Sniper Elite: Resistance
62 Achievements
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Crème de la Crème
Complete the entire campaign on Authentic difficulty.
2.1%
How to unlock the Crème de la Crème achievement in Sniper Elite: Resistance - Definitive Guide
- Find and unlock every gun workbench (very important, as you're gonna be needing the best kinds of attachments you can get for your guns to make this as easy as possible)
- Reach level 40 with every Campaign Skill unlocked on your character
- Unlock the Lee Enfield (best sniper in the game, and good for all ranges and stealth/aggressive scenarios)
- Special ammo: subsonic and high explosive. Sight: M84. Barrel: extended marksmen. Muzzle: maxin 1910 suppressor. Magazine: small overpressure magazine. Stock: bullet loops. Foregrip: thick grip tape. Receiver: long travel trigger. Construction: laminated beech.
- SMG and pistol pick whichever you like most, and use extended mags preferably.
- Items: pick schu-mine and bandages as additional items.
Things to note:
- If you do not want to use the Lee Enfield, that is fine, but make sure you do NOT use a sniper that is magazine-fed, but rather bullet-fed. Authentic difficulty has magazine loss enabled (so whenever you reload, you toss away the magazine and therefore losing any bullets that were in that magazine), but with a bullet-fed gun, you load the bullets in one-by-one, so you won't have to worry about wasting ammo.
- Scope magnification is limited to x6 in Authentic (really stupid, but whatever).
- Enemies won't stay marked when you mark them.
- There's no indicator for enemies spotting you.
- Most of the HUD is disabled, so make sure you're locked in.
- You CAN manually save, and MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT A LOT.
- You can spawn in at alternate places if you have unlocked them. Pick the ones you like the most; I often picked the ones closest to the objectives.
Gameplay strategy:
There are certain sniping spots (in basically every map) the enemies CANNOT go to, or CAN but most likely won't. These, I will call "safe spots". Safe spots can be accessed by climbing a ladder, climbing ledges or climbing the weird vines. If you can ONLY reach a safe spot by climbing ledges or vines, then the enemies CANNOT reach you (example: in mission 3, in the big Nazi house, you can go all the way upstairs by climbing a window to reach the highest level of that building and snipe through the front balcony). They can, however, climb ladders, so watch out. If you find a good safe spot, deploy mines (teller mines and schu-mines) behind you. Keep the mines a few meters away from each other so they hopefully won't explode each other. Once you've set up your defensives, get ready to snipe ANY German you can possible snipe. Go loud. Do not use Subsonic rounds during this, as you'll WANT them to trigger the alarm and rush towards you. If you trigger them, they'll call their homeboys and rush towards you. Many Germans from different parts of the map will leave their post. Now you can snipe them one-by-one and empty the area's they were guarding (for the most part). Keep in mind that explosive rounds can kill multiple enemies, and you also do not have to be very precise with them. Match rounds are good for long range and minimal bullet drop, and soft points are really nice as well since you won't have to aim for heads anymore; body shots will one-shot. Once you don't see any Germans approaching you anymore, it's time to leave your safe spot and move towards the objective. Equip Subsonic rounds now. You won't have to do any side-quests to get this achievement, so just do the main ones only. Use Subsonic rounds to kill any remaining German as you make your way to the objective. You don't want to get spotted. Remember to save regularly. You're gonna miss a lot of shots and do a lot of weird things, that's normal. Just reload a save and try again.
That's basically it.
First off, you'd be wise to reach rank 40 and acquire all of Harry's skills before attempting an Authentic difficulty playthrough. Going through the campaign once at a lower difficulty will also help you to get the lay of the land and get an idea of how to snipe without a reticule to compensate for bullet drop. Engaging in all-out combat is a terrible idea at Authentic difficulty, as you'll be cut down fast, so stay sneaky and take each level slowly. Carefully line up shots and use sound masking opportunities wherever possible. Also, there's no need to bother with optional objectives, and if you can get away with evading enemies rather than fighting them, do so.
Just focus on the main objective (you have only the pause menu map and no mini map to help here, or a HUD of any kind for that matter), get in, get out, and try to cause as little hubbub as possible. Use subsonic ammo and silencers to minimise the possibility of being detected, and whenever you can, stay hidden in tall grass, and make judicious saves where appropriate. Playing with a friend in co-op also ought to make this easier. Be wary that bullet drop and wind effects are realistic, so aim your shots accordingly.
Looks like this achievement can be 'cheesed'. Start by running the mission on authentic difficulty setting, drop the difficult once loaded in and eliminate all the enemies. Before you exfiltrate, switch the difficulty to authentic from the pause menu, then finish the mission.
Only go for the main objectives.
I would also add to the list that use the main character, as he has remarks like "I`m sitting ducks here" or "it`s time to go home" if you get spotted.
Listen to enemy whistle,officers tend to warn the others if they spot you.
I`ve managed to do 4 missions in under 10 minutes,mostly around 5,with minimal or no sniping at all,if you find it hard the long distance sniping.
Working on the others but will be hard to push them around 10 minutes or not use sniper rifle.
Save - Load is your best friend.
Mission 2 :
Mission 2 - Stealth :
Mission 4 :
Mission 5 :
Mission 8 :
First off, you'd be wise to reach Rank 40 and acquire all of Harry's skills before attempting an Authentic difficulty playthrough. Going through the campaign once at a lower difficulty will also help you to get the lay of the land and get an idea of how to snipe without a reticule to compensate for bullet drop. Engaging in all-out combat is a terrible idea on Authentic difficulty as you'll be cut down fast, so stay sneaky and take each level slowly. Carefully line up shots and use sound masking opportunities wherever possible. Also, there's no need to bother with optional objectives, and if you can get away with evading enemies rather than fighting them, do so.
Just focus on the main objective (you have only the pause menu map and no mini map to help here, or a HUD of any kind for that matter), get in, get out, and try to cause as little hubbub as possible. Use subsonic ammo and surpressors to minimise the possibility of being detected, and whenever you can, stay hidden in tall grass, and make judicious saves where appropriate. Playing with a friend in co-op also ought to make this easier. Be wary that bullet drop and wind effects are realistic, so aim your shots accordingly.
Be especially wary of snipers as they are often not seen until it’s too late. If you get shot by one without knowing where it is, chances are you’ll be killed.
If playing with a co-op partner, try sticking together as much as possible and watch each other’s backs. Communicate with each other at all times.
‘Authentic’ difficulty features:
- No HUD (ammo, health, stamina)
- No radar/minimap
- Objectives do not appear on the map or in the mission (they are still listed when you press
in the map)
- Enemies are stronger and more aggressive, take more damage, do not show up on map
- Enemies do not show their level of alertness (yellow or red)
- You take more damage
- While you can still tag (to see enemy distance and information), there is no icon above tagged enemies or objects
- No empty lung or aim assist (pressing
holds your breath and steadies your aim but it does not zoom in, give you a reticle or give you a heart meter)
- No zooming with scope or binoculars
- Realistic bullet drop and crosswinds (you can still use
and
to adjust the range of your scope)
- When playing co-op, friendly fire is on (take damage when shot by teammate)
Luckily, if and when you die, just like in Sniper Elite 5, you have the option to reload an auto save. They are quite generous on this difficulty, but you may have to replay a few minutes to get back to where you were. You also have the ability to create manual saves on this difficulty, so it is recommended you do so at regular intervals.
Completing the game on ‘Authentic’ unlocks this achievement and Vive La Résistance (90G) if it is not unlocked yet.
For ‘Authentic’ walkthrough videos for each mission, refer to this YouTube Playlist, courtesy of AJ Nguyen.
The third part had the "Credibility" difficulty, and the fourth had "Credibility Plus". That was hard! And the fifth part and Resistance were acasualized, removing this difficulty level from them.