On the lighter side, Contracts 2 also has some wonderful guard banter. The game is completely open about how your job is to keep oil prices high and Western economies afloat, an objective that leads to an amusing twist later in the game. It takes a cold and darkly satirical view of contract killing and military intervention in the Middle East. Contracts 2 isn't an exercise in jingoistic self-aggrandisement like Call of Duty has become. The excellent presentation extends to the writing and voice acting. Movement and combat are weighty and purposeful, while a huge amount of attention has been given to animation, environment design, and weapon handling. And more generally, Contracts 2 just looks and feels great. The sniping feels authentic and can be adjusted to be as easy or difficult as you like.
But you're also physically in the mix with enemies, meaning that staring down a scope leaves you vulnerable to being attacked from the flanks.Ĭontracts 2 delivers both experiences capably. On the other hand, light sniper rifles used in classic contracts can be silenced, lending greater flexibility about when you snipe.
You can't just sneak your way through, either, as any guards close to an overlook point will converge on your position the moment you take your first shot. Long-range sniper rifles, for example, cannot be silenced, so it's wise to use other weapons and equipment to deal with guard patrols.
This works because the challenges involved in each mission type feel very different, requiring you to adjust your tactics and equipment accordingly. By combining Splinter Cell-like stealth missions with long-range shooting puzzles, Ghost Warrior can have its cake and eat it. Sniping in and of itself can get repetitive quickly, but physically infiltrating bases is the opposite of how a sniper operates. It's proper James Bond stuff, a joy from start to finish.Ĭontracts 2's blend of classic and long shot missions helps fix a problem Ghost Warrior has struggled with for a while. The mission culminates with a descent into the Citadel itself, slipping through layers of automated turrets before entering Hellstrom's inner sanctum. First, you must disrupt the Citadel's exterior communication network, which includes a huge satellite array and a water pumping station (presumably for coolant), all connected by a massive network of underground tunnels. Named Mount Kuamar, it sees you on the trail of Rashida's hacker pal Lars Hellstrom, who has built himself a supercomputer housed within a heavily fortified concrete bunker known as the Citadel. While the long shot missions are Contract 2's most significant new feature, the game's best mission is actually a classic contract. But I also liked deploying it as a backup while sneaking into a facility, giving me a quick way to deal with guards I suspected might cause trouble while infiltrating. You place it in a separate location so you can sync up shots on guards you otherwise can't see. Using it is almost like playing a cooperative game with yourself. The automated turret, however, is extremely cool. I found the drone was only intermittently useful, as many locations where it feels natural to deploy it are protected by invulnerable radio scramblers that render the drone inoperable. The latter includes a reconnaissance drone and an automated sniping-turret designed to enable synchronised kill-shots. Succeeding in a challenge nets you additional income to spend on new weapons, weapon mods, and gadgets. Each mission has its own set of challenges: killing targets in different ways, getting ten kills over a certain distance, killing ten counter-snipers with melee sneak attacks. Like Hitman, these contracts are built with replayability in mind. The design is clearly inspired by IO's recent Hitman trilogy. The puzzle-like structure of these missions elevates Contracts 2 beyond a simple head-popping simulator.
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