1/17/2024 0 Comments Hitman 3 rating![]() ![]() If you’ve played Hitman or Hitman 2, you’ll know all the trappings you’ll find here. Each new location - apart from one - feels like a new way to play.Experimental new levels are prioritized over gameplay changes.New locations include Germany, Argentina, Dubai and three others.If you like sneaking around and playing dress up with guns, Hitman 3 is for you.Agent 47 in Hitman 3's Dubai level (Image credit: IO Interactive) If not, well, the ability to play all the games in one location makes this an almost essential purchase. If you’ve played the other two games in the World of Assassination trilogy then you owe it to yourself to finish the narrative in Hitman 3. There are new weapons to get to grips with, new mechanics such as shortcuts that can be found and opened – that are then still in place for subsequent attempts at the levels – and with the usual challenges to take part in and unlock, with rewards for playing a certain way there’s no shortage of replayability. It’s safe to say that I have really, really enjoyed my time with Hitman 3 on Xbox, so much so that just the one playthrough is far from enough. Still, other than these small concerns, the rest of the game is very good indeed, and with planning and preparation there can be a lot of fun had with playing cat and mouse with the guards. The ultimate expression of this is when I shot a target, ran round a corner and squatted in a patch of flowers: the guards stood on the path, less than two feet away, and wondered aloud where I had gone. But at others they are so dim-witted that if you hide in a cupboard, as long as they aren’t actually treading on your bunions when you go in, they cannot find you. You see, sometimes they can see through your disguise from 100 yards away, seemingly, or through a crowded German dance floor, for instance. In fact, the only other complaint is the same issue as has been there from day one of the Hitman trilogy, that of the NPC AI. My advice with this game is to save early and save often if you are about to do something that you aren’t sure of the consequences of, or if you are about to attempt a convoluted assassination, save before you do as it just saves a lot of hassle. I did manage to get stuck in a level more than once, with 47 seemingly glued to the inside of a tree, unable to get out, and the loss of 15 minutes progress is obviously very galling. So, Hitman 3 looks great, plays very well and is genuinely entertaining, but does it make any missteps? Well, the brutal answer is yes, but there’s nothing major that anyone should really get themselves in a twist about. And this is just one of the stories to find, in just one of the levels, so there is a lot of replayability to be had. ![]() It took over an hour to complete this one mission as I was so determined to find every clue and do it properly the termination of the contract was almost an anti-climax to the fun I’d had throughout. This one stage is so much fun, as you wander around, questioning people and looking for clues, before either framing someone or finding the real culprit, then reporting your findings. In the “Death in the Family” level here – a level that is set in Devon, no less – this is taken as far as any story I’ve seen, seeing you take on the persona of a private detective, and then having to solve the death of a character. There are also different stories to uncover in each level, which can make your progress much easier through the rest of the contract. I don’t think it’s a spoiler to say that the narrative rolls along at a fantastic pace, and Hitman 3 has had me gripped, refusing to let go it’s a rollercoaster of a ride. Suffice to say that there is no end of double and even triple crossings, neither friend nor foe are who you think they are, and the best you can hope for is for Agent 47 to come out of the game with the same amount of holes in his head that he had going in. Now, the story will be the main hook here, and honestly there’s very little I can say that won’t spoil it for someone. Special mention has to go to the meaty “thwack” as a flying hammer meets an unsuspecting cranium across the room! Thankfully when all hell breaks loose – and it does in Hitman no matter how stealthy you wish to be – the guns and other killing devices all sound great. ![]() I understand this is probably to make the eavesdropping easier, however it just sounds a bit weird to have sneaked into a position to hear two staff in a Dubai skyscraper having a chat like extras from Coronation Street. The sound generally works quite well too, but I have to admit it was a bit of a disappointment to hear the NPCs, wherever you happened to be across the globe, always speak English. The way the people move, and in fact the overall detail to absolutely everything, is utterly captivating. ![]()
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