It conveys the feeling of being in the nigh-tropical Philippines, the war-torn Bosnian cityscape of Sarajevo, or the cloudy mountains of Tibet. That said, the level architecture is attractive. Crew-cut soldier and dude with facial hair. Speaking of those characters, their designs are fairly generic. There are some strange arm movements as well, though they’re reserved to characters you almost exclusively see from either the inside or behind. While the animation work is generally acceptable, cutscenes feel awkward, especially since the facial animations are absolutely atrocious.

And you’re creeping through them, so they’re often filling your screen. While the visuals are largely inoffensive, and do feature some fairly excellent water, character models are simplistic, textures are often somewhat blurry and low resolution, and though plants will bend and sway with one’s movement, they are flat, 2D textures in a 3D world, which is downright ugly when seen up close. So, how does Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 stack up? Yes, the same engine as Crysis 3, which was released just last month. While that game was built on the Chrome engine, used in the Call of Juarez titles and Dead Island, the new game instead uses CryEngine 3. A lot of my favorite games have initially been released at the budget price point, often supplanting the grandiose and cinematic scale of larger titles with a more concentrated gaming experience and, while Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 may not sit on my list of favorite games, or even favorite budget games, it certainly doesn’t flounder from a design perspective.Īs the title indicates, Ghost Warrior 2 is a sequel to the original Sniper: Ghost Warrior. Keep that in mind, because it’s abundantly clear through everything from the game’s writing and voice acting to its length and visuals. Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 is a budget title.

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