Haribo
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First reviews:
Official PlayStation Magazine: 9/10
Official Xbox Magazine: 9/10
German GamePro: 88%
GamesmasterUK: 90 %
Seems like it doesn't suck :w00t
Official PlayStation Magazine: 9/10
Official Xbox Magazine: 9/10
German GamePro: 88%
+ Many details
+ Great cutscenes
+ Great lighting
+ Atmospheric soundtrack
+ "Full" weapon sounds
+ Very good German voices
+ Dense atmopshere
+ Nasty accidents
+ Varied solutions
+ Pleasantly demanding
+ Inventive Contracts mode
+ Great level design
- Some cloned enemies
- Not lip-synced
- Small levels
GamesmasterUK: 90 %
- The game does not force you into any kind of gun battle outside of the tutorial. There are places where brute force is encourages, but can be avoided.
- There are Signature Kills that show more unique deaths and doing so will unlock extra abilities; like speedier movement and more accurate shooting abilities.
- The manual checkpointing system is broken; they neither save the NPC incapacity status, nor NPC positions. Everybody except killed targets are reset after checkpoint reload.
- There are no giant-sized levels like in the scale of a Beldingford Manor from the older games. Levels have been broken down into smaller, distinct chunks.
- Reviewer advises to bump up the difficulty to dial down instinct’s benefits a tad if you want to play like a true Hitman.
- The game’s scoring system was broken in one instance: they played a two part mission where they killed ten people in the first part, then entered the second part and noticed that nobody was suspicious of the earlier events. The then played the second part of the mission silently and earned a Silent Assassin rating.
- Other missions handle the scoring system much better, noted that there are so many built-in score-boosting challenges it will take hours to finish them.
- The campaign is huge with each containing hours of alternative kills, pick-ups and Easter eggs. On its own the campaign is a winner.
- The mode Contracts is a great inclusion to the series.
Seems like it doesn't suck :w00t