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Man, I love Hitman. I've always been a fan of the Hitman series since I first played them who the hell knows when as a teenager when I first picked up Blood Money. The experience was clunky, a bit confusing, and obtuse as hell in many ways, but goddamn was that some of the most fun I ever had. Years went by and until I really grew up I didn't visit the series in full but now that I have, lemmie tell you, this first one is skung as shit. Hitman Codename 47 is a jank ass experience that often feels incredibly stilted, obtuse, and downright wild in so many aspects of its core gameplay design. Yet all the same, much like Blood Money and every title after it, the world it sets up and the sandbox it puts you in are amazing right from the get go. So many sets in it are actually incredibly impressive for the time and even today look pretty good. The amount of ways to kill people is not nearly as diverse as later titles sure, but the experience is also a fundamental building block the series would go on to use. The story is, well, it exists and is fine but also it's goofy as absolute shit, which I like, so I'm a bit biased here. Overall I still highly recommend smoking it today, there's a lot of heart on display here.

Alright, I'm just gonna lead with it. I don't like new doom, but I particularly didn't care for Doom Eternal at all. Where Doom (2016) [ugh] felt at least like it kept some of the spirit and simplicity of Doom at its core, Doom Eternal adds so many new elements that it really dilutes the actual experience for me. Yes, I know, "you control the buttons you press" or whatever dumb meme people always share, but that also neglects the fact the entire fucking game is balanced around your use of these abilities and powers, not using them is something that lessens the experience and feels like it adds unnecessary challenge without really adding much fun.

The gameplay itself is still tight, still feels good, there's just simply a bit too many new added elements for my taste. When I think doom I think simple quick fun, I think of hordes of enemies for me to shoot down and beat back. I do not think of an arena shooter where I have to manage every single one of my many different resources and secondary weapons and trying to keep in my head what button does what. The experience while fun was just really not all that interesting to me and while I know most people prefer this type of gameplay, it really just made me miss the simplicity of the original. Maybe I'm crazy, but I uninstalled it before I completely finished it out of boredom and then played through the entirety of Doom 1 & 2 in its stead and had a much better experience.

Singularity is a last gasp of air for a studio that would go on to be owned by Activision and become nothing but a call of duty support studio. As such, it's an incredibly creative and fun combination of horror and sci-fi blended together in a solid action packed shooter that feels really tightly put together. I'd argue it's probably one of the better shooters of its generation though it lacked much of an impact on people when it launched as there was a sea of a million fps games that all blended together.

This one does stand out though, as long as you're willing to actually give it a try and put up with a few bugs in the PC version. I played the 360 version which held up super well at least and I really came away from it feeling like it was one of my favorite experiences. From the set pieces to the cool weapons that are among my favorite in video games and the entire setting it's just really giving you everything it has. Absolute blast to blast though, can't recommend it enough.