I technically first played this, very briefly, on ps4 years ago, in 2016, when it first launched. At the time I enjoyed it but I never finished it. Probaby... two or three years ago I got it on PC and actually finished it, and I enjoyed it far more than I thought I would.
Normally i'm against Episodic content in games but I feel like for Hitman, due to the game having a mission structure, levels focused on their sandbox nature, being replayed continuously challenges and user-generated content, not only did the episodic nature not feel as offensive as some other games, but you had plenty to do in each episode and it made the whole experience worthwhile.
Sadly it was an always-online experience, as you couldn't access the challenges to unlock new items, or really do anything except play the missions with what items you already have, in offline mode. The game is also no longer available for purchase, due to the entire WoA trilogy being grouped into one game (with this game being considered a "Season 1" and available as dlc within hitman 2 and 3, although with previous owners of hitman 1 being able to claim the "season 1" dlc for free, and import most of their completion progress.)
on its own, pretty good and worth the price if you got it back when it was live. Nowadays I would just buy the whole WoA trilogy bundle that way you get an active online community for the title and any elusive targets that appear in it.
Normally i'm against Episodic content in games but I feel like for Hitman, due to the game having a mission structure, levels focused on their sandbox nature, being replayed continuously challenges and user-generated content, not only did the episodic nature not feel as offensive as some other games, but you had plenty to do in each episode and it made the whole experience worthwhile.
Sadly it was an always-online experience, as you couldn't access the challenges to unlock new items, or really do anything except play the missions with what items you already have, in offline mode. The game is also no longer available for purchase, due to the entire WoA trilogy being grouped into one game (with this game being considered a "Season 1" and available as dlc within hitman 2 and 3, although with previous owners of hitman 1 being able to claim the "season 1" dlc for free, and import most of their completion progress.)
on its own, pretty good and worth the price if you got it back when it was live. Nowadays I would just buy the whole WoA trilogy bundle that way you get an active online community for the title and any elusive targets that appear in it.