Sniper Elite 5 Tech Review: Rebellion’s In-House Asura Engine Continues To Impress 

I agree, on PC, 3 and 4 are very optimized games. It's like comparing GTA 5 which is also very optimized against Ubisoft AC series which often runs very badly in contrast.

fixed the aliasing on PC by turning it down to medium and scaling to 140-160%, makes a significant difference in visual quality.

it looks a little bit last gen here and there but its still nice.

I agree, Remedy's proprietary engine Northlight is another great example. I try to support any company doing this. Which means I'll probably pick this up

Really wish more devs/publisher would realize the benefit of an in-house engine. Shadow Warrior 3 clearly suffered under the switch to Unreal Engine.

I agree. While I personally don’t play much of their stuff, they feel like a “stick to the basics” company in terms of their business model which almost has a nostalgic quality to it.

They made some surprising fun and good games. I remember they made the ports of black hawk down for consoles. Which had some neat additions and different level designs.

I like Rebellion, but I would argue that they are pretty risk adverse these days and don't reallystep out of their comfort zone. For the last decade they have barely done anything other than Sniper Elite or Zombie spin-off games. It would be good to see them branch out a bit more

IO Interactive A/S is truly independent also, Hitman 3 shows that they can still make AAA quality games

It's hard to believe that this is the same company that was responsible for Call of Duty World at War Final Fronts for the PS2, a game that is my opinion the worst Call of Duty game in the entire franchise that I've played.

looks the same as Sniper elite 4 , 5 years and this is the best they could do LOL

Play the game is authentic and it takes more than 2 hours to full finish a single mission

Only an hour?? I'm only on mission 5. Been easily over 2 hours on some maps.

@@aloluk Mission 3 takes long on authentic difficulty. Easily well over 3 hours

I'm averaging 2.5 hours per map

Exactly. Absolutly love it

Thats a strange phrase i've not heard of before.

@@aloluk I just translated it rather literally from my native language

@@arsnakehertDW. Makes sense and is a real turn of phrase 👍

Pretty Cool Dad! 👍

Lool you took what he said out of context.

Am one of those who has turned off the x-ray cam in SE games. However only after many hours of gameplay in the Nazie Zombie Army games as well as the SE games. All games replayed at least once. Finally got sick of seeing it. Like it's not particulary nice to see, but it is fascinating initially.

@@greenbow7888 Honestly they're like 50% of the reason I play a Sniper Elite game so without them there wouldn't be much point to it for me

Never gets old. But I feel that 4 did the headshots better. The organs are nice especially seeing g the heart explode into a few pieces.

Yeah so nice

You make it sound like it's a rare thing to have an in house engine xd

@alexcorvis8668 what the f*ck are you talking about xd? And no it is not rare at all, most triple A game studios have their house made engine... also I'm 30.

Considering? what dude rebellion development has 400 employees hahahaha equvalent to modern AAA studios within 200 up to 400 employees hahahaha

@allancandaza not really. That was before when they were collaborating with Activision on call of duty( ww2, etc...) . Since they're not with them anymore , they don't have a lot of staff and much budget. They have to do with their own stuff and the experience they got with activision.

@@ramonandrajo6348 It worth Every single penny

gameplay only matters. if its fun why compplain about the dumb stuff?

@@user23x7bnmqr4 gameplay is not the only thing that matters. Don’t be silly. It’s a visual art. The visuals are important.

@@user23x7bnmqr4 not a great argument. The npc’s and player character definitely can make or break immersion. By your argument you would clearly be okay with a ps2 era character model? Unlikely…

@@CaptainBlaine Battlefield 2042 has good visual , does it mean it is a good game ?

@@user23x7bnmqr4 lol, what the hell are you doing in a channel that literally analyzes graphics of games then?

Looks like the game would benefit from FSR 2.0 over 1.0 to clear up the image, it will probably look better whiles running at a lower resolution as well so that could help to clear up the performance issue, assuming the performance issue is gpu related.

They can do it with an update. Hitman 3 will get FSR 2.0 support in the future.

Haters everywhere

100000% true

I found in 3 it was dangerous to use the rifle 🤔

Sadly yes Sniper Elite is now mostly a Stealth game not a sniper game.

Then you need to play on authentic... You have no code but to use a sniper. The games villains will slow you and kill you in one hit. Binoculars and trading them will be used very often

@@Elatenl Not necessarily for example the fist game there were levels that required Stealth than others but it was not problem if you used your rifle if you weren't fighting a lost battle if you were detected.

Terrified of or uninterested in?

I think Rebellion in general tends to lag behind tech-wise because they still can't reach those AAA heights with their games, so the money isn't really there to push for the latest and greatest tech.

Mad respect for not using TAA. The slight aliasing and shimmer is well worth the return in image clarity and sharpness. It would smear everything together and produce a blurry and muddy image, and significantly reduce image clarity. Especially on Series S at those lower resolutions.

@@Scorpwind Lol at this 🤡. A good TAA at 1440p would be a lot better than the sh1t they have now.

@@Scorpwind Disagree on both. DLSS and FSR 2.0 are as clear as native, and even if it were softer, that's never as distracting as artifacting like moiré.

@@concinnus He was not talking about either, but TAA. Obviously FSR & DLSS would be great, and I hope they can be added soon. Fuck TAA.

I'd assume they didn't have the time or couldn't get TAA implemented into their engine. Or I'm sure they would have as it's benefits are so obvious. When engine can't use temporal data, it could be a ton of work to incorporate that and get everything else working around it.

outside and playing with friends is better than video games

Even 3 has better killcams

​@@mister-pinkman you would not like sniping real life. it has no kill cams

@@user23x7bnmqr4 its a videogame you dunce

@@user23x7bnmqr4 also it has real killing. Most people would ethically agree they'd not like that either.

well, except for Series S, old-gen One X looks better. xD

@@net_news but run at Crappy 30Fps

@@MixtapesOfThe90s It's a pile of shit console... 800p in 2022 on a $300 machine LMAO.

@@pennywisethedancingclown7139 oh what other $300 machines are doing better?

@@TheBean87 none but it doesnt mean it doesnt suck for new games

@@ActNasty5 well seeing as studios patch these games and then there’s no updated comparison videos I’d say this will get patch an people on Reddit will have proof to show.

@@MixtapesOfThe90s point is that the software ain't coping well with tje hardware. this is on development. it is far more challenging to make something work on a smaller system than on the big ones. guessing by your comment, mommy and daddy bought you a console.

I suspect they simply don't have the temporal data to work with in their engine, this is probably the reason they didn't go to fsr2.

The engine needs to support TAA first

@@qlum More likely FSR2.0 came too late.

@CJ P. How's that? Wtf you think happens when a rifle round going 2600fps go through the human body? There's a HUGE temporary wound cavity that does so much damage, let alone what's left from the other. It's amazing At all that the brave men and women even survived being shot at all, let alone live to old ages. High powered rifles and explosions that are 20 times or more faster than a bullet really does damage. If we could all get along we'd not have these wars. Shame. I love it. It makes the game what it is, Great. I've seen this in my life and it's just part of war. It's shocking at first but you get numb to it. Can only see so many mangled and headless corpses before its just blah. But makes ID the suicide bomber easy. They hit the button and the pressure just pops the head clean off. So go get terrorists head and open his eye and scan it.

I recommend you never run a company. When you have recognisable IP that sells millions of units, you carry on developing that IP.

@@evilutionltd Not planning to!

Developers can use it on those Consoles now if they want.

@@monkfishy6348 I kinda thought so but I wasn't certain enough to say it.

For real.

Runs great on PC what you on about. I play this game nearly daily on my 4070ti getting 144 frames locked, at 1440p native resolution ultra settings. Sadly they still didn't fix the shimmering maybe in the new sniper elite game next year image quality will be better.

Won't be sorry. All are good, 4 n 5 great

I have played through 3 and 4. Just recently bought Sniper elite 2 remaster and it's really bad compared to the rest. You can't even swap shoulder! Like, what? And yeah, just the maps alone in 3 and 4 is leaps and beyond better. 👍🙂

V2 is much harder than 3, 4, 5 at stealth

SE3 is really good. I'd say my fav of the series. SE4 doesn't do anything different really, but it is less fun or memorable. I do not regret buying either, but I think I got each on a sale :D

each game is more open than the previous one

@@rpl1318 Agreed. 👍 I liked the more linear but still open space in 3. Number 4 got a bit too much into junk missions territory. Still good though.

*Meaty*

Mclassic is a god send for me. Can't wait on a future 4k model.

..heil 🤓

unlike all the previous games.

I don't understand how he can go from talking about Grid Legends on Xbone to this and still think TAA is the answer.

Sometimes people like different things

@@David-ln8qh Yes, definitely.

I have never played Sniper Elite Games before, now i play, thnx to game pass. One example how you play more different type games.

Great tv i have the 65inch version and it's the best tv out there for gaming together with the C1 !!!

@@piensluc7444 I dropped a bag on my cx and I absolutely love it. Best piece of tech I’ve ever owned

Great tv. I’m part CX crew too.

CX is a bit dull, I changed to Samsung Much brighter impactful and sharper

Yeah 30fps should be no go. That's unplayable. Would be nice to see FSR2 though

@@vandammage1747 Considering how the game doesn't even use TAA, I don't think they will be implimenting FSR 2.0 anytime soon. What's frustrating to me is that 864p TAAued up to 1080p should look really good, it would even look ok with a basic TAA as it would only be in the worst case scenarios.

@@219SilverChoc 864p is at the low end though. Not sure how often it dips that low. Eager to see for myself how it holds up on a 1080p screen

The s version needs a much more aggressive dynamic resolution solution.

@@vandammage1747 unplayable? good one.

What is their approach in game development, I am very curious what you believe it is.

It's massive 🔥

yikes for the ps5.

And no big aaa title for whole year xD

@@rpasiek those tears will ruin your makeup

@@vandammage1747 Day one on Gamepass explains why the game looks so unbelievably average.

Plays like hitman

@@ramonandrajo6348 propaganda? What are you a Nazi?

@@ramonandrajo6348 u sound crazy af don't be a troll let people enjoy this awesome game

@@swavezmartin Testicle shot is Awesome

Well in the early 2000`s, practically every shooter (other than Unreal 😉) was based on the Quake 3 engine, so engine homologation isn't a new thing, for good or bad.

Keep in mind that they've made a little bit of everything. From the janky but somewhat underrated The Mummy tie-in for the PC and Playstation, the phenomenal AvP and its reboot or Rogue Trooper. Shellshock 2 and Rogue Warrior are outliers.

Not even that, this game drops frames in kill cams which is unacceptable

@@JamieRobert_ does it affect your actual gameplay ? No

@@Sweatedsiren895 doesn’t matter

@@JamieRobert_ so Frame drop on kill cam is acceptable , cause it won’t affect your actual gameplay

@@Sweatedsiren895 to me it’s unacceptable cause it makes the consoles look weak

That's rarely ever the case. Especially in terms of fps.

@@pixeljauntvr7774 Not the case for the latest games ... Xbox has been showing its hardware potential .

@@djdjddhdhd5231 Lol sx drops to 45-50 as a ps5 , are u even watched video. Dg foundry said that in gameplay both systems are locked at 60 , only at cutscenes and xray moment's, ps5 drops slightly more frames that on x. About resolution both systems don't run even close to 4k. Where this win? And in the most games when sx have higher resolution, he drops more frames than ps5: Cyberpunk, cold war , vanguard, warzone , hitman 3 and many others.

@@davidfg2917 ps5 drops more frames than xbox series x Resolution range is 2160-1660p on series x and 2160-1440p on ps5 This actually mean xbox series x displays higher resolution and better frames.

@@djdjddhdhd5231 ps5 drops frames as xbox only at cutscenes and xray moment's, the gameplay as digital foundry said are locked 60 on both consoles

It really not that great of a console and just aim mostly for very casual gamers or for kids or low income familes...families.... aka not much money to really gain there if you dig into the target audience... the mainstream audience is ps5 and the xbox series x

Good for xbox but not as good for devs. There a target audience but it's for budget gamers so the sells be quite small

@@forresttilghman1098 no, this is just lazy. I've seen what that console can do in loads of games. I genuinely don't think they care about it. Ffs Elden Ring offers better visual presentation on Series S than this pixelated mess. And it's not about casual or hard-core. Most people got the series S because neither the ps5 nor the series X are readily available.

@@forresttilghman1098 they could at least put in a 30 fps 1440 fidelity mode. A sub 900p visual presentation with 0 anti-aliasing that STILL doesn't hit 60 fps is beyond awful. That's the quality it has been for me 90% of the time so far and the lack of AA makes it painfully obvious. If this weren't a gamepass game and I bought it for series S after they advertised it as "dynamic 1440p" I'd return it. That's seriously false advertising.

the thing is sometimes it does run at over 1440p but even then it looks so awful because of the AA used, it's the first time i've seen such a bad looking game in term of resolution on a console since the old Xbox 360 days on a big screen

TAa are pointless , jacks up performance

i have mixed thoughts on all video games. i rather play outside with friends