An excellent stealth shooter. It provides a little bit of something for everyone.
User Rating: 8.7 | Hitman 2: Silent Assassin PC
Hitman 2: Silent Assasin is some of the most excellent games of its genre. It packs the action of a shooter and plenty of stealth-based action for those who want to do it the slow way. Either way, it's a great shooter/stealth game. The story unfolds as 47 is working at a monestary as a gardener. When his mentor and priest is kidnapped, 47 goes back to his black suit and red tie, and packs in his ballers. The story starts out very strong, but fizzles out as the "Agency" he is hired by orders him to make these hits, which is about a bunch of nuclear weapons and a crazy old Russian guy who kidnapped his mentor so that he could eliminate 47. Every level, you start out in your black suit. As you progress through a level, you change indentities and drag bodies of people you killed out of view. Then, you reach your destination and you make your hit. The open-endness of a level is so great that people can either shoot their way through a level, or do it the stealthy way. Graphics are pretty average, with that dated look, but still looks good. In the levels, you often see regular pedestrians out on their bussiness, and busses and cars speed past you. The developers obviously did a good job of making an excellent, mundane atmosphere for the game. Sound is the jewel of this game. As you walk through vast pools of blood, you make some noice. Also, people speak in their native language, but they often repeat their lines way too much. It would be nice to see some dialouge variation. Also, the guns sound authentic and well done. Overall, this is an excellent stealth shooter with plenty of open-endness. It's definitely worth it.
