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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