That opening vista with all those iconic, red, Mediterranean rooftops? That’s just a small part of a beautiful coastal town which makes up just one region in one of the game’s earliest levels. There were lots of factions fighting for the future of the country, and these play an important part in both the narrative and the gameplay! We really wanted to mix picture-postcard imagery with the creeping dread of something more sinister because this is what makes the Italian conflict so interesting. The opening scenes of the trailer show a town caught in the midst of war, civilian belongings strewn across a usually sleepy market square. What starts out as an assassination mission quickly turns into a race to uncover a conspiracy that could end Allied hopes of retaking the continent for good… A Country Divided
Sniper Elite 4 is set in Italy in the direct aftermath of the North African conflict seen in Sniper Elite 3, and Fascism’s grip on the Mediterranean is slipping.Įnter covert agent and series stalwart Karl Fairburne, dropped onto the Italian peninsula in advance of the Allied invasion. Why is that opening date so important? Well, it places the game firmly in World War II of course, but there’s more to it than that. I thought it might be nice to reveal a few secrets from the teaser trailer to get the juices flowing.