To focus the player's attention I created some specific areas where, taking use of the camera being stuck looking in a direction, I blocked the view of the laterals so the player could focus on an important landmark.

In this example, the player is exiting the temple, after opening the door, and sees in a framed position the final goal of the level, the Harbor with the lighthouse.

Before any important moment where the player needs to fight a number of enemies (Checkpoint & Harbor), I added a small vantage point.

The idea was to give enough information of the surrounding to the player, but make it a bad position to defend, so it is not abused, resulting in less interaction with the covers and elements.

To immerse the player into the narrative setting, I created a few events that would appear through the level, the most important one is the arrival of the ship, the objective to be sabotaged.

I used the level sequencer tool from UE5 to create it, using Blueprints to trigger it when needed.

Thorugh all the level, the player can see their next objective, seeing how they approach it after completing a new area or section of the level.

An example of this is how the player can see the lighthouse as soon as they exit the temple, only to see it from the checkpoint after killing the enemies.