Hitman 2

 PlayStation 4
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8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 935 Ratings

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  1. Jasondavis
    Feb 9, 2019
    2
    I used to love this game, been playing hitman for years, but... They recently started charging for access to maps I’ve already downloaded. The most current elusive contract insists that I download a map from the last hitman, a game I already have, and pay $20 for the pleasure. The download I have is apparently now insufficient. As it is, I have to pay for my internet gigs, so asking for 38I used to love this game, been playing hitman for years, but... They recently started charging for access to maps I’ve already downloaded. The most current elusive contract insists that I download a map from the last hitman, a game I already have, and pay $20 for the pleasure. The download I have is apparently now insufficient. As it is, I have to pay for my internet gigs, so asking for 38 gigs is almost a 1/3 of my monthly allowance, for an elusive contract that I can play once! This is absurd. I will never buy another hitman again, they really shot themselves in the foot on this one..a week ago I’d have given them a 10.… Expand
  2. Stratslinger315
    Nov 5, 2021
    1
    Overrated af. If you’re into the original MGS, but always wanted it to be boring, here ya go have fun.
  3. pooya_oa
    Jul 25, 2022
    2
    I played Hitman from the beginning when I had windows 98. Those Hitman were very nice games. New style, with a good story, nice music, and nice fun missions!

    I don't know why people brag about these new "Sandbox hitman series"? - The game is like an outfit shopping simulation! - Missions are repetitive and boring! - Yes the map is big, but so what? what is the use of it? - The    I played Hitman from the beginning when I had windows 98. Those Hitman were very nice games. New style, with a good story, nice music, and nice fun missions!

    I don't know why people brag about these new "Sandbox hitman series"?
    - The game is like an outfit shopping simulation!
    - Missions are repetitive and boring!
    - Yes the map is big, but so what? what is the use of it?
    - The story: there is no story!

    99% of the game mechanics are the same as the old hitman series. I think people who like this game did not play the old hitman game.
    What a shame. I really loved the hitman! Even the worst one Hitman Absolution is still much more fun than this!    … Expand
  4. Zer0TheHer0
    Nov 24, 2018
    0
    horrible, annoying, unsufferable off centered camera completely ruins the game's enjoyement

    why do you have to keep the character on the side? why?
  5. Flashback92
    Apr 27, 2019
    0
    This game AI worst then "mindless" Far Cry New Dawn.
    Graphics: Medium-high
    Sound: Medium
    Music: Bad
    Performance: medium
    Enjoyabling: medium

    It think that hitman series need a new brand upgrade with good AI system.
  6. Titman
    Nov 13, 2018
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a Hitman veteran who has been with the franchise since it began this pains me to say this. Hitman 2 isn't very good. The original Hitman dev team left IO Interactive after Hitman Blood Money in 2006. Hitman Absolution, Hitman series 1 and now Hitman series 2 were made by the Kane & Lynch team. This team are still failing to workout what made Hitman such a great Franchise. Proof that they fail to realise what makes Hitman a great franchise are....Hitman Absolution wasn't even a Hitman game. It took everything that made Hitman, Hitman and chucked it out the window. The developers even apologised for it and said looking back on it is wasn't very good. Neither Hitman Absolution or Hitman Series 1 had Agent 47's signature briefcase. Not having his signature briefcase is like making a Bond movie without a Bond car. Fans demanded the briefcase back and its taken 12yrs to get it back! Not asking composer Jesper Kyd back to do the soundtrack despite fans asking for it and signing petitions to get him back. Jesper Kyd said he has no idea why they never asked him back. This shows the devs have no clue. Anyway, what makes Hitman 2 stupid. I just played a mission where i had to steal a famous British tattoo artist and reality stars clothes and pretend to be him so i could meet and give a Columbian drug lord and his wife a tattoo. Both the drug lord and his wife say they are massive fans of yours. The problem is Agent 47 looks nothing like the famous tattoo artist, he doesn't even resemble him one bit. And he has a thick British accent and Agent 47 has an American one. You just wear his clothes and that's it you are now a famous British tattoo artist and reality star and the Columbian drug lord and his wife are none the wiser, despite the fact that are massive fans of yours! (Maybe they have real bad eyesight and hearing? lol) But then on the other hand when you steal and wear an enemy disguise that has a full face mask and balaclava, other enemies can recognise you despite having your face fully covered! Fans gave IO Interactive so much stick for this in Hitman Absolution way back in 2012. It was one of the fans biggest annoyances with that game. Yet they've done it again for Hitman 2! Enforcers are more annoying than ever. Enforcers have a little white circle above their heads and you can't go near these people as they recognise you and blow your cover. There are lots of them in this game and they are all placed in stupid places. Some of them don't even move and just stay in one spot so you find yourself just having sprint away and quickly get around a corner before your detected and cover is blown. As a Hitman your not supposed to act suspicious. But suddenly being forced to sprint around a corner to avoid having your cover blown just makes you look very suspicious and is stupid. Especially when playing the story and having to follow a main character on a certain path and they walk down a path full of enforcers that recognise you and blow your cover. Other guards are also placed in stupid places so you don't get time to breath. Like 1 at every entry point. And none of the targets seem to be left alone, not even for a brief second. They all have bodyguards glued to them. This means the game forces you to follow set paths and kill the targets via IO Interactives set staged kills. You kinda have to play the game how THEY want not how YOU want. In previous Hitman's, Like Blood Money, targets would often be alone for a brief moment and give you opportunities to whack them how you wanted, with silverballers, whatever, before someone came back and caught you. You could play around and experiment, have fun, you had the time to do so. But this game doesn't really allow that because of all the bodyguards, enforcers and their poor placement within the maps. So what should be fun just becomes super annoying. If you buy the physical version you should be warned there is no game on the actual disc. The disc just serves and a verification key that allows you to download the game. So if you have no internet or poor internet stay well away as the disc version has to be downloaded removing the whole point of a disc version. I really wanted to enjoy this game. I did enjoy the first level in New Zealand, that was genuinely good if very short and small. It's just a house on beach but looks cool with a great atmosphere and was almost made right. But other levels simply aren't. Graphis are probably a little worse than Hitman Season 1, but not far off. Cutscenes are now still images which isn't great. Also, if you own Hitman Season 1 you can download a remastered Season 1 for free. But bare in mind you lose all saves and unlocks and have to start again. And some of the remastered levels look worse because of changes to lighting etc. And some levels are removed altogether like the Christmas Holiday Hoarders Paris mission. Such a shame.… Expand
  7. Danny_UK
    Nov 13, 2018
    0
    The game disc just acts as a posh download key! When you put the disc in it won't allow you to play anything. It tells you that you don't have the required content and to go to the store, but when you go to the store it tells you that you own the game and that it is installed ready to play!? After 30 minutes back and forth trying to work it out i finally discovered that you have to findThe game disc just acts as a posh download key! When you put the disc in it won't allow you to play anything. It tells you that you don't have the required content and to go to the store, but when you go to the store it tells you that you own the game and that it is installed ready to play!? After 30 minutes back and forth trying to work it out i finally discovered that you have to find each individual mission and download each one individually!! It doesn't even tell you this! To make things worse i can only select some of the missions to download them. For some bizarre reason it won't allow me to select certain missions of the main game to download. And because you have to search for each mission on the store and download them individually it meant i had to search online for what missions the game has so i knew exactly what missions i was looking for! IOI Interactive has done some really silly things in its time but this one really does take the cake. They have a bizarre habit of making things unnecessarily complicated for themselves and for their fans. Like how Season 1 had about 3 or 4 different release models as they kept scrapping and changing them and confusing everyone. It's as if they enjoy annoying us or something. If i'd known this i wouldn't have bought the silly thing.… Expand
  8. mahdi0502
    Jul 10, 2020
    0
    the story is very bad

    graphic it so bad

    game play very very very bad

    داستان فوق مزخرف و بی هدف
    گیم پلی مزخرف

    گرفیک فوق العاده مزخرف

    اگه نمره منفی داشت مطئنا نمره منفی میدادم
  9. JDSCigano666
    May 12, 2019
    4
    I was thrilled with the last instalment, limited as it may have been, but this unfortunately smacked of being a 1.5 version of that game. It's essentially the same game with different maps which don't quite work imo. For instance I enjoy sniping more than other methodical methods of eliminating a target and I can honestly say Grand Theft Auto has better sniping than the current gen HitmanI was thrilled with the last instalment, limited as it may have been, but this unfortunately smacked of being a 1.5 version of that game. It's essentially the same game with different maps which don't quite work imo. For instance I enjoy sniping more than other methodical methods of eliminating a target and I can honestly say Grand Theft Auto has better sniping than the current gen Hitman games.

    Add to this the lack of inventiveness on the popular Elusive Targets, tacked on multiplayer and co-op modes which are less than demos and the cash grab season pass tripe and it all adds up to a lacklustre entry in the series.    … Expand
  10. Dovahslayer
    Jan 16, 2022
    0
    Constant server connection issues. The game is literally unplayable.
    Don't waste your money.
  11. DannyChryst
    Jun 3, 2023
    0
    Started playing this game recently only to find out that I'm permanently locked out of the Legacy maps. The stupid thing is that I paid for the entire first "season" of Hitman, pre-ordered it actually. Because I never claimed their in-game DLC pack before it was delisted I'm now screwed out of getting Hitman 1 locations in Hitman 2. I knew this seasonal, timed-release content would be aStarted playing this game recently only to find out that I'm permanently locked out of the Legacy maps. The stupid thing is that I paid for the entire first "season" of Hitman, pre-ordered it actually. Because I never claimed their in-game DLC pack before it was delisted I'm now screwed out of getting Hitman 1 locations in Hitman 2. I knew this seasonal, timed-release content would be a disaster for this franchise, and this is exactly why. What a terrible way to handle the rollover to Hitman 3. This game isn't even five years old yet but IO Interactive decided they're already going to throw the Legacy DLC into the vault. Not only do I not have access to content that I'm entitled to, but I'm also stuck with trophy sets for the Legacy DLC that can never be finished. I won't be playing Hitman 3 because of this crap.… Expand
  12. Onetimeaccoun
    Aug 28, 2022
    2
    I got this for my child he said it was two out of ten, it is too difficult he says.

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#42 Best PS4 Game of 2018
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#31 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2018
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#8 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2018

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 70 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 65 out of 70
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 70
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  1. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 5, 2019
    75
    Hitman 2 follows the 2016 game in almost every aspect. It looks and feels pretty similar, which is nothing less than a good thing, concerning the quality of the first game. For now, we should ask for nothing more, but let us hope a new installation brings yet another evolution to the table.
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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 10, 2019
    80
    A killer sandbox that is hurt by repetitiveness and linear approach in levels. But once you manage to use your imagination, you’ll start enjoying the game, worthy of agent 47. [Issue#292]
  3. ZTGD
    Dec 14, 2018
    85
    Hitman 2 is not leaps and bounds better or even different than its predecessor, as it feels less like a sequel and more like the second season. However, it manages to hit the mark where it truly matters with expansive level designs and a wealth of gameplay options that makes playing through the same missions multiple times consistently fun but feel different every time.
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