You have a lot of options to use for stealth gameplay, including a silenced Welrod pistol and you can also use environmental sound to your advantage by waiting for a loud sound on the map and then sniping an enemy. You can also place a mine on an enemy’s body, or even drag a body out of sight. You can place traps, for example, trip mines to secure your position. Gameplay remains the same as the 2012 Sniper Elite V2 and it can still deliver some stellar moments. You have an option to select either “favour resolution” or “favour frame rate” and although the game looks better with the resolution option, I went for frame rate for that smoother experience. Explosions and lighting look much better and it adds another layer of atmosphere as you move through the maps, with my personal favourite being an old church as bombs drop from above. Graphically, the game has been improved greatly, from HDR support to options to favour resolution or frame rate.
There’s even an escort mission thrown into the mix that does have an instant-fail aspect, which adds a bit of diversity to the gameplay.
You move to various locations to complete a bunch of objectives, but mostly it all revolves around making it to a specific point, sneaking past enemies or taking them on in an open firefight, then completing an objective such as blowing up a bridge and either defending your position or getting out of dodge. The story, therefore, has been out there for a very long time and by today’s standards, it is still pretty good especially if you are a World War II history buff. Rebellion first rebooted the original Sniper Elite with Sniper Elite V2 in 2012, so Sniper Elite V2 Remastered is basically the original V2 with upgraded graphics, including beautiful HDR support.