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Podcasts - Sniper Elite v2 - Audio Review

With an emphasis on learning to handle the anticipation and pressure of the hunt, players are forced to use skill, patience and cunning to achieve their missions as they find themselves facing life-altering choices

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20 Comments for Sniper Elite v2 - Audio Review

May 29, 2012 at 4:36 PM, said ...

I know this is way late but...oh gawd.
May 14, 2012 at 5:19 PM, said ...

The trailer was genius.
May 13, 2012 at 7:55 PM, said ...

I still have the PS2 version of The Warriors... a beat-em-up worth playing at least once.
May 11, 2012 at 7:48 PM, said ...

Warning: Rant in coming.

I didn't hate this game but it was very lackluster. The game is short as balls and the story is utterly forgettable. Locals all felt pretty much the same and the level design was crap. Stealth mechanic is the most finicky thing ever, you get spotted when you're hugging cover or crouch walking in the shadows a mile away and then you can run right through the enemys line of sight without him noticing you, it is incredibly unreliable which renders it pointless.

So it boils down to a sniper game where you pretty much have to go with the 'shoot them all' approach. There is two pistols and three machine guns, all with so few bullets and ridiculous reticle bloom that there is never a point in using them. Even the silenced pistol that is for silent takedowns is worthless since it's so inaccurate that you have to get so close you might as well do a melee takedown.

Sniper rifle is the only usable gun which I don't mind to be honest because it is a sniping game. Since it's the only gun that shoots where you point it it's the best in close quarters as well. The only difference in the couple sniper rifles the game gives you is the zoom level, how many bullets there are in the clip or if it's bolt-action or semi-automatic. No difference in recoil or damage stats or the feel of the gun in any manner making the one that shoots the fastest and has the most zoom automatically the best so no point in playing around with different guns.

The game isn't complete crap, the killcam is a cute feature but it wasn't nearly as gruesome as it should have been, you get to see the bullet travel through the body and if it hits an organ you see the bullet go through it and some blood gunshing around. The equipment are fine, especially the trip mine.

The game is just a boring shooter that gets repetetive despite being very short and you have only one gun. It doesn't give you anything cool to do, there aren't even any crazy long shots you have to take. I tried to go as far as possible sometimes once I spotted an enemy to see the furthest line of sight and take the shot. I hardly ever got to shoot any further than 250 metres, I've taken longer shots in Battlefield 3 for christs sake and this is supposed to be a sniping only game! There should have been some missions where you set up shop and shoot through some little cranny over a kilometre away at a guy, or when you do the Adolf shootin' they could have made it satisfying like you get to put 10 killcam shots to his face to see him turn into pudding.

This is worth 10 bucks at most.
May 11, 2012 at 2:01 PM, said ...

i woud like to see JASON in the hunger games ......but live
May 11, 2012 at 7:44 AM, said ...

Actually it stands for both. It's supposed to be a play on the word. Look up the interviews and dev diaries, it's a remake.
May 11, 2012 at 6:15 AM, Davril Chorster said ...

The V2 in the game's title refers to the V2 rocket base that you've mentioned, Prof. Jeff; it's part of what you're trying to get to at one point in the game. It doesn't mean Version 2. And I don't think that it's a remake, either.
May 11, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Nikhil Sunil said ...

If you love internal bodily damage in games, you guys HAVE to do a playthrough of Mortal Kombat (the 2011 one). Its got the best internal bodily damage system ive ever seen in any game.
May 11, 2012 at 3:19 AM, Murphy said ...

Damn. I think you're right, Nimrod.
May 11, 2012 at 2:04 AM, said ...

Jason, I do believe that the ludicrously hard sniper level is from Medal of Honor Allied Assault and not from Call of Duty 2. But yeah, that Medal of Honor sniper level is soooo damn hard and just annoying.

And Jeff, keep zhooting thoze buttz!
May 11, 2012 at 2:03 AM, said ...
May 10, 2012 at 11:32 PM, said ...

Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer will write and direct a Hunger Games spoof called The Starving Games.

Variety has the report on the project, which will also poke fun at the likes of The Avengers, Sherlock Holmes and Harry Potter.
May 10, 2012 at 11:23 PM, Jim McCaskill said ...

Don't worry Jason GTA5 is coming soon for all your antisocial tendicies

@Danimal and c clark

Falling Down the game would be awesome.
May 10, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Nick Kroboth said ...

Nevermind, I guess it is a remake... weird, has nothing to do with the first one.
May 10, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Nick Kroboth said ...

Jeff, it IS a sequel. It's not a remake.
May 10, 2012 at 11:03 PM, c clark said ...

Are you guys looking for Falling Down the game?
May 10, 2012 at 10:58 PM, said ...

Jason, how about "Falling Down," the video game?
May 10, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Nick Kroboth said ...

RUN AWAY! Its DER BUT SNIPER!
May 10, 2012 at 10:52 PM, reyaz hamid said ...

HURRAY JET LI FEARLESS REFERENCE =D
May 10, 2012 at 10:26 PM, said ...

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