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CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE TRAILER! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h24dF8_LcFM missions is worth a certain number of points, and is evaluated at the end of each mission with a total score. This score is then compared with other players in the world with a global leaderboard. From what I was able to work out, it appears that 250,000 is the maximum score achievable in the main mission as nearly everyone in the top ten currently has achieved it. On a slightly related note, Hitman maintains an “always online” presence which is slightly annoying, as it causes a bit of a delay in loading up the game. Additionally, it appears that save games are maintained individually between online and offline modes which is another annoyance, as you’re forced to play online or offline – there is not carrying them between to the two. Back to the gameplay side of things, while this episode only includes four story-based missions, the game does feature the contract creator mode that made its mark in Hitman: Absolution. Players can go online to check out the hottest rated player-made contracts and test their skills against the online community in a race for the quickest completion time. I did check out one or two of these contracts, but after a while they just felt a bit repetitious – go to this location, kill this guy or gal in a particularly methodical manner wearing a very specific outfit – and once completed, do it all over again with a different target, method and outfit. The visual aesthetic of Hitman is nothing short of pretty. Character models are bursting with detail, the lighting is on point and brings out the colour in every area incredibly well, and there are plenty of pretty shader effects including god rays that just make you stand back and take it in. Environments such as cellars and basements are as dark as you’d expect, adding to that overall immersion when you’re crawling around like a stealthy assassin. Visual immersion is nothing without the atmosphere created by the accompanying sound design, which again is on point. As this game was reviewed, it was played through a set of Edifier R2000DB’s via an optical output, and it sounded absolutely incredible. In one of the story missions in Paris, there is an area of the level where you walk in and you can hear the clusters of conversation taking place, only to be drowned out as you walk into the next room where catwalk techno music is blasting through professional speakers, not hearing a word of what’s being said around you. Basically, the sound design in this game seems to have received a serious amount of love to create that meticulous level of authentic ambiance. Hitman in its current form feels more like a slightly beefed up technical demo than the first part of an episodic game series. Sure, it has content, it’s pretty, and sounds absolutely incredible – but how many times can the same limited content be played before you’re reliving your childhood, full of demo discs on Play- Station? In all seriousness however, this first episode of Hitman is the foundation of what is to come, and I’m looking forward to checking out the rest of what is on offer in this series as it’s released. But right now, it might be an idea to give this a miss until more episodes are released.
PROS: IMMERSIVE SOUND ATMOSPHERE 7.9/10 CONS: EXPECTED MORE STORY MISSIONS ALWAYS ONLINE DRM WRITTEN BY matt raspe WWW.STICKYTRIGGER.COM
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