Sniper Elite V2 Remastered - PC Game Review
Sniper Elite V2 Remastered is a new release of V2 with improved lighting and effects.
Is it worth the price? No. Wait for a sale.
However, I had V2 (never played it, but loved Sniper Elite 4 and 3), so I got a great upgrade price (US$5 after currency conversion). That seems more than fair.
For those unaware of the series, you are a sniper fighting nazis. Most of the time you will want to use either stealth or at least shoot from cover at a distance - you are definitely not a bullet sponge. I hear V1 was a lot less forgiving, but V2 is OK at the normal difficulty. You will die a bit, but load times are very fast.
A lot of stuff from 3 and 4 are absent here. The UI is much worse (small details like no mini-map, objective pointers only appear if you are looking in their direction, etc). No gun changes (although this is rather poor in the whole series). No shooting lights for more stealth.
I've also heard complaints about super-vision by the enemies - viewing places that they could not, or immediately seeing you from more than a 100 meters, and this has happened to me too.
Graphics are quite obviously older, too, even though it is "remastered".
Overall, I am a few levels in and enjoying it well enough, specially at the price I paid. But it is a light coat of paint on an older game. If you don't already like the series, start with 4.
Is it worth the price? No. Wait for a sale.
However, I had V2 (never played it, but loved Sniper Elite 4 and 3), so I got a great upgrade price (US$5 after currency conversion). That seems more than fair.
For those unaware of the series, you are a sniper fighting nazis. Most of the time you will want to use either stealth or at least shoot from cover at a distance - you are definitely not a bullet sponge. I hear V1 was a lot less forgiving, but V2 is OK at the normal difficulty. You will die a bit, but load times are very fast.
A lot of stuff from 3 and 4 are absent here. The UI is much worse (small details like no mini-map, objective pointers only appear if you are looking in their direction, etc). No gun changes (although this is rather poor in the whole series). No shooting lights for more stealth.
I've also heard complaints about super-vision by the enemies - viewing places that they could not, or immediately seeing you from more than a 100 meters, and this has happened to me too.
Graphics are quite obviously older, too, even though it is "remastered".
Overall, I am a few levels in and enjoying it well enough, specially at the price I paid. But it is a light coat of paint on an older game. If you don't already like the series, start with 4.
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