- Publisher: Square Enix
- Release Date: Mar 11, 2016
- Also On: PC, Xbox One
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Mar 25, 2016Hitman is off to a good start, but the ridiculous load times and the always-online issues bring down an otherwise impressive entry in the Hitman series.
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Mar 10, 2016The price and the fact that it's focused on replayability might be reasonable for some, but it still feels like an unfinished product. If you can't wait, at least you'll get a taste of Hitman.
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Apr 12, 2016The premise remains the same as in previous games: select a target, decide how to do it and do it. Being only the first chapter of this new release, it is early to draw conclusions, but it’s true that we expected more. Hitman does well in its strong aspects, but it is spoiled by flaws that should be polished in the near future.
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Mar 25, 2016Hitman’s pioneer episode does right by the Hitman name. Dozens of challenges and user-generated assassinations offer untold hours of replay value, even when the exotic sounds and sights of Paris lose their allure.
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Mar 20, 2016We're yet to see whether the whole experience will be on par with the rest of the series. So far, new Hitman offers the familiar style and atmosphere, large levels with numerous routes, but also a plethora of strange glitches and bugs.
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Mar 19, 2016Overall, Hitman is what you make of it; if you want a fast play through, then chapter one isn’t going to keep you busy for long. However, if you’re curious or meticulous by nature and want to carry out and experience different techniques to assassinate various targets, then you will get a decent amount of playtime from the tutorials and the first mission alone.
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Mar 15, 2016Plenty of promise, but this game is going to require some decent updates over the coming months.
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Mar 11, 2016A lovely but not flawless start. With some familiar elements and new additions that can make it feel quite fresh, this first episode shows some great potential, in terms of possibilities and challenges, for what's to come. But beware of its awkward AI and loading times that can really, really be boring. Some things never change, one would say.
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Mar 10, 2016The Hitman Intro Pack convinces but not surprises. Its lack of newness and recycling of gameplay mechanics is offset by the large number of hours of play and replayability.
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Mar 10, 2016The load times on PS4 are terrible.
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Mar 10, 2016Hitman's a veritable playground that will delight you with its open-ended design, comical NPCs, and contract creation tools. These qualities, and the flexibility to be as hardcore or laid back as you want, are much appreciated, even if they don't disguise Hitman's lesser qualities.
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Mar 16, 2016Hitman feels like a typical big-budget game that’s been fragmented solely to more easily fund its middle and end bits. Whether this is in fact the case matters little. That’s the way it comes off. Even if the rest of the episodes deliver levels on par with the excellent Paris mansion mission, separating them by weeks or months dilutes the experience and diminishes the already spotty narrative.
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Mar 14, 2016I am personally disappointed that Hitman doesn't have anything unique about it any more. The lifeless main character keeps on moving through crowds, changing disguises for an eternity and then thinking of interesting ways to polishing someone off.
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Mar 10, 2016The Hitman Intro Pack is satisfying to play, there just isn't enough of it. This ought to be rectified by the second episode next month, and by then its servers should be stable as well.
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Mar 29, 2016Although Hitman brings some new features, it is still targeting the hardcore fans of the series. When you forgive its technical problems, other issues and devious AI, you will get an experience very similar to Blood Money. So far the game is for the core fans of the series only.
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Mar 14, 2016These little things, more annoyances than dealbreakers, hold back the Hitman experience just slightly, but the core gameplay remains top-notch. And that's why the episode released is equal parts frustrating and brilliant: You're left wanting more.
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Mar 10, 2016The short cutscenes that bookend the level do little to set up the overarching narrative, and would be forgettable even if you didn't have to wait a month for the next few minutes of story. This simply isn't enough, even for devoted fans like me. I'm still optimistic that Hitman will end up being a good game, but you very well may have to wait for the full bundle in January to play it.
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Mar 10, 2016The biggest problem, though, is situated in the systems outside of the gameplay. Load times are just horrendous while the forced online functionality had us kicked back to the main menu numerous times, something that shouldn’t occur in a single-player centric release such as this. It’s these various setbacks and the short experience of the first episode that make it difficult to recommend Hitman as it is. Things could get better in the future, but the opening to Hitman is a rough one.
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Mar 16, 2016Hitman needs a better focus, fewer bugs and more variation in the next episode.
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Mar 18, 2016Compared to other always-online games meant to draw users back time and again, Hitman is something quite novel: a game meant to be replayed and eventually exhausted. Sooner or later you'll run out of challenges, optional targets, and nooks and crannies to explore. More are on the way, sure, but eventually those too will dry up. It's a nice, alternate school of thought to games that build a continued connection on semi-random drops and repeated actions, rather than execution. How novel.
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Mar 10, 2016Playing the first episode of Hitman brought back fond memories of unique kills from previous titles, with the grander and more compelling scale of the game adding tons of replayability. I don’t doubt there will be those left frustrated with the game’s short length, but its focus on great gameplay is where Hitman truly shines. Even though you only feel like you’ve dipped your toes in the water, the first instalment of Hitman leaves a lot of promise for the rest of the series.
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Mar 11, 2016There has never been a better way to confront, or indulge, your inner assassin.
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Mar 10, 2016There's enough in Hitman now to suggest Io might be making the game that Blood Money hinted could be possible. And the hard part now is waiting to see if Io can make good on that. [75]
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Mar 23, 2016Hitman’s emphasis on disguise and infiltration, its sleek presentation, and its gritty tale of information smuggling and corruption are clearly meant to evoke the likes of Mission: Impossible, but in execution, it instead recalls Naked Gun. If that sounds like condemnation, rest assured, it’s intended as high praise.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 122 out of 274
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Mixed: 35 out of 274
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Negative: 117 out of 274
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