BEST HITMAN GAME

[Demer]

A friend of mine told me this is the best game in Hitman's franchise, is that so?:

[Rogue]

I think so but I've only played it for over a 1000 hours. :)

[Kunovega]

Not really, most fans of the franchise consider it one of the worst. It's a linear hand holding experience that completely forgets that you are a hitman.

In every other game in the franchise, you are a hitman, you have contracts to do, you have specific targets and the freedom of how to kill them. You are given goals, you solve the puzzles, you achieve those goals and the fun of the replay is in finding new ways to attempt those kills

In contrast, Absolution is linear, the levels are tiny, you move from point a to point b, the goals are obvious, there are no puzzles, there is no mystery, there's nothing to figure out, and worse ther are no contracts in most missions. You spend the majority of the game walking and hiding from point a to point b and occasionally killing people for personal reasons (not because you are a hitman)

Absolution plays more like splinter cell, a straight forward stealth action game on rails than it does any other game in the franchise.

Is absolution a good game? Yes, but is it a good hitman game? No, not even a little

If absolution is your favorite game in the franchise, you don't like the hitman franchise, you like brain dead stealth action games on rails, which is something hitman was never intended to be. Go play splinter cell or the new tomb raider reboots, those are what absolution is patterned after

You want the best in the franchise? Play the latest Hitman(2016), or play Blood Money, both take the conceps built up in contracts and silent assassin and carry them forward, you are a Hitman, you have freedom to execute your targets, not a hand holding stealth game where you spend half the levels sneaking through things

The only thing absolution did well was contracts mode, and Hitman(2016) evolves that mode far beyond what absolution did (if you didnt know, contracts mode is a way for players to create targets and share challenges with the community, the contracts mode gives the game massive replay, but in absolution it far exceeds the story modes hand holding experience, where as in the new Hitman, its an extention of an already good game)

[Demer]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

Not really, most fans of the franchise consider it one of the worst. It's a linear hand holding experience that completely forgets that you are a hitman.

In every other game in the franchise, you are a hitman, you have contracts to do, you have specific targets and the freedom of how to kill them. You are given goals, you solve the puzzles, you achieve those goals and the fun of the replay is in finding new ways to attempt those kills

In contrast, Absolution is linear, the levels are tiny, you move from point a to point b, the goals are obvious, there are no puzzles, there is no mystery, there's nothing to figure out, and worse ther are no contracts in most missions. You spend the majority of the game walking and hiding from point a to point b and occasionally killing people for personal reasons (not because you are a hitman)

Absolution plays more like splinter cell, a straight forward stealth action game on rails than it does any other game in the franchise.

Is absolution a good game? Yes, but is it a good hitman game? No, not even a little

If absolution is your favorite game in the franchise, you don't like the hitman franchise, you like brain dead stealth action games on rails, which is something hitman was never intended to be. Go play splinter cell or the new tomb raider reboots, those are what absolution is patterned after

You want the best in the franchise? Play the latest Hitman(2016), or play Blood Money, both take the conceps built up in contracts and silent assassin and carry them forward, you are a Hitman, you have freedom to execute your targets, not a hand holding stealth game where you spend half the levels sneaking through things

The only thing absolution did well was contracts mode, and Hitman(2016) evolves that mode far beyond what absolution did (if you didnt know, contracts mode is a way for players to create targets and share challenges with the community, the contracts mode gives the game massive replay, but in absolution it far exceeds the story modes hand holding experience, where as in the new Hitman, its an extention of an already good game)

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, so as a new hitman player i will try the blood money as my 1st

[Rogue]

Blood Money is good. Go for it.

However there really isn't that much difference between the two. The biggest difference is that in Blood Money your Hitman is sent on a series of contracts by a lady. In Absolution there is but one very large mission. An adventure to save the lady mentioned above and a teenage girl.

Where most players play Absolution in stealth mode that is not the only way it was designed. I can't begin to tell you all the things you'll miss out on in Absolution if you only play it stealth. All other Hitman series have your Hitman going somewhere to kill someone. In Absolution you have to use your Hitman skills to kill those who attempt to stop you. Believe you me, there are plenty.

If your playing Absolution for high scores then Stealth rewards you. Once you've done that, play it for pure fun. No other Hitman series can be played in as many ways as Absolution.

[Kunovega]

No other Hitman series can be played in as many ways as Absolution.

You've clearly not bothered to play the latest Hitman (2016) if you claim that. It has far more variety than Absolution and a much more in depth contracts mode for replay value, the challenges alone will net you 100+ hours of replay and contracts can take you another 500-1000 hours or more

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/4854/HITMAN__Game_of_The_Year_Edition/

16 campaign missions, 56 escalation missions, 100's of challenges and challenge packs, 1000's of contracts

Originally posted by RoadHog:

However there really isn't that much difference between the two. The biggest difference is that in Blood Money your Hitman is sent on a series of contracts by a lady. In Absolution there is but one very large mission. An adventure to save the lady mentioned above and a teenage girl.

47 works for the ICA, she's his handler, you aren't just doing jobs for her, it's contract work

Have you even played the entire series?

[Lцсᶖаᶇ º¹]

Abso is a good stealth action game. And a alright Hitman game. I actually think it may be best to play this one first since you'll be less likely to notice the flaws that way, and it being more linear+easy can actually be a good thing if you're just getting into the series.

[Necrius]

No, Blood Money's better.

[Malarraenaepcaleac'h]

No, Absolution is absolute GARBAGE.