Sniper Elite: Resistance (PlayStation, Xbox, PC, £44.99)

Verdict: On target

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If you've ever wanted to blow up the guns of Navarone or bust some dams or plot a great escape, then here is the game for you. 

Sniper Elite: Resistance is a classic Second World War movie in playable form. Full of derring-do and dastardly Nazis.

In this respect – and many others, it must be said – Resistance doesn't differ much from previous Sniper Elite games.

You're still a sniper setting back the German war effort, one headshot at a time. You're still crouching and crawling through expansive landscapes. 

There's still the infamous 'X-ray cam' that shows the effects of your shots in gory slow-motion (although it can be turned off for those with delicate constitutions).

Yet, for all its similarity to previous titles, Resistance also benefits from years of refinement and technological progress. This is, simply, Sniper Elite at its best.

The locations – which range from a vertiginous dam (which is indeed busted by bouncing bombs) to French chateaus and Nazi industrial sites – are a particular joy. 

You'll spend hours and hours in each one, unlocking their secrets, finding the best vantage points, gawping at the scenic detail.

Besides, there are some differences, including the main character. 

The former bit-part player Harry Hawker has now been elevated above the series mainstay, Karl Fairburne. 

He's chattier and more hirsute than Karl – and a better climber of vines, which both adds to the verticality of Resistance's levels and makes it sometimes feel more like an Assassin's Creed game.

Except Assassin's Creed never did let you shoot off a Nazi's helmet from a mile's distance before putting him out of his bepuzzlement. Vive la résistance!