Beyond Enemy Lines 2

Beyond Enemy Lines 2 is a tactical first-person shooter set in 2008, after contact is lost with Abkhazia, an autonomous region south of the Greater Caucasus. With intercepted radio messages reporting heavy military activity, the origin of the occupying forces and the extent of the damage remain unknown. Satellites in the region are offline, leaving you to gather information on the ground. You observe and infiltrate hostile movements, seek out and destroy enemies, and create confusion behind enemy lines.

The Enhanced Edition adds a fourth campaign with 8 new missions. Previously paid DLC missions are included in the base version, and the game’s gunplay and features have been reworked or improved, including every existing mission.

Missions and approach

The campaign lasts over 10 hours, though playtime varies considerably with your playstyle and skill. Missions take place in large, open-ended, nonlinear environments, from dense forests to underground bunker complexes with close-quarters combat. You choose how to approach each objective, whether by attacking openly or moving silently. Dynamic, unscripted AI makes each playthrough different, and each mission ends with a detailed rating of your achievements.

Weapons and vehicles

You can customize over 20 weapons, ranging from pistols and assault rifles to light machine guns, using 9 unique attachments. An assault rifle can be converted into a sniper rifle within seconds; attachments such as suppressors, scopes and underbarrel lasers let you adapt your weapons to different situations. Drivable vehicles help you cross the large battlefields.

Tactical combat

Skill and tactical decisions matter in the game’s difficult combat. You may need to use a suppressor and scope to target a distant enemy, or fit a submachine gun with an underbarrel laser to suppress an approaching squad while retreating to higher ground.