This game, advertised as a sequel to Hitman 2016, was meant to continue the support where that one left off where we'd get a whole new season AND another one further down the line to fill out that "live service" begging that big publishers like to turn all their games into perpetual money machine, however, that fell apart as I'm sure you all know by now with "Hitman 3" or as it's also known as "Hitman: World of Assassination" as if trying to cover up what they'd done and how much money they'd swindled out of people.
The game itself feels like an interesting side-grade with the addition of having 47 able to hide in tall grass and bushes, much like Talion from Shadow of Mordor/War (the game loads up with a WB logo, so I guess they bought this game from Square Enix?) and even earlier stages were altered to allow this, however, the only one I got to try from the previous game were the training stages which added it.
Then there's the UI change in regards to the item selection where instead of filling up the screen and blocking your view, it comes up as a small dark bar at the bottom of the screen so you always get a second to look at where you are before you decide to pull out something that might be an illegal item like guns for a civilian outfit and ect.
There also seems to be a personal level system for your account, however, I have no idea what benefits it'd actually give you, if any. Especially at this point where the game is not purchasable anymore and you have to buy the newest one AND associated DLC.
I still liked the story and like the previous one it ends with a cliff-hanger that suggests some dark secret hanging over the whole thing, however, I'm still going to review this game with a bad score because of the fact it was meant to be made as an apology for the previous game, yet they did it again and we have a third game that I'm going to take the time to get all the items from the mastery because some of those items are just TOO good. Like the baton, pistol and knife that can be concealed and unable to be found in a pat-down. Would've been really helpful for some of these missions!
Edit: Something I should note is both this and the 3rd game use brief cases, which is a great way of carrying your weapons, like the sniper rifle, to one location without having to dress up like a security guard and being able to walk around unnoticed as the big rifle strapped to one's back generally let's people know that you're up to no-good.
The game itself feels like an interesting side-grade with the addition of having 47 able to hide in tall grass and bushes, much like Talion from Shadow of Mordor/War (the game loads up with a WB logo, so I guess they bought this game from Square Enix?) and even earlier stages were altered to allow this, however, the only one I got to try from the previous game were the training stages which added it.
Then there's the UI change in regards to the item selection where instead of filling up the screen and blocking your view, it comes up as a small dark bar at the bottom of the screen so you always get a second to look at where you are before you decide to pull out something that might be an illegal item like guns for a civilian outfit and ect.
There also seems to be a personal level system for your account, however, I have no idea what benefits it'd actually give you, if any. Especially at this point where the game is not purchasable anymore and you have to buy the newest one AND associated DLC.
I still liked the story and like the previous one it ends with a cliff-hanger that suggests some dark secret hanging over the whole thing, however, I'm still going to review this game with a bad score because of the fact it was meant to be made as an apology for the previous game, yet they did it again and we have a third game that I'm going to take the time to get all the items from the mastery because some of those items are just TOO good. Like the baton, pistol and knife that can be concealed and unable to be found in a pat-down. Would've been really helpful for some of these missions!
Edit: Something I should note is both this and the 3rd game use brief cases, which is a great way of carrying your weapons, like the sniper rifle, to one location without having to dress up like a security guard and being able to walk around unnoticed as the big rifle strapped to one's back generally let's people know that you're up to no-good.