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Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette ps2 Game Reviews
Silent Scope 2:  Dark Silhouette
Critic Score
Metascore: 64 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.5 out of 10
based on 17 reviews
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Using weapons like the Thermal Vision Scope and X-Ray Scope (without the use of a light gun peripheral), Dark Silhouette pits the player against enemy terrorists in four single & two-player modes of play, including Story, Shooting Range, Duel, and Original.

PUBLISHER: Konami
DEVELOPER: Konami
GENRE(S): Action
PLAYERS: 2
ESRB RATING: M (Mature)
RELEASE DATE: September 18, 2001

What The Critics Said

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80
GamePro
It’s a topnotch shooting game but hardly one that you’ll play for days on end.
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80
GameSpy
Guiding a cursor around a screen, activating a scope, and taking out targets is certainly an original and enjoyable experience, but the repetition of the enemy patterns make it difficult to return to after the game has been beaten or you've had your fill of playing sniper for a day.
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73
GameZone
Even though SS2: Dark Silhouette is an improvement on the original in just about every way, there just wasn't enough to "blow me away", as the saying goes.
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70
Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
It's not the deepest game ever made, but it is one of those things that you can use to get a quick fix of gaming. [Oct 2001, p.135]
70
Hot Games
Technically speaking, Silent Scope 2 isn’t much of an advance over the original Silent Scope, and in some ways it’s actually a step backwards.
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68
TotalGames.net
It rapidly descends into an overly-linear memory test which, without the physical act of aiming or the genuinely engaging ducking mechanic of "Time Crisis," all too quickly becomes repetitive and dull.
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67
IGN
Without the gun, Silent Scope is more of an exercise, a drill. It's decent fun, but it doesn't come close to the level of excitement of adrenaline rushes that the arcade version delivers.
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67
Cinescape
If you can look past some horrendous voice acting, you might be satisfied with the music and sound effects in the game. I personally couldn’t get past the voice acting and how it hurt the plot.
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61
Electric Playground
A very faithful recreation of its coin-operated brethren in both its graphics and gameplay. The bad news, however, is that without the light gun, it’s just not as fun. Plain as that.
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60
Electronic Gaming Monthly
The game looks so unspectacularly similar to an N64 game at times, you’ll wonder if the PS2’s graphics chip went on vacation. [Oct 2001, p.148]
60
Yahoo! Games
There aren't really enough features here to recommend Silent Scope 2 to anyone other than those who are maniacally obsessive about the game ...or those rich I-Link-two-big-TVs-in-the-same-room-owning-people.
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58
Core Magazine
Featuring a well-developed storyline and numerous exclusive modes for this home version, Silent Scope 2 falters primarily when it comes to accurately targeting your enemies.
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55
GameSpot
While the gameplay and graphics are just about identical to those of the arcade version, the lack of that big gimmicky sniper rifle makes the game downright silly.
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54
Gamezilla!
If you absolutely loved the arcade version, don’t buy this game. You will be so disappointed that you will want to skeet shoot the disc itself.
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50
GameShark
This series sucks without the sniper rifle. Sorry, end of discussion.
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50
PSX Nation
If you have the equipment (2 USB Mice, I-Link Cable, 2 TV's and 2 PS2's) and a friend you can find some unique and worthy gameplay.
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42
Game Revolution
This is one port that went from arcade star to console dog. Heinous, dude.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Reid L. gave it a 10:
Really good game, gotta have a konami gun for the game, it's alot better with it!

Buzz off gave it a 7:
I expected bettar game play and length of game play.

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