Sniper Elite V2 for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

I was a huge fan of SNIPER ELITE on PS2, so I was excited when SNIPER ELITE V2 came out. In no time I was sniping away...

... only SE:V2 was broken.

Gameplay. It's good to have a break from COD run-and-gun and BF3 squads, but there's nothing new in SE:V2. In fact, SE:V2 is almost exact copy of SE with "only the names have been changed..." It should be great right?

Jumping. I hate jumping in MP fps/3ps games, but not being able to jump in SP feels extremely limiting.

Enemy AI. Yes, the enemy seems smart and will try and flank, but they are very quick to give up the search after you've been spotted... and when they are searching, their aim is s-u-p-e-r-h-u-m-a-n. Nothing about the AI seems uniform... or even fair for that matter.

Invisible Barriers. As a sniper, a large part of your job is to find cubby holes, sneak around, and stay concealed, but more than once in V2 invisible walls stopped my progress through gameplay rooms. Not being new to games, I understand the use of invisible barriers within a map to channel gameplay, but these barriers were in rooms where enemies will engage you! Places that could be used strategically by you as a... S-N-I-P-E-R! This design flaw killed SE:V2 for me. When "open" strategic areas in rooms where enemies will engage are off limits, it feels like REBELLION was asleep at the wheel.

Once while being engaged I came across a cafe with blown-out walls. I tried but couldn't enter the wall-less cafe. I turned the game "off." Teasing with areas that look playable but aren't is bad form... again. At least SE was clear on playable areas.

MP. Multiplayer may be good, but I will never know. After one round of co-op, I was messaged to kill myself and my family (along with a lot of other great things) by my "partner." The quality of the SE:V2 community ended my interest in playing SE:V2 altogether.

SE:V2 could have been a great game, but as it is, it's only slightly better than SNIPER: GHOST WA