As with its predecessors, Sniper Elite: Resistance is a third-person shooter. Each level in the game is a large, open area free for players to explore, and there are often multiple ways for players to approach their objectives. Players can use stealth tactics to bypass enemies, explore the map to find alternate routes, or use lethal firearms to kill enemies.[1] Weapons in the game can be extensively customized. Similar to immersive sims, players can overhear conversations from non-playable characters or explore locations thoroughly to discover novel ways to assassinate their targets. The game also features optional quests that players can complete.[2] When the player kills an enemy using a sniper rifle from a long distance, the X-Ray kill cam system will activate, in which the game's camera follows the bullet from the sniper rifle to the target, and shows body parts, bones or internal body organs being broken or ruptured by the bullet.[3]
The campaign of the game can be played solo or online with another player cooperatively. The game also introduces "Propaganda Mode", which tasks players to complete time-based combat challenges as an unnamed resistance fighter. These missions are unlocked through collecting propaganda posters in the main game. Invasion, the asymmetrical multiplayer mode introduced in Sniper Elite 5, also returns in Resistance. The game also supports a 16-player competitive multiplayer mode.[4]
Unlike previous entries in the series, Sniper Elite: Resistance features a new lead character, Harry Hawker, in a story set in 1944 within Vichy France. Hawker previously appeared in the cooperative multiplayer mode of Sniper Elite 3, 4 and 5 as the second playable character. The story of Resistance takes place alongside the events in Sniper Elite 5.[5] The plot shows Hawker put against a mysterious new threat known as the Wunderwaffe.
The campaign begins with the British attempting to bomb a dam in Nazi occupied France, and failing due to AA guns. Hawker is dispatched to neutralise the guns. Once this is completed, Hawker exfiltrates as the dam is blown up, and returns to his original mission of tracking down local resistance forces.
After locating the local resistance, Hawker infiltrates the roan of St. Reymond, a city overrunning with Gestapo forces, with the mission to locate a dead drop left by a mid-rank officer known as Vertigo, who was in contact with the resistance before his disappearance. Coded documents are discovered that, when decrypted, show intel about a Nazi superweapon project. After infiltrating a Gestapo-controlled hotel and train station in the Lyonese district of Fourvière, Hawker finds out the weapons are a form of deadly nerve agent known as Kleine Blume.
The dam from the first mission is being repaired, however, one of the crashed RAF bombers had a bouncing bomb, which the Germans are studying. Hawker eliminates all scientists and destroys the bouncing bomb technology, preventing mass production of the bouncing bomb.
The trail leads him to a Kleine Blume production facility near the southern coast of France, where he finds a way to neutralize the facility. Hawker then prepares an assault on Fort Rouge, where he discovers that Kleine Blume is being shipped to a "Vallee des Dieux".
Infiltrating this chateau based on the intel from the previous attack on Fort Rouge, he finds out that Kleine Blume is being delivered by the real superweapon: the Zugwerfer, a form of train-mounted artillery to launch the special warheads. There are 5 in total, but the other three have already left for Amiens. Nevertheless, he destroys the lone Zugwerfer he finds in the chateau and heads for Amiens.
Once in Amiens, Hawker finds out that when he finishes his mission by trapping the Zugwerfers for an RAF bombing, he will not be able to escape in time. As he stands on the railing of a tunnel and ponders his impending death, a stray Zugwerfer appears, carrying the head of Special Committee C, a rogue faction unknown to even the highest levels of Nazi leadership: Obergrüppenführer Otto Kruger.
Hawker jumps onto the roof of the train just as it enters the tunnel. A bomb detonates outside, forcing the train to crash at the end of said tunnel. As Kruger limps away from the crash, a motorbike with two German soldiers shows up, and they ask if he is okay.
Kruger shoots them to erase any evidence and gets on the motorbike to escape, just as Hawker finally comes to his senses. He gets on the balcony of the station and takes a shot, killing Kruger and saving countless lives. He meets back up with his allies, who tell him there might be another mission soon.
Development
According to Rebellion, Sniper Elite: Resistance is around the same size as Sniper Elite 5. The game retained the same gameplay systems, though the team added some new features, such as a new grenade type and a new timed-based mode.[6] While Sniper Elite 5 included updates set in Vichy France, the team decided to make a standalone game set in this location because the team "felt that there was much more to explore".[2] "Spy Academy", a level in Sniper Elite 5 which received critical acclaim from critics, serves as an inspiration for the level designers in Resistance.[7]
Sniper Elite: Resistance received "mixed or average" reviews from critics for the PC and Xbox Series X/S versions, while the PlayStation 5 version received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic.[12][13][14] In Japan, four critics from Famitsu gave the game a total score of 32 out of 40, with each critic awarding the game an 8 out of 10.[17]
GameSpot rated the game 6/10, crediting the game's mode variety and gameplay mechanics but criticizing the lack of innovation and the new "propaganda" missions.[18]
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