History VideoGame / SniperElite4

* AmericaWonWorldWarII: Averted. The player character works alongside Americans [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent (and has an American accent despite being British-German)]], but this game makes clear he only succeeds with the support of the Italian resistance and the British SOE.

* BoringButPractical: In comparison to other Nazi superweapon schemes, the guided missiles being used by Bohm and Kessler are rather simplistic. But they can potentially wipe out the Allied naval fleets, a key advantage the Allies have in the war.

-> ''"Covert agent and elite marksman Karl Fairburne must fight alongside [[LasResistance the brave men and women of the Italian Resistance]] and defeat [[StupidJetpackHitler a terrifying new threat with the potential to halt the Allied fightback in Europe]] before it’s even begun."''

-> ''"Covert agent and elite marksman Karl Fairburne must fight alongside the brave men and women of the Italian Resistance and defeat a terrifying new threat with the potential to halt the Allied fightback in Europe before it’s even begun."''

-->--'''Official description on Creator/{{Rebellion}}'s website

[[caption-width-right:350:All it takes is a spark.]]

* TheAlcoholic: Dr. Kessler, the scientist behind the Hs 293 guidance systems, is mentioned to be drunk all the time when not working on the German wunderwaffe project. [[spoiler:It foreshadows his SecretlyDying situation.]]

* EvilPlan: Bohm's is [[spoiler:using Dr. Kessler's Hs 293 missiles to wipe out the Allied fleet and hopefully kill General Eisenhower in the process, all from the luxury of a Horten Flying Wing bomber. All of his prior actions were to remove the thorns in his plan, namely Sofia and the Partisans, as well as to trick the SOE and OSS that they've succeeded by handing a dying Kessler to them.]]

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: General UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower is mentioned and shown several times throughout the campaign, mentioned to be in charge of the invasions of Sicily and later mainland Italy. [[spoiler:Bohm's plan is to use the Hs 293 missiles to wipe out the Allied invasion fleet and hopefully kill Ike in the process.]]

** In the main campaign, he is tasked with taking down a brand-new radio-guided anti-ship missile system, the Heschel Hs 293, being produced for the Luftwaffe, under the leadership of one Dr. Kessler and SS-Oberstgruppenfuhrer Heinz Bohm.

** [[spoiler:Bohm's delivery system for the Hs 293, a jet-powered Horten Ho.XVIII, also counts, being much faster and more advanced than the Do 217s normally used for carrying the missiles.]]

* CacophonicCoverUp: Once again, loud noises such as broken generators and artillery fire can be used to sound-mask unsilenced gunfire.

* ButNotTooForeign: Karl Fairburne, according to German intelligence, was born in Germany, the son of a British diplomat, and was then raised in Washington, USA where he grew up. He then later enrolled in West Point where he graduated at the rank of Lieutenant and an expert in sniping.

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 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 Deathstorm DLC introduces an entire group of German scientists helping to work on a prototype nuclear warhead.

* TheAlcoholic: Dr. Kessler, the scientist behind the Hs 293 guidance systems, is mentioned to be drunk. [[spoiler:It foreshadows his SecretlyDying situation.]]

* TheMole: Not only is[[spoiler: Major Hans Dorfmann]]one, he is none other than [[spoiler: [[MoleInCharge General Heinz Böhm]] himself]].

* TheMole: Not only is[[spoiler: Major Hans Dorfmann]]one, he is none other than [[spoiler: General Heinz Böhm himself]].

* SecretlyDying: Late in the main campaign, it's revealed during an interrogation that Dr. Kessler is actually dying from liver cancer, something Karl suspected since his capture was suspiciously too easy.

%%* 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.]]- Needs more context.