Software:Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette

Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Director(s)	Masaaki Kukino
Designer(s)	Takeshi Uchi
Series	Silent Scope
Platform(s)	Arcade, PlayStation 2
Release	Arcade WW: 2000 PlayStation 2 NA: September 18, 2001 JP: October 18, 2001 EU: November 16, 2001
Genre(s)	Rail shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Cabinet	Upright

Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette (Silent Scope 2: Fatal Judgement in Europe and Silent Scope 2: Innocent Sweeper in Japan) is a rail shooter game that is the sequel to the arcade game Silent Scope.

Plot

The player first battles a few enemies along Tower Bridge, London, most of them found on distant buildings, in boats, or on the bridge itself. Afterwards, the player meets his counterpart, either Jackal or Falcon (whichever the player did not choose). According to the player's unseen commander, a bioweapons research facility on the continent has been taken over by the terrorists and its staff held hostage, including Laura, one of the scientists whom Falcon had recently been dating (and whom he finds out is also the sister of his counterpart).

The player is then sent to the research facility, and kills several snow based enemies. The player then battles the first boss, Tanya, who uses a burner to scorch the player. Afterwards, the player is sent outside the snow base, battles more enemies, then battles another boss, Fox.

After completing the snow missions, the player is sent to recover a stolen airplane, and afterwards, faces another boss, Cobra, who seemed to have survived the previous encounter in Silent Scope and claims to be immortal. The player is then sent to a ruins-like location with a river near it. The boss, The Collector, is more challenging than the previous ones, as he has full body armor and has a tank as well as several fire arms as weapons.

The player then goes to an opera house and battles another boss, the Star. The boss tries to launch the missile, leaving the device tied to the hostages, but Falcon and Jackal carefully cancel the launch by shooting devices. Finally, the player is sent to the enemy's base and battles a pair of ninja-like bosses, Sho and Kane, before facing the big boss, who is on a top of a clock tower with Laura as his prisoner, however, the boss suddenly falls down, but his handcuffs are still attached to the prisoner, the player must shoot the handcuffs, the big boss then falls to his death, and the game ends.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores Aggregator Score GameRankings 65.13% Metacritic 64/100 Review scores Publication Score GamePro 4/5 GameRevolution C- GameSpot 5.1/10 GameSpy 80/100 GameZone 7.3/10 IGN 6.7/10 Next Generation

In Japan, Game Machine listed Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette on their August 15, 2000 issue as being the fourteenth most-successful dedicated arcade game of the year.

Jeff Lundrigan reviewed the PlayStation 2 version of the game for Next Generation, rating it one star out of five, and stated that "This is just a waste of anyone's time and money."

Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette received mixed reviews. It received a score of 65.13% on GameRankings based on 31 reviews and 64/100 on Metacritic based on 17 reviews.