Taking into account its lower price and improvements to the AI, I feel a lot more inclined to be generous towards Sniper than perhaps I would have been had I bought it on release.

The sniping sections of the game are generally pretty good. It's let down by the fact that there are also assault sections of the game, which feel oddly out of place and generally the assault rifles are pretty useless which doesn't really help either. The AI is pretty dumb, even with the improvements.They'll still see you when they shouldn't and be oblivious when they should be on high alert. They also seem to be more accurate over a great distance than they are when you're 10 metres away from them.

The overall impression I get from this game is that it's trying to be the Call of Duty of sniper games and perhaps a lot more gets lost in this effort than is gained.

But at least now it's an enjoyable, cheap diversion. Even if it's not the definitive sniper game out there. The patch does bring with it some hope for Sniper 2.

Great campaign, several bug fixes since last patch that finally made it playable without "x-ray vision" enemies. Unfortunately multiplayer is almost dead, since it doesnt support dedicated servers and online gameplay is everything but newbie-friendly (you will have trouble spotting the enemy while he is already aiming at your brain). I found out that many who still play it use third party VPN clients such as Hamachi, probably showing how difficult it is to host a game.

I bought it for the 80% discount and I dont regret it, though I dont know how long its going to stay installed on my computer.

+ Nice game for timekilling

- Stupid bots / easy game

- There is no any multigamers. (at least my game shows 2 servers 0 players :)

- Its not realistic game at all

I don't recommend to pay 29.95€uros, wait till you can buy it 7euros or less like i did ;)

After the 1.2 patch, this game is actually quite nice - the AI no longer sees you through vegetation or from miles away, making it relatively playable even on hard... It's no Sniper Elite, but I'm having a fun time with it, the graphics are nice and the game play is quite enjoyable.

For those that have a 64 bit system and that get a message 'invalid serial key' when trying to start the game, change the sniper.reg file that is made available from the game download page so that it adds keys to 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\City Interactive\Sniper2' rather than the location in the script - this fixed the issue for me.

This game belongs in an arcade. There is nothing realistic about this game at all, which is fine if you like those types. I was prepared to deal with the fact that the sniping wasn't dead on. But it was just way to off for me.

There is no real sniping in this game. The first level your hunting down a major target and hit him from about 150-200 yards away. The rest of the time your just trying to sneak by people who can pick fly S**T out of a turd.

But don't worry, if someone spots you from 300 yards away you can just gun them down with a pistol and use a health pack.

So yes, if you want an unrealistic game where you shot everything in sight and get a cool bullet cam then here you go.

Review of my Single-Player experience:

I really, really enjoyed "Ghost Warrior". But that could be just me. I enjoy belly-crawling through most of a game, testing my patience to set up that perfect shot. The AI was too good in spots though. The trick is this: If there are more than one enemy in the area, you MUST set up your target so that no other enemy is within visual contact of you. If you don't, anyone that can see you will be all over you in one second. I loved the graphics engine, and they did a perfect job as far as the sniping mechanics (crouch, prone, aim): it all worked flawlessly. Good framerates on my ageing Q6600 w/ GTX260 at 1920 x 1200 with everything maxed, but my video card's fan was spinning pretty high. Keep in mind that you cannot play this as a run-and-gunner, and you'll be fine. There is also a stats page after each mission, and when you finish the game, an overall stats page. I do plan on replaying this game to improve my headshot count. My total "stats page" game time was 13 hours 31 minutes 10 seconds.

GRIPES: They need to get rid of the "action" sequences for the sequel. Those really sucked. Fortunately, they were very few. They also need to open the game up a bit more and allow for more exploration and some longer kills. As it is, it is surprisingly open, and kills are very satisfying, but this could be improved.

I'm giving the game 5 stars because it isn't often that a game comes out that suits my playing style perfectly, and I had an absolute blast with it.

Simply: -

1) You must patch up to Patch 3 (and if you know where to look you can easily find all 3 that work perfectly for GamersGate)

2) Wonderful Graphics. I'll say it again. WONDERFUL GRAPHICS

3) Wonderful Sniper mechanics, albeit quite "arcadey"

4) Both really good AND non existent AI .... a bit of both

5) "Some" poor actions scenes

6) Disjointed story

7) Great sniper CAM

8) Ends quickly

9) Still, amidst all this, moments of total immersion.

Buy it if you like Chrome 4 (the engine it uses), or if you want to blow someones head off in truly dramatic style .... without being too gratuitous!!

Top Ten reasons to buy this game...

10.Donkey Kong with a Sniper rifle.

9.Tired of oil spill video.

8.You like holding your Moms hand when go go for walks in the park.

7.Pong

6.You are the Thimble when playing Monopoly.

5.The paint is done drying.

4.You Tevo American Idle

3.Bundles with "Road works Simulator"

2.You finished "War and Peace"

1.The Bartender cut you Off!

The game is pretty and the enviroment are pretty.

Now the negative.

You do not really have the feeling of being a sniper its feel more like a normal shooting game. YES you have the one shot one kill a few times but in general when going from A-B is rather limited due to small levels.. You either sneak past an enemy or shoot them, well most of the time you shoot. If you belive this is a sniper game were its difficult to hit people and you need to plan and move into possition well then you will get rather dissapointed since the levels are rather small and you kind og get guidede to were you are going by waypoints..

I have played level 1 and 2 now and i serious think of uninstalling it.. In general the game feel a little like being Rambo with a sniper rifle shoot your way through the levels, im rather dissapointed in this game to be honest.