Sniper Elite 5 - PC Review

 I have played Sniper Elite 4, 3 and 2 (in that order), and I was a big fan of 3 and 4. 

Sniper Elite 5 is quite similar in many aspects, and it keeps the game loop where you probably want to be stealthy, as well as taking advantage of opportunities (such as noisy places) to snipe. But it also adds nice progression elements, such as useful skills you can unlock, as well as weapons and weapon parts.

As on the others, sniping can be trivial or a bit hard, depending on the difficulty you pick. There are also extra difficulty option.

Graphics are much better (although cutscenes still look sub-par), and there are a few extra modes, including multiplayer.

Problems were minor - sometimes FPS will drop (using a 3070 at 4k) to 20s for a few seconds (mostly always at 60FPS with VSYNC), I get a weird flicker on movement, and the pre game setup is slightly broken with large fonts.

So far it seems like a major advance, and a great game.

Update: finished in about 24 hours (including the Hitler DLC mission). I felt the game was quite enjoyable, while definitely not perfect. Replays should be somewhat enjoyable, as there are a bunch of collectables, starting points to unlock, and many ways to achieve your goals, including various kill challenges.

I mostly liked the new handling of stealth weapons, with a radius where they can be heard (also depending on ammunition types), instead of the magic "this weapon/ammo is silent). It would be nice if it was easy to get some indication of a) if a tagged enemy will hear a shot and b) number of meters on the weapon wheel.

I got the Season Pass, so I am hoping to see more missions soon.