While the shooter drones are busy with Call of Duty, anyone else who needs substance, will have to get their hands on Hitman: Absolution
The previous Hitman games have been a cult favourite. The series has grown tremendously with every new title, and with Absolution, it doesn’t stand out like an old fossil among the newer crop of highly refined games. On the contrary, it sets new examples creating exceptional cinematic moments and bring in some real though and tension behind every kill.
As Hitman, your biggest challenge would be to stay invisible. Sure you can kill people who come in your way, and keep the enemies on high alert at all times, but then you’re missing the point. The game insists that you make your presence as unknown as possible and kill no one but the contract.
If you manage to pull that off, which is easier said than done, then you’re rewarded as a Silent Assassin. The key here is patience. All enemies have a pattern that will get them to the ideal location to eliminate, or simply to walk past them unnoticed. You can try pacifying some victims, but any trace left will deduct your points.
The previous games were known to be punishing, and this one, if you choose so, would be no different. In fact, it scales pretty well according to the selected difficulty setting, which is why you have to option to select one of five. In the easy mode, a lot is forgiven, the enemies will not be as alert to your presence, you will be easily forgiven for your missteps, and the game gives you practically limitless intuition, which gives you the location of all your enemies and their motion patterns, along with other useful data. On Purist, the highest difficulty, you will be left without any videogame- like support system to make things easy for you. You need to be really, really good at the game.
Be it on console or on PC, Hitman: Absolution is one of the best looking games we’ve seen this year. Besides the astonishingly realistic depiction of Chicago, all the NPCs show their own characteristics, which is a huge task considering that you’ll often be in highly crowded areas. Moreover the great lighting through the game adds to the sense of danger or encapsulates the right mood. Though the PC version will definitely be the best looker, even on the consoles, Absolution is a treat.
As always, playing Hitman was an absolute joy. It has adapted well to the current trends without diluting the trial-and-error philosophy that the series so rigidly follows. Fans of stealth action have been given a lot of diluted experiences, where quick-time events have watered down real skill. This one does offer you an easy way to play, but it really rewards you for playing right.
The previous Hitman games have been a cult favourite. The series has grown tremendously with every new title, and with Absolution, it doesn’t stand out like an old fossil among the newer crop of highly refined games. On the contrary, it sets new examples creating exceptional cinematic moments and bring in some real though and tension behind every kill.
The previous games were known to be punishing, and this one, if you choose so, would be no different. In fact, it scales pretty well according to the selected difficulty setting, which is why you have to option to select one of five. In the easy mode, a lot is forgiven, the enemies will not be as alert to your presence, you will be easily forgiven for your missteps, and the game gives you practically limitless intuition, which gives you the location of all your enemies and their motion patterns, along with other useful data. On Purist, the highest difficulty, you will be left without any videogame- like support system to make things easy for you. You need to be really, really good at the game.
As always, playing Hitman was an absolute joy. It has adapted well to the current trends without diluting the trial-and-error philosophy that the series so rigidly follows. Fans of stealth action have been given a lot of diluted experiences, where quick-time events have watered down real skill. This one does offer you an easy way to play, but it really rewards you for playing right.
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