Hitman Absolution (Xbox 360)

I love the Hitman series. My personal favourites are Hitman : Silent Assassin and Blood Money. But Absolution is really getting close. You have to admit this game is indeed a lot different than the previous games. There are more lineair levels, which Agent 47 has to go drom point A to point B. Sometimes he hasn't got to kill of a target, but at other times, while he tends his way to the exit, he has to kill a couple of targets (for the Hitman fans, think about levels the last mission in Contracts and the two Japanese snowlevels in Hitman Silent Assassin, but then less frustrating off course) Like in the other ones, there are many ways to kill a target. You can burn him, shock him, wire him, push him, shoot him, poisen him, explode him.... the choises are great. The whole Hitman franchise is actually a really cold series with not so many cutscenes and straight to the top gameplay. This game however tells a story with many cutscenes and you see Agent 47 doing things you'll never noticed in the previous games. He's driving cars, he eats an apple, the look in his eyes is really human this time, yes you heard me, agent 47 is more human in this game than he is in the others. The story is okay. Hitman must protect a girl named Victoria. The Agency is after the girl and when she's been missed, Agent 47 takes revenge on every man who has something to do with the case Victoria. Another difference, the targets are not targets by clients but there are your own targets. Absolution is more like a personal trip. Absolution counts 20 missions with two-three very short missions. Some missions are less good and other missions (like Run For Your Life, The King Of Chinatown, Shaving Lenny, Attact Of The Saints, Blackwater) are really top notch. Agent 47 moves a little better than in the previous games. He can now climb ledges, switch from cover, grabbing targets and pull them over rails etc... His technique has been improved, it's like he was taking lessons from Sam Fisher. This makes shooting a lot more realistich (and more difficult) in this one. Agent 47 can also mark targets (like in Red Dead Redemption or Conviction) and shoot the targets one by one (it's up to the player if you are going to do this or not, it's not my cup of tea dough). It's a pitty that in the story 47 gives away his guns, so in the earlier missions you actually don't have your silverballs, but the tools for killing enemies are endless... Knives, screwdrivers, axes, statue heads, wires, scissors... Really you can make a big mess out of there. I hear you saying; 'but isn't that going to affect your score on the end?' Well.. Let me talk later about the rating system in the game... Istead of a map of the area, you have your instinct (Compare it with Detective Mode in the Batman games) where you can see point of interests (those are the exclamation marks in the previous games). These could be; Credit cards, a way to kill off a target, an entrance through a building, a disguise etc... I loved the map in the other Hitman games, but i'm happy with instinct. If you don't wanna use it, than don't do it or play the game at the purist-difficulty without HUD and instinct. What I really don't like about the game is what the creators have done with the disguises. In the earlier years, agent 47 could grab a disguise and he can go everywhere he want (except the places where you are not allowed with that particulary disguise off course...), now people can SEE THROUGH your disguises. That means, if you are wearing a police officer disguise, other police officers will notice you and find you very suspicious because they don't know you. On the other hand, okay that's realistic but the fact how you can solve this problem is really childish. You have to turn your instinct on , and agent 47 than covers his face of hide his barcode when he's nearing a guy wearing the same outfit. I think when you do that in real life it makes you even more suspicious, but that's just me. The rating system is different than in the other games. Sometimes there are missions you can't play with a Silent Assassin rating. That's because you have to pay attention to the points you're making. The points are displayed in the left upper corner. Each mission you start out with 0 points. You can make point by stealing evidence, and off course reaching an objective or killing off a target. Sometimes there are just levels where you have to go from point A to point B, so you only gonna have points for reaching the exit and taking the evidence. That's not enough for Silent Assassin even dough you have zero ratings and you've done it with the Agent 47 outfit. Each point limit has a rating. For example, if you reach 20.000 points, you have professional, but if the level does only have 10.000 points , you will be specialist and is this the best rating for the mission. You can lose points by being spotted, kill off innocent people, bodies that has been found etc... Now I did tell you there were many tools to kill just persons for plain fun. The thing is; it doesn't affect your rating at all. If you are killing a guard (NOTE A GUARD NOG AN INNOCENT MAN) with an axe, you lose like 180 points. In the upper left corner you have now ; -180 points. But if you hide the body , you get your 180 points back and you have again 0 points. You get what I'm saying? This time the rating doesn't count the zero's on your list , but just counts the points. So when you really want to be a mad hitman, you can kill off guard in many ways you want... if you hide the body off course. One modus that makes the game even more fun is the Contracts Mode. Here you can take a mission from the story, you can mark to three targets and choose an exit. Off course you have to do the Contract by yourself before you it is created. If you've marked a policeman and you kill him with a vase and no disguise , the other players who wants to play your contract has to do it with exact the same tool and the disguise, otherwise they will loose points. When you've created your contract you see the extra conditions the players have to do. These conditions contains; Hide all bodies (so if you've hide all the bodies in your contract you've got this condition) , don't be spotted, no disguise changes, kill only targets, do not miss any shots etc... After that you can choose a title for your contract and you can write a little bit of background what your contract is about. Hitman Absolution is a fun game. I'm playing my second playthrough and that's the power of any Hitmangame... that you want to play it again and play your favourite missions multiple times. It's different... but if you can live with the difference, it is a great game. In the beginning i too was sceptical and i found it a little weird that it's not like the other games. But I've learned to live with it and I enjoy it each time I play it. And if you have enough of the story, there is always a Contract Mode where you can to tons of missions, created by other gamers. As last I'm going to put a top 5 Hitman list below , just to see where absolution stands. 1) Hitman Blood Money 2) Hitman Silent Assassin 3) Hitman Absolution 4) Hitman Contracts 5) Hitman Codename 47 But all of them really are good games and it's my favourite game franchise ever.

Just a short review as a devoted gamer of first person shooters. The series of hitman games were great. Each one better than the last. I found contracts a little less interesting but bloodmoney was a great game. Now .."absolution" . You can see a whole lot of work has gone in it and it delivers. Great humor, smooth action , more fighting methods, and incredible accurate guns. Best story you can find and the main reason for ever buying a game is repeat playing. you finished?? you want to start again the next day. funny and stealthy with alot of personality. don't miss out on this one, if you were a fan

Having played all of the older Hitman games (Blood Money - has got to be my favourite for the level of customisation on offer), I can honestly say I'm not disappointed with this game. I'll try to keep this review as spoiler free as I can... The gameplay has plenty of stealth aspects to it and I haven't had any trouble with disguises and being spotted too quickly. Agent 47 is "the" hitman from the previous games, and you definetly feel as though you're playing this character. I particularly like how you can mould yourself to a wall or a furniture unit using the B button and this gives you breathing space whilst you decide how best to take out the enemy(s) in front of you. This would be a good place to mention that in previous games I always had difficulty with using knives and such on targets, instead of using a silenced silverballer from a distance), however the game mechanic is really cool when you throw a knife or other object - you'll really enjoy this! The weapons are varied and initially I was disappointed that I had to make do with only specific weapons for some missions (but online reviews which are numerous explain better why this is so, and you do understand why you can't always use your favourite silenced weapon for some missions). The environments are stunning and beautifully textured (this is one of the first Xbox games I have come across where the frame rate does not drop or there is texture ripping); I think the developers have created some truly breathtaking living/breathing levels. Some of the missions you do, you will be like OMG for the level of detail involved and how beautiful the environments look. I'm not too concerned with going back to a previous part of the level, which I've already been through (we can always replay missions after all). The people around you adapt well to you and the game. I remember one particular mission where I was hiding in a crowd, and I was stood next to a man with a mobile who was telling someone on the other end that an entire area has been cordoned off, and the police (armed with automatic weapons) are not letting anyone leave the area, but the man doesn't know why the police are there, only that several people have been killed nearby. I stood for a few minutes just listening to the conversation which was so surreal, it really added a further level of realism to the game, and was a brilliant touch. It's really good also how everyone is all nice and calm until you grab someone and use them as a human shield (then the nearby police turn up, asking you to take things nice and easy) - mind you this doesn't stop some trigger happy cops from starting a fire fight right there and then in a busy area (If I didn't put a bullet in him, he would have been stripped of his job and pension anyway for starting a bloodbath). There are lots and lots of ways to complete your mission and use specific items around you. One thing I really like about this game is that there is not constant respawning of cops or bad guys (if you give them chance to call backup), then they will do so and another unit will turn up a few minutes later (plenty of time to allow you to change your direction of attack); but after awhile this stops and you can clear an area and move on. I also really liked how the the AI used does not automatically find you (when a new wave of enemies appears they use searchlights to try and find you, but more often than not they come across a body you deliberately left lying around as a distraction). Taking out the lights in enclosed buildings is a really good idea for cover. I think Hitman Absolution has immense replay value (I won't comment on Contract missions part as I do not have Xbox Live Silver/Gold, and have not played it). I would have liked to have picked my own weapons for missions (as in previous games) but this is only a minor niggle, and does not detract for being immersed in such a fantastic game. Definetly a 5* game!

Il start off saying I have never hardly played a Hitman game until this. I played the first 3 missions of Hitman blood money but that's it. I see people moaning about it not been classic Hitman but it is a really good game, especially for people new to the series. There is multiple ways of killing people and completing your objective. It is put across like a story of vengeance and it does seem a bit closed off at times (you have to do a set thing) but at the price of £5 you cant go wrong. Id give it 8/10 for the game and would of given it 4 stars but since the price is so good for a great game il give it 5 stars.

前作に比べてグラフィックがすごくきれいになった。 内容は英語版は、なんとか理解できるレベルですが、英語苦手な人は日本語版を買った方がより楽しめると思います。

si bien esta de mas decir que lamentablemente esta en idioma ingles , pero por el precio al que esta no lo pense 2 veces quizas el audio para muchos sea importante yo me quedo mas con la experiencia de jugabilidad y historia que no cuesta mucho darse cuenta de que trata y como esta se resulve mediante las misiones que resolveremos de alguna forma muy recomendable gran juego y ya saben ¿si el ingles no es problema? esta es su oportunidad ¿y si lo es? tambien .....

L'articolo è giunto in 14 giorni feriali, più o meno nei tempi ma non mi lamenterei di questo. Mi sembra quasi che Zoverstock abbia migliorato il servizio di spedizione. Ottimo imballo, peccato per la mancata tracciabilità ma con 3 euro non si può chiedere troppo. Il prodotto si è presentato in condizioni eccezionali. Io sono convinto che abbiano mandato un nuovo. Raccomando il venditore per la professionalità e l'onestà. Da loro trovo titoli bellissimi a nulla.

Das warten auf das Spiel hat sich gelohnt. Die Lieferung war normal schnell aber, interessant machte dieses erst die Deutsche Post. Mein Mann bestellte sich dieses Spiel auf seinen Account. Nun kam das Spiel( erst ab18 Jahren) und er musste das annehmen mit seinem Personalausweis. Aufgrund des Jugendschutzgesetzes, ist nur die Bestellung eines Erwachsenen möglich und die Aushändigung.Der Transport dieser Ware war auch sehr gut. Da es ein UK Import ist macht es Spaß es zu Spielen.

bon jeu, mon fils est satisfait de son achat, simple d'utilisation, jeu classique, graphisme plutôt pas mal, correct pour le prix