Hitman: Codename 47

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7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 330 Ratings

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  1. dunuch
    Aug 31, 2023
    3
    Codename 47 was a classic game and really good for 2000. The rag-doll physics seemed perfect with the blend of a classic storyline and good features, including moderate graphics and a vast choice of weapon
  2. 3run0
    Aug 21, 2023
    9
    very good game for 2000.it's hard but its worth it after you beat it. I remember beating this game once and it was totally worth it. Beside all the bugs and glitches i give this game a 9/10.
  3. OfficialFESFEW
    Aug 1, 2023
    10
    Underrated hitman game. A true classic. A bit hard to beat compared to today's games.
  4. awesomeboy12398
    Jul 6, 2023
    5
    The first ever Hitman game I’ve played but that doesn’t make it an amazing game. The controls are messed the freak up, and the missions are way to hard to execute. I’m glad they have improved the controls and missions in the newer games.
  5. PlayerAmz
    May 23, 2022
    8
    it's a good game no argue on that but there are some flaws that thankfully they fix in the next games.
  6. Goldenfreddy22
    Apr 22, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As the first installment to the Hitman franchise, this is a great game in itself. It is not for everyone, since its hard controls and stealthy nature could be unpleasent to play to some gamers. It is a great concept that would be further
    improved in its sequels. So why does it get a nine instead of a 10? The answer is simple: the difficulty curve. It starts a s a great game, but some of the mid levels get complicated without apparent reason and even though the levels have a great story, it still takes some of the fun from it. Hitman:Codename 47 9/10.    … Expand
  7. ugarov_jr
    Apr 9, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the most important games in genre Action. Very difficult and have amazing atmosphere.The game combines the killer simulation and very good and dinamic action. Recomended to everyone.… Expand
  8. Uarabei
    Feb 21, 2022
    10
    With this game, I got acquainted with the stealth genre. And only then I realized how masterpiece Hitman was.

    The bald, stealthy assassin with a barcode on the back of his head has become one of my favorite characters in video games. Missions in different parts of the world, from Hong Kong to the jungle. Sophisticated methods of murder, as in the best Hollywood films about spies.    With this game, I got acquainted with the stealth genre. And only then I realized how masterpiece Hitman was.

    The bald, stealthy assassin with a barcode on the back of his head has become one of my favorite characters in video games.

    Missions in different parts of the world, from Hong Kong to the jungle. Sophisticated methods of murder, as in the best Hollywood films about spies.

    It was amazing.    … Expand
  9. nascent
    Jan 5, 2022
    8
    This is such an incredible game, and I hate that it was never ported to console.
    The gameplay is incredible, and it really represents the best of stealth, but also offers numerous ways of completing each level with a ton of inventive options such as disguises, weapons or environmental interactions.
    Codename 47 also has an incredible plot that completely blindsided me the first time I    This is such an incredible game, and I hate that it was never ported to console.
    The gameplay is incredible, and it really represents the best of stealth, but also offers numerous ways of completing each level with a ton of inventive options such as disguises, weapons or environmental interactions.
    Codename 47 also has an incredible plot that completely blindsided me the first time I played the game.

    I wish Codename 47 was ported to console as every other hitman game is on console, but there's no way to play codename47.
    The closest option for the console is Hitman Contracts which has some of the levels in but many of them are changed and not the same, and the plot is missing which is a major part of the game.    … Expand
  10. petrkozak13
    Dec 13, 2021
    6
    Agent 47's first game was rough but it built foundations for later games to shine.
  11. Borz5
    Oct 3, 2021
    7
    A classic game. It had a lot of novelity at its time. Nice graphic, good AI. It is probably not as good as the other hitman games but it layed off the basis of the franchise. Some maps and the lack of saving is annoying, but i liked the game overall.
  12. Jirentix
    Jul 16, 2021
    8
    The game is very difficult and full of bugs. According to the release date, the bug is not a problem, but the fact that the game is so difficult is tiring. But it still makes you feel like an assassin.
  13. Thanatos909
    Jul 15, 2021
    5
    Не играл в эту игру в своё время, но сейчас, решив наверстать упущенное, приступил к вкушению этого творения. Что ж, дропнул). Плохо сохранилась, сейчас в неё играть оч сложно. Деревянная во всех отношениях, никакой вариативности, а душит то как!
    Закончил играть после миссии в отеле, поэтому оцениваю КОНКРЕТНО ДО ЭТОГО МОМЕНТА. Я не исключаю что дальше могло быть лучше, я просто не    Не играл в эту игру в своё время, но сейчас, решив наверстать упущенное, приступил к вкушению этого творения. Что ж, дропнул). Плохо сохранилась, сейчас в неё играть оч сложно. Деревянная во всех отношениях, никакой вариативности, а душит то как!
    Закончил играть после миссии в отеле, поэтому оцениваю КОНКРЕТНО ДО ЭТОГО МОМЕНТА. Я не исключаю что дальше могло быть лучше, я просто не осилил, что уж с меня взять.
    Из плюсов могу отметить здоровскую графику для тех лет, замечательную музыку, сюжет, а так же то, что в игре прорывная технологичность для 2000ых, серьёзно, рэгдолл уж точно не ожидал увидеть.
    5 хитманов из 11    … Expand
  14. kndr
    May 25, 2021
    1
    You know game is bad when you you control character with numlock buttons and stuck in tutorial level.
  15. JohnoDeruno
    May 21, 2021
    6
    Hitman Codename 47 - '' Are these the aliens creating this game ''. Game genre stealth and action game. Hitman Codename 47 first game series? Yes.

    So now let's start talking about the game> Game History: Really starts with the fun as you are alone in the wards and have an escape and a base. The game itself makes you pretty great and fun. Game level design> It was perfect and impressive    Hitman Codename 47 - '' Are these the aliens creating this game ''. Game genre stealth and action game. Hitman Codename 47 first game series? Yes.

    So now let's start talking about the game> Game History: Really starts with the fun as you are alone in the wards and have an escape and a base. The game itself makes you pretty great and fun. Game level design> It was perfect and impressive goes like a line. As for the bugs in the game> The game really has quite a lot of bugs that interfere with playing the game perfectly because sometimes it sees you through a wall or shoots out of nothing and can really annoy you. Difficulty of the game> In my opinion, it's really that difficult and challenging, but the game is made even more difficult by bugs and mechanics. Game Mechanics> Awkward and difficult quite because it is sometimes annoying. The sound of the game's characters> It's pretty cheap and funny at other moments too. The sound system of the game> Not bad or very impressive is as simple as what you wanted for games created for such years.

    In my opinion, the game is difficult just because of the bad mechanics and quite a few bugs that annoy you a lot, but getting used to the game may leave you with a favorite game in the Hitman series, but not in years like before. For this game by yourself chapter 6/10.    … Expand
  16. StealthYeled
    Apr 17, 2021
    8
    Bienvenido al 2000, 47

    Hace pocos años jugué al HITMAN (2016). No me había sorprendido con un juego de sigilo desde el 2006 con el Splinter Cell: Double Agent, la version de Xbox, no de 360. Así que decidí jugar los anteriores. Empezando por el Hitman: Codename 47, es un juego que me sorprendió en el apartado jugable, es muy divertido, desde poder camuflarte cambiándote de ropa,    Bienvenido al 2000, 47

    Hace pocos años jugué al HITMAN (2016). No me había sorprendido con un juego de sigilo desde el 2006 con el Splinter Cell: Double Agent, la version de Xbox, no de 360. Así que decidí jugar los anteriores. Empezando por el Hitman: Codename 47, es un juego que me sorprendió en el apartado jugable, es muy divertido, desde poder camuflarte cambiándote de ropa, descubrir como matar a un enemigo de diferentes formas ''algunas veces''. ''Hay un tipo que es susceptible al calor en altas temperaturas y el esta en un sauna, y si le subes la temperatura muere de un para cardiaco, increíble. Me encanta usar la cuerda de piano y la pistola con silenciador, aunque me hace falta noquear al enemigo y no matarlo. Hablando de la IA, el camino que esta prestablecido a los NPCs esta bien, sin embargo la ''inteligencia artificial'' es... una M****a. Los NPCs reaccionan muy mal a muchas cosas que haces como en el nivel 4, si matas a un guardia en un baño y te ve un camarero que entre, que te vean no importa, el o ella se va a reiniciar y va hacer como si pasara nada. Los gordos que son los únicos que te detectan, si siquiera los rozas no dudes que te mataran a tiros. En el diseño de nivel destacaría el nivel guiño a Scarface, el hotel mi favorito y ''El asesinato de Lee Hong''. La banda sonora me parece muy buena, me gusta mucho. El juego nos cuenta porque 47 se llama 47 y el mito que es. Algunos niveles pecan de repetir objetos de los anteriores o ser demasiado cortos. Algunos niveles parecen haber estado planeado para ser uno pero los tuvieron que separar, en vez de 12 lvl, podrían haber sido perfectamente 6 lvl. En cualquier caso me gusto mucho.

    Mi nota es de un 8.4/10.    … Expand
  17. BStheBOBI
    Apr 14, 2021
    6
    I just finished this game for the first and this is the first hitman i played. Maybe that was a bad choice but ok. The game is overall good. I love it when you can choose how to deal with an assassination. The graphics were at the time of the release good, the sound and music is very good, the gameplay is ok, the lack of a quick save makes the missions very hard, there were bugs that madeI just finished this game for the first and this is the first hitman i played. Maybe that was a bad choice but ok. The game is overall good. I love it when you can choose how to deal with an assassination. The graphics were at the time of the release good, the sound and music is very good, the gameplay is ok, the lack of a quick save makes the missions very hard, there were bugs that made me replay entire missions so yeah....if you are a hitman fan than try it out or otherwise dont… Expand
  18. Zodiac_A
    Mar 14, 2021
    7
    This game will be able to provide huge amount of different emotions. You will be highly motivated to finally finish mission as it`s a 5th, 10th,1 5th yours retry. You will be interested in exploration of the guard’s routes, the areas more appropriate for stealth. You will be frustrated of the huge enemy squad’s encounters. You will be carried away with puzzles (some of them take me a fewThis game will be able to provide huge amount of different emotions. You will be highly motivated to finally finish mission as it`s a 5th, 10th,1 5th yours retry. You will be interested in exploration of the guard’s routes, the areas more appropriate for stealth. You will be frustrated of the huge enemy squad’s encounters. You will be carried away with puzzles (some of them take me a few hours to deal with them). However this game has a several disadvantages. The shoot mechanic isn`t adapted to a shooting with a huge amount of enemies, but at several missions there aren`t another way to pass through. It`s impossible to save a game during missions, but some of them can lasts for a few hours. In this game is rather hard to find the right way in a huge locations without map, you need to spend hours to find the best route to target.… Expand
  19. Graham67722
    Dec 19, 2020
    10
    Amazing game that allows you complete the mission in a myriad of different ways. It gives you a lot of choice. Choice is one of the things that makes a game fun. The plot if very ambiguous and mysterious which is interesting. It was one of my favorite games as a kid. The story is kind of lacking but it makes up for it with it's replay value.
  20. dlcatalin
    Jul 12, 2020
    10
    Solid 10, absolutely no way around it. I played it in 2000 and i would be pleasantly surprised even if i played it now in 2020. Many modern games lack many of the features that game had in 2000.
  21. hundead309
    Jun 4, 2020
    8
    this is a game that unfortunately has aged badly, not only in the graphics but this I know is a game of more than 20 years, but the playability is strange and the game does not help much in the replay factor.
    the soundtrack is really good, the hongkong music is relaxing and the music on the docks is scary, the game itself is good, but I recommend you play just for the story or if your pc    this is a game that unfortunately has aged badly, not only in the graphics but this I know is a game of more than 20 years, but the playability is strange and the game does not help much in the replay factor.
    the soundtrack is really good, the hongkong music is relaxing and the music on the docks is scary, the game itself is good, but I recommend you play just for the story or if your pc is not very good, because you better get the blood money or the latest    … Expand
  22. Hitman_47
    Apr 13, 2020
    10
    One of my favourite games of all-time clynically under-rated. Superp level design and graphics for it's day, great fun, numerous ways to take out your target and the option to shot it out if all goes wrong lol. A true classic.
  23. Wiebe
    Feb 26, 2020
    6
    Decent game, but nothing excellent, the stealth and possible pathways really improved over the years.
  24. arostislavna
    Mar 9, 2019
    10
    This is the only hitman game I like. No other game has a sort of horror from waking up in a lab and being the only survivor.

    This is the definitive hitman game.
  25. TheLedPonty
    Dec 4, 2018
    10
    Превосходный симулятор наёмного убийцы, в который не стыдно играть даже спустя 18 лет после релиза.
  26. GenuineBruv2021
    Oct 29, 2018
    6
    HITMAN CODENAME 47 is a good game but it tends to become very boring and repetitive. The controls are very clunky and you can't run the game at a decent resolution without it crashing. Its a good game overall but its held back by some big flaws.
  27. Panica3643D
    Jun 17, 2018
    7
    Единственный Hitman, который я прошёл. Игра больше понравилась, чем нет.
  28. iddqd4
    Jan 23, 2018
    9
    Очень крутая идея, с различными вариациями прохождения одного и того же контракта на уровне, отлично воплощенная, сделала Хитмана 100% уникальным боевиком того времени.
  29. Roll4Initiative
    Dec 24, 2017
    8
    This game is a great stealth game. The AI is smart enough for it to be believable enough to be similar an actual person in the real world. It rewards you with stealth, instead of running into a room of enemies, guns blazing. This is because you get weapons that are sufficient to kill a few people at best and with your relatively small amount of health compared to the super-soldier likeThis game is a great stealth game. The AI is smart enough for it to be believable enough to be similar an actual person in the real world. It rewards you with stealth, instead of running into a room of enemies, guns blazing. This is because you get weapons that are sufficient to kill a few people at best and with your relatively small amount of health compared to the super-soldier like pool of health other games have. Unfortunately, this game does suffer from some problems. There is a distinct lack of saving. If you mess up in the middle of a mission, you'll have to start over. Always being in third person. Not very many missions. But in a general view, it is a great game then and now still.… Expand
  30. UncleEd
    Dec 8, 2017
    5
    I was expecting to see this one through to the end, but it turned out to be worse than I have imagined. There are some good things about the game such as the badass character Codename 47 which planted the seeds for a strong game franchise. The level designs were good as far as I have played, although I have read that in later missions they get abysmal. What made me quit this game was theI was expecting to see this one through to the end, but it turned out to be worse than I have imagined. There are some good things about the game such as the badass character Codename 47 which planted the seeds for a strong game franchise. The level designs were good as far as I have played, although I have read that in later missions they get abysmal. What made me quit this game was the game mechanics. Ok, you play a silent assassin, so it just makes sense to be careful and try to beat episodes without calling any attention. But the original game unfortunately suffers from a horrible scripted game design. In order to beat a level first you need to do A and then B and then C... You cannot really use your own method to complete a mission. What makes this even worse is that there is no save function during the missions. So, you repeat every mission over and over until you find out what scripted A-B-C flow the game expects you to accomplish, then start over and do exactly the things that you are supposed to do. I am a rather patient person when it comes to finishing games but Hitman: Codename 47 does not really deserve such patience. Even if you are new into the series, just skip this one.… Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#72 Best PC Game of 2000
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#8 Most Discussed PC Game of 2000
9
#9 Most Shared PC Game of 2000

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 32
  3. Negative: 1 out of 32
  1. Evil Avatar
    80
    I would not hesitate to recommend it to other gamers, but with the caution that you should be prepared for a game that probably won't fit neatly into any mental box you might have prepared for it.
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  2. Daily Radar
    100
    One of the coolest and most absorbing games we've played all year.
  3. IGN
    77
    I really had been looking forward to this one and it let me down in so many ways. If only it had been longer... If only the camera had been different... If only it had been a bit more mentally challenging.
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