Hitman Go (2014)

To me, the Hitman series has been about experimentation. You go into each level, investigate your mark, and look for possibilities to exploit. No matter which path you take, there are things to do: information stashes to look for, equipment to grab, guards to evade, disguises to grab and so on. And once everything comes together, you lie in wait for the right moment to strike.

It's really impressive how Hitman GO condenses all of these aspects into a board-based puzzle game. You move across the board in tactical steps so as to achieve different objectives. It's undeniably a Hitman game while still being an enjoyable puzzler. The game periodically introduces a new twist - usually a new guard type - to keep the gameplay fresh and interesting.

If I had to make a complaint about Hitman GO, it would be about the difficulty levels going up and down inconsistently. This isn't a very big problem, but it's possible to get stuck entirely at times on a complex level. Another interesting thing is the game's hint system. The system is fine, but there is also an achievement for completing the entire game without using the hint system even once. I wasn't quite sure what to make of this.

In any case, Hitman GO is a true Hitman game disguised as a puzzler. I've had a lot of fun with this one, to the point that I ended up hunting all of the achievements for it.

I was in search of a puzzle game that wouldn't require high refresh rates/frame rates (because my tablet is getting old) and I found this one. It received an editors choice in Google play so everything looked great.

Hitman Go is a board game style puzzler set it the Hitman universe. Each level is a grid with enemies, locked doors, items to hide behind and weapons. There are often several objectives. The bare minimum is to reach the end of a level, but there are others like collecting a briefcase and completing in x turns.

Things I loved: Art style, music, reasonable difficulty, sheer amount of levels, creativity and variety of enemies.

Things I didn't like: menu to select levels. The game automatically jumps to the newest unlocked world eventhough there are incomplete levels. Not a huge issue. Just an annoyance.

There is no ending. You finish the last level and there is no acknowledgment.

Overall it's a great game. Lots of levels tons of fun. Excellent for $5 on a mobile device. Touch screen makes for a great board game feel.

4/5