Sabotaging has never been so much fun
Paris' iconic landmarks loom large in the game as Sean plies his destrutive trade.
In truth though, it's not just the landmarks but the entire city that has a role to play. At street level Sean will conduct his day-to-day activities, encountering sexy women, meeting contacts and setting up epic missions that will see our hero blowing up Zeppelins, derailing trains, destroying bridges and enemy facilities, and basically screwing up the Nazi's plans in any way he can. The action also takes place above street level with the city's rooftops enabling Sean to get a tactical advantage and explore and perform surprise attacks from on high.
Devlin, despite being driven by hatred, can be quite sneaky, and success is about a combination of spectacularly destructive activity and judicious use of stealth tactics. On his way into a mission Sean will need to carefully climb sneak and perform stealth kills in order to infiltrate a Nazi stronghold before performing his act of sabotage. Once everything is set, he can then make his spectacular escape by any means possible, which usually involves liberal use of weaponry and hijacked vehicles.
Once everything is set, Sean makes his spectacular escape by any means possible, which usually involves liberal use of weaponry. Another feature more than worthy of note is the way the look and feel of the game changes throughout. At the start everything is pretty bleak on the streets of Paris, the action being played out in gloomy monochrome and the place locked down by the oppressive Nazi forces. We're used to games based on World War 2, but almost exclusively in the context of first-person shooting action. This gives us a whole new, and very stylised, perspective on proceedings and it works beautifully. If you fancy the job of bringing down the Nazis - and let's face it, who doesn't? - this is a spectacularly enjoyable way of getting the job done.