![]() Yes, the Sniper Elite v2 Remaster, is indeed quite the curiosity. ![]() Kill Tally’s horde mode can get overwhelming very quickly if you’re not paying attention, while Bombing Run remains a tense as ever battle against the clock, Overwatch however still gives you the closest co-op experience to the single player story where communication can be the difference between winning and losing! The joy of co-op and competitive multiplayer is prevalent too, a huge element of Sniper Elite 4 that I’ve loved to bits, that helps lift the game beyond the single player experience. Working your way through the levels too, finding the best ways to keep confrontation to a minimum, or misdirect enemies is still rewarding, as you try to find every and any excuse to make use of your sniper rifle instead of your secondary, and often noisy and ineffective secondary weapons. Sadly, I always find myself comparing it to Sniper Elite 4, which isn’t a particularly fair comparison to make I know, but is perhaps testament to how much love Rebellion have put into the series that you can really see how much the in-game experience has grown since then.īefore this review descends too much into doom and gloom though, the solidity of the sniping mechanic and the wonderful x-ray kill cam are still a joy to behold, the environments around Berlin are gorgeously grim and war-torn given the age of the engine, plus the flexibility of the game to provide you with a difficulty level to match your expertise still mean there’s enjoyment to be had within this remaster. Animations and transitions aren’t as smooth when it comes to making your way around the environment or performing stealth kills. Game mechanics and expectations of what you can and can’t do within the environment feel restrictive. That pinnacle of the series is the biggest issue the V2 remaster has to contend with.ĭon’t get me wrong, Sniper Elite V2 is a solid enough game, but graphical overhaul aside, it feels like a game that was released in 2012. Since then the series has spanned a number of zombie spin offs, and one of my games of the year in 2017, the fantastic Sniper Elite 4. American OSS officer and sniper extraordinaire, inserted into Berlin during the final days of World War II. Sadly, Rebellion’s Sniper Elite V2 Remastered, while given a lovely and detailed makeover, falls into this latter category.įirst released in 2012, the game was a well received follow-up to the 2005 original, and continued the adventures of Karl Fairburne. They sometimes though, can come across as something of a head scratcher as to why they were re-released. When done right, remasters or remakes of older games can re-invigorate a series, or give a wonderful slice of nostalgia to fans. Give V2 a shot and then prepare to be wowed as you move on to the sprawling locales of Sniper Elite III and Sniper Elite 4.Scott Watson reviews Sniper Elite V2 Remastered… The best thing Sniper Elite V2 Remastered has to offer is a more refined and touched-up way to snipe your way through the last days of war for the first time. If you played Sniper Elite V2 the first time around and went on to have fun with later games in the series, there’s little reason to go back unless you had specific missions or moments you loved. On the other hand, there’s a special sort of charm to the smaller levels that makes for a more easily digestible experience. Sniper Elite V2 is fun, but its environments are drab and its enemies are as dumb as rocks. Those games did a great job of both enhancing the artificial intelligence of enemies and crafting a more attractive overall visual design. This is all going to be pretty straightforward for anyone who hasn’t long since moved past V2 and on to improved followups like the third and fourth entries. It’s the stealth sniper game equivalent of a Mortal Kombat finishing move. Seeing the damage you’ve done in x-ray vision is always entertaining, and it’s almost too over the top to really be considered gruesome. These assassinations culminate in the aforementioned payoff: the X-Ray Kill Cam that shows how the shot goes down in slow motion. ![]() As Lieutenant Karl Fairburne, players are tasked with eliminating dangerous Nazi targets in the final days of World War II. For everyone else, it’s going to depend on how easily you can jump backwards in a series that has made some major improvements in recent years.įor those new to the Sniper Elite series, it’s all about the thrill of stealth combined with the payoff of absurdly brutal long-distance takedowns. If that sounds like a good time to you, then you probably already have a copy. That’s what Rebellion Developments has given everyone a chance to do with Sniper Elite V2 Remastered, which, with the exception of some visual polish, is pretty much the exact same game many of us played back in 2012. Even with all the improvements made in a series over the years, sometimes it’s a breath of fresh air to go back to the earlier roots.
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