I will admit that this is true, but the big thing here is that the game has a much more open world feel to it. One of the accusations that many people have thrown the way of Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 is about how it plays it rather safe.
The story is very well done and something that feels like it could have been in a Tom Clancy game. You continue your military career and a couple of years later you take a new mission, but you are also on the lookout for your brother.