Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

As someone who enjoys the Hitman series, this is surprisingly the only entry that never really clicked with me. I can appreciate what Silent Assassin did for the franchise. It expanded the stealth mechanics, introduced larger and more open levels, and laid the groundwork for what would become the modern Hitman formula. Unfortunately, actually playing it today is far more frustrating than enjoyable. The biggest issue is the inconsistency. The disguise system often feels unreliable, with guards becoming suspicious for reasons that aren't always clear. Missions that should reward careful planning can quickly turn into trial-and-error, making success feel more like luck than skill. The controls haven't aged particularly well either. Agent 47 can feel awkward to move, combat is clunky, and the overall gameplay lacks the smoothness found in later entries. Instead of feeling like a professional assassin, I often felt like I was fighting the game's mechanics. There are certainly memorable missions and a few great ideas throughout the campaign, but I never found the overall experience as satisfying as Codename 47, Contracts, or Blood Money. Those titles felt more refined and more rewarding to master... I completely understand why many fans love Silent Assassin, and I respect its importance to the series. It was a major step forward at the time. But for me, it's the only Hitman game that I finished without ever really enjoying the journey. Sometimes a game can be influential without being your favorite, and that's exactly how I feel about Hitman 2: Silent Assassin.

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Finally got around to finishing this game, actually fun to play unlike codename 47. There are 3 missions in Malaysia that take place in the Petronas Towers and it is definitely one of my favorite locations in the series, so cool seeing a building so large it can be used for 3 different missions.

My god is this game a step up from the first one. (Don't mind the playtime, I idled a LONG time.) I am a completionist though, and boy does this game have some ANNOYING bugs for that! The game is buggy in general by now, so I'm eager to see if the remaster they announced fixes that. But I'll go over my general thoughts. After playing the first game, my hopes weren't too high for this one, so the further I got, the more my mind was blown by how much they improved in just one game. I had already known that the later games, save for Absolution which was my introduction to the series, were beloved, but I didn't expect them to get this good this fast. Just about everything is better, the shooting, the stealth, the controls, the only thing that didn't get a ton better are just the visuals, and I can't fault that at all. That said, I feel I encountered more bugs in this one than the first. T-posing character models, inconsistent behavior, and the biggest reason I'm glad I didn't play on the hardest difficulty, the game only saves after you beat the final level if YOU SKIP THE CREDITS. I didn't the first time, so I had to play the last couple minutes AGAIN just to save the weapon I got playing the first time! And despite clicking "Start" and then "Current Game" looking identical to loading that last save that only happens if you skip the credits, it isn't! I can confirm that if you don't skip the credits, any weapons picked up for the first time will not be carried forward. And considering the weapons are the main completionist item in this game, and the last level is the only one where you can get one of them without relying on janky strategies in two other levels that are much more unlikely to work, that really got on my nerves. I desperately hope the remaster fixes that. General thoughts and ranting out of the way, this game is a solid 8.5 out of 10. It holds up really well, bugs aside, though I would recommend a guide for completionist play, or for getting the best ranks. I did two or three on my own, but some of them are annoying and pretty strict. Solid recommendation though, I only complained so much because the good was really easy to cover, it's most of the game.

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin oyununu eleştiremiyorum çünkü oynayamadım. Baya düzeltme falan yaptım hala düzelmedi bende salmaya karar verdim. Anladığım kadarıyla oyun Glacier Engine ile yapılmış ve DirectX 8 dönemi için yazılmış. Kısacası kod güncel windows sistemleri ile uyumlu değil. O yüzden oyun çalışırken mause ve klavyeyi kullanamıyorsunuz. Mause sadece tek eksende yukarı aşağı doğru hareket ederken klavye ise kullanılamıyor. Asıl problem DirectInput sisteminde. Oyunu alacaklara uyarım olsun...

driven by nostalgia

El Silent Assassin tomó todo lo que era Hitman: Codename 47, y lo mejoró para dar tumbos en la dirección correcta. Aunque necesita algunas configuraciones para correr apropiadamente, sigue siendo un completo juegarron de principio a fin, con una gran historia y aunque este en particular es algo más lento y la IA es un poco Trigger-Happy, sigue valiendo completamente experimentarlo.

i like it

Unplayable on modern PC, do not buy.