And you’ll need to compensate for any movements your target might make in the last second before you take the shot.Ĭleverly, Sniper Elite V2 allows you to tweak specific difficulty options to your liking, which is helpful in a game whose harder settings pit you against properly ruthless AI. You’ll need to consider the trajectory of the bullet, and any wind that might veer it off-course.
Start ramping up the challenge, though, and several important factors come into play. Doing so leaves you with a bland and predictable shooter that offers no real incentive to press forwards. My advice? Resist the urge to play on a low difficulty setting. Missions tend to unravel in an established pattern: creep your way in, snipe some targets, sprint and blast your way back out. Set during World War II, and in the aftermath of the first Sniper Elite, V2 leads you through a life of subterfuge as you sneak and deceive your way around enemy-infested cities and baddie-riddled factories. As the name might well suggest, this is a game that does sniping wonderfully, painting it as a tense and skilled process that’s more about readying yourself for the perfect shot than actually pulling the trigger. Pleasant.Īs ridiculous as it is (and, yes, it is utterly ridiculous), it’s an oddly satisfying payoff for your sniping proficiency. You fire your shot and the camera whizzes along with the bullet, then shows a cut-away of your adversary’s innards as they tear apart. Think VATS from Fallout 3, only with more gruesome anatomy. The big addition to this sequel of a 2005 original is a preposterous new killcam that activates every time you land a perfect hit. “Honestly, games are wholesome and culturally important!” we’ll cry as a slow-motion bullet rips through a Nazi’s liver. Sniper Elite V2 won’t serve us well in any video game violence debate.