Hitman: Blood Money (Best Game Evar?)
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Well, while I did like it, and it is satisfying to finally vanquish your target, there were just some problems. Like how some of the situations were just really not what you would expect, or how it had such a trial and error style of gameplay.
Good game? Yes.
Great game? Possibly, if you like that stuff.
Best game ever? Unfortunately, I have to say no.
Good game? Yes.
Great game? Possibly, if you like that stuff.
Best game ever? Unfortunately, I have to say no.
I felt Hitman 2 was more tense, and felt more like an assassin game.
Blood Money was a bit too easy.
Blood Money was a bit too easy.
The engine is so terrible it's fucking unbelievably annoying to either watch or play the god damn game. Fuck.
The only thing that is good. Scratch that. The only thing that is Phantastique! Is the idea. The idea that you can run around killing specific targets. Where you sneak, walk amidst your foes, and wait until the perfect moment to strike.
Besides from that, everything is a fucking joke. No comment on the sound track though.
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The only thing that is good. Scratch that. The only thing that is Phantastique! Is the idea. The idea that you can run around killing specific targets. Where you sneak, walk amidst your foes, and wait until the perfect moment to strike.
Besides from that, everything is a fucking joke. No comment on the sound track though.
kthxbye
I really enjoyed Blood Money, would I certainly wouldn't call it the best game ever/evar. I found some of the missions to be a little buggy, especially on Expert mode, which spoilt it for me. Like when I carried out an assassionation PERFECTLY, and still got a witness somehow.
Also, I really hated how the fiber-wiring worked. I never got the hang of that.
Also, I really hated how the fiber-wiring worked. I never got the hang of that.
I could never quite get into the Hitman games because of their very precise way of approaching challanges.
You could just bash the door down and shoot everyone but this will be very fucking difficult, you could try nicking a disguise and sneaking into the enemy base but this relies on the suprisingly smart sentries not falling for your wooden acting or apparant inability to hide firearms or (useful) weapons.
No, the way you were supposed to do it was by stealing the postman outfit that's hidden in the locker and planting a syringe in a boquet of flowers that you're delivering, after that you must take out a chef and put the syringe into a cake where you must take it to your target (where you ditch the syringe and strangle the bastard).
Yes, I am exaggerating the awkwardly complex nature of the missions but this is certainly what it felt like when it came to playing Hitman 2 for the first time and Blood Money didn't seem to do much to improve this.
You could just bash the door down and shoot everyone but this will be very fucking difficult, you could try nicking a disguise and sneaking into the enemy base but this relies on the suprisingly smart sentries not falling for your wooden acting or apparant inability to hide firearms or (useful) weapons.
No, the way you were supposed to do it was by stealing the postman outfit that's hidden in the locker and planting a syringe in a boquet of flowers that you're delivering, after that you must take out a chef and put the syringe into a cake where you must take it to your target (where you ditch the syringe and strangle the bastard).
Yes, I am exaggerating the awkwardly complex nature of the missions but this is certainly what it felt like when it came to playing Hitman 2 for the first time and Blood Money didn't seem to do much to improve this.
I loved it. A lot. But a few things specifically kept it short of "all time classic" for me:
1 - That if you want difficulty, you have to give up your ability to save when you want. Which sucks dick.
2 - That the game can be very... Dictatorial at times... Sure the game gives you the option of doing anything how you want, but your options of pulling out assassinations with the perfect rank (i.e: without witnesses and such) are generally extremely limited... Which is sad, because at least in a couple of missions I could see or come up with ways that should, in theory, be perfect.
1 - That if you want difficulty, you have to give up your ability to save when you want. Which sucks dick.
2 - That the game can be very... Dictatorial at times... Sure the game gives you the option of doing anything how you want, but your options of pulling out assassinations with the perfect rank (i.e: without witnesses and such) are generally extremely limited... Which is sad, because at least in a couple of missions I could see or come up with ways that should, in theory, be perfect.
It's definitely one of the best I've ever played. But was far more fun with a mod program I found for it.
I love the Hitman games, Blood Money especially, and the only thing that annoys me about them is the engine. It looks fine and I like how crisp and defined everything is so you know what you can use and what you can't, but the mechanics of the game have always been clumsy.
If they kept the premise but revamped the game engine (because aside from looking slightly better graphically than Hitman 2, Blood Money must use the same recycled engine) then it could be the best stealth game ever.
As it is, it's still the most tense series of games that I've played, but it's far from the best game ever. There are just too many things wrong to make up for everything it does right.
If they kept the premise but revamped the game engine (because aside from looking slightly better graphically than Hitman 2, Blood Money must use the same recycled engine) then it could be the best stealth game ever.
As it is, it's still the most tense series of games that I've played, but it's far from the best game ever. There are just too many things wrong to make up for everything it does right.
It's definately the best in the series, but there are far superiour games to it, I'm sorry to say...T3h Merc said:
It's great, it puts Silent Assassin to shame, and that's saying something. I tried to play Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, but compared to Hitman it just feels so linear and boring.
So yeah what i guess i'm saying is that Hitman: Blood Money is imaginative, and the best stealth game there is. But i can't say it's the best game evar overall, that position is firmly held by the Half-Life series in my book.
So yeah what i guess i'm saying is that Hitman: Blood Money is imaginative, and the best stealth game there is. But i can't say it's the best game evar overall, that position is firmly held by the Half-Life series in my book.
I've not been keeping up-to-date. Is there a new engine? Does it have an estimated release?xqxm said:get worked up for hitman 5 then
I very much agree, some of the paths they expect you to take are very fiddly. Take the example of the Mafia boss you have to kill (Which I'm assuming is one of the missions you refer to). I like how they did the level and how the opportunities are planned in, but I just nab a disguise, and shoot/ strangle the boss either from under his balcony or by going round the side and up the stairs. Then, just shoot anyone with a gun. Bish bash bosh, takes about three minutes if you know the route.Iron Mal said:
What I find with most stealth games is that they try to make you follow a difficult route in return for some bonus like a particular weapon; This requires intelligent gameplay on your behalf, but then this is nearly always cancelled by very dumb AI, with enemies that can apparently see through walls, and can always tell exactly which shadow you happen to be hiding in. Imagine; you've just spent the last half an hour sneaking through hordes of suspicious guards, but someone hears the rustle of your socks and BAM, you've got holes in your chest. Playing a game is fun; Endlessly wandering through a corridor, in the hope of being lucky or that you don't run into a glitch in the game, is not.
Ah, I've ridden off on my pet steed Tangent here. Hitman Contracts didn't have as good a story, but I think the gameplay was slightly better, as the locations and the weapons are more diverse. Hooray, my wall of text is slightly justified!
To date, four games have been released with a fifth title in development by Eidos for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows. The fifth title has been officially announced by Eidos, though no further information has been released.PseudoDuck said:I've not been keeping up-to-date. Is there a new engine? Does it have an estimated release?xqxm said:get worked up for hitman 5 then
Seems like they are gonna use a new engine, considering the previous one is old as fuck and this game is not coming out on PS2 unlike the previous instalments.
I disagree, I think Hitman is weak in many areas including gameplay and story. Of course,to you it may be the best ever game. I recommend you try the following, all good, some great:T3h Merc said:
Shadow of The Colossus
Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare
Bioshock
Halo CE
Mass Effect
Fable
Left 4 Dead
GTA IV
Gears Of War 1 & 2
Crackdown
Assassin's Creed
Bully
Half Life 1 & 2
Batman Arkham Asylum