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Hitman: Absolution Introduces The Kill

Posted on Thursday, October 4 @ 20:58:42 Eastern by

While Hitman has always been about creativity in a sandbox full of violent little toys, Hitman: Absolution seems to be focused on allowing players to start kicking sand in everyone's eyes and face, should the need arise. Of course, leaving a pile of dead bodies lying around won't make things easy.

Honestly, all I can ask for from Hitman: Absolution and IO Interactive is a more balanced approach to the gameplay they've come to define. Sneaking around and finding unique ways of killing your target is fun, but the aftermath of a botched job should be fun too.

Introducing the Kill, above, seems to suggest that my fear has been addressed. Hitman: Absolution is helping to close out the Fall season on November 20th, 2012 on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.
Related Games:   Hitman: Absolution
Tags:   hitman, trailer, io interactive, Square Enix, Eidos


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  • Longo_2_guns
    Longo_2_guns
    Joined: Jun 2003
    Posted: Oct 4th, 2012 at 11:51 pm
    While I like that it's no longer "Oh man, that guy came into a bar in the wrong outfit. LETHAL FORCE!" removing the punishment of failure also removes the necessity to succeed perfectly. Like, if you got a machine gun and everyone slowed down the moment you lost the lead in a racing game, would there be any real incentive to make all the turns?

    It really feels like they just took the most basic level of Hitman's formula and tacked on whatever else they felt like. And what it'll do is create a game that leaves fans of the series unsatisfied and is still too much for newcomers.
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  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Oct 5th, 2012 at 9:23 am
    I disagree. The contracts system is the new incentive to get the job done perfectly. One thing that's really frustrating is that these trailers don't do a good job of representing everything you can do in a given level.

    I think fans of the series will be pleasantly surprised when they get their hands on it.
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  • Kurlkurry
    Kurlkurry
    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: Oct 5th, 2012 at 11:43 am
    As someone who has never gotten into the series before, this trailer intrigues me, but leaves me wondering: how easy/difficult would it be for a newcomer to jump into the Hitman games having never played the others? Does it tend to tell one overarching story, or is each one somewhat self contained?
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  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Oct 5th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
    The story is totally nonsensical, complete with clones, double-crosses, and a bunch of other ****. Basically whatever narrative best serves the levels IO Interactive wants to create is chosen. This will be a good jumping-in point for new comers, but diehard fans will tell you to play Blood Money (and if you're inclined to, you should. It has some amazing level design).
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  • Kurlkurry
    Kurlkurry
    Joined: Apr 2012
    Posted: Oct 5th, 2012 at 2:28 pm
    I see Blood Money is only $10 on Steam, think I might give it shot this weekend, thanks for the info!
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  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff
    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Oct 5th, 2012 at 6:37 pm
    Cant beat $10, but after that I wouldn't worry about playing the older games. You should be done with Blood Money right in time for Absolution.

    Wikipedia is good for a plot summary if you're dying to find out what the narrative is all about.
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