Sniper Elite Resistance: PS5 Review

Developed by Rebellion Games
Published by Rebellion
Platform: PS5

It's very much a feeling of deja vu for Rebellion's Sniper Elite series with the latest release that really doesn't offer much in terms of improvement from its last release to make you feel like you have a new iteration of the game.

With Harry Hawker taking over the reins of the rifles and stepping out into his starring role, the game puts you squarely in the French lines in the run-up to D-Day. With Hawker engaged in helping the resistance bring down the Nazis, it's also up to you to find out more about a Nazi superweapon that's been talked about.

Within an eight level set up and with the option to play alone or in co-op, Sniper Elite Resistance continues to do what it does well. 

From the opening cinematic that sets the scene through to the dynamics of stalking your prey and executing them from afar, the game knows what it wants to do and doesn't really veer from it - for better or worse.

If perhaps you'd missed Sniper Elite 5, which this game runs parallel to, you'd feel perhaps this is a solid entry into the Sniper world. With the trademark X-ray killcam in place and the game's commitment to bloody dispatches when necessary, it certainly feels like a usual release for Rebellion.

Perhaps that's a disappointing element at times - there's little that feels wildly fresh here, no matter how well the gameplay reaches its targets. Maps are riddled with open spaces for you to let fly at the bad guys, and there are plenty of vantage points to kill or be killed, so there's nothing that's wildly unenjoyable about this.

It has to be said, Sniper Elite Resistance hits the target but it fails to hit a bullseye - even in slow motion.