Sniper Elite 5

 Xbox Series X
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6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 78 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 30 out of 78
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 78
  3. Negative: 24 out of 78
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  1. Yourmumsbills
    May 29, 2022
    1
    So Sniper Elite 5 is not really a sniper game. As a huge fan of the series particularly 4, SE5 has been a huge disappointment. Graphics are terrible and look extremely dated, facial animations and textures in cutscenes are particularly bad. Controls and mechanics from SE4 have been altered for the worse, even basic things like searching/interacting requires dancing around the item/bodySo Sniper Elite 5 is not really a sniper game. As a huge fan of the series particularly 4, SE5 has been a huge disappointment. Graphics are terrible and look extremely dated, facial animations and textures in cutscenes are particularly bad. Controls and mechanics from SE4 have been altered for the worse, even basic things like searching/interacting requires dancing around the item/body until the prompt stays up long enough, often at the expense of being spotted by an enemy. The enemy AI is all over the place! sometimes soldiers can't hear you running right at them or they run straight past you crouching on the ground right next to them, other times they can somehow know exactly where you are even when you've moved location and they've come from halfway across the map to find you. Level design is really poor with far too many invisible barriers that force you to take open paths or roads to get to a playable area because apparently you can't hop over a 2 foot high wall or crawl through a gap in hedge to a field right next to you within the playable area. Which brings me to the worst part, forcing you into the open and open combat seems to have been done on purpose leaving very little sniping to be done. As far as i can see, the levels have been designed this way entirely to support the multiplayer element of the game, very much at the expense of the main campaign, which has gone from being a stealth sniper game to essentially being something more like call of duty. Looks like Rebellion are more interested in going on to support the multiplayer aspects of the game so they can sell you add ons. This is also backed up by the rather boring and lazy writing of the main campaign story and it's characters..the writing is just so dull and feels very rushed. The whole game in fact seems rushed.… Expand
  2. CR4CK
    May 29, 2022
    4
    A sniper game that doesnt like it if you use it is fail design. This game forces CQC all the **** time. If you expect a sniper game dont buy it. Im tired sneaking arround buildings and using my surpressed pistol, cuz everything else is useless. They designed the game arround trash MP.
  3. QFanatic
    Jun 3, 2022
    4
    This is a sniper game that isn't about sniping. I enjoyed SE4 and was looking forward to this game. The environments are much improved, but the playability is not. The mechanic of using temporary weapons, instead of using found ammo seems poor and often frustrating. The title of the game would more appropriately seem Commando Elite and not Sniper Elite. The focus is changed to close upThis is a sniper game that isn't about sniping. I enjoyed SE4 and was looking forward to this game. The environments are much improved, but the playability is not. The mechanic of using temporary weapons, instead of using found ammo seems poor and often frustrating. The title of the game would more appropriately seem Commando Elite and not Sniper Elite. The focus is changed to close up gunfighting or melee and less the proper positioning and long-range shooting of the sniper.… Expand
  4. sphirit
    May 29, 2022
    4
    Es un juego que nace antiguado. Es exactamente igual que los anteriores, no aporta nada nuevo, ni en graficos ni en jugabilidad. La IA es bastante mala.
  5. Akitas_Brave
    Jun 2, 2022
    2
    Looks more like a PS3 game. Poor character graphics and the same old stuff from the previous games. Nothing new except the locations.
  6. OnlyOneHere
    Jun 2, 2022
    1
    The AI in this game is incredibly stupid. It has some of the worst AI I have ever seen in my life. I shot an enemy and he ran away. Then he spotted me but the dumb AI was pointing his gun where I last shot him. I shot another enemy AI and he turned around and looked everywhere, when I was right in front of him. The physics are beyond horrible. The missions are boring and repetitive. TheThe AI in this game is incredibly stupid. It has some of the worst AI I have ever seen in my life. I shot an enemy and he ran away. Then he spotted me but the dumb AI was pointing his gun where I last shot him. I shot another enemy AI and he turned around and looked everywhere, when I was right in front of him. The physics are beyond horrible. The missions are boring and repetitive. The lighting effects are horrendous. The facial animations are pathetic.

    The story is complete garbage. For goodness sake, why are video game developers so obsessed with World War 2? Enough already. It just goes to show how out of touch these developers are. I have asked many gamers I know basic questions about WW2 and the vast majority can't even answer them correctly. Who are these developers trying to cater to? I'm getting real sick and tired of the videogame industry being ran by bully-victims. The voice acting is laughable. The AI can drive vehicles but you can't even drive them yourself. The developers were too cheap and lazy to add driving mechanics. The gore is a joke. You can clearly see the bullet pass through the enemy's skull when you snipe them in a mini-cutscene. When I checked his corpse, his face was magically spotless. I kept shooting his face and there were no bullet holes or blood stains. This game has less detail than most rated-M PS3 games I've played. That is embarrassing for a $60 Xbox Series X game.

    The co-op is trash, thanks to the awful AI. The only redeemable quality in this game is the online PvP multiplayer. Even then, it is ruined by the horrible PS2-like animations and bad visuals. And don't even get me started with those cringeworthy running animations. And these greedy developers want $60? Not worth it. It's on Xbox Game Pass, but I wouldn't recommend subscribing just for this game. As a matter of fact, I am canceling my Game Pass this month. No way am I keeping a subscription with a massive collection of low quality garbage. If you don't have Game Pass, then I would only recommend you get this game until is it $10 or less.    … Expand
  7. Kilroy04
    May 29, 2022
    3
    Ok, this game has very little invasion and thought that it could literally just be dlc for four. The acting is so bad in cut scenes, it sounds as if they just recorded the initial script reads. Not to mention the forced black character with an Irish accent that seems literally there to check a bo.. the multi-player and the one invasion that they thought of is what saved them from a one.Ok, this game has very little invasion and thought that it could literally just be dlc for four. The acting is so bad in cut scenes, it sounds as if they just recorded the initial script reads. Not to mention the forced black character with an Irish accent that seems literally there to check a bo.. the multi-player and the one invasion that they thought of is what saved them from a one. Literally only picked this up because it was free on Xbox.… Expand
  8. tdebug
    May 30, 2022
    3
    There is only ever one reason for playing this game - you have it from the game pass and everything else you already played.
    There is no reason to pay 60 for this game - it is not worth even 1/4 of it. It's just a very, very average 3rd person shooter. Most of the time you will spend not sniping, but playing stealth w/limited mechanics, using surpressed pistol and laying traps.
  9. valrond
    Jun 6, 2022
    0
    Broken. Thankfully I didn't pay for it, as it was included in Game Pass. The gameplay is alright, but it is a lot more CoD than Sniper Elite now.
    Now, the reason I give it a 0 is because it is broken. I finished the first mission, the exit appeared, but after a minute or so it disappeared and didn't come back, so I spent over 2 hours playing for NOTHING. I tried loading a previous    Broken. Thankfully I didn't pay for it, as it was included in Game Pass. The gameplay is alright, but it is a lot more CoD than Sniper Elite now.
    Now, the reason I give it a 0 is because it is broken. I finished the first mission, the exit appeared, but after a minute or so it disappeared and didn't come back, so I spent over 2 hours playing for NOTHING. I tried loading a previous autosave but nope, it was already broken. They still haven't fixed it.    … Expand
  10. SammyHauguth
    Jul 2, 2022
    0
    I played for over 3 hours, the first mission. And when I finally came to Marcel's house, there was no key which prevented me from continue and it seems I have to restart the whole mission.
    Of course I uninstalled it, do not play or buy. I played it on gamepads, can't understand why Microsoft adds trash games to gamepass.
  11. Danilencol
    Jul 27, 2022
    4
    Mais do mesmo desde Sniper Elite 3, gameplay segue travada parece que controlamos um robô. O mapa designe das fases sem dúvidas é o pior da série, gráficos ultrapassados mostra um certo comodismo da Rebellion que claramente parou no tempo. Único ponto positivo são os detalhes dos veículos e vestimentas dos soldados muito próximo do usado na época.
  12. GioGio27
    Jun 10, 2022
    1
    Me and my friend played through SE 2,3, and 4, yet this game was so boring we didn’t finish the first mission.
  13. Felipe2022
    Oct 17, 2022
    4
    Graficamente tá bacana mas joganikidsde ruim é enjoativo também, em questão de minutos
  14. speedboat2022
    Jun 17, 2022
    4
    Sniper elite 4 is better. Why do companies have to try and reinvent a popular game, then wreck it. Nothing is the same, Not the controller or the game play. The play areas are bigger, but you can't go anywhere, You have to follow a designated path. no easy way to blow up tanks and trucks.trying to get from point A to point B is a nightmare. Rebellion get Your **** together, before sniperSniper elite 4 is better. Why do companies have to try and reinvent a popular game, then wreck it. Nothing is the same, Not the controller or the game play. The play areas are bigger, but you can't go anywhere, You have to follow a designated path. no easy way to blow up tanks and trucks.trying to get from point A to point B is a nightmare. Rebellion get Your **** together, before sniper elite ends up being a POS like COD is.… Expand

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Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 29, 2024
    80
    The game brings a rather careful evolution and is not that different from the fourth installment. Everything has been taken a step further, including the graphics, controls and even the haptic response of the controller. Which, on the one hand, is fine, because it's still a hell of a fun and polished simulator of a WWII saboteur and sniper. [Issue#320]
  2. The Independent
    Aug 8, 2022
    80
    With its large and well executed environments, Sniper Elite 5 is a strong follow up to 2017’s previous entry in the series, with a healthy balance of open-ended approaches and a clear direction. Maps are large enought to revisit and rediscover new areas as well as acting as an endless playground to perform trick shots and discover its secrets. Where it does falter is in the occasionally stilted AI that is either fiercely intelligent or completely helpless.
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  3. GameOver.gr
    Jun 25, 2022
    60
    Sniper Elite 5 offers a very specific treat to choose from. Everything it does, does it adequately and consistently. There are problems such as the poor AI, the low variety in the gameplay and rough graphics, but the whole package is decent.
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