Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts

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6.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 144 Ratings

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  1. SilverOrlov
    Apr 27, 2020
    7
    In general, I liked the game on... 70%, I guess. Good-looking locations, nice light, good sniper shooting/ballistics(As much as you can say about the game for ordinary people, and not as about some sniper simulator). And in general, a variety of interesting tasks and trials.
    But, there is a remaining 30% of-course. The wild stupidity of some mechanics and game ideas: For example, a game    In general, I liked the game on... 70%, I guess. Good-looking locations, nice light, good sniper shooting/ballistics(As much as you can say about the game for ordinary people, and not as about some sniper simulator). And in general, a variety of interesting tasks and trials.
    But, there is a remaining 30% of-course. The wild stupidity of some mechanics and game ideas: For example, a game about a sniper implies stealth, but you cannot install a silencer on any secondary weapon, while in other parts of the game there was such an opportunity. Or one of the secondary tasks “to fulfill all contracts without raising an alarm”: If the enemy saw you in the alley, but you killed him and no one noticed, the task failed. If you shot half the soldiers, the second half runs around looking for you, but you lie quietly on the roof of the house far with a gun - the task is not failed. Fu**ng logic #1.
    Oh yes, some of the secondary tasks contradict each other altogether: One may require 10 soldiers to be killed with explosives, and the other - not to kill anyone other than the target of the mission. Fu**ng logic #2(Don't tell me about replying, this only works when each run brings something new to the game, and not when only 1 line in the trials changes).
    Plot: it is here, but since it is a sandbox game, not a company game, and it was made by people completely far from Siberia and Russia, this story is sooooo blurred, mixed up, and again talks about “Evil Russians” with dumb names. Unless without a bear and a vodka. And yet, not so much in the plot as in the narrative, it looks very strange that the game literally stuffs us with the professionalism of the character we play for, but at the same time drops to banal movie cliches: "you need to find out the whole truth", "punish all the guilty people" and of-course "save every innocent in the World".
    Competitors implemented here at 1 out of 10. They all sit exactly to cover the exact man(your target). So there only one per mission and he sit near the target... and it's on every huge location zone.
    Good ideas, good some mechanics, but weak attitude to work.
    And on last mission I faced a very severe bug: The base full with soldiers and couple of snipers... and time to time they all disappear and appear, and it makes pane to aim someone there and not to get a bullet of some "suddenly appeared sniper".    … Expand
  2. gold
    Jul 5, 2023
    6
    М-м-м, клюква… По серии игра похожа на 3 часть — а это мне не очень по душе, мне нравится больше первые две части.
    Тут много багов, но основные я поставлю в плюсы так как они сильно упростили мне игру, а это мне нравиться. Первый это деньги и остальные денежные эквиваленты: когда набрали много денег, вы можете сразу разблокировать все улучшения, просто перезагружая игру (выключая,    М-м-м, клюква… По серии игра похожа на 3 часть — а это мне не очень по душе, мне нравится больше первые две части.
    Тут много багов, но основные я поставлю в плюсы так как они сильно упростили мне игру, а это мне нравиться. Первый это деньги и остальные денежные эквиваленты: когда набрали много денег, вы можете сразу разблокировать все улучшения, просто перезагружая игру (выключая, включая) — значения восстановятся.
    Второй баг — если хотите по быстрому сбросить обнаружение, очистить карту от трупов, сохранить отключённые турели, то обязательно идите на точку сохранения и загружайтесь с неё. Это удалит трупы, враги НЕ восстановятся и сбросит обнаружение.
    Но есть баг из-за которого часто не срабатывают точки сохранения. Также отключённые турели вас замечают, если встанете перед дулом и в конкретных местах на каждой карте, кроме первой и тренировки, значки врагов не сохраняются. То есть когда биноклем или масочным визором вы обозначаете врага, значок этот не сохраняется а исчезает. И визор от этого постоянно блямкает.
    6.6/10 чуть лучше 3 части.    … Expand
  3. sniperwarvx
    Jan 3, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The problem is that it is very short and boring and the previous part was better and interesting… Expand
  4. MohammadBAghri
    May 14, 2021
    7
    In the first step to completing a puzzle, I realized how to solve it. The method that is even needed to create a puzzle in the beginning.
    The way the creators of this series found it and have not been able to implement it or have not yet managed to discover it to provide an attractive game for their users.
    Join me, Mohammad Bagherifar, in reviewing the SGWContracts game ... At first    In the first step to completing a puzzle, I realized how to solve it. The method that is even needed to create a puzzle in the beginning.
    The way the creators of this series found it and have not been able to implement it or have not yet managed to discover it to provide an attractive game for their users.
    Join me, Mohammad Bagherifar, in reviewing the SGWContracts game ...

    At first glance, the game made with the CRYENGINE engine, such a graphic is not so attractive.
    Because usually first-person games have to have much better graphics than third-person games.
    If we saw such graphics in the Sniper Elit series, it would be 100% very positive.
    But neither here nor there we seek to challenge

    Like the previous series, this game has a very faint story and is just an excuse to complete missions.
    The story and characterization are so weak that when you finish the game you do not even remember the name of one of the game's characters.

    Perhaps the user's biggest mistake is telling the story that it is not so important. But note that this is the story that makes you continue the game to realize what happens at the end.

    The gameplay is at a good level. To the extent that the creators did well of what we expected from a sniper title, they even slightly changed it from arcade to simulation.

    In terms of bugs, the game is in good condition, it can not be said that it does not have bugs, but its bugs do not stop you from continuing the game.

    And aside from all this, the main positive point of this title is progress.
    Its significant improvement over the previous version of the series (SGW 3) in terms of graphics, gameplay and story.

    positive points :
    1. Significant improvements over the previous version
    2. Attractive gameplay
    3. There are no nerve bugs

    cons :
    1. Lack of interesting story
    2. Soulless graphics
    3. Very poor characterization    … Expand
  5. Lukrejshyn
    Jul 13, 2022
    7
    S:GW Contracts is a good semi-open world sniping fps game. The game has quite a few things going for it but it also has few flaws which are visible.

    Mainly the flaws are pretty poor optimisation and very dumb AI. There were times where squad of enemies would patrol area and if one of them were to spot me and shoot me the rest wouldn't even react which was completely shattering the    S:GW Contracts is a good semi-open world sniping fps game. The game has quite a few things going for it but it also has few flaws which are visible.

    Mainly the flaws are pretty poor optimisation and very dumb AI. There were times where squad of enemies would patrol area and if one of them were to spot me and shoot me the rest wouldn't even react which was completely shattering the immersion. Frequently enemies react as a hive mind which is frustrating because it either causes you to restart or go through the rest of the mission loud. Often animations feel a bit stiff or clunky. The fall damage works inconsistently. Additionaly checkpoints are rather punishing and often will force you to play the task you've already completed all over again. And while these flaws may not sound like that big of a deal they do get annoying.

    There are many positives. It's unique game that fully commits to an idea of a elite mercenary sniper doing high risk jobs in different, often rural places. The sniping feels great. There's a lot of choice when it comes to your equipment for snipers, pistols, rifles, shotguns etc. There is also upgrades which aren't something completely new but they are satisfying and worth using since it gives you more tools to play around with. The game looks pretty good and locations you are placed in often are very well designed in both looks and how they play. The game allows you to fully customize your playstyle as you are never told directly how to act in a mission. All of the decisions of approach are fully made by the player which allows for creativity and helps adjust players when they first come into the game. It also adds replayability which was really lacking in previous entries of S:GW. Overall very solid game with some inconveniences that unfortunately are visible in the product but aren't the dealbreakers.

    The game is worth recommending to a person which enjoys stealth and fps games.    … Expand
  6. JoJo2498
    May 6, 2021
    7
    The story is awful, the voice acting is mediocre at best but flat out bad at worst, but the gameplay is surprisingly fun. It's very open. Not on a certain scale of MGSV, but still open. Guns feel very impactful leaving behind dismembered enemies and tons of blood, which, the details in that regard are done very well in this game. Better than most modern games. My only main complaint isThe story is awful, the voice acting is mediocre at best but flat out bad at worst, but the gameplay is surprisingly fun. It's very open. Not on a certain scale of MGSV, but still open. Guns feel very impactful leaving behind dismembered enemies and tons of blood, which, the details in that regard are done very well in this game. Better than most modern games. My only main complaint is it's length. This game is only around 8 - 10 hours long. That might not sound too short, but there's only 4 or 5 levels. And you can only do so much on those levels before it gets repetitive. Hopefully SGW:C2 will improve upon this.

    With all that out of the way, would I recommend this? Mostly. If you like Sniper Elite, big yes. If you just want a shooter to play for no particular reason, I'd still give it a go. The game is fun, and that's mostly all that matters in some cases. I would not play this for it's story or dialogue however, because it's genuinely awful, especially most of the voice acting. As for the console versions, stay far away from them! They suffer from abysmal performance, visuals, controls, and loading times! It's really bad all around on console! Don't touch those versions!    … Expand
  7. ZzTopNemesis
    Mar 13, 2022
    6
    Score: 6.3

    Meh, expected an Hitman like experience, never got it.
    Prefer Sniper Elite 4 to this one
  8. C4NAB1Sx
    Jan 27, 2022
    5
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Player 2
    Mar 2, 2020
    75
    Contracts is a signal to the world that the Sniper Ghost Warrior franchise is no longer content on being a niche title. It is coming for the stealth big boys.
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  2. GameCritics
    Jan 13, 2020
    75
    At its core Sniper Ghost Warrior: Contracts is a challenging, but fundamentally well-balanced sniping FPS, but the mask was supposed to be the thing that empowered the character and made them more than a match for the armies they’re up against — I just can’t understand why the developers didn’t let me choose how to use it, rather than forcing annoying limits upon me.
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  3. 3DJuegos
    Dec 19, 2019
    65
    Sniper Ghost Warrior Contract’s action scenes and freeroamed maps are overshadowed but better action games, but it’s snipping mechanics are competent enough.
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