The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 refines the gameplay of its predecessor, Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts. The game and its DLCs feature a total of six missions, distinctly categorized as either "classic" and "long-distance." The classic missions offer an experience comparable to that of the last installment, as they involve a mix of infiltration, close-quarter combat, and stealthy elimination of targets closer than 400 meters (1,300 ft). The long-distance shot missions, however, require the player to eliminate targets further than 1,000 meters (3,300 ft).
Story
In late 2019, sniper mercenary 'Raven' is hired to destabilise the regime of Bibi Rashida, dictator of the fictional Middle Eastern country of Kuamar (coterminous with southern Iran). Guided by an anonymous handler ('Control'), Raven is first deployed to Zindah Province, eliminating Rashida's quartermaster and arms dealer Antwan Zarza, sniper trainer and former SAS Captain Ronald Payne and the Russian GRU telecommunications expert Colonel Fyodor Novikov.
With Rashida's operational network crippled, Raven next infiltrates Mount Kuamar, where he destroys the jamming equipment cutting Kuamar off electronically from the world, thus allowing Western news and the Internet in. He then sabotages The Citadel, a massive data facility about to be used to launch a world-crippling cyberattack, and assassinates its mastermind, the hacktivist and Rashida ally Lars Hellström.
Development
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 was developed by Polish video game developer CI Games, the developer of the Sniper: Ghost Warrior series. The development began shortly after its predecessor Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts.
The game was released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on 4 June 2021. It was released on PlayStation 5 on 24 August 2021.
Reception
According to review aggregator website Metacritic, Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 received "mixed or average reviews" for the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox Series X/S versions, while the PlayStation 5 version received "generally favorable" reviews.
GameStar's Sascha Penzhorn scored the game 75 out of 100, writing the game is for those who "enjoy planning perfect long-distance shots", but criticizing the story and the inclusion of microtransactions in a single-player game.
