#Sniper elite 4 open world series#

Not only that, but theyвЂ™ve also drastically increased the size of the maps. Sniper Elite 4 switches things up and lets players take on missions however they would like to. I mean, relieving Nazi scumвЂ™s skulls of their brains can be fun and all, but when you are forced to go through a funnel during each go of it, things can turn a little stale.

#Sniper elite 4 open world series#

The series has matured along with the rest of the gaming development industry, and has now graduated to the open world genre-and itвЂ™s pretty darn refreshing. That has all changed with the release of Sniper Elite 4. Unfortunately, although the gratuitous gore and violence was admittedly fun, in a B-movie sort of way, Sniper Elite games have mainly gotten flack because of how linear theyвЂ™ve been, at least up to now. The rather grindhouse-style series has mainly been focused around a kill-cam gimmick, which lets you see your bullets shred through the innards of your foes (all in glorious slo-mo) since its inception. Rebellion Developments has been going to the World War 2 well for quite some time now with their Sniper Elite franchise. Each time you pull off a successful mission, the sense of accomplishment is much more tactile when all of that planning pays off. Personally, I do indeed prefer to develop a sound plan, or chain of plans, before setting out to accomplish objectives. Open world games let you plan each mission, which brings the armchair strategist out within all of us. While some of those old classic experiences were fun in their own rights, there is nothing like letting you pick and choose not only what missions you want to take on, but also how you want to plot out and execute them.

Looking back at the past, where gamers more or less had to adhere to the stringent guidelines of their all-too linear mission designs, made some gaming experiences feel like you were on a tracked roller coaster ride, more than anything else. Open world sandbox games seem to be where things are going these days, gaming industry-wise.