Octopus Overlords

I am sure that many of you are polishing your rifles getting ready for the release of Sniper Elite 5 on Xbox Game Pass, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 4 & 5, Epic, Steam and Windows Store on May 26th.

The gunplay has always been a key component of the Sniper Elite series as we mix authentic recreations of real World War 2 weaponry, with best in class ballistics to create an incredible challenge that is also great to play.

We wanted to take the guns in Sniper Elite 5 to the next level, building on the successes of the previous games, and at the same time ensuring historical accuracy whilst maintaining the fun factor. This led us to an overhaul of our weapons along with the creation of the new Weapon Customisation options. Where we’ve focused on enhancing the character and feel of our weapons, from sound effects to animations, stats, and finally art. Including the addition of the ‘Ironsights’ perspective, which you will all be able to get your hands on soon.

hepcat wrote: ↑Thu May 05, 2022 2:55 pm And it will release on Gamepass on May 26th.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 7:57 pm GamePass pre-install is available.

Cylus Maxii wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 4:06 pm I will check the status of Gamepass install when I get home. I hope it is the regular version and has not been nerfed/censored like some of their other stuff (e.g. Conan Exiles).

Cylus Maxii wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 4:06 pm I will check the status of Gamepass install when I get home. I hope it is the regular version and has not been nerfed/censored like some of their other stuff (e.g. Conan Exiles).

naednek wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 4:42 pm damn 90 gb install. Gonna have to wait on that.

The time for mission deployment is almost upon you, soldier. In six short days, you'll be shipping out to France with Karl Fairburne to bring Operation Kraken to it's knees. Let's recap what we know...

YellowKing wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 4:15 pm I've never played one of these, but I do like to snipe things. Pre-loaded it on GamePass and looking forward to trying it out.

Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 4:50 pm

YellowKing wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 4:15 pm I've never played one of these, but I do like to snipe things. Pre-loaded it on GamePass and looking forward to trying it out.

You can safely go back to 2 for some good games. Forget the original exists, as the 2005 title has not aged well.

jztemple2 wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 5:03 pm

By the way, a game like this or Breakpoint and some others are in third-person view, but are they considered first person shooters (FPS) otherwise?

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 5:17 pm

jztemple2 wrote: ↑Mon May 23, 2022 5:03 pm

By the way, a game like this or Breakpoint and some others are in third-person view, but are they considered first person shooters (FPS) otherwise?

You're getting into labels, which always becomes a bit subjective, but generally, no. Third person shooters, or third person action games.

While missions can quickly grow stale in their tiresome loops of running between objectives, Sniper Elite 5’s new Invasion Mode increases the tension and makes missions a lot more engaging. If you have Invasion Mode on, another player can enter your mission as a Nazi sniper and attempt to kill you before extracting. This encourages you to move slower and approach levels more carefully, as the threat posed by another player is much greater than that of Sniper Elite’s AI. A single shot from their rifle could end your mission and force you to go back to the last checkpoint, so you’ll need to use distractions and dart between shadows to stay alive. There are also phones scattered around each map that you can use to mark human players for a brief moment.

hepcat wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 4:07 pm Update: played for a bit just now. Apparently Karl has forgotten how to close doors since the last game. Or am I remembering wrong and you couldn’t close doors after opening them in 4 either?

jztemple2 wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 5:58 pm Apparently I have to work on my stealth skills

jztemple2 wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 11:13 pm Having trouble with the second mission, the star objective to kill a guy... in a special way...

Spoiler:

I'm supposed to drop a chandelier on this guy's head, but he never moves underneath it. Throwing bottles doesn't seem to draw him to the spot. I've been save scumming to try and try again, but no joy.