Levels vary from massive crowded areas to smaller more intimate surroundings, with numerous disguises to be used, weapons and items to uncover, to be mixed and mashed to orchestrate the “perfect hit”. Hitman: Absolution unfolds like other titles in the series, you are given a myriad of choices and ways to kill your targets. A more ambitious story than that of previous games, it wouldn’t be fair to get into the twists and turns of Agent 47’s journey, but this Hitman revamp is one that definitely goes bigger in this regard than any before it. When personal ties get between him and his job, he vows to uphold a promise and protect a young girl. You play as Agent 47, a hitman that finds himself in the midst of conspiring forces within the agency he works for. With the Hitman franchise, this level of freedom has been unprecedented. Games that offer the amount of choice and freedom that Hitman: Absolution offers are usually ambitious endeavors. Agent 47 has been gone for a while, and that’s precisely why this action/puzzle/stealth mash-up is a refreshing change of pace from a gameplay perspective, but falls somewhat flat in its execution of said premises. It’s a game that stays true to its roots, that isn’t trying to be something else, while featuring the technology improvements that are expected after a six year hiatus. Despite these headwinds, IO Interactive’s Hitman: Absolution is a game that Hitman purists will enjoy. We’ve seen video game publishers move away from games like Hitman: Absolution in recent years, due to their inability to draw the masses like their shooter counterparts. Stealth games as a genre have been in decline this generation.
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