Sniper Elite-5: Review

Review: Sniper Elite 5 - Rebellion's stealth action franchise hits its stride.

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In news that will make any Nazi with a nutsack feel nervous, the serial scrotum-sniping soldier, Karl Fairburne, is back on the hunt

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Like a fleet of Allied landing craft storming the beaches of Normandy, Sniper Elite 5 has blown me away

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With the benefit of hindsight, there were signs Sniper Elite might turn into something special

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Sniper Elite has been dependably entertaining for a while. It just needed a spark of inspiration to make it excellent

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Sniper Elite 5 finds that spark in an unlikely place: the Allied invasion of France

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Karl Fairburne, the titular Sniper Elite, is a pro at pinging baddies in the distance

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The master of shooting Nazis in the balls across hundreds of metres

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