How good is this compared to Absolution?

[xyz]

That's the only game I've played.

[Lar Dass]

Miles better, arguably light years better in every conceivable way. The gameplay, gunplay, stealth systems, disguises and enforcers, story, graphics, voice acting, map design and freedom. Literally everything. The only game that comes very close to WOA is blood money

[white2k]

Ooooh boy...can you imagine the perfect Hitman? This is the one.

[potato]

absolution is not even a hitman game

[xyz]

Originally posted by potato:

absolution is not even a hitman game

Well I appreciate your response but the narrative of that game got me into this series :D

[Bankai9212]

Originally posted by ...:

Originally posted by potato:

absolution is not even a hitman game

Well I appreciate your response but the narrative of that game got me into this series :D

I can’t take this post seriously while all hitman games have a story they are rarely the driving point. Not to mention absolution has the worst plot in the series.

[white2k]

Originally posted by ...:

Originally posted by potato:

absolution is not even a hitman game

Well I appreciate your response but the narrative of that game got me into this series :D

Absolution is not that bad, but die-hard Hitman fans hate it for some reasons. But Hitman 2 & 3 are much better than Absolution.

[Bankai9212]

Originally posted by white2k:

Originally posted by ...:

Well I appreciate your response but the narrative of that game got me into this series :D

Absolution is not that bad, but die-hard Hitman fans hate it for some reasons. But Hitman 2 & 3 are much better than Absolution.

It’s barely a hitman game outside of 47 outside of contracts nothing major was really added from that game.

[white2k]

Originally posted by Bankai9212:

Originally posted by white2k:

Absolution is not that bad, but die-hard Hitman fans hate it for some reasons. But Hitman 2 & 3 are much better than Absolution.

It’s barely a hitman game outside of 47 outside of contracts nothing major was really added from that game.

Who cares if it's "barely" a Hitman game, as long as it's decent.

[potato]

Originally posted by white2k:

Who cares if it's "barely" a Hitman game

a great many people

[white2k]

Originally posted by potato:

Originally posted by white2k:

Who cares if it's "barely" a Hitman game

a great many people

Many people like to complain about everything. But the truth is many other people found out about Hitman thanks to Absolution.

[Bankai9212]

Originally posted by white2k:

Originally posted by potato:

a great many people

Many people like to complain about everything. But the truth is many other people found out about Hitman thanks to Absolution.

Many find out about a series in later entries all the time, doesn’t make it a good entry point or represent what the series is. As it’s own ip it’s fine but it’s a poor representation of the series as a whole. More so if OP only cares or is interested in the plot.

[xyz]

I like absolution. It had a direct narrative across 20 levels. The rest of the games are sandbox/puzzle games (Which I think is probably best for the series). But Absolution had a point of killing Diana and saving that chick.

If you disagree - by all means :)

[Bankai9212]

If you played absolution you know that Diana isn’t dead, and the girl has very little to do with anything hitman related outside of her experimented like 47. The issue with the plot is some scenes or action make no sense for a professional assassin to do. As for the series it’s literally what made the series what is it murder sandboxes.

[Osmium]

I also liked Absolution at the time. I 100%'ed it with all achievements. It really played like a standalone game or one that was from another series, though. If the names for Diana and 47 were different and he wasn't bald, it could have been from any IP. It was almost like an interactive action movie. Everything felt scripted and you could derive about as much enjoyment out of watching a competent player going through the maps as you could by playing it yourself.

The Hitman trilogy here is much more focused on player agency. I can do things that the developers probably never thought of, like shooting my target with a penetrating sniper rifle to kill him and detonate a fire extinguisher behind him to launch a second target over a balcony with the blast.

The maps are much less linear and there's an enormous variety of ways to take out your targets. If you want to, every single target can be poisoned. The maps are also designed such that anyone (other than the guy in surgery in Japan) can be sniped from over 100 meters away. They can all be killed in accidents, which can either be scenarios unique to that level (like feeding a guy to his own man-eating hippo) or ones that can be repeated almost anywhere, like dropping a chandelier on them or putting a leaking propane tank next to where they stop to smoke.

I've rewatched a playthrough of Absolution recently and I don't think I'd enjoy it at all if I had to go back to it. It was fun at the time, but the later Hitman games have spoiled me. I'd think "why can't I kill this giant Mexican wrestler with a car battery?!"

[xyz]

ok thanks for your feedback. im going to get it