#Sniper elite v2 xbox 360 review how to#
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Sniper Elite v2 looks better than any PS2 or Xbox game, but playing the PS3 version it’s hard to imagine that it’s running on the same hardware as the Uncharted or Killzone titles. There are points at which it all looks brilliant, as Berlin’s ruined architecture and the enhanced lighting engine combine to create impressive vistas, but up close the textures are muddy, the lighting primitive, the character models lacking in detail and the scenery a little boxy and angular. While Sniper Elite v2 is a comprehensive reworking, with new locations, improved graphics and a whole lot of HD polish, it still doesn’t look or play like a game being released in mid-2012. The action takes place primarily in third-person, but with a first-person view for sniping, which – as you might expect – is very much the focus of the whole shebang. The premise is the same as the original – an OSS agent is dropped into Berlin in the last phase of WWII, with orders to either extract or kill scientists working in the Nazis’ rocket research program. Some of the game’s anachronistic feel comes down to that it’s a remake of a WWII shooter that hit in the last days of the Xbox/PS2 generation.

#Sniper elite v2 xbox 360 review how to#

It’s a slow-moving shooter that expects you to think a little about the situations you’re going into and how to play them, and where planning and improvisation actually have a minor role. It’s not that Sniper Elite v2 is a World War II Deus Ex, giving you a big set of tools and the freedom to use them, but it does feel different to the modern norm. Yet, on the good side, it’s a game that harks back to the days when military shooters were about more than funnelling you through a level, blasting mindless goons as they popped into view and preparing for the next spectacular, semi-interactive cut-scene. On the bad side, its graphics feel dated, its environments lack depth or any rich interaction, and if you’re looking for the kind of cinematic presentation you might find in a Battlefield or Call of Duty, then you’re not going to find it here. Sniper Elite v2 feels of a different era, and we mean that in both a good and bad way.

#Sniper elite v2 xbox 360 review Pc#

Available on Xbox 360, PS3 (version tested), PC