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Friday, December 14, 2012
Posted by Userland JB

Hitman: Absolution Game Review

So the last part of the popular and awesome game Hitman is here with a very high graphic quality, and yes Agent 47 is here and he is back again much stronger to assassin some targets.. So are you ready ? Okay let us see the story of the new Hitman: Absolution...
The Story: 
The stories of previous Hitman games weren’t exactly their greatest selling points, as you only needed to know that you were Agent 47, a bald assassin that had to complete various contracts supplied by the ICA (International Contracts Agency). Sure, you began to find out all sorts of things about 47’s past and about the nefarious Agency and went through lots of rather intense adventures, but you didn’t really need to focus that much on the plot.

In Absolution, however, the story plays a big role in the single-player campaign. The game begins with 47 accepting a special contract to kill his longtime handler, Diana Burnwood. While it seemed like nothing would go wrong, 47 doesn’t immediately kill her and finds out that she’s protecting a young girl from the Agency, a girl whose fate is quite similar to that of 47.

Spurred by his painful memories at the hands of nefarious doctors, 47 goes rogue in order to escape with the girl from the grasp of the ICA.

What follows is a pretty decent adventure plot that sees 47 explore Chicago and other areas of the U.S. while meeting and promptly eliminating a variety of seedy individuals. Sadly, many of the characters are extremely one-dimensional and almost cartoonishly evil.

You can tell that IO wanted to deliver a pulp experience with over the top characters, but it doesn’t really succeed in this endeavor and certain sections of the story feel hastily written, only to give 47 something to do in between killing actual individuals.


Gameplay:
Hitman: Absolution is a Hitman game, in case any longtime fans were wondering about this sequel and whether or not it can actually live up to the experiences of previous games in the series.

During his adventure, 47 will have to eliminate all sorts of seedy individuals, while navigating certain environments and trying to remain as stealthy as possible. This is easier said than done, as while the stealth mechanics work pretty well in many cases, sometimes you’ll be inexplicably spotted by NPCs and have your cover blown.

You explore all sorts of areas during Absolution’s story, ranging from crowded sections like Chinatown or night clubs, to zones where there aren’t a lot of people, like derelict buildings. Every area is filled with different items and rewards players with a score when exiting it. This score is affected by how stealthy you were and just what characters you killed.

As always, 47 can disguise himself with various uniforms and costumes in order to blend in and freely walk around certain areas, instead of sticking to cover or crawling around in vents. There’s a catch to these disguises, however, as the hero can be spotted by others who are wearing the same type of costume.

As such, if 47 is dressed as a cop and walks near other police officers, they’ll start to get suspicious. While this is definitely realistic, it can get a bit annoying at times, as dressing like a street vendor in Chinatown will make all other street vendors suspicious of you, which doesn’t seem that plausible.

Thankfully, in order to get past these tricky situations, Agent 47 now has a special ability called Instinct, that gets consumed every time players “tap into 47’s special powers.” This allows him to see through walls and spot objects with which he can interact. What’s more, when you’re disguised and approaching a similar individual, you can spend Instinct to make 47 act less suspicious.

Using Instinct depletes it, but you earn some of it back by performing different actions, like subduing enemies and then hiding their bodies. If you’re playing on Easy, then the Instinct automatically recharges after a certain time.

Speaking of difficulty levels, Absolution has a variety of challenges for all sorts of players, ranging from new ones who are just starting out with the series, to veterans that don’t want any help or hint from the game.

Longtime fans will certainly appreciate the array of choices offered by the game in regard to taking out certain targets, while new ones that don’t really like being stealthy will certainly enjoy the improved gunplay and the different tricks that can be pulled by Agent 47, like seemingly surrendering to a character and then taking him out while he’s unaware.

As always, experimentation and level exploration are key, as you can uncover all sorts of alternate methods of taking out a target. Sadly, there aren’t a lot of checkpoints in these levels, so you’ll often be deterred from experimenting with a target because you’ll have to do a lot of work all over again in case you fail.

Right now I am going to leave you with some screenshots for the game from inside: 
So what do you think about the game ? Looks great right ?
Monday, December 3, 2012
Posted by Userland JB

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