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Summary: "Move without a sound and kill without emotion."
Review: For years, gamers have been crying out for a game which forces you to think rather than shoot first. Hitman has attempted to answer the prayer. You play as 47, a Hitman who has no-idea who he is. Your job is simple, kill the target(s) and get out with little fuss. Simple? Well no it isn't, because you never know what to expect. Your job takes you to distant places like the Rotterdam, Japan and Romania. Plus you have to make sure there are no witnesses to the crime. Then you have to get out and OH MY! This game has many a path through it. Sure you can simply shoot anything that moves, but where's the fun in that? The idea of the game is to use stealth. To help you, you can change your clothes and blend in with the crowd, just make sure you hide the body afterwards because if a guard finds it, then your in trouble! If you start acting suspicously, I.E if you steal a key in the view of someone, then the guards will be notified ad they will hunt for you. I could go on forever, but I think I'll move on now... You have many a weapon at your disposal, such as rifles, SMG's and a laughably lethal Minigun which can tear through the
target(s)like scissors to paper! The graphic detail is quite graphic. If you shoot someone, then a red bullethole appears on them and they start to bleed. Same for slash marks etc. But there are some truly dissapointing bits as well.
The A.I isn't good. And you can run in most places where there are plenty of armed guards. And sometimes the difficulty is off the roof. That and the fact that there is no mid-save option means you get really fustrated if you mess up in the final stretch and have to restart the whole thing. This is a decent game but it lets itself down with silly little mistakes which can ruin the gameplay in places. But that doesn't stop it getting a decent score... GOOD BITS
It's different
Lots of options
Detailed gore
Hard, very hard BAD BITS
Hard, very hard
Stupid A.I The verdict: 4 out of 5
ALTERNITIVE'S: If you like this sort of thing, then get Thief Gold for the PC.
Happy hunting
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Summary: HITMAN IS WORTH THE $KILL$!!!
Review: ...At least 25 weapons, able to take "corpse clothing", strangling and slitting throats, and many scenes of you pumping some major lead!!!! You know what, don't trust me, buy it...
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Summary: Excellent idea loaded with flaws
Review: To begin this review I would like to state that I became aware of this game when I purchased Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. I asked the Best Buy staff to show me the prequel which I immediately bought. I decided to play Hitman: Codename 47 first and here's my take on this game. The difficulty is intense through most of the game. Even the training which is required might take the average gamer several attempts to complete it. Top this with a no save feature and a game that crashes for seemingly no good reason and you might annoy the average gamer. I'm proud to say that I used no cheat or hint Manuel to complete this game. Though there were times when I actually went searching for one and luckily did not find one (right now in 2002 the Manuals are out of print). I believe a save feature (limited) should have been added, at least when the game crashes you will not have to re-start. There are thirteen levels (training, plus three parts(each part contains four levels)) which might seem kind of short but not when you have to repeat each level a horrendous amount of times. Eidos and IO Interactive also added a lot of puzzle solving in Part three which will lengthen playing time a lot. I found that you can beat most levels in one try by referring to the briefing. The information in the briefing is quite good, providing list of objectives, map, and other useful information. On average the briefing contains two-thirds of the information needed to beat the level; the rest can be done by simply playing the level and making quick decisions. (4.5/5 We all have been asking for tougher games - 0.5 for no limited save feature) The level design is both genius and flawed throughout the game. You encounter a lot of exotic locations (Hong Kong, Columbia, Budapest, Rotterdam Harbor, and an Insane Asylum) with the ultimate task to kill these six bosses: Lee Hong, Pablo Belisario Ochoa, Arkadij Jegorov AKA "Boris", Dr. Odon Kovacs, and Professor Ort-Meyer. Obviously not every level will give you the task of whacking the boss but usually these levels do a good job by tying in with the story. For all you sharp shooters out there I saw only one level where using the sniper rifle was really beneficial (big disappointment) but the use of car bombs, poison, and other cool odd ways to kill your mark make up for that short coming. Not every level can be accomplished stealthy (I thought this game was about a Hitman?) some you have to go Doom style to succeed, or maybe I just didn't see another option. The levels that I witnessed that can be accomplished stealthy are one, two, three, eight, nine, and eleven. Four and ten can be done mostly by using stealth but in some instances you have to resort to Doom style. While five, seven, and thirteen are pure Doom levels. Six in my opinion was a filler all you had to do was run from point A to B, this can be done without firing a single shot and this is by far the easiest level in the game. (3.75/5 could have been easily a perfect 5 but the Doom style missions brought it down) Storyline is weak; throughout most of the game you pay very little attention to the story until it turns totally bizarre and spoils the Hitman motif. Turns out you're a clone among 48 (you're the 47th) and the bar code on the back of you're head is a quick way to identify you. This conclusion left a sour taste in my mouth. At least while the story was weak it went with the Hitman motif but the last two levels turned this into a Sci-Fi game. (3/5 I took two off for the terrible concluding storyline and the weak storyline at the beginning) Game play is very addictive. The designers actually make you feel like a Hitman. The suit the atmosphere is one of the best you will see in a game of its kind. The bugs though quickly overshadow this wonderful aspect of the game. A game that crashed more times on my PC ( 3 GHZ, Radeon 128mb DDR 9700 Pro, and 1034 DDR Ram, and Windows XP). I do not usually see problems, no game but this has even crashed on my PC. Other bugs included elevators that make your body disappear, small leaves from plotted plants that prevent you from going forward, and other glitches. To enjoy and successfully finish this game you got to not pay attention to the abundant flaws but work at the good aspects of the game. (4.5/5 took 0.5 for the bugs this was very generous of me) The music is mediocre, several good songs are present but the rest is just ordinary. All the songs though do a nice job contributing to the theme of Hitman. (4/5 the songs did a good job of setting an atmosphere of being a Hitman top this off with two good songs and you get an okay rating; the rest of the songs were okay) Final Verdict:
3.95/5 Stars
B - I would not recommend this to everyone, only to a gamer looking for a challenge, a gamer who is patient and is willing to dedicate his time to this project. Also a gamer who has always dreamed of becoming a Hitman. Look forward for Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. :)
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Summary: A Great Game, but not as good as Hitman 2.
Review: This is most definetely a great game. It nails originality, and the graphics are very good for when the game was released. However, if fans of Hitman 2 are going to backtrack, they will run into some problems. The sequel (on PS2) allowed you to switch between first and trird-person perpectives, this one is all third person. Because of that, camera problems do arise. Second of all, Hitman 2 was on 3 major consoles, so it reached out to a different audience. Those who prefer console gaming, or are used to playing Hitman on PS2 will notice that a keyboard and mouse does not help the controls, but actually hurts them. It is a great game, but you will probably enjoy it more if you haven't been spoiled by Hitman 2.
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Summary: good concept, mediocre execution
Review: The concept is great, but the game stumbles on several points. A couple points have been well-covered (third-person view is clumsy;
too much of the game depends on figuring out what the game designers wanted you to do); in addition, there's: 1) often the puzzles are logically inconsistent. At one point you have to kill a limo driver, but later on the limo is driven off -- by WHO??? In another level, you have to pretend to be a guy working at a club, so you can get to a point to also pretend to be a patron of the club. 2) The game consists of a series of assassinations. Each one requires planning to get the job done, which is reasonable; but often the planning requires information that can only be found by playing the level then losing, then playing the level again. This is kind of missing the point of the planning parts of the game. It's not really "planning" when all your doing is playing then finding out what doesn't work. 3) You can't save in the middle of a level. This is annoying enough, but it's really annoying when you're in the middle of a level then the game crashes.
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Summary: good looks, but unrealistic
Review: like i say in the title, it looks [real] fine, but the game is no different than quake. its cool going around doing missions and whacking folks, but the missions were a little far fetched and the game becomes more like "quake" the deeper in it you get. some of the early missions demand that you not only kill one main target, but a number of other guys (by this i mean just the random baddies that stand around accompanying the main target) as well. what kind of hitman whacks the boss, and then goes and kills all of his lackies? a dead one. which is what happenes every damn time. i can always take out the main target, but can't always advance to the next level because i didn't kill every other person with a gun. that made me frustrated and upset. i wouldn't recommend the game unless you are patient and have a knack for those, run-around-and-kill-everyboday type games, because that's what this becomes in the end.
on top of that, the controls take a lot of practice to get used to. this means you can expect to play each mission at least three or four times before you can strangle, stab or blow someone's head off with the sniper rifle.
if this is your first forray into the "action" genre, don't be fooled by the way the game sounds on the box. go with half-life or something. the graphics here don't make up the the other failings.
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Summary: Great Game........ Very Great Game
Review: i was reading the other reviews so i decided to make oe for myself..... the game is great to play... it is not jut shootand play.... this one takes planning and more than likely going over a level more than one time. when i had first saw the game in the store i didnt really take a look at it i truly thought it was gonna be like diablo type game but i do not know why really so i didnt bother to look at it.... then when i was online i saw previews for it and i was like i got to get this.... so i got it and i enjoy it....i still am to beat it though.... the graphics are stunning and the game play is fun i can not wait for the second game to come out didnt see anything for it yet but i will and i recomend this game to anyone andevery one whether or not that you like shooting games 12 stars out of 5 ...
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Summary: super game!
Review: asome game great game play plenty of stratgy. not your avarage shoot em up but a bit short. about 13 real levils but very entertaining. the minium grapics requirement will do but the sound is a problem without a great card you rarley get sound effects or talking. fine game worth the buy!
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Summary: WONDERFUL GAME IF YOUR NOT STUPID
Review: This game is great, but if your one of those...that think their good at games, your not going to get anywhere. Its easy if you plan everything out.
Rating:
Summary: WONDERFUL GAME IF YOUR NOT STUPID
Review: This game is great, but if your one of those [people] that think their good at games, your not going to get anywhere. Its easy if you plan everything out.
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