I think it's okay, but if I'm to be honest with you; you're better off just getting Sniper Elite 5 if you haven't already, in my personal opinion the maps are better in 5, it's cheaper and usually goes on sale for much less than this game considering this game is "new" (I use the term "new" lightly because this game really feels like Sniper Elite 5 but with a worse roster of guns and a different protagonist, who mind you, was a side character from 5 and different maps, which I personally don't feel are much better than 5's, especially when it comes to invasions in some scenarios heavily being stacked against you, as if the odds weren't already stacked against you while invading a host with focus mode and whatnot)

Haven't played any of the multiplayer or survival since I was never a big fan of either in Sniper Elite 5 so I doubt I will be here either, tried both, not particularly my cup of tea, but purely from a campaign / invasion stand-point, this game just feels like Sniper Elite 5.1 with not enough new additions to warrant the higher price-tag, not to mention locking some of the guns from Sniper Elite 5 behind a pay-wall like the Kar98K and M1911 which are pretty iconic and some of my favourite guns ever which feels really bad to have to buy as DLC if you actually want them like me, also; if you're wondering why my knowledge seems decent but my playtime is low, I've played roughly 74 hours of this game on game-pass and decided I just wanted to own it on Steam. Was it worth doing so? Not really. Did I do it anyway? Yep. Can't say I'd recommend you do the same, but hey, give it a go on game-pass and see how you feel, just don't think this is worth the price unless it's on a deep sale (I only got this on a 25% off sale, hardly justifiable to me, but I'm a fool so I did it anyway)

TLDR; Just play Sniper Elite 5 instead, it'll be less buggy and probably a more enjoyable experience to you, if you already have, well, you're really not missing out on much, this isn't Sniper Elite 6.

Sniper Elite Resistance - A quick cash-grab with reused assets.

This game was unnecessary. I understand that this is a whole new campaign following somebody who isn't Karl (my beloved <3). But this game could've gotten its own subsection in the Campaign Menu of Sniper Elite 5.

This game charges you 50€ (+ one Season Pass of writing this review, who knows if they'll add a second one like in 5). And this asking price is extortionate in my opinion.
Why? Well because Sniper Elite 5's base game costs the exact same amount, but was developed with freshly new assets and huge changes to the Engine (for better and for worse), while Resistance is essentially just a reskin of 5 which was developed at merely a fraction of the cost that developing a game from scratch would cost.

The asking price is extortionate for what is, at best, Standalone DLC.

And even when you do buy the game, The game still has the same positives and issues that I outlined in my review of SE5, since, once again, it is the same game at its core, but with the caveat that the Level design has almost been downgraded across the board.
It is baffling to me how you can go from Level design that was consistently average-to-good to just average-to-subpar, it feels like the Levels, or this entire game, was outsourced and developed by another company and not Rebellion similarly to how Games in the late 90s and early 2000s would outsource Expansions to other devs (Examples being Half Life Opposing Force, Quake Mission Packs, etc.)

The game has 8 base game levels, 1 of which is a short 5-minute epilogue and 2 of which are the same (One being a short tutorial, the second one being the same tutorial level but with an expanded area added to it, and you start it from the other side this time...Wow!)

So you have essentially 5 levels in this game for the same price of SE5...

The only level in the game that I feel actually lives up to the Design of 5 is Mission 8 - End Of The Line. Because it starts you off in what I consider to be one of the most fun Sniper Nests in the entire series, which is then followed up by a good mixture of urban designs, trenches, and open fields.

There is also just a huge lack of polish across the board. I had instances where I couldn't walk up several of the stairs in this game and I'd just get stuck running in place at the bottom step, or the one time in Mission 3 where upon stepping onto the first step of a stairway, it teleported me several feet up into the air and caused me to go down from fall damage.
I also had several instances of guards during their alert phase just running in place or into a wall, allowing me to even just walk up right beside them and breathe in their face while they shouted at me.

This game released at the end of January 2025, right after christmas season where it would've made sense to rush it out the door. But you already missed that period, so why the rush to get it out the door?

Also, none of my criticisms of 5 have been fixed here either, the levels are still large but not populated with enough enemies, there still isn't a return of SE4's enemy types, no combat between Nazis and Resistance fighters going on, movement is still less precise than 4 and lacks the crouch-run, Surpressed Weapons are too easy to get & Subsonic Ammo is still too common and plentiful.

The only outright improvement that I welcome here is that Sniper Nests are finally worthy of being called SNIPER Nests. You can finally spend more than 2 minutes tagging people with your binoculars and actually take your time sniping several enemies from a good vantage point instead of only being able to shoot 1-2 enemies while the rest of yoursightline(s) are blocked by trees

It is clear that the Sniper Elite series has now entered its "stagnation era", which every gaming franchise tends to get after a while. Rebellion has been working on these games again since 2012 and it shows: The WWII era has been stretched to its limits and I do not believe SE6 being set in WWII would be a good thing, perhaps a shift in time, maybe Vietnam, could help shake things up because honestly? I am getting WWII fatigue from these games now.
Don't get me wrong, I love shooting Nazis in the face and if it was a full time job I would make a career of it in a heartbeat, but you can only do the same thing so many times before it becomes stale, a routine that you just go through, and I believe Sniper Elite has become routine to me, even if its still a fun routine.

But. This game isn't worth your money, unless you REALLY, DESPERATELY crave some more Sniper Elite gameplay after enjoying your time with 5 like me. If you do, then PLEASE do yourself a favor and wait for a sale, this is not a "MUST-BUY-NOW!" title that you should throw your money away for, this is just a quick buck for Rebellion to keep the lights on while they worked/are working on Atomfall and/or SE6...Maybe even a Zombie Army 5? Who knows.

• Very beautiful maps
  
• Maps with enormous elevation differences
  
• Hidden locations where you can hide

• The game is too easy – it is clearly aimed more at children/teenagers
  
• The maps are too small – although larger than in, for example, SE4, the walkable areas are limited
  
• There are too few AI enemies – although on average 50% larger than in, for example, SE4, the number of AI enemies is roughly the same as in SE4
  
• Too few objectives – with only 19 collectibles per map, the tasks are too limited
  
• Many locations on the maps are empty – empty buildings, nothing interesting to find

All maps are very well designed. I like the graphics. Rebellion has once again shown: graphic design is something they do very well. Especially the latest DLC map from Season Pass 1, Angriffsreichweite, is in my opinion not only the most beautiful in this game but also the most beautiful map in the entire franchise. Clearly, they have really gone all out here: there are many elevation changes to overcome, numerous entry points into the central building complex, and just as many ways to get lost. Overall, this third DLC map is the best that Rebellion has delivered so far in the SE universe.

Graphic design. But that’s about all the positives.

Because what Rebellion apparently does not master or repeatedly fails to deliver is good game mechanics. These are – repeatedly – as terrible as in SE5!

• In most maps, an invasion (my preferred game mode) can only take place after certain objectives are completed, areas reached, or enough attention has been generated. This often results in players clearing a map of AI soldiers—making it almost or completely empty—especially when playing co-op missions. As a result, the intruder (invader) operates alone against two players and is at a significant disadvantage. Many of my fellow players believe there’s no reason for this setup; invasion should be possible from the start to give the intruder a fair chance to defend themselves or act under cover of AI soldiers.
  
  
• Generally speaking, all maps have far too few AI enemies. Considering that the game’s theme revolves around fighting against the Wehrmacht—the armies that plunged the world into a devastating war—and that many maps focus on destroying facilities containing deadly weapon systems, factories, and logistical infrastructure, it’s almost laughable to have only about 130 AI enemies per map.
  
  
• When it comes to killing Hitler—the probably most dangerous man of his time—I wonder why his location is secured by only a maximum of 120 soldiers. Even an alarm trigger only summons a handful of soldiers, which isn’t much of a challenge for a player with some practice. This was already a flaw in SE5; it’s being repeated here. Also, that this man always hides in exactly the same building—a wooden hut with an open window—looks like developers decided early on that this should remain unchanged.
  
  
• Why isn’t it possible to increase difficulty by raising the expected number of soldiers?
  
  
• What’s stopping us from making the game genuinely harder for those who want it?
  
  In my co-op games, I’ve often discussed this aspect. All players agree: It would make the game not only more interesting but also more valuable if there were options to play with higher difficulty levels and significantly more AI soldiers.

• The AI stands bored around and doesn’t become active even when individual soldiers encounter bodies lying on the ground during patrols.
  
  
• Alarms are either not triggered or only very late and summon only a small number of soldiers who come out predictably from the same rooms and can often be taken out with just a few precise shots.
  
  
• Overall, it’s far too easy to memorize AI behavior and their locations—so you’re quickly prepared for what’s coming.
  
  
• At many points on new maps, it’s either possible or impossible to climb walls—whether through “grapevines” or simply jumping up—sometimes failing because climbing isn’t successful.
  
  
• On many parts of new maps, it’s impossible to shoot through wall parapets. We’ve long gotten used to not being able to shoot through glass or leaves—that was true in SE5 and remains so in SE:R—but not being able to shoot targets between parapets is ridiculous. It looks like programmers and graphic artists aren’t working together but rather against each other at these points—same goes for fences and railings.
  
  
• There are many spots where your character gets stuck because something blocks movement—you often don’t even see what it is until you back up and go around it. In attack or defense situations, this is more than just bad—it’s unacceptable.
  
  
• There seems to be no consistent rule about how high your character can jump from—sometimes jumping from several meters height isn’t an issue; other times falling onto concrete breaks bones as if falling from a much lower height. This was also criticized back in SE5.
  
  
• Regarding “old bugs”: A few weeks after SE5 was released, Rebellion claimed they fixed infinite reloading weapons bug—but now this problem seems extended from rifles to submachine guns and handguns as well. This flaw can be especially problematic during invasions.

A game that can be completed quickly. Even at highest difficulty level for experienced players, unfortunately no real challenge.