The Sniper Elite series returns with this bloody side story from the French occuption where your British gun hero has to turn WW2 away from a German super weapon winTech17:47, 27 Jan 2025Sniper Elite ResistanceIf you fancy shooting Nazis in their privates this game is definitely for you.Sniper Elite: Resistance takes the tried and tested game engine from previous titles in the series and gives it a new story set in WW2.And this time its all about your very British special forces hero Capt Harry Hawker, taking to occupied France to help batter back the German invaders with your sharpshooting skills.If you played 2022s Sniper Elite 5 youll get a sense of deja vu here as this new version borrows wholesale a lot of that titles gameplay mechanisms.And the story is a well trodden formula - destroy Germanys secret new weapon that can win the war - with you taking to big open maps and trying to complete several missions to progress the story using a combination of stealth killing and sniper gunshots.For those with a bloodlust, the slow-mo camera is back which sees a particularly good long-distance shot fly through the air in cinema-style before pummelling into a baddies body.The maps are big and open, ideal for long shotsREAD MORE: Daily Star's newsletter brings you the biggest and best stories sign up todayREAD MORE: Daily Star's best games of 2024 rated from Call of Duty to multi-player that blew upThats when you get a look at the bloody insides of the victim being smashed and crushed in real time by the bullet passing through them.Great gamers will soon be using this technique to produce horrible but comic-looking scenes of skulls, hearts and private parts being blasted apart.Its one of the Sniper Elite series main selling points and it looks detailed and as gruesome as ever here on PS5.The game plays well, theres a good mix of different styles of play on-the-go.Youll find yourself with an Uncharted-like behind-the-back camera angle as you move Harry quietly around graphically lush areas packed with Nazis on patrol, trying to sneak your way past some while quietly killing off others with brutal melee takedowns.Theres wall, building and ledge climbing as you traverse levels that are well made and have plenty of height and depth to them as well as physical ground space.And then of course when you find a nice perch, its all about looking across the vast map to pick of German villains from after with your sniper gun.Its got a nice pace to it, with all-out carnage erupting sometimes when you start shooting and the Nazis pinpoint your hidey-hole and come looking for you in a gang.That often ends in death but the game has generous save points to return to so you can try an alternative way of approaching the level.One annoying thing is the lack of awareness the Nazi bot-controlled enemies have.There are times they run right past you from behind to then reposition in front of you and take pot shots. It's poor and can ruin the illusion that they're anything but cannon fodder.The graphics are good but not in the highest levels of quality for PlayStation. They feel more B-movies than blockbuster.And the voice acting is incredibly cliched.But theres plenty of replayability in the co-op and multiplayer modes on offer. And the against-the-clock propaganda challenges - which are small, repeatable levels that test the players skills in stealth, combat and sniping - are also fun.Shout out too to the returning Invasion mode, where players can invade another gamers campaign mission as an enemy sniper. That becomes a cat and mouse fight as both players can earn points by taking out their opponent.There are plenty of Nazis to killSniper Elite: Resistance is well made, and offers a strong challenge for gamers who like a slower pace to their gun games than the likes of Call of Duty.It offers nothing particularly new though and isnt top tier when it comes to both gameplay and graphics.Xbox gamers with Game Pass get access to it on day one, so well worth a try.But Playstation gamers may want to wait until a price drop before stealthily trying this one.VERDICT 3/5Article continues belowReviewed on PS5. Review code provided by the publisher.RECOMMENDED