They pulled it off. I can't imagine trying to put a bow on a trilogy like this. Admirable effort.

I am beyond perplexed by the cutscenes, though. Compressed to hell and back, it's baffling. The production is perfectly good aside from the encoding. Why would you spend time making a solid cutscene and then slather it with a thick coating of artifacts?

Ultimately a minor thing, no question. I'm just confused.

Christ that was good. Both Dartmoor and Berlin, such a beautiful change of pace. Still firmly within the purview, but an elegant deviation.

Might've been my mood, but Dubai did not do a lot for me. Just felt a little bland structurally. I'll have to give it some more time. And even a lackluster level in this game is still good fun.

Also finally going to actually finish the game.

Another break, and now I'm officially done with Hitman 2. Haven Island wasn't as immediately dope as New York, but it's hard to top a bank level.

On to the Hitman 3 levels proper. I'll finish this eventually, I'm sure.

Still haven't touched any of the maps from 3. But after a long break, I just finished New York! Really good.

Such a stellar series of games.