The problem is so bad that repeatedly shooting one of the heavy, juggernaut-style enemies in the head with the starter sniper rifle wouldn't seem to phase them.Īnd while the standard and juggernaut enemies are essentially blindfolded, deaf, and completely numbed to pain, the snipers and CCTV cameras dotting the map could spot a fly at 500 meters in a blizzard. Dropping an enemy right in front of another enemy would often yield no reaction from the one left standing, and scripted conversations between the two would sometimes continue. Sniper Ghost Warrior: Contracts has some of the most inconsistent AI of any game this generation, sometimes as bad as Aliens: Colonial Marines. While that's one of the more severe instances we experienced during our playthrough, there was little else that made it feel worth playing.
That experience defines Contracts as a whole. After about an hour of checkpoint and mission reloads, the intel finally managed to stay in place, finally allowing the objective to be completed. Except blowing up that door caused the intel to glitch out and disappear, repeatedly. Unfortunately, the solution was to throw a grenade at the door, blasting it open and allowing the precious intel to be snatched up. With a sputtering breaker box nearby, it seemed as though there may be some type of puzzle, or at least a path to follow to a separate breaker that could open the door. The gate is locked, but there's no lock to blow off to swing the door open, as there had been up until that point in previous encounters. In one mission, intel is locked behind a gated area indoors. Any time it feels like Contracts is going to try and do something new and interesting, it never extends. It only has a few primary objectives throughout its five main levels, eliminating a target, collecting intel, and two instances where players get to place C4 on a structure.
RELATED: The 10 Best Stealth Games Ever Madeįor a game that's built on its apparent replayability, Contracts seems hell-bent on shooing players away, even more than the luke-warm Sniper Ghost Warrior 3. The game is relatively short, only taking roughly 8 hours to complete the main objectives, but it becomes a slog as more issues become apparent.
A slow, boorish, slog that's at best mediocre and at worst infuriating. It's difficult to nail down one specific issue that plagues Sniper Ghost Warrior: Contractsbut it's abundantly clear what the game is trying to be - a mix between the episodic Hitman games and Far Cry with some generic near-future elements. It's an experience that's routinely frustrating and almost never rewarding.
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