Sniper Elite V2 for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

Let me start out by saying I've never played the first Sniper Elite game for the X-Box, and I've also never reviewed a game before. I'm basing this review solely on how good this game stands on its own.
If you're looking for a fun military shoot em up game similar to a CoD or BF game then this certainly is not that. While not a lot of planning and skill goes in to executing each mission "perfectly" it certainly takes more patience than the standard FPS. The game can sometimes be unforgiving at it's most difficult, and is especially difficult on the Sniper Elite difficulty where most enemy snipers can take you out in one or two well places shots.
The sniping aspect of the game can range from extremely fun and satisfying to stale and tiresome. In the lowest difficulty the player isn't even required to compensate for distance. In the next difficulty they are required to compensate for distance, however, holding your breath will "slow down" time and create a small red square in your sights that shows where the bullet will end up. In Sniper Elite mode the player will have to compensate for gravity and wind, so really just pick your poison. Seeing as how most fire fights can get pretty hectic, it can be just a matter of waiting for your heartbeat to level out so you can pull off another slo-mo shot, nothing too difficult. Fighting with the a submachine gun or pistol certainly isn't the games high point, but it gets the job done, more or less trying to force you to be a better sniper and to take people out the stealthy way.
Speaking of killing people, you can do it in a variety of ways: trip mines, land mines, grenades, dynamite, timing your shots with loud noises, etc etc. And watching your bullet go slow motion through an enemies insides just never get's old.
Certainly a good game worth at least a rental, satisfying nonetheless.