Sniper Elite V2 Remastered

First let me say that Sniper Elite V2 has always been my favorite in the series, but man it has got so much better. You can tell that they took their time to upgrade the visuals and fix a lot of the bugs. The lighting is amazing and it adds so much more to the game. I would recommend this to amyone who love stealth shooters or even if you like to mix it up, because you can set booby traps up all over and then start picking people off and hear as they blow up looking for you.

This is the first sniper elite game I have played and its great and deserves to be part of anyone's collection

Yes, this is a relatively linear game with super AI that knows where you are the moment you take your shot. Yes, Sniper Elite 3, 4 and 5 are better in many ways. So there are the problems in a nutshell. So why am I not docking this game any points? Because when this game was released, I had more fun with it than any other game at that time. But listen, you've got to take this game on its own terms. Once you become accustomed to its quirks, it totally plays fair by those rules, and thus became my game of the year for 2012. Because this game is fun. Really fun. But it's fun in its own way. It plays kind of like an arcade shooter in that the path is quite linear, and your targets will appear in the same places every time. But I can dig that. That said, it's absolutely not on rails, and the game does allow you to take alternate paths in many places. And the pathways that are there are wide paths, with various places you can use for cover, so no two people will be playing this game the same way. If you can accept this game for what it is, I think you'll find that it's a great game. But if anything I've mentioned triggers a bad reaction in you, then yeah it's probably best to avoid.

Positives: + Good idea + Nice graphics and lightning + Good sounds and music + Sniping is cool with bullet cam and x-Ray kill-cam + Mostly entertaining + Gravity, wind and heartrate that effects sniping + Some nicely designed places + Cool DLCs (especially Neudorf Outpost) + Co-op mode + Okay length (about 7 hours in total) Negatives: - Flickering lights that can give headaches (and its not possible to it turn off) - AI is all over the place (from smart to very stupid) - Spawning enemies - Very hard on the higher difficulty settings - Enemies spot you right away (it dosent matter if youre stealthy and using the environment to your advantage) and sometimes shoot you thru obstacles when covered - Bugs (cover system hangs, enemies get stuck etc) - Bad cover system in general (feels glued and unnatural) - Mostly very linear - Quirky controls - You cant jump - First person view would be preferable to third person - Very little is remastered except a few graphical upgrades - Not worth the full retail price Well I have to say this was a nicely upgraded sequel compared to the original game released in 2005. The graphics in general are way better (as it should be in 7 years time), with better lightning effects (thanks to the remaster) and physics. Its also much more fun this time, and the x-ray kill cam is a nice touch. What bothers me though, is that the controls are still quirky and the cover system is not polished at all. The enemies are also a mixed bag, and takes away some of the enjoyment. But dont get me wrong, its still a good game. But why was there so little improvement done to this remaster? Seems like they thought: "We'll just make a few graphics upgrades and make some easy money". At least its nice that they included all the DLCs (I loved Neudorf Outpost). So all in all its a cool game if you like sniping and WW2 titles, but this remaster its not worth the full retail price, so its reccommended to buy it when its discounted. Total Score: 7.5/10