Shoot this man. Set up your rifle here. Sneak past these guards. Kill those ones. Now walk over there. Even when you're separated from your spotter, your superiors are barking orders over a radio. Soldiers are supposed to follow orders, sure, but they're also capable of, and expected to, make decisions sometimes. There are some impressive-looking environments, courtesy of the CryEngine.
The opening chapter sees you sniping your way through a tropical holiday resort, and later you fight across the streets of war-torn Sarajevo. But it doesn't take long to realise that, as pretty as they are, the levels are just static film sets.
The locations look big but it's all a not-so-clever illusion. Even with its simulation of bullet physics, Ghost Warrior is no more sophisticated than a Call of Duty game. The tortuously linear missions drag you between utterly forgettable pockets of action, and the story and dialogue are vapid.
Don't be suckered in by the promise of Crysis-level visuals: it looks decent, but has none of the innovation or freedom of Crytek's game, despite sharing the same tech. The range finder needs to be adjusted to the target distance, with wind and bullet drop factored in to make the shot.
The range can be determined using binoculars or a figure height depiction through the optics. The knife, bow and silenced pistol allow for mid-range and close-quarters stealth kills.
If you are resorting to grenades and assault rifles things had gone south and are likely to continue to go south. Contracts 2 is a game that rewards careful infiltration and punishes a gung-ho approach to stealth. On the higher difficulties levels alerting the enemy to your position is a death sentence.
On the easier settings, you can still expect mortar fire if your location is exposed. I found crafty enemy sniper and the heavily armoured enemy soldiers to be the trickiest. Dispatching an entire outpost using a silenced pistol and melee knife attack is very satisfying. Stealthily approaching a lone enemy gives players the choice of instantly killing them or interrogating them so you can find out the location of other enemy soldiers. Contracts 2 further refines the series. Long loading times are now a thing of the past compared to its predecessor.
The shonky overdramatic briefings have been replaced by a two-way conversation with an operator that has an unintentionally comedic tendency to be passive-aggressive. Also, instead of the weird sci-fi-looking mask in the last game, your sniper is wearing a facemask that looks a little more realistic. The game does a really good job of scaling the difficulty. The easy Markman difficulty level is great for folks that want to go in like Johnny Rambo popping headshots without consequence.
This easy mode provides a red dot to help dialling in the range and consideration for bullet drop. At the other end of the four difficulty settings is Deadeye, with realistic sniping mechanics and deadly enemies.
Your Score. Rate this:. Log in to finish rating Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2. Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2. Share this? Summary: Sniper Ghost Warrior players have never taken down targets from such extreme distances before. Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 introduces fans to a dramatic single-player campaign where the stakes are at their highest, deep inside enemy territory.
Players take on the role of Reaper, Sniper Ghost Warrior players have never taken down targets from such extreme distances before. Players take on the role of Reaper, contract sniper assassin, operating in the heart of a lawless region of the Middle East along the Lebanese and Syrian borders.
Tasked with a seemingly impossible mission - to topple an insidious criminal syndicate and bring them to justice. For the first time, Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 delivers precision long-range shooting campaign with targets over 1, meters away.
Developed by the same studio behind the highly celebrated original Contracts, Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 pushes boundaries with the most realistic and challenging experience that the studio has ever created. Critic Reviews. Score distribution:.
Positive: 13 out of Mixed: 10 out of Negative: 0 out of A solid shooting game that manages to achieve the perfect balance between two different worlds. Above all, it presents the experience of a sniper in a highly entertaining and spectacular way. All this publication's reviews Read full review. PC Gamer. Blending classic stealth mechanics with puzzle-y sniping, Contracts 2 gets the job done.
All this publication's reviews. The title focuses on getting straight to gameplay instead of overwhelming players with numerous scripts and cutscenes. It's not perfect, but each installment of the series is getting closer to a bullseye.
This is the best entry in the franchise yet: The level design is great and you have loads of options to get the job done.
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