


No matter what you do, your enemies will be completely oblivious to your position. Your accuracy is always spot-on regardless of wind or bullet drop. Enemies move slowly and put themselves right into your line of fire.

On low difficulty, the game is barely a game at all. The rest of the gameplay changes depending on what difficulty setting you play the game on. You have a pistol for close-quarters combat, but it's unwieldy to use and is generally nothing more than a last resort. It shouldn't be a surprise that sniping takes center stage here. You'll do this until it's safe to sneak on to the next checkpoint. Then you'll silently take out everyone in the area as a battle rages on around you. You will stealthily work your way to a safe spot to start sniping enemy targets. All missions follow the same basic pattern. Once you get beyond the exploding genitalia, the game plays a lot like Sniper Elite 1.

I'm sorry, but do we really need to see that? For example, the game slows down crotch shots so you can see your bullet making your target's testicles explode. Not only does it slow down the game needlessly (especially when you are on a kill spree), but some of the graphical details are just unnecessary. However, as time goes on it starts to feel excessive. If you can handle the blood and gore, it certainly provides a satisfying payoff for landing a perfect shot. If you are playing well, you will see it time and time again. This kill cam is perhaps the defining feature of Sniper Elite V2. It's enough to make even the most dedicated gamer squeamish. You'll see the bullet slowly penetrating their bodies, shattering their bones, and scrambling their organs. Taking a page from Mortal Kombat, Sniper Elite V2 now shows you an X-Ray view of your targets whenever you score a successful kill. Instead, the biggest and most prominent feature of the game is the absolutely gruesome new kill cam that the game has included. Unfortunately, that's not what you first notice when you boot up a game of Sniper Elite V2. The sequel to the successful but incredibly difficult cult classic Sniper Elite, V2 attempts to evolve on everything that made the original great. Sniper Elite V2 is a WWII shooter that tries to emphasize these key differences in its core mechanics. Sniping is a slow, stealthy chess game when compared to the run-and-gun action that modern day shooters pigeonhole every other type of gunplay into. It's about finding a safe position, lining up your target in your sights, and compensating for all the other environmental factors that can make you miss your shot. While shotguns, SMGs, assault rifles, and even pistols merely offer different takes on running onto the battlefield and hoping to shoot your enemy before he shoots you, sniping is more of a waiting game. Sniping is whole different beast from other styles of first-person shooting.
