The X-Ray kills cams are great and it's satisfying when you make a headshot, but flashiness doesn't make a game.

User Rating: 4 | Sniper Elite V2 PC
I bought this game only because i liked the previous instalment and after clocking it in less than 8 hours on hardest difficulty (Custom: with hardest enemies, wind corrections and assists disabled) i wonder just what was the point of this game. You are supposed to be a sniper and i repeat again A SNIPER and in this game the longest headshot you can pull off is somewhere around 250-260 meters, you don't need a sniper to engage at such pisspoor ranges and (i'm gonna get a bit technical here) as a rule a combat sniper does not engage targets less than 300 meters because it could compromise his carefully chosen position, those ranges are for a marksman and not a sniper. Battlefield 3 has better sniping and at longer ranges (i have a BF3 headshot of 942 meters) and its not even a dedicated sniper game.

The graphics are good, its not a bad looking game and the bullet ballistics are convincing. The game has some cool special effects, well actually just one and it's called X-Ray Cam, apart from that there's nothing much in this game.
Now let's discuss another element that makes a game, yes i'm talking about the enemies and they are absolutely dumb. They are stupid, take cover in wide open spaces, if one enemy soldier sees his dead comrades he mysteriously won't raise an alarm but will instead come looking for you by himself, enemies inside buildings are completely ignorant towards all the gunfire and explosions occurring outside on the streets, they repeat the same few dialogue(s) again and again making you wonder where did the developers spent all their money cause they certainly didn't spend any on voice acting. Apart from that there's a mysterious phenomenon present in this game where enemies spawn when you cross an invisible boundary and disappear when you go back.

The level design is nearly linear and there's no room for creativity, the combat is repetitive and for me got boring after the first two levels. There is no depth in the story, in fact there isn't any.The whole game has the feel of a budget shooter, in fact i bought it at a budget price.

To sum it up:
4th May: game arrived, played it for 2 hours and banged my head against a wall, started comparing it with the first instalment and got depressed, went out and got drunk.

5th May: bit of a hangover but clocked the game and later wondered just WHY!..... WHY!.

6th May: Sunday

7th May: sold the game. but, still wondering WHY!. just what's the point of this game.