Hitman

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  1. eva3si0n
    Apr 10, 2017
    8
    Specially I waited for the GOTY edition, it is in parts inconvenient to play a game. In general this game returns to series canons. Unambiguously the sandbox as the concept of a game became much more advanced and more variable. But in difference from Absolution there is no hint on an interesting plot and development of the character also here. It is a pity that developers have decided notSpecially I waited for the GOTY edition, it is in parts inconvenient to play a game. In general this game returns to series canons. Unambiguously the sandbox as the concept of a game became much more advanced and more variable. But in difference from Absolution there is no hint on an interesting plot and development of the character also here. It is a pity that developers have decided not to move further in this direction. And so a game is fine, and the main thing it is very variable in repeated passing. The only chagrin - an aggressive binding to online and network functions.… Expand
  2. Bloodflames
    Oct 26, 2017
    9
    As a long time hitman fan, I really enjoyed this latest instalment. Going back to the roots of hitman was a great move and although there were a lot of teething issues with the staged release I personally believe having the opportunity to experience the contracts and each map in detail without skipping through the entire story made the experience better.

    Pros: - Each map is huge and    As a long time hitman fan, I really enjoyed this latest instalment. Going back to the roots of hitman was a great move and although there were a lot of teething issues with the staged release I personally believe having the opportunity to experience the contracts and each map in detail without skipping through the entire story made the experience better.

    Pros:
    - Each map is huge and has a lot of life. Each level has very interesting concepts and overall keeps each mission unique.
    - The graphics are amazing and unlike previous hitman games there are loads of methods of assassination.
    - Replayability, currently on around 250 hours
    - The developers have added a lot of content and keep adding more, even with only 6 maps, there are bonus missions, contracts, escalations etc. Previous reviews stating the game is too easy have yet to experience one of the later updates adding the new harder difficulty option, which adds a lot of challenge to the existing content.

    Cons:
    - Voice acting did ruin some of the immersion
    - No Sniper briefcase
    - The last bonus mission was not as good as the previous 2.

    Overall:
    A great game and I commend the developers for their work, this is a huge step up from Absolution and I am worried that all the reviews asking for story will bring back another absolution(hitman has never had amazing stories, overall the cinematics between each mission were pretty good).

    I really look forward to another hitman game and if it is a continuation from this one I would definitely pre-order.    … Expand
  3. Tomle1202
    Jun 24, 2018
    8
    Hitman aims high. It also misses a lot. Yet to an extent, the game delivers, especially with the return of sandbox gameplay and all the possibilities that define IO's signature series.
  4. Benjwri
    Jun 20, 2018
    9
    This game is up with some of my absolute favourite games. The levels are absolutely excellent and you can just plunge hours and hours into each level with all he escalation levels and trying to complete every objective. My only gripes are the always online requirement and the fact saving can be a bit broken
  5. Luigichief
    Sep 17, 2020
    6
    It's a very interesting game to play from time to time, but I didn't think anything was too much.

    The gameplay is very unique with a focus on stealth and the various ways of completing a level, generating a very high replay value. The maps in general are very good and have 'secret' areas. I just thought the game is too easy. The story. She is very ok, but let's agree that nobody    It's a very interesting game to play from time to time, but I didn't think anything was too much.

    The gameplay is very unique with a focus on stealth and the various ways of completing a level, generating a very high replay value. The maps in general are very good and have 'secret' areas. I just thought the game is too easy.

    The story. She is very ok, but let's agree that nobody plays hitman for the story. The protagonist has no goal and does not seem to seek anything, it is just a tool. But my real problem with the story is because it is divided into chapters, the end of the game is totally open, they could have closed an arc or something like that and therefore my 'low' grade.

    The graphics are so beautiful and the cutscenes even more (even being a billionaire).

    The soundtrack adds practically nothing to the experience.    … Expand
  6. ksejoshot
    Jul 16, 2020
    4
    Adquirí este juego y el día de salida no tenía nada de contenido, y encima era un juego en el que se iban metiendo los mapas sin estar disponibles todos el día uno de lanzamiento. El Hitman Absolution le da 20 vueltas a este, pero sin despeinarse. No tiene un modo historia en si, no es como en el Absolution, en este todo consiste en ir a un lugar, matar a los objetivos de muchas maneras oAdquirí este juego y el día de salida no tenía nada de contenido, y encima era un juego en el que se iban metiendo los mapas sin estar disponibles todos el día uno de lanzamiento. El Hitman Absolution le da 20 vueltas a este, pero sin despeinarse. No tiene un modo historia en si, no es como en el Absolution, en este todo consiste en ir a un lugar, matar a los objetivos de muchas maneras o de una manera específica para obtener más experiencia. Luego cuando te acabes el modo campaña puedes deshacerte de los objetivos online, que le dan más horas al juego, y para que así esta mierda no se sienta tan vacía, porque contando solo la campaña es vergonzoso. La jugabilidad me parece buena, y la ambientación de cada mapa está muy bien diferenciada, gráficamente es potente, y en el mapa de MARRAKECH se ve la cantidad de NPCs que hay en pantalla, aunque son muy similares, la ilumianción es notable. Da tirones de vez en cuando y la optimización deja mucho que desear. No lo recomiendo, está por debajo del Absolution, y es una estafa, o al menos lo fue el día 1.… Expand
  7. anyad000
    Nov 14, 2021
    1
    I can't finish the mission! I press the bottun and, not finish, CRASH. AND I CAN'T SHOOT!
  8. Asadar
    May 13, 2017
    3
    Hitman isn't a very bad game, but it definetly suffers from several problems that keep it far from the good game it could have been. So, what's good and what's wrong with it ?

    Pros: * Level design: I must be honest, levels are huge and well made. And they feel alive. Very good point on that. * Graphics: Hitman is not the most beautiful game of the year, but is far from being bad.    Hitman isn't a very bad game, but it definetly suffers from several problems that keep it far from the good game it could have been. So, what's good and what's wrong with it ?

    Pros:
    * Level design: I must be honest, levels are huge and well made. And they feel alive. Very good point on that.
    * Graphics: Hitman is not the most beautiful game of the year, but is far from being bad. Everything look good enough to keep you in the game, so why ask for more ?

    Cons:
    * Online: Why is that ?! The game is purely solo ! I played all the Hitman series because of that, so why would I want to be online to play this one ? Damn it !
    * Ease: Everything is way too easy in this new Hitman. Opportunies are fun for 5 minutes, but that's it. Without a proper online connection, you can't have all the fun you paid for.
    * Story: what story ? Oh wait... there no real story in that game, just some "teasing" to keep you buy the next "season".
    * Season: really ? Selling the game piece by piece ? With no proper reason ?    … Expand
  9. carnivorCactae
    May 27, 2019
    3
    TLDR:
    A castrated version of Hitman Blood Money for casual non-Hitman-fans.
    No more dual-wielding Silverballers, no more weapon-costumization, no more "media-coverage" of your killings when ending missions, less maps and allways online-DRM. Handholding: The Game! The game is designed around force-feeding you information everywhere you go. It shows you the state of enemies, sneaks    TLDR:
    A castrated version of Hitman Blood Money for casual non-Hitman-fans.
    No more dual-wielding Silverballers, no more weapon-costumization, no more "media-coverage" of your killings when ending missions, less maps and allways online-DRM.

    Handholding: The Game!

    The game is designed around force-feeding you information everywhere you go. It shows you the state of enemies, sneaks X-Ray-Vision into the game and does handholding for even the smallest tasks.
    Sure, all can be turned off, but some areas are so cramped that you'll be catching yourself doing the X-Ray just "one more time" (instead of letting the camera show you the position and make you figure out the best way of approach!)

    Are the huge maps beautiful and full of life?
    Yes, they are.
    But there are only 6 maps! (!!!)

    And where Blood Money gave you replayability with enhanced guns, guns you could mod and upgrade with your earned money (none of that here!),
    here its just some new "tasks" to do,
    all of them right in your face.

    No more figuring out different strategies for yourself, the game tells you nearly every way of kills!
    Even with the handholding turned off, the "online contracts" are shoved into your throat, giving away all of the pre-planning!

    The story tries to demystify 47 again, with painful dialogue and a plot thats written like bad fanfiction by a teenager (I saw it got even worse with HITMAN 2 !).

    Like I said: Even with all the hand-holding deactivated, the game plays like on rails, and tries
    to hang the carrot in front of your face like "new weapons" (Pistols shoot all the same btw!) or entry-points.

    The controls are dumbed down (again) and illogical at times (E for use but G for different actions).

    ALLWAYS ONLINE:
    In case your internet-connection dies (like - who knows? Provider needs to fix the cables, slow internet, playing somewhere without internet),
    your GAME DIES!

    In Offline you can't change entry-points (you know? the whole point of the f******g "reward"-systen in "Hitman" ?!) and your load-out-screen freezes!

    When in Offline, you don't have any statistics after finishing the level. Great isn't it?
    (the statistics are ugly anyway, since they don't come in the cool Blood-Money-Styled media-coverage!).

    All in all its not a real Hitman-game.
    Its more of a puzzle-solving-game, that wants you to finish the puzzle in a specific order and punishes you if you try different ways (especially if these ways involve fire-arms!).    … Expand
  10. courvom
    Nov 21, 2016
    0
    Definitely GOTY for me, flawless revival of one of my favorite franchises. 1* because you are required to be connected to the internet and you be forced to restart your game if their servers go out. What a shame.
  11. Guinness
    Jul 27, 2017
    6
    Hitman misses the mark...

    In fact, this game misses its primary purpose and scope, in interest to generate something that is loosely based on hitman mechanics from 10yrs ago, combined with newly developed morality. Neither of which is what this game genre needs. In one hand you can applaud the developers for going back to basics to recreate something close to Blood Money, but in the    Hitman misses the mark...

    In fact, this game misses its primary purpose and scope, in interest to generate something that is loosely based on hitman mechanics from 10yrs ago, combined with newly developed morality. Neither of which is what this game genre needs. In one hand you can applaud the developers for going back to basics to recreate something close to Blood Money, but in the other hand, isn't this too far basic? Ok, the graphics has changed, but mechanics, and animations, are behind the time. There is simply no sense of "tactical" in this game. Still awkward views and motions. Second, you would expect that openness and simplicity of achieving the task as in BM is one thing that they would have adopted, but instead, while map is open, most actions in the game are triggered. This means that they will not happen unless you are following the series of the events. Very rudimentary, very lazy approach to create more depth. Third, interactions with people around is very unnatural. It feels like interacting with rag dolls. Again, developer implemented very lazzy approach to give NPCs some character by filling the game with chatter, while completely disregarding the AI elements and dynamics which these characters should have. Next, what is up with the morality theme? You all the sudden cannot kill anyone, or you are heavily penalized for killing a "non-target". If this is the route they are taking, then please rename the franchise into CIA Agent (pardon: "CAI"...) and stop eluding the players. Lastly, armament. Yes, once pride of the Blood Money, having the great toolbox of weapons and accessories, is simply gone. Why bother with all those guns if all I ever need is suppressed pistol??...totally pointless.
    What are the good things in this game? Well, definitely graphics. The Square Enix's ambition to create almost photo realistic graphics in their games is unmistakable. All in all:
    Graphics: 9
    Sounds: 8
    Animations: 5
    Dialog: 0 ... has it ever occurred to this developer, that one of the best qualities of hitman is being able to mislead and being cunning...how do you achieve that if dude is not even talking..
    Game Mechanics and world interaction: 5
    Replayabilty: 6

    In conclusion, this is not a hitman. Game can be entertaining, but it is very simple and lacks depth. if they have taken John Vick movie, and dressed the main character as bald guy, they would have made epic hitman game..    … Expand
  12. clarky
    Apr 10, 2017
    3
    Hitman is a good game, it really is. But I don't play online games, it isn't want I do, I don't want social features, I don't want my data streamed to third parties. I played through a couple of levels and realized, I can't make any progression. There is nothing to unlock, no challenges to complete. When I googled this, I realized you have to be online to actually make the game work.Hitman is a good game, it really is. But I don't play online games, it isn't want I do, I don't want social features, I don't want my data streamed to third parties. I played through a couple of levels and realized, I can't make any progression. There is nothing to unlock, no challenges to complete. When I googled this, I realized you have to be online to actually make the game work. In other words, it has 2 costs, the label cost in hard money, and the on going data mining value and metrics you provide. Happy to pay, just not enough to hand my data out on top. Free+Data vs Pay. I don't expect and am not stupid enough to pay both fees. Here is to a good game spoiled by business choices.… Expand
  13. muzmuz
    May 10, 2017
    7
    An very immersive stealth/assassination game with numerous ways to complete missions --
    the variation of gameplay tactics offered for each mission gives the game a good amount of replayability. But in spite of that, Hitman 2016 is highly devoid of a decent plot, character development and overall content; and is made worse by its episodic format.
  14. rodericrinehart
    Jan 1, 2017
    8
    This isn't a perfect game, but it is a good return to form for Hitman. I was not a fan of the episodic release and only got it once they were all out, and for a big sale price. It's worth it on sale and it was fun.
  15. Antioch
    Jan 17, 2017
    8
    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.
    A Hitman game is an experience not many games provide. Although I'm not a fan of the episodic approach, the prologue training area with its multi-tiered ways of assassination can compete with some full priced games.
    The music,    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.
    A Hitman game is an experience not many games provide. Although I'm not a fan of the episodic approach, the prologue training area with its multi-tiered ways of assassination can compete with some full priced games.
    The music, graphics, gameplay, story, control, UI, and replay value are all up to par for me to recomend this title.
    Does this title innovate compared to the older titles? No but it expands on some of that already fantastic gameplay.
    Recommended!    … Expand
  16. Ogog
    May 2, 2017
    1
    It's just not "hitman". Gone are the difficulty levels, First person options. Maps, layout, planning. you go in blind, you play blind, your forced to be looking over his shoulder and can see nothing. Very frustrating. Infinitely better than absolution, but thats not saying a lot. Second worst of the entire series... but looks very pretty.
  17. daftshadow
    Feb 5, 2017
    9
    Great HITMAN game. It's been too long since the last game. Hopefully it doesn't take another few years to develop another title in the series. The graphics are very good and optimized quite well. I only wished there were more missions, overall the game felt very short.
  18. nezs
    Dec 30, 2016
    9
    el juego es lo que se pidio que sea por capitulos es irrelevante, lo que si se tiene que criticar es la optimizacion del juego y el gumplay. los escenarios son enormes, las posibilidades tan bien son grandes, Io a mi no me importa el modelo de negocios solo optimicen bien el juego.
  19. SRKNZ
    Jul 26, 2018
    1
    Dismal. Let down badly by the most basic of issues, fixed key bindings. I do not have one of the keys they selected for a what is important aspect of this game an ability to hide in a closet. So what to do? Well basically ask for a refund because you can't change the keys!!!!!!!

    Beyond this the interface for this game is overly busy, it nags you to go on line and you really have the    Dismal. Let down badly by the most basic of issues, fixed key bindings. I do not have one of the keys they selected for a what is important aspect of this game an ability to hide in a closet. So what to do? Well basically ask for a refund because you can't change the keys!!!!!!!

    Beyond this the interface for this game is overly busy, it nags you to go on line and you really have the feeling from the get go that you have no real control over how the game is played.

    My advice unless you have a comprehensive keyboard and like very linear rigid game play you might want to give this one a miss.

    Such a shame this used to be a great franchise. Oh well......    … Expand
  20. Wineneeder
    Jul 26, 2018
    0
    Forced online, are you kidding me? I can't believe this is making the same mistakes and I can't believe this was released so unfinished. I just don't get it.
  21. Mekis
    Jan 22, 2017
    10
    It is really very good hitman game. Huge maps. Lots of ways to do your job. I love blood money, but this one is even better. And who doesn't have internet today?
  22. Mahdiar
    Apr 13, 2017
    7
    Gameplay : 7
    Graphics : 8
    Story : 7
    Sound : 9
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    Overall : 7
  23. Indik47
    Jan 6, 2017
    10
    I`ve been a fan of Hitman series from the first game released in 2000, and I`m very pleased with this iteration. It is challenging, stylish and smart. It is real hitman.
  24. Typhoon2142
    Sep 21, 2018
    10
    I've played every Hitman game there is, and this one is definitely the best. Since it's release in 2016, alot has changed, following complaints from players. The always-online mode was changed to allow for uninterrupted play, even during a loss of connection - so, most people who wrote a hate rant about the game, because of this single issue, have nothing left to complain about. Still,I've played every Hitman game there is, and this one is definitely the best. Since it's release in 2016, alot has changed, following complaints from players. The always-online mode was changed to allow for uninterrupted play, even during a loss of connection - so, most people who wrote a hate rant about the game, because of this single issue, have nothing left to complain about. Still, they never updated their reviews to reflect this change. Just so you know, if you read this, most bad reviews do not accurately describe the game in it's current state. Most of the things people have complained about in the past are fixed now.… Expand
  25. Diegochocho
    Jul 4, 2018
    6
    Paisaje hermoso, múltiples formas de asesinar a tu objetivo y todo el contenido, pero... NO SE TIENE QUE LANZAR POR EPISODIOS.
  26. alanwaketan
    May 2, 2020
    8
    本作的关卡地图设计可谓是系列巅峰，尤其是意大利关卡。提供超越以往的更加丰富的暗杀方式，而且不同暗杀方式有些还有着非常微妙的背景设定，着实让人称道。但拉垮的主线真的是给本作减分不少，如果不加主线仅仅是做一个冷血的杀手不停接任务的游戏。我相信本作会有9分。
  27. aasr
    Feb 9, 2021
    0
    i have over 100 hours in this game the story is awesome the replaybilty is great but not infinite yeah you have to have a online connection but that pays off with the great challenges and easter eggs
  28. AgentLvi
    Dec 27, 2022
    6
    not bad game, but not good either. The story is decent, scoring is great, visual is so amazing, and the voice is also decent
  29. subzero0pl
    Oct 29, 2019
    8
    Very successful stealth sandbox. Huge re-playability.

    Worth checking out.
  30. Smilingcookie
    Nov 13, 2018
    9
    After the deplorable absolution, finally Hitman is going back in the right direction! Free play, not too many cutscenes and very good gameplay!
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Vgames
    Mar 8, 2017
    80
    Square Enix's decision to separate the game into several episodes and market the game as a “Season” may interrupt with the storytelling of the game, but it also takes the game back to its roots, putting you in a sandbox full of opportunities and choices. Not all of the episodes are on par with each other and the “Opportunities” helping method makes the game feel a bit too easy and straight forward. But other than that, the game is a great addition to the series and fans of the series (especially “Blood Money” fans) would love it.
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  2. Games.cz
    Feb 6, 2017
    70
    New adventures of a bald assassin make the Hitman game playable for newcomers as well as for hardcore fans ¬thanks to the rich content and a wide set of options – surprisingly without major compromises, although not without some technical issues.
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  3. Merlin'in Kazanı (Turkey)
    Feb 3, 2017
    85
    Quotation forthcoming.
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