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At their heart, stealth games are really puzzle games and no genre title exemplifies this better than Hitman. Now there are just so many, and the information is displayed so cleanly and so teasingly that hardcore fans of Hitman will easily find themselves trying again in every map.
#Hitman 2 reviews series#
The series is best played on repeat, and this year's game makes going back and retrying levels more fun thanks to well advertised and addicting challenges, like those seen in previous games. Over and over, this feels like a game made for the hardcore fans from a studio that knows exactly what they do well. Hitman 2's levels regularly introduce these sorts of touches that may read like nothing major to some players, but the longtime fans will appreciate them the most. One level in particular is so labyrinthine that it feels like nothing else in the series. Levels also do well to mix in new kinds of objectives too, like having to actually ensure the safety of some characters this time, rather than just going around killing people. Another new way to hide is brought to the series by allowing players to hide in plain sight among large crowds or even just a handful of others who happen to be close enough in the game's half-dozen globetrotting levels. Agent 47 has never had this ability, but now he finally does and it's extremely useful, especially in one particular residential level. The first is the oft-seen video game trope of hiding in bushes, tall grass, and other foliage. Simple yet major new mechanics make stealth traversal much more feasible. Dive a bit deeper, however, and it's clear Hitman 2 refines what was already the best Hitman game ever from two years ago - it now stands as the new superlative in the stealth series. On the surface, Hitman 2 will feel like more of the same, a second season, albeit not episodic this time. Really though, no one is coming to Hitman for its story, and that's perfectly fine because the gameplay is where it shines. Whereas Hitman was surprisingly one-note given the previous history for the series, this sequel is starting to connect red strings on a cork board all over the map again as fans will be used to, but it feels like the writing is more reined in this time, in a good way, leaving it all intelligible and even quite fun if you're a longtime fan and recognize a lot of the longer threads with which the soft reboot is toying. Twists, turns, and international political intrigue were the rudders of the previous game and the same tone carries over here. Agent 47 is still chasing the Shadow Client in the world's most dangerous matchup of cat versus mouse. The story in Hitman games has never been the focal point and has always been pretty convoluted over the years, but the 2016 reintroduction committed to narrative more than most of the series had before it, and the story in Hitman 2 picks up right where that one left off.