I simply love this game. The graphics might not be the best since the game is multiplatform and thus was brought down to the “lowest common denominator” of graphics (you know which console I’m talking about). Fortunately, the acceptable graphics are compensated by superior gameplay and replay values. The gameplay is just wonderful. The controls are quite intuitive and the many, many based-on-real weapons you can use react realistically when you fire them. The recoil is all there, and the sniper rifle even wobbles when you use the scope. In addition, there have been many weapon improvements done since Hitman 2. In Hitman Contracts, 47 has a much wider variety of ways to kill a man. This is a good thing. The strangulation cord now has 4 or more different killing animations. Also, the pistol whip now is stronger than before and the weapon variety has been extended (you can use pillows to suffocate people too!) The stealth aspect, though sometimes hard to believe, is done well. You kill a guy, steal his outfit, and act his role to get closer to your target. Sometimes inexplicable “your cover has been blown” alerts show up, but those are rare. Other times, your cover just gets blown because some bystander saw you strangle another person and reported you to the local authorities. You also have to hide bodies to make sure people don’t discover them and blow your cover. The replay value is good, too. The challenge of each game is to get the “silent assassin” rating to unlock all the cool hidden weapons. In addition, the levels are MASSIVE. They’re many times bigger than levels from Hitman 2, and there are some outdoor environments (though these environments almost always have rain falling in them). The levels are packed with goodies which include hidden weapons, hidden objects which can be used to kill people in context-sensitive ways (i.e. poisoning a guy’s whisky or smothering him with a pillow), and plus, hidden passage ways in some levels. There’s also a level with strippers, and they do have some good moves. Over all, I love this game. It might not be worth buying at $50 bucks (it’s rather short, and you can gun your way through all the levels in probably 5 hours) but it’s sure a fun game. Rent it if you like. I know I liked it.
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