactly what you mean by multiplayer, it's just not worth playing, And I was looking really forward to it, it's just a case of spawn die spawn die spawn die. The camping is beyond a joke and being spawn killed 5 times on the trot isn't fun... Regards to the music, the first thing I do with any games is that I go straight into the settings and turn it off so i don't get deafened at crucial moments... But otherwise, good video and I'm enjoying invasion mode
As a fellow TV TH-cam watcher- I super appreciate taking the time to comment on the video!! I was really worried that my overview of invasion mode would make it sound like I hate it (I can find something I like about pretty much any game I cover) but what it really came down to was the execution around the game mode rather than the mode itself. I've had a hard time finding matches as the invader, and while playing the game to capture video I just didn't have the "time" to be invaded per se, but going back to play it causally it adds a totally different level of challenge to the game. I personally think focus mode could remain, but be tuned a bit for invasion. Maybe something like a "trail" to the general area the invader is hiding, without specially showing the outline of them? Regardless, thanks for commenting, and go check out the DLC video and let me know what you think!
I notice you did not mention about being stuck at level 40 on the campaign. I also saw your sniper elite 4 video and you did not get level 50 because from level 50 to level 250 is 1 million XP per level. In sniper elite 5 when you get to level 40 thats the max level no 1 million to grind. The thing whats put me of se5 is no levels to grind i did enjoy the game put nothing to play for in my eyes. If you do read this please in your se5 dlc video if you do that put the level thing in👍
I understand a lot of the complaints, but for me SE5 is by far my favorite in the series, even if its more uneven of a game than 4. I really havent returned to 4 since 5. I love the new tools and opennes of the levels.
I'm glad you like it! It's been really great to hear all of the different perspectives on this game, I'm interested to see if they change how I see the DLC.
Ich wünschte, es gäbe mehr Anpassungsmöglichkeiten, wenn es um den Axis Invader geht. Zum Beispiel die Möglichkeit, die Werkzeuge zu wechseln oder unterschiedliche Munitionstypen zu haben.
i enjoy 5 but in mission 14 (dlc mission) there is a apc that patrols the roads around the aircraft carrier and the best way to destroy it is the 2 panzerfausts in the map 1. you find it 2 npcs who are normally walking in the tanks sightlines 2. actually hitting the tanks is pretty difficult considering the amount of clutter around you and also the snipers in the towers and all the dudes on the carrier WHO CAN SEE YOU if you get unlucky the only good way to take it out is from on the carrier if you are willing to lug it around with you for 75% of the mission also the annoying this is that they made it so you have to pay money just to go and kill the most hated man to ever walk the earth. incase you dont know somehow im referring to hitler Some of the best sniping in the game comes from the missions liberation conqueror hitlers mission (cant remember the name)
Haha I think I know the one you're talking about, and I agree, the Wolf's Lair mission is so far one of my favorites in map design, the way they want you to complete the objectives is a little... Different.
I think people find Kraken awakes, so annoying is cuz it's actually made with difficulty in mind. Everyone is so used to cruising l Through the levels, the. Kraken awakes gets the jump on you. Kraken awakes is my favourite because other than mission 3 is the only one I felt like I could actually die on.
Overall I LOVE the SE series. 2 complaints about 5, blowing AA guns every other level gets boring. I'm supposed to be a SNIPER, not a sapper...AND removal of anti-personel mines because Rebellion suddenly decided they were objectionable in a war game (hopefully, the "non-lethal" nonsense won't be in the next game..
It's fun but very safe and not much better than previous games. Motion capture for animations would have been really nice and a few updates to keep the game alive.
I am sad for you that you didn't play with invasion mode when the game came out. I don't think I know a game where I experienced something similar. It was lighting in a bottle.
I plan to play this using my pc game pass but I think after watching your video, I need to adjust my expectation. The gameplay seems more like Splinter cell colbined with hitman. It's SPYner Elite.
I just finished it again plus the DLC earlier today. I enjoy 5 the most. Just started 4 again straight after and it just feels so much older and less fun. 5 spoiled me, which is expected with each new title.
I bought it for the Axis Invasion mode, since I found the campaign worse than the fourth installment. In LATAM, the Axis Invasion game is in less than 5 seconds
my favorite version of the 'look through walls' ability was in the last of us 1. they just did it in such a believable way and I wish more games mimicked that, with your player needing to focus, all the sound fading out except for footsteps in the direction your looking, like your focusing your hearing to see who's up ahead. That's all I want, don't show me the enemy, I want that to be a surprise, but give me a way to use 'hearing' to get a better spatial understanding of what is happening. Just show me where the footsteps are coming from.
I'm sitting here with 2 tabs open. One with your review of SE4 (which I know is awesome, but i've 100%'d years ago), and here, SE5 (which I uninstalled unfinished 2 years ago because it wasn't as good as SE4). Which one to reinstall ? Watching this review reminded me of all the reasons I disliked 5....... Just watched your 4 review. It's gotta be 4 hasn't it. Use WeMod, give myself infinite mines etc, and go have some sandbox fun. Thanks for your existential assistance in coming to this decision. 🙂
Idk jack about story, but 5 had new stuff I loved but 4 played to strengths more. In all Im glad the Arkham action steath games are kept along by SE. But idk where it goes. But give me my long distance maps again ffs
Alright so a thought just came to me. It's a war crime to boobytrap corpses. So to keep Karl's name off a list somewhere, just don't trap corpses. Knock them out, then trap them.
I was really looking forward to this, but as soon as i ran into a invisible wall I was pissed. Also Karl just won't shut the fuck up in this one. I was so upset I re-bought SE4 on PC. I had over 1000 hours in SE2 on PS4. Yeah dude I agree it is somewhat disappointing, but there were some features that were great too.
That's the big thing I tried to get across was like... You'll probably still enjoy the game, I did, but there were some straight up downgrades that need to be addressed
Thing that bugs me the most are the campaign characters I don’t wanna say they’ve gone woke but they feel the need to add women into it. Especially the black Scottish chick and the other French girl it’s very cringe and very poorly written characters and sullivan
I think that's why I just didn't really dig into them all that much, is there just wasn't much there. Marie was a throwaway, Sullivan felt like he was meant to be the "straight man" to Karl's... Karl. A lot could've been done with Charlie (personally my favourite out of the "new" characters) but with her they did a whole lot of telling and not enough showing.
5 was clearly unfinished. There are many more bugs than 4 Missing features that were clearly advertised Downgrade on map design and ai intelligence Abysmal DlC, apart from the weapons overall and Kraken Awakes
I had to cut a whole diatribe ripping on Moller cause some of the post-mission info dumps are unbelievably bad. Maybe if I cut everything together you'll see the full roast haha
@@Analog_Nightmare I think you should do that. Some kind of roast of all the games. Gag Elite. Although that sounds like an adult film title. 😂 SE5 is a solid game, but I couldn't agree more about the damn BS hedges etc. you can't get through/over.
In the "part 2" I'm gonna address some of the good points people have raised to add a bit more context/discussion but that's something that just felt egregious. And in the opening level!
sniper elite is great, but needs to move on from ww2. the weapons and gadgets are getting stale and silly, with your character using so much shit that wasn't even invented at that time. Vietnam would be awesome, or some 90's cold war thing would fuckin rule. CAG in Somalia would also be really sick.
COD Vanguard left the chat as unrealistically as possible Also, I bet that there may be only 1-3 ww2 themed sniper elite games max, then you'll get your desired alternate setting
@@Analog_Nightmare too much Magic stuff and also unclear Action in the ia from the enemy missing the favourite mine,s and the dlc stuff become s a little too much in price Total 😔 I loved and still love ep4 i play it crazy i really hope they change it back to original
SE4 had beautiful location, I loved Infiltration (Italian city at night) and Obliteration (small German small town). SE5 looks like Ghost Warrior, somehow dull and dark and unpleasant. And woke DEI in France during ww2 looks laughable. We all wait for the new movie "Zelensky" with Denzel Washigton
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One thing I did enjoy playing SE5 is that the invasion mechanic really rewards SUPER sneaky, like solid snake level, gameplay. This means most enemy living players just give up because you aren't tripping lines of sight of AI and just enjoyed pecking at the invaders with a welrod and skurry off until I get off the blip. Then rinse and repeat.
After just recently replaying all of 5 again and then going back to a mission on 4 tonight, I can’t believe how much 4 feels better to me. The gunplay feels so much faster and intuitive. And the ability to go to third person view with half an aim trigger pull and then switch shoulders with an R3 press is so much better than the new system on 5. I’ve played this game ever since the very first one and for me they nailed it with four and five has been a step backwards. It’s very pretty, but the challenge and the smooth gunplay of 4 is sadly missed. I don’t know why they felt the need to mess with such a great formula.
Your description is spot on, se5 is nowhere near as challenging as 4, the maps in se5 are overly circuitous and became tedious.a huge step backwards on the gameplay.
No disappointment here. I had fun
Glad to hear it! 🤙🤙
I agree man the game is great I think 5 is the best in the series it’s close between 4 and 5 tho
@@Tonyballs_1your an idiot
@big-wood196 I have to disagree with you there, 4 has many better qualities over 5
One can have fun even when with disappointment. Disappointing doesn't mean bad.
I found this channel about a month ago and binge watched the whole sniper elite series. your videos are so addicting and fun to watch! i hope the dlc review comes out pretty soon. i cant wait
Thank you for the kind words! Next video will be up hopefully this weekend, not SE but afterwards I have some very special Sniper Elite content lined up 😉
I really enjoy 5, but the slow texture loading on PS4 was painful. On the PS5 it runs great though. I loved the customization options, and I really had fun finding new ways to blast nazis to hell and beyond. Boobytrapping corpses never got old. BUT! You got a lot of cool skins in this game, and they never appeared in cutscenes. By 5 they ought to start using the game engine for cutscenes. 3 is still my favourite though. Also Sullivan looked he'd been through a REALLY botched botox incident.
Amen, 3 is my favorite too! And yeah I noticed the customization not carrying through to cutscenes in 4 as well and just never thought to look for it here!
3 is my favorite too, loved the Africa setting.
Why are you playing on the ps4 when you have a ps5. Are you mental or stupid?
One of the major gripes I have in this game that I have not seen mentioned in a lot of written reviews of this game and in this one, is Karl's movement and handling. In 4 you could run while crouched, crouch mid run, and the the transition between different stances was snappier. They also took away the ability to change the camera side with the right stick in exchange for doing it in the radial menu and took away going from OTS with a half press of the aim trigger to first person aim with a full press of the trigger. It makes me miss sniper elite 4 when I'm playing as clunky Karl in sniper elite 5. In four you just moved near an item like a grenade, mine, bandage, medkit, i.e. Consumables and he'd just pick them up. In 5 you have to manually aim at each individual item you want to pick up.
I appreciate you taking the time to make this review, it makes me feel a little vindicated that there are things about this game I felt were off but couldn't get a grasp on being illustrated in this video. Thank you.
As someone who's been a fan of Sniper Elite since V2 came out, it's always been so hard find repeatability in the games because none of my friends liked the game play enough to do coop playthroughs of the campaign with me. When 5 came out, it was like a holy-grail of sorts in the sense that the game was now enough of a sandbox that anyone could play. Even as someone who prefers sniping, I real enjoy that. Not just because it meant my friends would finally join, but also because it meant every weapon was viable. Gone were the days of 2-3 bursts from your MP40 at close range trying to hit people 5 feet away in a crappy situation. Now, if you're in danger, your sidearms are much more accurate and reliable.
I get why people don't like the game for straying from sniping, but I see this as a sort of reboot, for good or for worse.
I just hope that the good parts of this game find their way into the upcoming Zombie Army title Rebellion is working on.
I never understood the "straying from sniping" argument. My Karl turned into a sniping stealth monster, and the feeling of scaring the living daylights out of the enemy was what really made it a great experience for me. Watching soldiers in total panic shouting "WHERE IS HE?! WHERE IS HE?!" in german was pure magic. The addition of audible range was such a treat. I REALLY weighed pros and cons when customizing the guns in this game.
I for one like sniping in sniper elite series and at the moment me and my girlfriend are playing SE3. I sometimes make her the sniper at the top so I can infiltrate the forts and stuff (like overwatch) just so the game does not feel repetitive and damn the smg’s suck in this game like sniper elite 5 can be a great shooter and I like that tbh.
@@ajaykaranveer2069 Playing Sniper Elite with a loved one sounds like the perfect cornerstone of a healthy relationship. "Those who snipes together ..." Ok, I don't have a good rhyme, but live long and prosper you crazy kids.
I think the game doesn't force players to fully utilize the mechanics the game has. Since you can leave piles of bodies everywhere and for enemies isn't exactly smart (although I had done everything in medium difficulty but still) and would actually try to lure out the player or do anything to prevent another of their teammates from dying or something. Another thing you don't have any objectives to keep an NPC alive (even a target). You can play as kill as many you can and don't die to go complete ghost without harming any enemies.
Plus they have issues with HDR being too bright.
I think 5 was to widen their audience, so I hope 6 cranks the difficulty back up
When single player games try to dip their toes into the multiplayer pool.
It's always a mechanical disaster.
That's always how I've felt about games who use single player maps that are also in multiplayer, it makes me wonder which is getting the real design precedence and which is a consolation prize
SE one of my favourite game serious. One of the few games I love replaying. I had fun with SE5 but not nearly as much time spent on it as on SE4.
SE4: 500 hours of play
SE5: 200 hours of play
Did you stop at 200 because you ran out of stuff to do? Or just gradually fell off?
Gradual fall-off@@Analog_Nightmare Recently bought a new gaming rig and started SE5 again to play the game with ultra graphics. Fun to re-visit game but didn't last long.
Considering installing SE4 again 🙂
@@larsh8560 hahah same with me. However, i already finished se4, and there are a loooot of new games to try out...
@@larsh8560: SE4 had trouble with 144hz monitors and vsync only worked with 60Hz. Did SE 5 improve in this regard and offers proper 144hz support?
As a MGS, Hitman 3 and AC player I really enjoy all the melee stealth kills. Always try to kill nearly all enemies this way.
This is the way.
After you’ve hit the 10 or so long range kills that the level design permits, this is how you have to play anyway. Except Spy Academy, which strikes a 50/50 balance, no wonder it’s everyone’s favourite.
Getting into sniping games and enjoying 5 and Contracts 2 thus far. Great vid. Had a mad annoying bug where I killed Kummler without realising it (not with the chandelier) and wandered for ages thinking I had missed him. The distance counter suggested the body in front of me, in Kummler's office to be fair, was the guy. Searching him did nothing. Shooting the corpse popped the kill. Great stuff! Ah well. You've got a sub :)
1. Amazing username
2. What other games have you been playing?
@@Analog_Nightmare 1. Ha, thanks. I have forgotten how to get rid of the annoying number at the end, but I used to DJ as Seneca and was quite taken with stoicism (not quite as much any more, but a little bit). And I'm in the UK :P
2. Sniper wise, SE5 and SGWC2. Really enjoying both on the normal difficulties and they're different enough. I normally find stealthy games way too stressful and I have a baaad save scum habit!
Other than that, Soulslikes and FPS games are my jam. I also am a latecomer to the remade Resi games which I've had a blast with :)
Invasion Mode is probably the root cause of most mentioned issues. Dunno if they found it too late in design, but probably found test-players weren't engaging / too hard to locate / then sniped from nowhere, and had to plaster fix it. Hence areas bounded by invis walls to force choke points, telephones and wallhack vision, limiting panzerfausts (re: noobtube PvP issues), trees placed to limit sight lines - all there to get Karl and invader to be able to locate and engage, and not just sniped (especially with Empty Lung easiness) from way across the map. Even the way the jaeger always appears within medium distance proximity to Karl i think hints at this notion of forcing encounters.
Is the mode fun? Sure. But it had impacts on game design, and hence the singleplayer possibilities. Prob prefer if the video pondered this stuff more, and less step-by-step of each mission.
I've been waiting for this one. (Goes to grab popcorn!!)
Enjoy!!
In all fairness, satchel charges are not mandatory to complete the primary objectives, there will always be at least one other option that usually doesn't even require tools. If you absolutely need them, they are almost always around the objective (even secondary ones, can't think of any exception, on top of all of the ones scattered around the map) and a quick look around in focus mode will reveal them (crowbars, bolt cutters and charges are highlighted in orange).
Every other criticism is more than fair tho
I found these videos this morning and have been binging them today... Honestly it's been super fun listening to your production quality get better and better, with your delivery and humor still holding true. I've been having a blast with this series, and you've definitely earned a subscriber because I can't wait to see what you get up to in the future!
I had so much fun with SE5 especially with Axis Invasion (currently at 237 kills) I really enjoy all the medal challenges along with the weapon customization.
That being said I do agree with some of the points you made. I hate the invisible walls in this game, probably the worst I have seen in a long time and I also don't like the fact that long rang sniping isn't really present but I get the feeling it was Intentional design choice to accommodate invasion mode. Also the side characters/ voice acting (not including karl) is the worst in the series for me personally.
As a whole though it's my 3rd favourite SE game and I am still very much enjoying the game. For me the game is a solid 7/10.
I'm glad you enjoyed! Any ideas for bringing longer range sniping back while still keeping axis invasion viable?
@Analog_Nightmare Maybe make it it's own stand alone game mode like survival. Honestly I'm not too sure how well that would work though.
Amazing channel bro keep up the good work, hope to see more content from you
Thank you so much!!
Man, I've been watching your vids lately, I was so bumped when I saw you didn't made a SE5 review. Now I can feel complete 😅
Is now a bad time to tell you there's still an SE5 DLC video I have to make first...?
@@Analog_Nightmare Oh man, this day keeps getting better and better.
the dialog is bad. Karl never stops making comments to himself during a mission. The only way to stop this is to turn voices off for everyone including the enemies. Also its more fun with the music off.
The controls are clunky. button layouts need to be changed.
Agreed! the maps are very restrictive and inconsistent. some things you can vault over and some thing you can't. Getting stuck hanging on a wall is so stupid.
The mini map is awful too. Enemies will be covered up by mission markers. Its also very hard to tell where an enemy actually is because the map does not have enough detail or its not scaled correctly.
The zip lines are trash. you can pass right over an enemy and they have no clue despite looking right at you.
Thanks for watching! I never realized you had to disable voices entirely to get Karl to shut up, turning off music is an interesting choice, I'll give that a try!!
with music off the ambient sounds can be more appreciated.
Some of the music tracks are cool tho
Not storming the beaches really pissed me off.
Totally agree. The maps on SE5 simply aren't as good as SE3 and SE4. The levels are so much bigger but feel so much smaller with their physical barriers and so many houses and rooms.
That last 2 minute mission is bullshit.
There was so little actual sniping because of these level designs. It's like they were pushing the game towards Call Of Duty children.
Considering that it was supposed to release in 2020 but came out 2 years late, what the hell were they doing in that time?
54:38 they teased the ability to hide in the back of truck to get into areas or passed guards. And that turned out to be a lie.
Trip mines and the pop up anti personal mine removed.
SE3 and SE4 came with 1 season pass. SE5 had 2 season passes costing the same as before but having half the shit in it
I enjoyed SE5 but not as much as I enjoyed the previous 2 games and I'm much more likely to replay those than the new one. I just hope SE6 comes out solely on the new consoles and PC and forgets about old gen consoles so they can push the limits because SE5 just looked like DLC for SE4 and SE4 just looked like DLC for SE3. In nearly a decade, you'd expect a bigger leap in graphics.
"DLC for 5" really just hits the nail on the head. What's in your list of must haves for 6?
@@Analog_Nightmare more than a handful of sniping scenarios would be nice.
Set it in Poland, snow levels. Leaving behind footprints that alert the enemy unless a minute has passed for the snow to settle and cover them up. Lay down for long enough and you get covered in snow for hiding. More animals in the towns, they could give your position away by barking at you, following you around or begging for food or they could be used to distract the enemy.
Large maps with (and I cannot stress this enough) better AI for the enemy. Previous games had better enemy AI, they wouldn't all just rush to the noise, they'd actually try to flank you or throw grenades from a distance and some enemies would just run off.
The ability to steal uniforms from certain enemies would be great. They wouldn't all fit, you could check how well they fit using the binoculars. If you blow someone's head off, the uniform will have blood on it, making it less effective. Certain uniforms could get you into different areas.
Remove the alarms and bring back the radio men and give a chance to kill the guy who, in many levels, constantly talks over the speakers.
Ride in vehicles as a stowaway or actually drive vehicles.
Flamethrowers!
Can't be disrespecting deathstorm 2 and 3. Say what you want about 1. I don't think anyone cares.
@@tomasgibbs3235 Deathstorm was the best DLC released for any of the Sniper Elite games.
@evilutionltd yeah, I know that's what I mean
9:15 That's a good point. The final DLC really should have been a D-Day expansion with some new skins. Imagine the Saving Private Ryan references with a sniper in the bell tower, maybe a wounded soldier shooting a tank with a pistol, cool shit like that.
I know they never said D-Day was gonna be in the game but it's a bit misleading for it to be the backdrop of the cover art.
You're on about Kraken awakes, right?
Honestly I liked sniper elite 4 better than 5.
sniper elite 4 feels like james bond
Loved these retrospectives, don't see many people talk aboit these games, and was so enthralled I watched them all in one day
Sniper Elite 4 is one of my top games of all time, and while I heard 5 was mid I never knew it was this bad, it's like they're abandoning everything the series is about and what they're supplementing it with is awful, the terrible enemy AI alone makes this a pass but to remove the level design of 4 and making it a generic close-up shooter is unforgivable.
Unless they course-correct for 6 by making it a better 4 I can't see myself sticking with this series, it's a tragedy.
Thanks for the kind words! I'll be rounding out the series with a few surprises later this month. 😁
so much vehicles around me and i need to RUN a cross the map to extraction... i mean do Karl know how to drive? he is a commando right? RIGHT?!!
Karl lacked the budget to get a license since he is in a AA game.
"One P I do have a taste for - Presentation." That got a good chuckle out of me.
I really don't understand the hate this game gets. Imo it's the best in the series 🤷♂️
Not to sound rude, but.. 😂best ..in😂the series? 😂
Your channel is incredible. Your videos are amazing, top notch. I hope your channel grows fast.
The kill cams in 4 were way better and way more satisfying. My favourite was where karl whistled and the german turned his head into karls knife jab.
I've been back to playing SE5 recently and completely forgot there is a "6th sense" skill, guess I never used it that much the first time I played.
That's almost definitely the better way to do it, they put it in a way too convenient place on the keyboard so I found myself using it subconsciously haha
If you're a fan of Hitman, I'd recommend checking out "Death To Spies", it's a trillogy of games that's basically Hitman in WW2 with more of an espionage focus. (With the third game, Alekhine's Gun, moving to the cold war.)
I totally forgot Alekhine's Gun! I wanna say I played it over a steam free weekend and spent more time than expected playing it, but just never picked it up...
@@Analog_Nightmare I do still like Alekhine's Gun but the DTS III we were supposed to get was pretty different and the fact Alekhine is stapled together from that is pretty obvious.
It goes for pretty cheap when steam has sales at least.
I love Sniper Elite 5 but I do understand the arguments you make here. I think the word that comes to mind for SE5 is "why?". Why did they not add a path through the invisible wall areas that gives you another pathway or make it into a minefield that you can carefully navigate or something. Why did they get rid of some of Karls arsenal like bouncing bettys and trip wires? Why is non-lethal even in a game like this? And why oh why do they block off some of the coolest looking vantage points. Like in Atlantic Wall, why is there not an opening at the top of that giant billboard looking thing you have to blow up that allows you to snipe into the open fields adjacent to it?
And that's exactly my point. There are issues that feel like they have simpler, more synergistic solutions that got missed. Still an enjoyable game, but with some glaring design flaws.
I had a blast playing 5, as I did with the previous 4 games. Customization of weapons in 5 was awesome. I created a silenced sniper pistol that was quite satisfying.
Lots of people say things like: after playing the game for the fifth time and replaying Sniper elite 4, I can say SE4 is better. It’s like, bruh, if SE5 was bad, you wouldn’t have replayed it that much. SE 5 definitely has some problems, but it’s definitely a really good game overall. Also is the first game to implement invasion. Everybody loves it
No. Everybody does not love it.
It's ok, I sold it after I finished it. I play these on the hardest setting, 3 and 4 is the best. All the levels felt bland in this game and the AI felt like a downgrade, 4 has the best AI. I think the 3rd game is very underrated, 4 is the best but 3 is also solid, I replay 3 and 4 about once a year. Your right about the lack of sniping, only a few locations have big open fields, but even then, the maps lack good veridicality.
it's here 😭😭
Only took... *Starts counting and runs out of fingers* ...a while.
I reallly miss a critical thing from your review: The biggest problem about the game is, it's too easy. The lack of authentic plus really makes the game feel very unrewarding. It's mostly to easy as a coop game, if you die, you just respawn at last save point. Temporary weapons kills the immersion for the game, also that the sniper rifle is often unneaded, really gives the game a casual whatever shooter feeling. During our Coop walkthrough we never really felt "challenged" and that made the game boring to me/us in comparison to SE4
Yeah man if I had my time back I would've gone for an Authentic/max difficulty run for all of them, I was just figuring out how to make videos but for the current projects that's exactly what I'm doing. Max difficulty/100% completion to really get a sense of how the game evolves
@@Analog_Nightmare in SE4 when you got killed in authentic plus. You didn’t respawn. You had to start the whole level over. Also a lot more enemies spawned in SE4 and I remember my friend and I had incredible games but also got our ass handed multiple times and had to attack from a different side of a map etc. Was super fun because you had to change strategies. SE5 is boring in comparison. You never feel like u you are in threat or anything. Atleast in coop
Totally agree with this game feeling more restricted than se4.
1000th sub, you had me with this video ^^
And as such your name shall become immortalized! Thank you so much for the sub :)
Looking forwards to this one, having only just picked up Sniper Elite 5 as it’s finally on a sale that works for me, I’ve been enjoying the maps, changes and story of the campaign, and haven’t yet touched things like invasion mode etc.
Have you tried invasion mode yet? Tell me what you think!
You deserve way more subs !
Thank you!!
Still enjoying SE5 over here, but there's another small gripe I have which is that the enemy gun noises in SE5 sound puny compared to the ones in SE4. I miss the loud punch of the K98 when I'm getting shot at.
100%, it's like hearing a bullet whiz past your head.
When I first played the 3rd level, that level really impressed me.
Same, I think they definitely thought a lot about how to give the player the right view when you turn that corner
@@Analog_Nightmare You notice there is even a quote from the "Inglorious Bastards" movie. The German three vs. the American three.
good review of the game, i don't think my opinion is to far from yours, my biggest problem with SE5 over SE4 has to do with authentic plus, i felt like it took a step back and removed a challenge that made you think before you acted because once you alerted someone in SE4 they kept looking for you as well as alerting others in a never ending loop which could become a nightmare, in SE5 authentic it was kinda like playing skyrim, room full of dead bodies and the last guy standing gives up on you and says "oh well, must have been my imagination" and goes back to whatever was happening before, but overall it was worth playing and a good looking game, loved the aircraft carrier, thanks for the video.
Hahaha that's a great example, thank you for sharing 😀
I hope 6 starts around December 1944 in the Ardennes, and the last mission is Berlin of 1945. That would really be a great way to end the game series.
That would be an amazing setpiece!
They already covered Germany in Sniper Elite V2. That game ended with the total defeat of the Nazis. Nowhere to go from here but the Pacific theater or reboot the series.
Was Sullivan in the submarine when it was hit? If so, then he has no business being alive.
Plot armour? Or maybe he was searching for seashells on the beach. They're real fast and loose with most of the details around that sub blowing up lol
@@Analog_NightmareI've never heard of submarine survivors.
In the background, you see a boat of rangers landing aswell and by one of the bunkers, 2 soldiers talk about how they heard footsteps.
Great job on the video!
Thank you so much!
Sniper Elite 4 as of now is the peak of the series. Much bigger levels than 3 but still being fun.
Sniper Elite 5 maps are bigger, but then they proceed to make highway funnels to pull the player away from sniping. Sniper Elite 4 war factory mission is way better design than 5. Sniper Elite 4 has more multiple paths to stealth while sniper Elite 5 made their maps more like 3.
At the rate Karl's character is snowballing, he is probably going to be the SE universe's definitive Neo chosen one messiah in a 3rd soft reboot Berlin climax. Kinda made the Italian guy in VR refreshing
Maybe one of these days I need to pop some Gravol and give SE VR a try...
@Analog_Nightmare Got annoying when COD jumped around characters too much and even had basic grunt privates be super soldiers like Karl. But it was refreshing MOH didn't use Jimmy Patterson all the time too. Anyone remember B.J. Blazkowicz? He made Karl look like a HS JV football player!
I would totally watch a video of you trying Turbo Overkill
I'm already getting nauseous looking at it but I'll put it on the list!
Thanks man, appricate your work@@Analog_Nightmare
I recommend playing this game and any other sniper elite on authentic. Makes the game way more immersive
That's how I'm going through them now- that friggin reload gets me everytime lol
Hey there. Good video as always and now it’s time to wait for almost another year again for the next video lol. I just wanted to jot down a few things I wanted to say.
UntotenPelz in an another comment kinda hit that nail on the head of what I was gonna say. 5 was designed to take every kind of play into account instead of being primarily focused on sniping. In my opinion, it’s a good thing. Yes, there should be some more longer sight lines for people want to really engage in long range combat but I think there is something for every player here. Especially for people that try to play stealthily like me where the game can become a WW2 Splinter Cell title which I love. This also has encouraged more varied level design than in the past couple of games.
Weapons that aren’t snipers also feel a whole lot better to use in this game especially with the first-person aiming that they added in. This probably also encouraged Rebellion to make more areas close-medium range.
Invisible walls, for me anyways, weren’t a problem for me outside of Atlantic Wall and a little bit of the second mission.
The UI is a “you-problem” lol.
I think something you neglected to mention, though it is just two small things, is that the X-Ray cam has been changed so that non-rifle weapons can now also activate it and it can also be sped up or slowed down.
I also want to touch on the equipment “problem.” I don’t really think it’s a problem as usually the equipment you need for a target is usually within a short radius from the target and/or there’s another provided way of taking it out.
I do wonder why people complain about the graphics. Aside from the face models of characters in the game, the game is graphically and artistically beautiful. The interactable water is amazing looking to me (when they actually put it in lol).
For me, Sniper Elite 5 is my favorite of the series so far. I just hope that they bring Invasion mode back and give more long range sniper positions. I do wonder what you would prefer as a setting for 6. Would you like them to take Karl to the Pacific, since they did have a bit of a Japanese element to the story in this game, or maybe stop with WW2 all together and have Karl fighting in the Korean War?
First of all, Holy shit thank you for the massive comment- I wanna do it justice so anything I don't bring up I might use in my follow-up video (if you don't mind).
I think one of the biggest issues is that variety and inconsistency can mean the same thing for different people, which personally I just find cool? Like for me I'm missing out on the sniping, but as you and (I'm so sorry I forgot your name but the other guy that left a great comment) pointed out the non-sniping gameplay has definitely been stepped up, and that's something I noticed too but I guess I maybe just didn't appreciate it until you guys mentioned how much you like it. I think for me what I like to see (which is a big ask, obviously) is for maps where both the close and long-range feels viable. The maps as they are have those medium sized ones that act more like a muddy Venn diagram between the two rather than some kinda paragon of choice.
As for the UI being a me problem, 100%. HOWEVER. My issue with both that and the equipment is that it's something of a regression from the previous games. It felt like it was perfect before. Maybe my problem with satchel charges wouldn't be as big of a deal if there were more instances where you could use the other tools instead of just blowing stuff up. (Safes are a good example of this but those have been in the game for a while)
What I think/hope is that when 6 comes out we'll see the final vision and go "oooooh" and 5 will make more sense.
As for setting: 1, stop taking all the good video ideas 😉, 2, I also thought Japan would be the next choice given their involvement and how varied the environments there are, that really plays to Rebellions strengths. But what I think would be super cool is a cold war setting, maybe in East Germany in the somewhat immediate aftermath of WW2, like with the original Sniper Elite. You can have rubble and ruin aside new building efforts, but also work in some more of the stealth mechanics. A man can dream.
Just watching your video on my tv, and had to comment.... I have been playing invasion mode for 8 months and it is awesome... My main gripe is that I think focus mode should be turned off for the invader.. i am so cheesed off by being tracked and killed by being shot through a wall or door or even a floor by a camping player... At least give us (the invader) focus mode as well to even the score.. I know exactly what you mean by multiplayer, it's just not worth playing, And I was looking really forward to it, it's just a case of spawn die spawn die spawn die. The camping is beyond a joke and being spawn killed 5 times on the trot isn't fun... Regards to the music, the first thing I do with any games is that I go straight into the settings and turn it off so i don't get deafened at crucial moments... But otherwise, good video and I'm enjoying invasion mode
As a fellow TV TH-cam watcher- I super appreciate taking the time to comment on the video!! I was really worried that my overview of invasion mode would make it sound like I hate it (I can find something I like about pretty much any game I cover) but what it really came down to was the execution around the game mode rather than the mode itself. I've had a hard time finding matches as the invader, and while playing the game to capture video I just didn't have the "time" to be invaded per se, but going back to play it causally it adds a totally different level of challenge to the game. I personally think focus mode could remain, but be tuned a bit for invasion. Maybe something like a "trail" to the general area the invader is hiding, without specially showing the outline of them?
Regardless, thanks for commenting, and go check out the DLC video and let me know what you think!
I notice you did not mention about being stuck at level 40 on the campaign. I also saw your sniper elite 4 video and you did not get level 50 because from level 50 to level 250 is 1 million XP per level. In sniper elite 5 when you get to level 40 thats the max level no 1 million to grind. The thing whats put me of se5 is no levels to grind i did enjoy the game put nothing to play for in my eyes. If you do read this please in your se5 dlc video if you do that put the level thing in👍
I didn't notice that! I'll make sure to bring it up 😁
Cant wait for sniper elite 6
Where do you think it's gonna be
@@Analog_NightmareLondon
Not London bro the top guesss are a prequel in Greece or in the Pacific
I understand a lot of the complaints, but for me SE5 is by far my favorite in the series, even if its more uneven of a game than 4. I really havent returned to 4 since 5. I love the new tools and opennes of the levels.
I'm glad you like it! It's been really great to hear all of the different perspectives on this game, I'm interested to see if they change how I see the DLC.
Ich wünschte, es gäbe mehr Anpassungsmöglichkeiten, wenn es um den Axis Invader geht. Zum Beispiel die Möglichkeit, die Werkzeuge zu wechseln oder unterschiedliche Munitionstypen zu haben.
I agree! I'm hoping they keep axis invasion for 6 and expand it into a mode that has all the customization that multiplayer gets
What?
You don't even get all the axis skins that are in the game
i enjoy 5 but in mission 14 (dlc mission) there is a apc that patrols the roads around the aircraft carrier
and the best way to destroy it is the 2 panzerfausts in the map
1. you find it 2 npcs who are normally walking in the tanks sightlines
2. actually hitting the tanks is pretty difficult considering the amount of clutter around you and also the snipers in the towers and all the dudes on the carrier WHO CAN SEE YOU if you get unlucky
the only good way to take it out is from on the carrier
if you are willing to lug it around with you for 75% of the mission
also the annoying this is that they made it so you have to pay money just to go and kill the most hated man to ever walk the earth. incase you dont know somehow im referring to hitler
Some of the best sniping in the game comes from the missions
liberation
conqueror
hitlers mission (cant remember the name)
Haha I think I know the one you're talking about, and I agree, the Wolf's Lair mission is so far one of my favorites in map design, the way they want you to complete the objectives is a little... Different.
@@Analog_Nightmare yeah it’s the air craft carrier one and it’s so annoying
@@Analog_Nightmare wolfs lair is excellent I agree
I think people find Kraken awakes, so annoying is cuz it's actually made with difficulty in mind. Everyone is so used to cruising l
Through the levels, the. Kraken awakes gets the jump on you. Kraken awakes is my favourite because other than mission 3 is the only one I felt like I could actually die on.
This video deserves way more views than it has. When can we get a foot reveal? (No socks)
HAHAHHA not even kidding, in the next video. Just wrapped up filming today. You just might need to freeze frame and zoom in ;)
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Overall I LOVE the SE series. 2 complaints about 5, blowing AA guns every other level gets boring. I'm supposed to be a SNIPER, not a sapper...AND removal of anti-personel mines because Rebellion suddenly decided they were objectionable in a war game (hopefully, the "non-lethal" nonsense won't be in the next game..
It's fun but very safe and not much better than previous games. Motion capture for animations would have been really nice and a few updates to keep the game alive.
When can we expect the next video on SE5 cause this one was more just about each level and a recap
About half as long as this one took, I'm thinking Q1/Q2 2025? 😉
I would really like to see you make reviews about splinter cell games, mostly about chaos theory and blacklist
I just picked up a bunch on GOG! I'll check em out :)
I am sad for you that you didn't play with invasion mode when the game came out. I don't think I know a game where I experienced something similar. It was lighting in a bottle.
I plan to play this using my pc game pass but I think after watching your video, I need to adjust my expectation.
The gameplay seems more like Splinter cell colbined with hitman.
It's SPYner Elite.
I'm working on Splinter Cell right now- way more accurate than you might think hahah
I just finished it again plus the DLC earlier today. I enjoy 5 the most.
Just started 4 again straight after and it just feels so much older and less fun. 5 spoiled me, which is expected with each new title.
I bought it for the Axis Invasion mode, since I found the campaign worse than the fourth installment. In LATAM, the Axis Invasion game is in less than 5 seconds
Oh nice! Yeah LATAM is what I found myself bouncing to when the NA servers were iffy
@@Analog_Nightmare What a shame, it's really a cool mod
my favorite version of the 'look through walls' ability was in the last of us 1. they just did it in such a believable way and I wish more games mimicked that, with your player needing to focus, all the sound fading out except for footsteps in the direction your looking, like your focusing your hearing to see who's up ahead. That's all I want, don't show me the enemy, I want that to be a surprise, but give me a way to use 'hearing' to get a better spatial understanding of what is happening. Just show me where the footsteps are coming from.
I'm sitting here with 2 tabs open. One with your review of SE4 (which I know is awesome, but i've 100%'d years ago), and here, SE5 (which I uninstalled unfinished 2 years ago because it wasn't as good as SE4). Which one to reinstall ? Watching this review reminded me of all the reasons I disliked 5.......
Just watched your 4 review. It's gotta be 4 hasn't it. Use WeMod, give myself infinite mines etc, and go have some sandbox fun.
Thanks for your existential assistance in coming to this decision. 🙂
Why did they change the button for shoulder swap from R3 to triangle? That's my only complaint so far lol
I wonder if it was so you could swap between 3rd person and iron sights easier?
Yeah I'm thinking the addition of first-person ADS is probably it
Idk jack about story, but 5 had new stuff I loved but 4 played to strengths more. In all Im glad the Arkham action steath games are kept along by SE. But idk where it goes. But give me my long distance maps again ffs
Alright so a thought just came to me. It's a war crime to boobytrap corpses. So to keep Karl's name off a list somewhere, just don't trap corpses. Knock them out, then trap them.
I didn't even consider this... It is a little fucked up huh?
@@Analog_Nightmare, absolutely.
Unfortunately, i tried it and the game doesn't allow for it. Missed opportunity, Rebellion.
I was really looking forward to this, but as soon as i ran into a invisible wall I was pissed. Also Karl just won't shut the fuck up in this one. I was so upset I re-bought SE4 on PC. I had over 1000 hours in SE2 on PS4. Yeah dude I agree it is somewhat disappointing, but there were some features that were great too.
That's the big thing I tried to get across was like... You'll probably still enjoy the game, I did, but there were some straight up downgrades that need to be addressed
Why do u have 1000 hours on SE2
@@N92790I meant to say SE4
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Ok now i understand 7 months later
there is some weird cuts at 7:43 and 8:23 but its a nice vid
Thank you for pointing that out, frustratingly those are the result of the export- they don't exist in the actual cut itself
thx
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Thing that bugs me the most are the campaign characters
I don’t wanna say they’ve gone woke but they feel the need to add women into it.
Especially the black Scottish chick and the other French girl it’s very cringe and very poorly written characters and sullivan
I think that's why I just didn't really dig into them all that much, is there just wasn't much there. Marie was a throwaway, Sullivan felt like he was meant to be the "straight man" to Karl's... Karl. A lot could've been done with Charlie (personally my favourite out of the "new" characters) but with her they did a whole lot of telling and not enough showing.
I bought this game recently, but it kept crashing before the title screen so I got a refund. Time to see what I'm missing!
I haaaate trying to troubleshoot issues like that. There's so little to work off of! Hope I can capture a bit of the game for you though!
Great game, just gets better.
PERFECT video to kick off the start of OKTOBERFEST!!! Ich will Bier, verdammt! Jetzt!!! Ich will auch Fraüleins!!! (That is so American German.)
Have one for me my man!!
You know it!
5 was clearly unfinished.
There are many more bugs than 4
Missing features that were clearly advertised
Downgrade on map design and ai intelligence
Abysmal DlC, apart from the weapons overall and Kraken Awakes
The comment about Karl's jumper reeking and Moller being from a nursing home had me laughing my ass off in the office. 😂
I had to cut a whole diatribe ripping on Moller cause some of the post-mission info dumps are unbelievably bad. Maybe if I cut everything together you'll see the full roast haha
@@Analog_Nightmare I think you should do that. Some kind of roast of all the games. Gag Elite. Although that sounds like an adult film title. 😂
SE5 is a solid game, but I couldn't agree more about the damn BS hedges etc. you can't get through/over.
In the "part 2" I'm gonna address some of the good points people have raised to add a bit more context/discussion but that's something that just felt egregious. And in the opening level!
I get a lot of invader matches on ps5 I ez favorite feature
Yawn… one hour? You kidding me?
The Axis Invasion stats are mind blowing. It’s been a massive success. That’s what SE5 is about.
I enjoyed axis invasions, just found it hard to find matches
49:43
Moller looks like elon musk if he was 60 and german
sniper elite is great, but needs to move on from ww2. the weapons and gadgets are getting stale and silly, with your character using so much shit that wasn't even invented at that time. Vietnam would be awesome, or some 90's cold war thing would fuckin rule. CAG in Somalia would also be really sick.
I was thinking Vietnam too!
COD Vanguard left the chat as unrealistically as possible
Also, I bet that there may be only 1-3 ww2 themed sniper elite games max, then you'll get your desired alternate setting
I like this game
They have me 😢lost by e5 i try e6 but if that sucks then Bye bye
:/ what was the breaking point?
@@Analog_Nightmare too much Magic stuff and also unclear Action in the ia from the enemy missing the favourite mine,s and the dlc stuff become s a little too much in price Total 😔 I loved and still love ep4 i play it crazy i really hope they change it back to original
Next up sniper ghost warrior series.
Honestly I think I enjoy those games more than SE5. Especially because there's a lot more sniping. Sniping in first person just feels different 👀
@@Neucher same bought se3 got kinda mad at it said fuck it got sgw fell in love
@@THEFurfoot se3 is janky but open world sniping is pretty fun. contacts 1 and 2 are more polished but shorter 🫠
Why the gameplay like a splinter cell blacklist movement 😂 this is ubisoft or rebellion dev?
SE4 had beautiful location, I loved Infiltration (Italian city at night) and Obliteration (small German small town). SE5 looks like Ghost Warrior, somehow dull and dark and unpleasant. And woke DEI in France during ww2 looks laughable. We all wait for the new movie "Zelensky" with Denzel Washigton
I think Sniper Elite 5 is an awesome game..
Glad to hear it!
Hey, at least it wasn't made with Unity.
😂😂
It appears that the Unity thing is _that_ terrible.
Excelente jogo.