Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is a classic for a reason, even if it hasn't aged perfectly. The missions are sprawling sandboxes for creative assassination, letting you disguise yourself, sneak around, and plan the perfect hit. Controls are a bit clunky by today's standards, and the AI isn't always the smartest, but there's a certain charm in the methodical, sometimes chaotic, process of taking down your targets. If you love old-school stealth games and want Agent 47's origin story, it's definitely worth revisiting.

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is a game I decided to replay because I had somewhat fond memories of it. But after replaying, I can say for certain that this is an absolute mess. IO Interactive clearly didn't have a solid grasp of the concept they were working with for this one. Sure, it's significantly better than Codename 47, but it's still among the weakest entries.

The AI is absolutely broken in this game, and the reasoning is a mixture of what I'd say is mistakes in the coding as well as just dumb decisions. Enemies going insane on you over something as simple as running is one of the dumbest things I've experienced in a stealth game ever. I understand Hitman is a strategy-based series and so it's much less about sneaking like most stealth games, but that isn't really an excuse. Especially when later games fixed the AI making it more fun to play around with.

Basically most of my negativity from this game comes from technical issues and the AI. As said, you can really tell IOI didn't have a solid grasp of the concept yet.