Sniper elite v2 xbox 360 review full#

Pulling off the perfect shot in Sniper Elite requires an ample dose of patience height, angle, distance and motion are all taken into account when playing on the default or “Elite” difficulty settings.

Sniper elite v2 xbox 360 review full#

Despite their somewhat-constricted design pattern, levels are padded out to make full use of V2’s lifelike ballistics. When ogling through the scope of a sniper rifle however, it’s quite easy to detach from such scathing criticism. There will always be a small array of vantage points to choose from, though this multiplicity has no real bearing you’re still bound to a template in which progression is achieved solely by clearing pockets of enemies and triggering set pieces. You never feel too hemmed in, but compared to the luscious open jungle of City Interactive’s Sniper: Ghost Warrior, there’s little room for tactical navigation. In this respect, V2 becomes much more like you conventional run n’ gun third person shooter. Unfortunately, level design also suffers from this same degree of linearity.

Each chapter opens with a short briefing, usually outlining the next individual about to be erased from Karl’s “least favourite Nazis” list. Although set in Berlin, Rebellion has ensured that players won’t be milling through the same derelict outposts and abandoned streets, with a number of stages taking place in silos, quarries, and even at the Brandenburg Gate. Spanning at least five hours depending on your approach, the game’s singleplayer campaign is solid for the most part. Still, without even a smattering of thoughtful story beats, Sniper Elite soon becomes a flat-out A to B Nazi hunt.

Even the game’s cast of villainous fascist boffins are left untouched, given a brief few seconds of glory before you demonstrate the wonders of DIY facial re-construction.Īn in-depth canonical page turner is strictly off the cards then, although, to be fair, a complex narrative thread wouldn’t have suited V2’s “shooting gallery” nature anyway. There’s no character development here whatsoever, and if it weren’t for a quick bit bout of preliminary research, I wouldn’t have even picked up on his name.