History VideoGame / SniperEliteV2

A ContinuityReboot of the original ''VideoGame/SniperElite'' for the UsefulNotes/XBox360, UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/WiiU, and PC via UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

An UpdatedRerelease called ''Sniper Elite V2 Remastered'' was released on May 14, 2019, updating the graphics and bundling all DownloadableContent for free, and released for PC, UsefulNotes/XboxOne, UsefulNotes/Playstation4, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: This is played with. Some levels provide unique items like the Panzerfaust anti-tank rocket or a mounted machinegun. However, the game still heavily focuses on the use of the sniper rifle. Tank? Sniper rifle. Truck? Sniper rifle. Launching V2 rocket? SNIPER RIFLE! To push the point home, the player is allowed to carry three magazines for his SMG (including the one loaded into it) and only a handful more for his pistol, while carrying over a hundred sniper rifle rounds.

* FakeDifficulty: Enemy snipers blatantly do not have to compensate for bullet drop or wind like the player does, several sections/Kill Tally have blatantly respawning enemies close to the player (Which can result in being killed by a submachine gunner that was very clearly not there 5 seconds ago.) and several sections will raise the alarm even if you remain undetected.

* VocalDissonance: Karl's voice is ''much'' [[BadassBaritone deeper]] than you'd expect from his character model.

A prequel set in Africa, ''VideoGame/SniperEliteIII'', was released June 27th, 2014 in Europe and July 1st elsewhere. An interquel, set in Italy following the events of ''III'', ''VideoGame/SniperElite4'', was released on February 14, 2017. Another interquel, set in France a few months following the end of ''4'''s DownloadableContent campaign, ''VideoGame/SniperElite5'', was announced in December 2021, set for a 2022 release date.

A prequel set in Africa, ''VideoGame/SniperEliteIII'', was released June 27th, 2014 in Europe and July 1st elsewhere. An interquel, set in Italy following the events of ''III'', ''VideoGame/SniperElite4'', was released on February 14, 2017.

* DifficultySpike: On Sniper Elite Difficulty, starting with the mission to retrieve documents from a Soviet outpost, the game experiences a sharp spike in difficulty. Enemy sniper teams ambush the player starting the difficulty spike. The enemy snipers have perfect aim, reflexes, and later missions have multiple enemy snipers appearing in various locations to ambush the player. Two sniper shots can kill the player outright and the only way to locate the enemy is to have them shoot at you or get lucky and spot the light glinting off their scope as they take aim at you. Add in that the player has to account for both bullet drop and wind affecting their shot in addition to being wounded by an enemy shot throwing off your aim.

* AdvertisedExtra: The Wehrmacht are heavily featured both on the main menu and several promotional shots, and are shown more prominently than the Red Army. In the actual game, however, it's the Red Army that you'll be fighting more during the campaign.

* CommieNazis: The main antagonists are a group of German officers and scientists willing to sell out their own country and their scientific genius and secrets to the Soviets in exchange for their lives.

* DirtyCommunists: In contrast to most other World War II games set in Europe, the Soviets are antagonists, and as such are depicted in a negative manner.

* EvilPowerVacuum: As in the previous VideoGame/SniperElite game, this takes place during the final days of the Third Reich and the battle for Berlin, when Stalin's Soviet Union was on the verge of smashing Hitler's empire out of existence and supplanting it with his own.
* EvilVersusEvil: It's UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler and UsefulNotes/NaziGermany versus UsefulNotes/JosefStalin and the [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn Soviet Union]]. And you are caught in the crossfire, as an American agent sent to secure secrets and kill Nazi scientists.
* ExcusePlot: The plot is thin at best, and involves a staple "Nazis and Russians trying to control the world" plot. That said, the game delivers thoroughly on the visceral kill-cam, which was a primary selling point for the game.

* DeadlyGas: [[spoiler:What Tabun turns out to be late in the campaign, a deadly nerve agent. And Wolff's, and by extension the Soviets', EvilPlan involves test-firing a V2 rocket loaded with a warhead containing the agent aimed at London, then subsequently blaming it on the German forces. Of course, if you're familiar with the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabun_(nerve_agent) history of nerve agents]], you'll know what it is upon hearing the name.]]

* SniperRifle:
** You get three [[note]]Nine with all DLC[[/note]] different rifles with different crosshairs.
** The rifles have varying characteristics including stopping power, bullet drop, magazine size, semi-auto or bolt-action, and zoom level.

* UniversalAmmunition: Seemingly enforced with pistol and rifle ammo. Any ammo you pick up from dead enemies will always be for the correct weapon. For example what's a Nazi soldier doing with Japanese, American, and British rifle ammo? The SMG ammunition is usually for the [=MP-40=], which you can always switch out. The pistol ammo is justified as the Welrod (if you haven't switched to the 1911 or any of the DLC pistols) and the Luger take the same ammo in RealLife, though so does the [=MP-40=].

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: This is played with. Some levels provide unique items like the Panzerfaust Anti Tank rocket or a mounted machinegun. However the game still heavily focuses on the use of the sniper rifle. Tank? Sniper rifle. Truck? Sniper rifle. Launching V2 Rocket?! SNIPER RIFLE! To push the point home, the player is allowed to carry three magazines for his SMG (including the one loaded into it) and only a handful more for his pistol, while carrying over a hundred sniper rifle rounds.

* DeadlyGas: [[spoiler:What Tabun turns out to be late in the campaign, a deadly nerve agent. And Wolff's, and by extension the Soviets', EvilPlan involves test-firing a V2 rocket loaded with a warhead containing the agent aimed at London, then subsequently blaming it on the German forces.]]

* GroinAttack: When you shoot the enemy in the right spot the player is shown an xray cam view of the bullet obliterating the enemy’s testicles which is a kill shot.

* FakeDifficutly: Enemy snipers blatantly do not have to compensate for bullet drop or wind like the player does, several sections/Kill Tally have blatantly respawning enemies close to the player (Which can result in being killed by a submachine gunner that was very clearly not there 5 seconds ago.) and several sections will raise the alarm even if you remain undetected.

-> ''"You are elite US sniper Karl Fairburne. Parachuted into [[CapitalOffensive Berlin]] [[FinalBattle amidst the Germans’ final stand]], your mission is to prevent [[StupidJetpackHitler Nazi V2 rocket program technology]] from falling into the hands of [[DirtyCommunists the besieging Red Army]]. You must aid key scientists keen to defect to the US, and terminate [[CommieNazis those who would help the Russians.]]"''

* UpdatedRerelease: ''Sniper Elite V2 Remastered'', which released on May 14, 2019. This new version, intended mainly for Eighth-Generation Consoles, contains all DownloadableContent packs, character models ported directly from ''VideoGame/ZombieArmyTrilogy'', and updated graphics and visuals.f

* TheArtifact: The player characters from the ''VideoGame/ZombieArmyTrilogy'' still have their yellow Survivor Brigade armbands and carry the cylindrical container used to hold the Sagamata relic. They shouldn't have those, as Hitler hasn't raised the dead...yet.