why is this game considered to be one of the worst Hitman game by Hitman fans despite having many positive reviews?

[M A M O P Y]

i dont understand coz im not a Hitman fan and this game was my first Hitman game.

[Kunovega]

It's a linear corridor shooter with minimal stealth elements. The levels are tiny and most of them don't even have targets. It has more in common with older Splinter Cell games than it does any other Hitman game.

Hitman games by comparison are generally large arena sandboxes with a focus on stealth not shooting and your goal is always to assassinate a target.

Absolution doesn't even send you on real missions to kill people, after the first mission you spend the rest of the game on one long personal agenda of killing people you choose to kill.

By itself it's not a terrible game, it just has nothing to do with Hitman other than the cosmetic theme.

I mean, if you like this I would tell you to go play other action/shooter games with stealth mechanics like splinter cell or metal gear. The best Hitman games are clockwork puzzles where you figure out complex stealth patterns to assassinate specific targets. Absolution simply isn't a Hitman game when judged next to any of the others.

[M A M O P Y]

Messaggio originale di Kunovega:

It's a linear corridor shooter with minimal stealth elements. The levels are tiny and most of them don't even have targets. It has more in common with older Splinter Cell games than it does any other Hitman game.

Hitman games by comparison are generally large arena sandboxes with a focus on stealth not shooting and your goal is always to assassinate a target.

Absolution doesn't even send you on real missions to kill people, after the first mission you spend the rest of the game on one long personal agenda of killing people you choose to kill.

By itself it's not a terrible game, it just has nothing to do with Hitman other than the cosmetic theme.

I mean, if you like this I would tell you to go play other action/shooter games with stealth mechanics like splinter cell or metal gear. The best Hitman games are clockwork puzzles where you figure out complex stealth patterns to assassinate specific targets. Absolution simply isn't a Hitman game when judged next to any of the others.

alright, i understand. i played this game many years ago and im kinda glad i havent played any hitman game before i played this game, otherwise it could've ruin my enjoyment of this game. I just bought Hitman 2016 btw.

[Rogue]

The Hitman games before Absolution are the best. The latest Hitman changed the entire menu system for the player making it very difficult to change weapons. stealth and so forth. Very boring imo.

[Kunovega]

Messaggio originale di Rogue:

The Hitman games before Absolution are the best. The latest Hitman changed the entire menu system for the player making it very difficult to change weapons. stealth and so forth. Very boring imo.

Either move the original inventory key to tab or use a controller, changing weapons is effortless with even a little practice and a tiny bit of thought put into changing your key mapping

The latest games are an evolution of everything blood money wanted to be with even larger scale scenarios and far more detailed worlds to interact with and the contracts mode is what hitman was always meant to be, an endless supply of targets to kill with variable puzzle challenges each time. There's literally thousands of contracts to play across over a dozen large set piece locations.

Blood money was good, it's the best of the old games, but all of them combined are a fraction of the content and depth of the newer ones