The way we are meant to consume these Hitman games is quite interesting. You can complete the entire campaing for the first time in like five hours and be left a bit underwhelming, but really it's the repetition of those levels that give players that Itch. Exploring every scenario possible and gaining mastery of each location is extremely satisfying. To be honest I've never experienced a single-player game that is so replayable. Hitman 2016 was an amazing "reboot" in the series and IO undertood that they didn't need to change much. Gameplay is more of the same with some good improvements and welcome additions. Level design and polishment are even more ambitious and impressive than it's predecessor.

I know that story isn't really that important in Hitman games but as a negative I must mention that the cutscenes are really weird and not engaging to watch. I am aware the developers were heavily understaffed after Square Enix left and that could be the reason.

I still haven't tried the multiplayer modes but they look very interesting. I'm still amazed with how much content these games have to offer.

As a love letter to one of my favorite genres I couldn't help but be very excited when I started this game. It's so charming in it's presentation and so familiar if you are a fan of classic survival horror. But as things progressed I ended up a bit frustrated by the lack of enemy variety, resource management and a shallow story. Although interesting for the most part, the puzzles were a bit hit and miss in my experience, with some of them being really obtuse and hard to understand, which resulted and me getting frustrated and unabled to progress several times during my playthrough.

I wouldn't go as far as to say this is a great game, but I appreciate the devs efforts in bringing classic survival horror back. It's a beautiful homage nonetheless.