Hitman: Contracts

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I think about this games atmosphere a lot. so cold and uncomfortable. the cutscenes are all so dreamlike. the ui and sound design is minimlistic but has this edge to it. and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ the soundtrack is so eery to compliment it and goes so hard. this game also gets bonus points for being the first game in the series to actually have non-broken enemy ai! congrats devs only took you 3 games. because of this tho the game is a lot easier than the previous ones so consider turning up the difficulty. the levels are all great. most are remakes of the first game and are all improved and imo render the first game effectively obsolete. the new additions are all awesome too. i still think beldingford manor is the best in the series! in terms of graphics too i think it still looks fantastic. character faces are very expressive and animations, expecially in cutscenes, are phenomenal. and every level has so much contrast to the color palette, rain pouring down, fog and haze, dark moody skyboxes. its so good the new games may be more polished but hitman has definitely been missing this priority of atmosphere and "weirdness" in it's aesthetic that makes these older game so memorable. for the price it's definitely worth picking up if you want a simple solid stealth/shooter game, and to see a part of the weird and cool history of this series. note - Steam currently says non supported on steamos/deck but I've been playing on deck fine, just had to add 2 lines to the ini file to fix broken input. check protondb to see examples

Time has done notable justice to this entry, one that got overshadowed by being something of a remake of Codename 47 and the game right before Blood Money. Contracts, with its dark atmosphere and Jesper Kyd's soundtrack (whose absence has been a massive loss for the series) is simply unmatched. The atmosphere here is defined by missions like a BDSM party in a slaughterhouse, a Siberian assignment with relentless snowfall and long treks through the white, an English mansion with genuine horror undertones, and the remake of Traditions of the Trade, which hides a certain mystery within the level itself. Going from memory, most missions have their own charm rooted in some specific detail, whether they're new levels or reimagined ones from Codename 47. In many of them there's some option or opportunity (like those in the WOA trilogy) that's genuinely satisfying to pull off for a cleaner run. On top of that, the game's story unfolds in the aftermath of the following entry (Blood Money), with every mission experienced as dreams and hallucinations, hence the constant rain and grey palette. It's not a jaw-dropping plot, but it gives the whole thing a cinematic weight and seriousness that works. It's a shame they didn't remake every level from Codename 47. Only the most functional or least frustrating ones made the cut, with a handful of new missions added. I think fully reimagining the first game through this narrative thread would have done the series a lot of good. The new trilogy lost that magic of actually transporting you to wherever the mission takes place, of building an atmosphere that puts you on edge, of exploration that isn't hand-held by the game itself but a genuine challenge to figure out on your own. The split from Jesper Kyd was also a massive mistake. As a Hitman fan since the early 2000s, what I want is for IO to take the next entry somewhere closer to what Contracts was. This game captures in full what Hitman really is, or at least what it was trying to be 22 years ago.

Definitely an odd entry into the series. The gameplay is more or less the same as Hitman Silent Assassin. Out of 12 missions, 6 of them are "remasters" of the first Hitman. This is fine as that game was a skip anyways and didn't stand the test of time, but at the same time a few of the remasters are linear, drag on, and are boring. For story lovers, you won't find anything here. The game takes place in a timeline not explained until Hitman Blood Money so every mission is instead explained as Agent 47 having disorganized flashbacks. Still, with some amazing atmosphere and soundtrack, it's solid.

I'm gonna say something controversial, but this is the best hitman game in my opinion. The dark aesthetics is amazing in this game and they managed to capture that very essence. Blood money is another amazing game but contracts for me holds the first place, then blood money, then absolution.

Not the most coherently put together Hitman game, but still has a bunch of fun levels regardless and an atmosphere so good you'll want it injected directly into your blood every second your alive

eita época boa, saudades demais desse game, valeu a pena com certeza ter comprado por 2 conto KKKKKKK