Hitman - Intro Pack

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Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 217 Ratings

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  1. SuperkenGaming
    Mar 15, 2016
    8
    Hitman Paris is the first part of the new episodic hitman series.
    You’re introduced with a prelude that introduces the story and agent 47 you’re are sent through a brief tutorial with a final test to let you play with your skills.
    Much like the past hitman games, there are multiple ways to kill your targets, you can collect poison, add it to a food or drink, use explosives, mess with    Hitman Paris is the first part of the new episodic hitman series.
    You’re introduced with a prelude that introduces the story and agent 47 you’re are sent through a brief tutorial with a final test to let you play with your skills.
    Much like the past hitman games, there are multiple ways to kill your targets, you can collect poison, add it to a food or drink, use explosives, mess with objects, and to get to various sections of a map you of course have to steal disguises…
    This is where things get a little frustrating…
    Disguises will almost always give you away if you’re too close to npcs wearing the same outfit as you, which makes sense since you would think they would recognize their coworkers, but the frustration comes in because in some locations only certain uniforms are allowed without you just getting shot at,
    which kind of defeats the purpose of a disguise,
    Either get shot at as soon as you trespass or power walk from someone who find you suspicious until they shoot you
    And you can’t really turn this into a 3rd person shooter like you could in absolution, because 3 shots and you’re dead…
    if you raise any suspicion at all you’re surrounded…
    This could maybe be fixed if they only become suspicious if you stick around for a while rather than just stay in their line of sight...
    Which is another frustration...
    The first 2 maps are crawling with enemies, everyone has someone watching them….
    You can’t really tell if you’re in someone’s line of sight until it’s too late…
    I’m actually almost 100% sure that you’re in someone’s line of sight at all times
    enemies for the most part just stand there, which leaves your stealth combat options practically useless…
    you’re almost forced to use environmental opportunities
    I feel handcuffed to trying to beat the game the way it wants me to, rather than feeling like I’m being dropped into an area with a few tools to do as I please….
    And when I say area, I mean area…
    You can buy the game upfront for $60, buy the first pat for $15 and every episode afterwards for $10
    And for that $15 initially you get to create contracts to challenge the online community (fair warning though, a crappy internet connection isn’t going to cut it), 2 story contract missions and a tutorial.
    That’s right, hitman Paris is One. Single. Mission.
    This game relies on replay value.
    The tutorial makes this clear by actually making you replay the tutorial a different way.
    And the trophies make this clear by asking you to try and complete all of the different opportunities.
    This is what they want you to do.
    Take this one map and take out your targets in as many ways as you can.
    I will say though that the map is crawling with life, it is really cool to explore the massive event going on that is this Paris fashion show, and figuring out how you’re going to pull off assassinating 2 targets and escaping without being killed yourself….
    Especially with how difficult and annoying the enemies in and around every corner can make it
    You’re up for a stealthy challenge here…
    While I personally don’t find myself replaying the same map to change my approach over and over..
    Or to even take out a different target
    I can see how fans of the stealth genre could enjoy such a thing
    I giver Hitman Paris a 7.5/10    … Expand
  2. The_Ommadawn
    Mar 14, 2016
    10
    I've been a fan of Hitman since the beginning and the games have grown into a well thought out and deep thinking experience. I thoroughly enjoyed this title albeit not a complete game, but I invested in it knowing it would be episodic. I've already purchased the full game because I enjoy the franchise and I want more. If this is the standard the future chapters provide, I've no doubt myI've been a fan of Hitman since the beginning and the games have grown into a well thought out and deep thinking experience. I thoroughly enjoyed this title albeit not a complete game, but I invested in it knowing it would be episodic. I've already purchased the full game because I enjoy the franchise and I want more. If this is the standard the future chapters provide, I've no doubt my money was well spent. A Hitman game is an experience not many games provide. The opening training area with its multi-tiered ways of assassination can compete with full priced games. Each to their own, but I'm giving this a 10 for every aspect of content I've seen. The music , graphics, gameplay, story, control, UI, and value for money are contained in this taster of a bigger pie coming later this year. I'm saddened that so many people take great pride in giving a game like this zero. It's far from that offensive score and if you dislike it purely because it's online, give it a 5. I lose my faith in the humanity these days… Expand
  3. beladrim
    Mar 13, 2016
    8
    My Advide to you :

    1) If you are a fan of the series (prior to absolution), and Blood money was your favorite. Get the Intro pack. 2) If you only played absolution... and liked it for it's Splinter Cell story driven stealth missions. Don't bother with this game. 3) If you never played a hitman game but would like to get into it. Get blood money. If you liked it... Either get the    My Advide to you :

    1) If you are a fan of the series (prior to absolution), and Blood money was your favorite. Get the Intro pack.

    2) If you only played absolution... and liked it for it's Splinter Cell story driven stealth missions. Don't bother with this game.

    3) If you never played a hitman game but would like to get into it. Get blood money. If you liked it... Either get the Intro pack or wait for the full release.

    4) Do not purchase the full pack. In fact.... If love hitman but have the strenght to wait. Don't even purchase the intro pack.

    I am giving it a score of 8/10 based on the quality of the content available alone... Which is very good, make no mistake... But.... They made the wrong call making the man episodic. Episodic releases might have worked perfectly in games like "life is strange" or any telltale games. But here? It makes absolutly no sense... and the game feel like a generous demo at best because of it.

    I have no doubt that the final product will be amazing at release.... But the business practice here is shamefull and should be pointed out.

    I asked for a refund on the game. Not because it's bad, but vecause I want to show squarenix that they made a very bad business decision here. One that I do not wish to support.

    Great game, stay excited for it... It will be amazing. But Don't buy a demo... Don't encourage them to make more games like this. Wait. And get the game when it's woth the full 60 buck tag.    … Expand
  4. Riskyreview
    Mar 11, 2016
    9
    As close to another Blood Money we will ever get since AAA devs only care about money now but this is a great game and it even supports DX12 but I removed one point because of this episodic BS I want to be able to finish games in my own pace not have to wait 7-9 months for more episodes!
  5. hierax
    Mar 31, 2016
    9
    Im loving it. Sad its episodic but the already released episodes are fun enough. you got nearly endless possibilities and the Challenges are fun to play. Im not happy with this release-policy, but the game itself is great. I completed the tutorial mission three times in a row because i loved to test different ways to kill the target. If you love this too, as you should as a hitman-player,Im loving it. Sad its episodic but the already released episodes are fun enough. you got nearly endless possibilities and the Challenges are fun to play. Im not happy with this release-policy, but the game itself is great. I completed the tutorial mission three times in a row because i loved to test different ways to kill the target. If you love this too, as you should as a hitman-player, you will like this title.

    Release-policy 0/10
    Graphics 7/10
    Sound 9/10
    Hitman-Feeling 10/10
    Love for the Details 10/10

    To buy or not to buy is not the question, when to buy the game is the only real question. Now and life with the episodic releases or then when everything is released.    … Expand
  6. LordAssassin
    Mar 30, 2016
    10
    This is exactly what I have expected for since its first announce on E3. It is wonderful. The Hitman is back to its roots. I recommend it all the fans of original Hitman series. Nothing left from Absolution. But I don't understand all the people, who don't like it. There are many people complaining on the periodic system of releasing a new Hitman game, but as the locations are so huge, andThis is exactly what I have expected for since its first announce on E3. It is wonderful. The Hitman is back to its roots. I recommend it all the fans of original Hitman series. Nothing left from Absolution. But I don't understand all the people, who don't like it. There are many people complaining on the periodic system of releasing a new Hitman game, but as the locations are so huge, and there are infinite count of possibilities, you have a month to play this location (beside that developers feed you with new mission) before starting a next one. And the month is even not enough to walk through it fully.… Expand
  7. SofaTrooper
    Aug 25, 2016
    9
    Back to the original Hitman games of taking contracts and kicking butt. It's how I always liked the Hitman games and it doesn't disappoint in that regard. You start as a younger agent 47, who has not long escaped the hospital where you were born and trained into a walking death bringer.

    47 finds himself at the doorstep of a shadowy agency (the ICA) who are uneasy of 47's history, but    Back to the original Hitman games of taking contracts and kicking butt. It's how I always liked the Hitman games and it doesn't disappoint in that regard. You start as a younger agent 47, who has not long escaped the hospital where you were born and trained into a walking death bringer.

    47 finds himself at the doorstep of a shadowy agency (the ICA) who are uneasy of 47's history, but are fascinated with 47's abilities to perform as a contract Hitman. However the agency begins to realise that agent 47 might be a little too dangerous for comfort.

    Pros:
    Classic Hitman gameplay taken to the next level.
    Nice graphics if you can run high end.
    Good Story (so far)
    Replayability with different challanges and ways to approach the contracts.
    Random contracts where you only have one chance to complete.

    Cons:
    Some may find the episodic content model frustrating.
    Special treatment for those that pay full price seems alienating.    … Expand
  8. likevin96
    Mar 1, 2017
    8
    Fun game now that all the chapters are out. Huge number of options with how you carry out the assassinations. However, there are major technical issues both in performance and with glitches.

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75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. Stevivor
    Jun 23, 2016
    70
    Hitman seems to be having more and more issues with each passing episode — at least on PC — which is a shame considering how much potential it had. Here’s hoping that with three episodes still remaining, Hitman finds its feet again and slays its way into our hearts.
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  2. CD-Action
    May 30, 2016
    75
    Hitman returns to form he presented in brilliant Blood Money, but upon arrival it’s a demo waiting to be expanded with free episodic content. Fortunately the available mission in Paris takes place in a huge area (much bigger than the largest maps from previous instalments) and can be completed in many different ways, so I enjoyed replaying it over and over again. [05/2016, p.48]
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    May 18, 2016
    40
    New Hitman suits its fans and provides an open gameplay. Alas, game it is spoiled by formal errors and broken gameplay. The first episode was disappointing ... [Issue#263]
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