Tuesday 3 July 2012


                                                            

Today, we’ve got another guest reviewer giving you their thoughts on the latest game they have been playing. Games Booth fans, please continue to read below a review of Snipe Elite courtesy of Iain Fisher.
 
Review: I found playing Sniper Elite a little disappointing to be honest. A game with such hype and potential should really push the limits of the console which this one sadly doesn't. The missions seem to mostly done in sunny war torn Europe. The textures and detail of the graphics look like something I would consider a really good PS2 game. 
The game play in itself isn't bad, the AI could be a little sharper, and the ‘once a shot is fired in the middle of a mission then all hell breaks loose’ concept is a tad repetitive. Sniper Elite uses bullet time to show the science of how a bullet does the damage, it’s a good and interesting concept at first, but once you have killed your 100th Nazi General, who is looking the wrong way as a high calibre round shreds him like he is paper, does get on your nerves after a while. 
 
The other thing I found down right stupid is, in a world of Call of Duty and Battlefield where you can kill a guy with a knife at short range and walk away why has Rebellion not got away from the ‘annoying he won’t die unless you empty an entire clip into him’ mentality, which I hoped had died with such games as Brothers in Arms. 
If you’re still reading this, it’s not all doom and gloom though; the missions can be quite absorbing adding in a nice element of covering your tracks and hiding booby traps under dead Germans, and the back stories are quite good.  Other nice touches include using noise to cover your shots, these small quirks along with a few others kept me entertained. Warning though - the font is so small my dad (who is in his 50's) got a static shock on the end of his nose trying to read the instructions for training.
 
In the end it’s a pretty average WW2 Game that could do better to be honest, gaming is about pushing the boundaries not resting on laurels of game company’s previous successes.

This game is a rent before buying option!



                                                         


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