Hitman 2 - First Impressions
This is kind of pseudo an impression of Hitman 2016 too because I don't plan to play that one while all the missions and cutscenes are in this game so no point.
It's great! Well, it's more like it's great in contrast to its simplicity. One of the things that really sell me on this …
Hitman 2 - First Impressions
This is kind of pseudo an impression of Hitman 2016 too because I don't plan to play that one while all the missions and cutscenes are in this game so no point.
It's great! Well, it's more like it's great in contrast to its simplicity. One of the things that really sell me on this game is the level design and aesthetic, of which is through the roof in terms of quality. The level design is incredibly free-form and complementary to regular hitman logic rather than simple game logic, with you being able to dynamically find out how to take down your target with/without "takeout story" hints. The aesthetic brings it home with how rocktight in that it makes you a complete badass when you finish off your target. Knowing the knowledge of the area and utilizing it is strong to pull off no matter the mechanics.
Now despite saying that, it still needs to be said how utterly simple the mechanics are. I played the first few levels so far on Professional and just to make sure I'm not missing anything i checked out footage of Master gameplay too. In short, I'm not impressed. Everything you do is mechanically simple. Disguising is a button press with the only disguise dynamics being enforcers, which are so utterly easy to trick with a coin that it's easy to say that there's nothing really to it. Even on a higher difficulty, the only thing that increases is patience, rather than what you're capable of doing. The stealth doesn't have much options to it either, and just really hit the basics.
To summarize, Hitman 2 seems like a game where the planning is excellent and interesting where the execution is lacking and simplistic. I think it equalizes out on one end to be a great game, but I do think it holds itself short. I'm going to have this game finished by next week and we'll see if my opinion changes by then.
