History VideoGame / SniperElite4

** Played with regarding the intel you get on enemy soldiers by tagging them. Sure, you might have no qualms about killing the scumbag who machine-gunned a group of surrendering Partisans, but what about the poor kid who cries for his mother at night?

* ''Deathstorm: Inception Part 1'': Karl is tasked with investigating rumors related to Nazi atomic energy program and in the process discovers a new threat to the allies.

* YouBastard: Let your targeting binoculars hover over enemies long enough, and little snippets of their home lives and personal history pop up, just to drive home the point that you are killing other men. Some of them will have tidbits like "Likes to machine-gun people," which will generally elicit an "Okay, screw that guy, he's getting the first bullet" response. Some are quirky, like "Believes he's psychic." Others, though, will have "Father of two children," or "Originally enlisted as a clerk-typist." Even some of the Germans with a KickTheDog history are humanized in collectible letters home, suggesting that they may not be all that proud of that war crime done in the confusion of the moment. Many of them worry about their families and just want to go home. While some violence can be avoided by a careful and stealthy player, there's no way around the fact that at least some of the krauts you blow away are just regular scared young men, not sneering melodrama villains.

* YouBastard: Let your targeting binoculars hover over enemies long enough, and little snippets of their home lives and personal history pop up, just to drive home the point that you are killing other men...

* UniversalAmmunition: All of the weapons have compatible ammo by category instead of caliber or weapon type. Rifles fire rifle ammo, secondary weapons use secondar ammo, pistols pistol ammo and the suppressed variations of both rifles and pistols.

* OneManArmy: Karl once again takes on a significantly superior enemy force almost entirely by himself. Also the first time you met The Angel, she is done wiping out a fortress by herself.

* TheMole: Not only is[[spoiler: Major Hans Dorfmann]]one, he is none other than [[spoiler: General Heinz Böhm himself]]. But again, which one of them is his true identity is not known.

* NeckSnap: Some of the possible melee kill animation.

* RedBaron: Sofia is known as The Angel, but it is a subversion since she got the name because she is a nurse. Likewise, Karl is known as The Shadow by German officers and The Desert Ghost by Africa Campaign veterans.

* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: [[spoiler: The Allegra Resistance was apparently wiped out after lured by a false information.]]

* LaResistance: The Italian Resistance, [[spoiler: apparently they are wiped out in the penultimate mission. Except not]].

* TheMole: Not only [[spoiler: Major Hans Dorfmann]]is one, he is none other than [[spoiler: General Heinz Böhm himself]]. But again, which one of them is his true identity is not known.

* HollywoodSilencer: Played with. This is highly dependent on difficulty setting. On most modes it is played straight with the various suppressed weapons being exceptionally quiet. However on Authentic difficulty the noise is not fully suppressed and can be detected
if an enemy is close enough.

* OneManArmy: Karl once again takes on a significantly superior enemy force almost entirely by himself.

* BoobyTrap: The player has access to the usual array of explosives, trip wire mines, and normal landmines. This time around they can set a delay to ensure the blast catches more enemies. Players may also sabotage generators to explode killing enemies.

** Subverted with various weapons that lack sufficient power to penetratethrough enemies helmets instead stunning the target momentarily and knocking their helmet from their head.
* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Subverted. Hits on enemy weapons give off a ping with bright sparks. The enemy will also be staggered or even fall down but they retain their weapon. However hits to grenades result in spectacular explosion resulting in instant death for the target and possibly anyone next to them.
* BottomlessMagazines: The assorted friendly and hostile NPC's never have ammo issues while the player has to loot bodies and supply caches for ammo for weapons.

** Triggered by various kill events such as kills with rifle, stealth melee kill, some vehicle kills, and fragmentation kills. The camera slows down to give the player a detailed view of the action as it occurs.

** The enemy snipers while more likely to talk have very little emoting beyond basic reactions such as surprise.

* DifficultySpike: Like in other titles selecting higher difficulty layers adds layers of realism to the game. Authentic strives to make the game as realistic as it possibly can which can give even veteran players pause due to the difficulty spike.

** Enemy snipers are generally treated as a variety of elite enemy.

* ExplodingBarrels: Just like in other titles in the series barrels, munitions, grenades on enemies, ammo boxes, and other targetable items create spectacular explosions when shot. Most of them are conveniently marked in obvious red.

** The player once again is packing around a variety of pistols capable of either firing suppressed pistol ammo or the weapons are already suppressed to begin with.

* ImmuneToBullets: Unlesa vehicle is shot in a weak point your weapons fire short of explosives will not damage or destroy vehicles.

* PineappleSurprise: You can shoot an enemy's grenade while he's still wearing it, earning extra fame points for a "Remote Detonation" and potentially taking out a few additional baddies in the explosion.

* SnipingMission: Every mission is a sniping mission. Wile other weapons and methods are available the game is built around sniping.
* TacticalWithdrawal: If you are discovered, behind pinned down, or otherwise wounded a wise player escapes to hide and shake their enemies so they can come back to the fight when the enemy gives up looking.

* UrbanWarfare: The majority of the missions take place in war torn cities.

** Players can collected blood stained notes and letters from the corpses of slain enemies some of which portray very personal and normal lives.

* AccidentalAimingSkills: Back again especially with the addition of the ability to adjust your scopes range setting. Players not accounting for the lack of smaller adjustments may find their rounds hitting things they may have not originally intended such as
an explosive item instead of an enemies head.

* BigBad: [[spoiler: General Böhm, or probably someone impersonating him as the real life General Böhm was around 80 years old in 1941.]]
* TheCameo: OnceAnEpisode, Adolf Hitler.
* ColdSniper: Fairburne as usual.
* HollywoodSilencer: In addition to the silenced pistols, you can also load your rifle with "suppressed" ammo to make it quieter.
* NoScope: You can hipfire your rifle. It's handy if you're holding off enemies on stairs or in hedge mazes, but not worth it at longer ranges.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: It may happens less often than in the previous games, but sometimes the AI have some strange reactions. Like running around to search for you, even though you're kneeling in front of them with a sniper rifle.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Hitler can once again be killed in a DLC Mission. This makes the Fourth time that he can die in the series.
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: Played with regarding the intel you get on enemy soldiers by tagging them. Sure, you might have no qualms about killing the scumbag who machine-gunned a group of surrendering Partisans, but what about the poor kid who cries for his mother at night?

* YouMonster: [[spoiler: But the cold-blooded ''sadism'' of most of them will elicit this response most of the time, especially the Waffen-SS officers and the Wermacht ''Wunderwaffe'' engineers.]]

The latest game in the ''Sniper Elite'' series and a sequel to ''VideoGame/SniperEliteIII''. The game is set during the campaigns in Italy, chronologically still before the fall of the Nazis in ''VideoGame/SniperEliteV2''. OSS officer Karl Fairburne who is sent in to Italy to address rumors of a new Nazi super weapon that could jeopardize the allied war effort. The game takes place across various villas, forested, areas, and fishing villages in parts of Italy.

The game is a massive expansion of the base concept with maps at least 3 times bigger than the ones in Sniper Elite III, almost like an WideOpenSandbox type of game. The game also introduces a number of new mechanics such as suppressed bullets, adjusting your sights for target distance, new kill cam sequences, and changed enemy AI behaviours.

The last game in the ''Sniper Elite'' series, a sequel to ''VideoGame/SniperEliteIII'' set during the campaigns in Italy, chronologically still before the fall of the Nazis in ''VideoGame/SniperEliteV2''. You are again Karl Fairburne, the OSS officer who is sent in to deal with the Nazis in Italy. The location is various parts of Italy as Karl does his best to help turn the tide against the Nazis in favour of the Allies.

The game is a massive expansion of the base concept with maps at least 3 times bigger than the ones in Sniper Elite III, almost like an WideOpenSandbox type of game. The game introduces various mechanics and items like the Silent Bullets, very rare but also very useful as they don't do much noise when fired, meaning you can snipe much more freely.

The core sniping mechanic is still effectively unchanged in this game but other changes were made or added to the other aspects of the game.

A more detailed kill cam incorporating a new muscle and circulatory system layers, dynamic bone fractures, and a detailed vehicle kill cam add new levels of spectacle to the game. A Kill Cam as been added for the Stealth Takedowns.

Other changes to features include how the enemy infantry and vehicles react and pursue the player. The enemies now more intelligently use cover, suppressing fire, and the general environment against the player. Vehicles are no longer static and will actively hunt the player.

The vehicles have expanded weak spot mechanics but are now more difficult to take out. The player has to use a variety of tactics including mines, explosives, anti-tank weapons, or carefully placed shots at certain parts of the tank.

* WideOpenSandbox: This game is probably the closest example of this in the Sniper Elite series. The maps are huge and the game provides you different means of completing your missions.

* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Hitler can once again be killed in a DLC Mission. This makes the Fourth time that he can die in the series.

* BigBad: [[spoiler: General Böhm, or probably someone impersonating him as the real life General Böhm was around 80 years old in 1941.]]

The last game in the ''Sniper Elite'' series, a sequel to ''VideoGame/SniperEliteIII'' set during the campaigns in Italia, chronologically still before the fall of the Nazis in ''VideoGame/SniperEliteV2''. You are again Karl Fairburne, the OSS officer who is sent in to deal with the Nazis in Italy. The location is various parts of Italy as Karl does his best to help turn the tide against the Nazis in favour of the Allies.

The last game in the ''Sniper Elite'' series, a sequel to ''VideoGame/SniperEliteIII'' set during the campaigns in Italia, chronologically still before the fall of the Nazis in ''VideoGame/SniperEliteV2''. You are again Karl Fairburne, the OSS officer who is sent in to deal with the Nazis in Italia . The location is various parts of Italia as Karl does his best to help turn the tide against the Nazis in favour of the Allies.

* WideOpenSandbox: This game is provably the closest exemple of this in the Sniper Elite series. The maps are huge and the game provides you different means of completing your missions.

A more detailed kill cam incorporating a new muscle and circulatory system layers, dynamic bone fractures, and a detailed vehicle kill cam add new levels of spectacle to the game. A Kill Cam as been added for the Stealh Takedowns, a la Metal Gear.