Thursday, May 10, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
The Best Worst Snipers Ever
I climb over the rubble up to the window to find the perfect shot. I pull out my binoculars and scan the area. I see two enemies walking their route. I whisper to my partner; "Two enemies, I'll take the closer, you take the farther one. Wait for the thunder to cover the shots." But before I can pull out my rifle I hear a shot, and see both enemies fall to the ground. Two-in-one shot. Then the alarms sound and enemies swarm out of the surrounding buildings. "Well.. that worked well."
So I bought Sniper Elite V2 this week and have been playing it a lot. The game is awesome! Well I also convinced my friend to buy it and we played through the missions in co-op. The whole point of the game is to be stealthy and be careful about your shots. Well... we never really did that. :P The story above was just one of the situations we ran into our playthrough, but I was actually the one that made the sudden shot. It was almost fun just running in guns blazing with a sniper rifle, maybe because that gun is not a short range weapon, so it made it interesting. We still did take our time sometimes, but usually it was just a mad rush to see who could get the most kills.
As for the actual game, as I said it's awesome!! This game has to be the best sniper game out there. Granted there aren't really that many out there, but this one is just amazing. It's realistic enough to make you feel like a real sniper, but it also has enough "fun" in it so that you don't get bored. The game takes place in the end of WWII, during the fight for Berlin. You play as the same character as the first Sniper Elite that was released for the PC in 2005, but Rebellion Developments said that the game isn't really a sequel but more of a reboot. Just like in the original the game is about stealthily getting to objectives and picking off enemies with a number of different weapons from sniper rifles to land mines. That being said if you get cornered it isn't impossible to survive, as you also carry a pistol and a machine gun. The sniping mechanics in the game can be changed from having no ballistics, or by having fully realistic ballistics where your bullets are affected by both gravity and wind. All in all, this is the perfect game for someone who just wants to play it for the storyline, or for sniper enthusiasts who want to have all of the challenges at your hand.
-- Josh
So I bought Sniper Elite V2 this week and have been playing it a lot. The game is awesome! Well I also convinced my friend to buy it and we played through the missions in co-op. The whole point of the game is to be stealthy and be careful about your shots. Well... we never really did that. :P The story above was just one of the situations we ran into our playthrough, but I was actually the one that made the sudden shot. It was almost fun just running in guns blazing with a sniper rifle, maybe because that gun is not a short range weapon, so it made it interesting. We still did take our time sometimes, but usually it was just a mad rush to see who could get the most kills.
As for the actual game, as I said it's awesome!! This game has to be the best sniper game out there. Granted there aren't really that many out there, but this one is just amazing. It's realistic enough to make you feel like a real sniper, but it also has enough "fun" in it so that you don't get bored. The game takes place in the end of WWII, during the fight for Berlin. You play as the same character as the first Sniper Elite that was released for the PC in 2005, but Rebellion Developments said that the game isn't really a sequel but more of a reboot. Just like in the original the game is about stealthily getting to objectives and picking off enemies with a number of different weapons from sniper rifles to land mines. That being said if you get cornered it isn't impossible to survive, as you also carry a pistol and a machine gun. The sniping mechanics in the game can be changed from having no ballistics, or by having fully realistic ballistics where your bullets are affected by both gravity and wind. All in all, this is the perfect game for someone who just wants to play it for the storyline, or for sniper enthusiasts who want to have all of the challenges at your hand.
-- Josh
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Umm.... What?
So one thing you should know about me is I love sniper games. I love sniper movies, I love sniper books, I don't know why but I just love snipers. Well there aren't very many sniper games out there, from what I can think of you have Sniper: Ghost Warrior, and Sniper Elite. I have Ghost Warrior so I've been watching all of the news on Ghost Warrior 2, waiting for that to come out. Super excited about that. But that's not the point of this post. Sniper Elite on the other hand is a little bit different story. It was made in 2005, and its for the PC. I was able to pick it up on Steam for super cheap so I've been trying to play it. I have a problem when it comes to playing older games. I can't seem to get past the graphics and nuances of the game to truly enjoy it. So I was all bummed because everyone online was saying this was the best sniper game out there. Well a couple months ago I stumbled on this trailer, Sniper Elite V2. It is a complete reboot of Sniper Elite, better graphics, better mechanics, and it's on console too! (which I completely prefer over PC) So I've been watching gameplay videos, getting super excited about it. And then 2 days ago I found out it comes out this week. Even better! The odd thing about it is nobody knows about this game. I was going on and on about it at work yesterday and not one person had heard of this game. I guess just somewhere the game got lost in advertisements. I even looked if we were going to carry it when it comes out, and yes I found the label. But it was never in the Ad, there isn't any record of it coming out at all. That just confuses me a little. Although at the same time I really don't care because the game is going to be so epic! If you haven't you should download the demo and try it out.
-- Josh
-- Josh
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