4/10 — Good Story, But Not a Good Hitman Game
I have loved the Hitman series since 2006. Back then, I played the legendary Hitman 2 (2002), followed by Contracts, Blood Money, and Codename 47. All of them were on another level.
Normally, Hitman gives you two main ways to play:
i) Silent Assassin — stealth, patience, planning, and taking your time.
ii) Killing Machine — pure chaos, action, shooting, and having fun.
Some missions or situations may push you toward one style, but overall, the older Hitman games gave you a lot of freedom to choose how you wanted to play.
Unfortunately, Hitman: Absolution takes away a lot of that freedom. Most of the time, the game pushes you toward the Silent Assassin style. On higher difficulties like Hard, Expert, and above, this can become extremely frustrating. At the same time, going full action mode is not that enjoyable either.
I also faced several technical problems while playing the game multiple times, including game crashes, unnecessarily long loading times, average graphics, and complicated controls. The online mode is also no longer available.
There are only two things I genuinely like about this game:
1. The Story:
If you look at it from the perspective of the older Hitman games, the story is genuinely gold. This is probably the strongest part of Absolution for me.
2. The Price:
I bought it for almost $1, so at that price, I can't complain too much. 😂
But as a Hitman game, it simply doesn't give me the same freedom and feeling that the older games gave me.
Overall: 4/10.
Good story, cheap price, but unfortunately not the Hitman experience I was looking for.
