While Sniper Elite 2 had a certain visceral thrill to it the way its missions were set up and the fact that when you weren’t looking through your scope you felt very vulnerable held it back a bit. With this new entry in the series I’m happy to report that many of those concerns have been addressed, and the game doesn’t seem as determined to leave you feeling so often like you’re getting the short end of the stick and expected to gut things out. That isn’t to say there aren’t still challenges, both intended and probably not, but overall the balance here seems better… and there’s still nothing quite like watching enemy body parts get shredded by a well-placed sniper bullet in slow motion.