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2001 · Konami · Light gun shooter · Light-gun shooter

Silent Scope 2

Timed PlayStation exclusive

Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette is a rail shooter game that is the sequel to the popular arcade game Silent Scope.

Released
18 October 2001
Platforms
ArcadePlayStation 2Xbox
Genres
Light gun shooterLight-gun shooterShooter
Developers
Konami
Publishers
Konami
Series
Silent Scope
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
First person
Themes
Action
Country
Japan
Age ratings
ESRB M

About

Silent Scope 2 is a 2000 rail shooter video game developed and published by Konami for arcades. It is the sequel to the 1999 game Silent Scope.

Keywords

  • rail shooter
  • death
  • multiple protagonists
  • crime
  • sequel
  • sniping

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

The player first battles a few enemies along Tower Bridge, London, most of them found on distant buildings, in boats, or on the bridge itself. Afterwards, the player meets his counterpart, either Jackal or Falcon (whichever the player did not choose). According to the player's unseen commander, a bioweapons research facility on the continent has been taken over by the terrorists and its staff held hostage, including Laura, one of the scientists whom Falcon had recently been dating (and whom he finds out is also the sister of his counterpart).

The player is then sent to the research facility, and kills several snow based enemies. The player then battles the first boss, Tanya, who uses a burner to scorch the player. Afterwards, the player is sent outside the snow base, battles more enemies, then battles another boss, Fox.

Reception

The PlayStation 2 version received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Jeff Lundrigan of NextGen called it "a waste of anyone's time and money". In Japan, however, Famitsu gave it a score of 29 out of 40.

Also in Japan, Game Machine listed the arcade version on their August 15, 2000, issue as being the fourteenth most-successful dedicated arcade game of the month.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Arcade31 December 2000Worldwide
PlayStation 218 September 2001North America · Japan 18 October 2001 · Europe 16 November 2001
Xbox10 February 2004North America · Europe 19 March 2004

Editions and related releases

Included in
Silent Scope Complete

In the same series

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Collections1 collection

Genres

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