Sniper Elite V2 is a shooter developed by Rebellion Developments, released 30 April 2012 on Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 8.3 hrs to finish.
What Sniper Elite V2 is
Sniper Elite V2 is a shooter game developed by Rebellion Developments and released in 2012. It was published by 505 Games. It is available on Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Asura.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The main character is Karl Fairburne, an OSS officer who is inserted into Berlin in 1945, during the final days of World War II. It references Operation Paperclip and its predecessor Operation Overcast, the plan by the USA to recruit the scientists of Nazi Germany. Fairburne comes up against both Nazi and Soviet opponents as he tracks key individuals involved with the development of the V-2 ballistic missile.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, historical, stealth and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 47 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Sniper Elite V2 holds a critic score of 67 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 3 points below the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 70, across 250 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 8.3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 14.6 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Dual-core CPU with SSE3 (Intel® Pentium® D 3GHz / AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4200) or better, 2GB system memory of RAM and Microsoft® DirectX® 10.0 compatible graphics card with 256 MB of memory (NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 series / ATI Radeon™ HD 3870) or better. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 10GB.
What it launched against
Sniper Elite V2 launched on 30 April 2012, within three weeks of The Walking Dead: Season 1, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, The Walking Dead and Max Payne 3. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Walking Dead: Season 1, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, The Walking Dead, Max Payne 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Sniper Elite V2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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