Post by Eorl @ 12:40pm 19/04/12 | 47 Comments
Take advantage of authentic weaponry, learn how to stalk your targets, fortify your position, set up the shot, use your skill, patience and cunning to achieve your mission. Stealth gameplay is the key as you find yourself trapped between two desperate armies in a race against time.While Australians have seen their fair share of censorship for violent games, you'll be happy to know Sniper Elite V2 has been rated MA15+.
Watch as the celebrated ‘bullet cam’ from Sniper Elite returns, bloodier and more gruesome than ever – skilful shots are rewarded with a slow-motion flight of the bullet, then targets are graphically rendered in X-Ray as the bullet enters and destroys your victim. Organs shred, bones splinter, teeth shatter, as the true impact of the sniper’s bullet is brought to life.
Sniper Elite V2 will be available May 4 for Steam on PC, and May 10 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC retail.
Head over to Steam now to grab the demo. You can also check out our game page for the latest trailers including weekly kill cams that show off the very gruesome X-Ray mechanic.
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Posted 01:28pm 19/4/12
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Posted 03:14pm 19/4/12
player movement was awkward, moving into and out of cover was not very smooth. trying to climb something was a pain. you had to be in the exact spot for the A button to appear to allow you to climb.
If you don't 'nail' the shot the enemy keep on rolling in even though they've been hit. you only know you've really got them when it slips into bullet cam and follows the bullet path for a close up hit. there was one good moment where the cut away in bullet cam showed a sort of xray through he body of the skeleton and organs around the midsection of the guy i had hit and the bullet doing it's damage in slow motion shattering bones and piercing organs. Wasn't overly graphic just interesting.
background surrounds were ordinary. It was just an old bombed out city so you skulk around sniping and avoiding being caught. and it is a demo of course so not many options to check out other maps if any.
just over all it didn't have a real polished feel for me. maybe PC is better.
Posted 06:05pm 19/4/12
Posted 07:17pm 19/4/12
Posted 07:47am 20/4/12
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Posted 08:37am 20/4/12
Posted 09:22pm 20/4/12
Check it out, i played the first mission 5 times honing my sniping before finishing it. Really good fun.
Posted 10:25pm 20/4/12
As you said Deadly, hopefully the missions aren't all the same, though I do enjoy the kill cams not always playing as that would be a tad annoying. It seems to either pick them at random, or only count really awesome shots. I've been playing the Elite difficulty setting and it's really awesome having to account for bullet drop, wind and being out of breathe.
Overall from the demo experience, this is a game I won't mind spending $44 for, especially if the singleplayer is as fulfilling as the demo was. To actually make me want to keep playing the demo kind of says something.
Also shooting someone in the hand and watching the x-ray vision of the bones being shattered is a really awesome scene.
Posted 10:43pm 20/4/12
My biggest concern for the game i forgot to mention is that enemies and in particular enemy snipers are in the same spot each time. So once you play through a mission, apart from shooting dudes differently, you know exactly where the enemies will spawn or be waiting. My 3rd time though i was coping some fire from a far away sniper dude and it took me a few shots from him to locate him as i took cover. Then the next time through i simply peered around the corner and shot him before he even saw me, kinda lame. And given there were plenty of rooms and windows he could be in, i dont see why the game couldnt change each load to keep you on your toes.
Dunno about multiplayer though. I had that sniper ghost warrior multiplayer with mates and it was a matter of camping and shooting whoever gave away their position first. I wonder how they could make a sniper multiplayer game fun.
Posted 12:43am 21/4/12
Posted 07:50am 21/4/12
Also I don't know if it's really wanting to compete with Call of Duty and Battlefield 3 in regards to multiplayer, more just a "hey here is some multiplayer for fun as well". We do get Co-Op singleplayer which will be awesome.
Posted 12:50pm 21/4/12
I dont think I have seen that gun since MOH:Rising Sun
Posted 05:56pm 21/4/12
Nah, this was @ the start. I shoot the first dude, then go out the back, down to the end, enter the house and start shooting down the road @ the dudes from the far right window. Once i nail all of them, a few more dudes come running onto the screen but before they do, they were shooting @ me even though they could not see me and terrain was blocking their line of sight and line of fire. It happened every time i played that part too. Was different to them shooting @ last known position, that worked fine.
Posted 07:10pm 21/4/12
Posted 07:28pm 21/4/12
As for AI being dumb, I go into every game expecting stupid AI... I never feel let down.
The biggest issue how ever is that the bullets do not come out of the gun itself, this means that you can use the 3rd person aim to basically shoot around corners. I took out the roof sniper this way, was a bit s***.
Posted 03:59pm 22/4/12
Not a fan of the 3rd person view. In an FPS, f*** that s*** off.
Also, game natively went into 3D mode which was pretty cool :)
Posted 10:34pm 22/4/12
Once you get the hang of where to aim (the red diamond is helpful), almost every shot can result in slow-mo.
Also:
Posted 12:16am 23/4/12
Serious OMG s***
Posted 12:19am 23/4/12
Be curious to see if this makes it past our ridiculouse censors as L4D2 got denied as did SOF2 for similar content.
Posted 12:28am 23/4/12
It already has, been given MA15+ with no changes from what I can tell.
Posted 11:44am 23/4/12
Posted 10:04am 26/4/12
:)
Posted 12:23pm 26/4/12
Posted 11:08pm 27/4/12
You can search dead bodies. Most of the time it just gives you ammo but u can also get grenades, trip mines, landmines etc.
If you follow the alleyway opposite the stash of explosives there is another crate with extra land mines and trip mines in it - great for setting up an awesome ambush @ the end. I had 5 trip mines, 2 sticks of dynamite, the 2 explosives planted and 4 land mines all ready and waiting and once in the final sniper spot, you can restart from previous checkpoint over and over from when the convoy rolls in to try different final scenarios.
You can nail the VIP dude while he is still inside the moving truck.
You can also shoot the fuel canister lid on the trucks to make them explode. Ive done it while they are stationary but am yet to hit a moving fuel canister lid.
You can also detonate the dynamite / trip mines / land mines by shooting them.
I played the last stage over and over for about 30mins trying to see all the different ways i could finish the mission. Great fun.
Posted 11:18pm 27/4/12
Posted 10:46am 28/4/12
Posted 10:27pm 28/4/12
Posted 11:32pm 28/4/12
I also wish their was crotch shots.
Just found this site for steam preorder for $30:
http://www.getgamesgo.com/product/sniper-elite-v2-po
Posted 09:44am 04/5/12
OK, I'm calm now.
Posted 10:23am 04/5/12
Happy shooting.
Posted 11:29am 04/5/12
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Posted 12:16pm 04/5/12
Posted 07:06pm 04/5/12
Only problem so far is no dedicated servers on release. They appear to have been listed in steam as a separate game and aren't under the tools section, plus it's windows only. Listen servers give us 100 latency to someone in the same town.
Posted 07:40pm 04/5/12
*anyone to confirm?
Posted 04:42pm 05/5/12
Is fun though, but wait another patch or two to play multiplayer. Coop is still enjoyable though, if not really challenging.
Posted 04:56pm 05/5/12
Posted 05:23pm 05/5/12
Posted 08:30pm 05/5/12
I thought that was strange. Surely the soldiers would have extra mags on their body? Or even if they were down to their last clip, then its a max of like 30 rounds so why does everybody have like 3-7rounds, even the guy i shot before he even fired a shot.
Just a few stupid things detract from the game but i clocked up 3hours on the demo and had tonnes of fun.
Posted 10:47pm 05/5/12
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