However, all that would be damning V2 with faint praise if the game didn't succeed in its most important goal-being an incredibly satisfying sniping simulator. In that respect, V2 is a qualified success since almost all of the previous game's flaws have been repaired-a background noise meter has been added to make sound-masked sniping something other than a pipe dream, the running and shooting content has been massively scaled back, and the story has been improved, giving players a goal far more important than slightly delaying Russia's nuclear program. Sniper Elite V2 isn't a sequel to Sniper Elite, but rather, a remake-this is Rebellion's second shot at getting their magnum marksman opus right. I can't say I wasn't warned about the game's more obscene aspects, but the box failed to warn me how viscerally disgusting it would be to watch a bullet shattering spines and tearing lungs to shreds, nor how distressing I would find it watching that kind of violence literally hundreds of times before the game was over. To quote the back of the game's box: "X-RAY KILL CAM see organs tear and burst, bones and teeth shatter, as your bullet passes through your enemy." It's what the game chooses to follow that trigger pull with that gives me such pause. In a profound way I'm happy that there's a game that allows me to crawl through the rubble of a war-torn Berlin, find a German officer with my binoculars, sight down my rifle's scope (also adjusting for bullet drop and windage) before pulling the trigger and ensuring a villain's death. It's rare to give a positive review to a game that repulsed me, so Sniper Elite V2 has put me into somewhat of an awkward position. WTF And then the bullet plowed through his head, popping his eyeball before blasting off the back of his skull! (Repeat 100 times.) LOW Are those tank guns manned by psychics?
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