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On paper, this sounds like a very intriguing title while in theory, however, it falls short of the mark.

The beginning of the game youre introduced to Violette laying wounded and unconscious in what appears to be a hospital bed.

Youre then transported back to one of her missions which acts as an introduction to the game mechanics with Violette narrating the flashback.

This resembles how Hitman: Blood Money started off, by this I mean where the protagonist re-lives past missions before the time line caught up with current events in the game.

The stealth mechanic is remarkably simple, when youre hidden from view in the shadows you will emit a soft purple glow around your character as well as around part of your HUD, when youre visible theres no glow, essentially its taken a step back to basics in terms of stealth games and works surprisingly well.

Well, as expected, they raised an alarm while searching the immediate area.

When morphine is applied the game world essentially freezes, Violette is switched from her current state to a more informal appearance as you run about for a very limited amount of time in her night dress.

This allows you to progress tricky areas or let you escape from a horde of German soldiers who you have alerted.

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It does its job in breaking up the stealth element but when its solely your course of action at the end of the game it feels like the developers ran out of ideas on how to give the game some closure - the scene itself is disturbing enough with a German unit just torching a village to the ground in retaliation for your actions while you try to liberate what little survivors there are, armed with an assault rifle and more ammo than your typical Call of Duty player, but it just felt out of place in a game where you primarily used the shadows to strike from and unfortunately it left a bitter aftertaste in my mouth after the hours of enjoyment the earlier levels gave.

Graphically the game does its job well, all the animations are smooth and flawless while the artwork is detailed and representative of the wartime period.

Ideally, if you have the patience of a saint and are into stealth games then by all means pick this title up, however action junkies need not apply.