Hitting men so goooood...
Seriously a very good game, every moment is enthralling and has so much tension. Huge recommend even if you're not a fan of stealth games or the Hitman series. Especially recommend if you can't run the newer games.
You know what every chud says about the game, that it's a horror game and you're the monster? Well there's a reason every chud says that, because you are the monster of this game, in varying different ways that cause the game to react to you accordingly. You can screw up your campaign because you were such a monstrous killer that the whole world knows your face and thus you can't take disguises anymore and you get paid less. So, if you also wanted a hard game, this is definitely a hard game... if you play on Expert or Professional difficulty. You can still go guns blazing everywhere on Expert and Professional, but 47 has terrible health on harder difficulties.
The soundtrack for this game is truly amazing and makes every situation that much more engaging, it elevates every action you take to being more of an artistic expression than simply playing a videogame.
I enjoy the levels in this game a lot and wish it had more. It's fun exploring all over a level to find opportunities and different routes you can take, and the world feels alive even though all the characters whom inhabit this world are grotesque polygonal constructs, of course the rapid evolution of graphics technology aside, the character models look great for their time and no immersion is lost at all. These were of course top notch graphics in 2006, and still do look very good. The game really does look amazing.
It has a lot of character and great atmosphere.
The story isn't particularly too in-depth, but what's there is very interesting and a good backdrop for why we're killing all these people, aside from being paid to of course.
It's a huge improvement over Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, which itself is an excellent game, but lacked some variety in how to approach some of your mission objectives and some levels in that game were fairly linear with not much opportunity for different routes, although of course there were levels that were super open and had many routes, but Hitman: Blood Money excels in this for all of its levels except the tutorial. Both games have their iconic missions, Hitman: Blood Money just takes the cake though as Hitman 2: Silent Assassin felt like it had an enormous amount of levels, and multiple levels on the same maps. Hitman: Blood Money is ultimately quality over quantity. Although the hide-out in Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is better, in my opinion, than the hide-out in Hitman: Blood Money.
I know it says I have an hour of playtime at review, but I've beaten this game several times on PS2 and PS4, and got the platinum for the PS4 version.
Available for the PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, and PC. (also these days it's on PS3, PS4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch/Switch 2)
