Sniper Elite V2

Intense overall intensity
Highest flag: Violence — graphic & gore
HistoricalModern/RealisticShooter

What's in it

Violence graphic & gore
High

Realistic gunfire, sniping, and explosives against human (mostly enemy soldier) targets in a WWII combat setting, with blood spray on hits.

Mutilation / body horror depicted
Moderate

The X-ray kill cam depicts internal destruction from gunfire — organs bursting and bones splintering — and explosives can tear bodies apart.

Dark themes mild
Low

Set in the ruins of a besieged 1945 Berlin during the final days of World War II, centered on assassination and death.

Language mild
Low

Occasional mild profanity in soldiers' combat dialogue.

Who can reach your kid

What it is

Sniper Elite V2 is a third-person WWII sniping game where you play an American OSS agent, disguised as a German soldier, operating in the bombed-out ruins of Berlin in 1945 to keep Nazi nuclear research out of Soviet hands. Gameplay revolves around stealth positioning and long-range rifle shots, factoring in bullet drop, wind, and breathing. Its defining feature is a graphic slow-motion 'kill cam' that follows the bullet and shows an X-ray view of it tearing through a human enemy's organs and bones. The core content is realistic and gory military violence against human soldiers; there is no sexual content, nudity, or substance use, and it carries mild wartime language.

How it's framed

The game frames its shooting as a heroic wartime mission against enemy combatants, but it deliberately dwells on the physical damage of each kill through detailed, slow-motion X-ray gore that treats a well-placed lethal shot as a satisfying reward rather than something somber.

Details

Developer
Rebellion
Publisher
Rebellion
Metacritic 66critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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