From what I've seen, most of the negative reviews are Germans whining about censorship, or people who flat out suck at aiming.

No, the game isn't perfect. Lord knows that CI is far from perfect. But they have improved immensely. For the most part, the core gameplay is just like SGW3, but far more refined (better balancing, better feel, etc.).

I don't care what anyone says. I love this game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdxXLfKHmSU

A game of high lows and low highs. The classic maps for the most part improve on everything I liked about the first Contracts game, but the game is seriously let down by the long shot contracts having very boring, linear maps with objectives that for the most part are way too easy to cheese (and aren't nearly as enjoyable to do "properly" compared to the classic maps), and the DLCs are a bad look.

However, I still like it overall, and the less inspired parts are at least painlessly playable enough to make the classic maps worth it.

https://youtu.be/TN-4_XtHSXE