Nazis are the ultimate video game antagonists. This universal enemy remains (just about) in living memory and represents the polar opposite of heroic values. And yet, as anyone who reads the news knows, Nazism sadly remains a presence in our modern world, often festering in the darkest corners of the internet. Perhaps because of this context, I had a raucously good time raining death on the Third Reich in Sniper Elite: Resistance.
The sixth entry in Rebellion’s World War II-set series takes us back to occupied France — the same setting as 2022’s Sniper Elite 5. This time you play as British SAS operative Harry Hawker, rather than the brash American series protagonist Karl Fairburne. Our puffy-faced protagonist has appeared in previous titles as a co-op partner, but Resistance is his first time in the spotlight. Thankfully, his roguish charms extend beyond the rote Britishisms he occasionally spouts during missions and he plays well off the French resistance members he interacts with.
