Man, I suck.

[A Disappointed Horse]

This is the first time I've played any Hitman, and within seconds of starting the first proper mission (the drug guys in Chile) everyone was shooting at me. I'm not even sure what happened.

[Bad Whippet]

I can't get anywhere at all with Blood Money. The controls just seem super-bad - totally unintuitive. i usually end up spinning round and round while various guys shoot me dead, me armed with a pistol that somehow refuses to point at anyone at all. I've tried this game so many times now. I hear it's actually much better on a console where the controls have had to be mapped to a controller, so I recently downloaded a game profiler for the game but, even with gamepad, I'm getting nowhere.

Yet Hitman Absolution is superb to play! Very easy and a lot of fun.

[Samz]

Yeah the tutorials not the best as in your suit everyone shoots at you, you have to avoid detection COMPLETLY untill you can get the ONE disguise in the level , or you could shoot your way through the tutorial is more linear than the rest of the game

[Dufflebags]

You can definately shoot your way through the levels, but it won't be easy. You're better off to explore and use your fibre wire or the majority of your killing. Stashing bodies and changing outfits is quitessential to your success. On the harder difficulties if they find a naked dead body then see you running around in his clothes you're going to get popped.

[WiseOldFool]

nah - sneak up behind the guy patrolling round the corner, (near the old van) take his disguise then climb up the van and onto the roof then drop down the hole in the roof, then time your walk out the warehouse/barn and over to the door (at the left as you exit the barn) up the drainpipe and in the window, you can figure the rest from there..

[Gourami37]

just watch some walk throughs man.... its not hard lol i played this back on release i was like 12, gotta be sneaky !

[Zeban]

You need patience to play a proper hitman game, you must be willing to learn the levels secrets, and routes. Hitman games are not more violent than you make them, you have one, some-times two persons that must be taken out... anyone else is entirely up to you.

Hitman games never hold you by the hand, you're given the tutorial, the rest is up to you.
Just like they're meant to be. Levels are to be explored, understood and then conquered by SA rank.
Not everyone likes this, I love them for it.

[960018]

I don't know what happened to you, as people aren't supposed to shoot at you unless you are caught doing something you really shouldn't, like carrying guns, hiding bodies, picking locks...

Moreover, you are supposed to be furtive. It is a stealth game, and the "proper" way of doing the missions is by not being seen nor heard, without innocent casualties, preferably leaving in your suit. You just have to be careful, pay attention and have perfect timing. Sneaking around, hiding, blending with the environment... Being clean, silent, precise and efficient: these are all the tools of the perfect Hitman, the Silent Assassin. Be the Ghost, the Legend fit for 47 himself. Otherwise you can just blast your way through the missions, it is ultimately up to you.

I've played this game a lot on the PS2 and now I've gotten it for the PC, and I've had no problems whatsoever with the controls, it is very easy for me. Only zooming with the sniper seems to be a little tricky.

[Bad Whippet]

I can play stealth games; it's my favourite genre and I have a pile of titles, but it's just the Blood Money controls (for wire garrotting for instance). I end up missing and of course then being noticed and shot. Very frustrating. I have gotten through that first bit now but it was fluke rather than anything I figured out, so I'll replay it and try (yet) again.

How is the wire supposed to be used (ie is the button pressed and held while creeping towards the target, or is it a quick press - this is the most vexing). I just miss and get caught.

[960018]

For the fiberwire you click and hold - you will see 47 tightening the weapon - and sneak behind your intended victim. Once close, let go and he will strangle the poor fellow. Just be sure your character is turned to the target, I guess. I've failed a sedative injection once, so I can imagine the controls are not always that precise. But you don't need to "aim" with the wire, you can have the camera elsewhere while you use it.

[Bad Whippet]

Right - thanks very much. This was something I was NOT doing. I really, really want to play it because I'm loving Absolution so far. I shall retry tonight.

[960018]

Good luck, my friend. I hope you succeed. I think this is a very good game, and it is really worth the trouble to try and get into it.
I played a bit of Absolution and I really liked it as well. It is similar enough to be a similar experience of Hitman, and different enough to be exciting.

[Super Banana Gymnastics]

There is an option for "simplify strangle" in the game settings. I was having difficulty strangling before, but once I turned that on, walking up behind people and clicking seemed to work just fine.

As for Hitman, you kind of need to think like a hitman. This is more a puzzle game than anything else. Walk around a bit, find out where you're allowed to go in your suit, watch the guards to see where they can go, and then see if theres any place you can kill a guard to steal his clothes. It can be a little frustrating at times, but this game has a ton of different ways to complete objectives, and its super rewarding to see a creative technique pay off.

[Bad Whippet]

Thank you 960018 and Faze - I am finally, FINALLY(!) getting to grips with this (that tip helped, Faze - didn't see that one). The only problem I'm now having is the game crashing before I ever get to the end of that first chapter (I sneak through the darkened factory to my target - then CRASH.....). Maybe I need some compatibility settings for it I need to set.

[960018]

Faze: don't kill the guards. You must kill only the targets in order to get the perfect score. Look for a disguise elsewhere, sometimes you find them laying around. Or sedate them, that count as a "pacific" approach. Also, you can finish most - if not all - missions wearing your suit alone - as long as you are not seen. I don't remember being able to do it in "A Dance With The Devil", but the others I managed.
Calling it a "puzzle" game is very fitting. You have to get into the mentality of the game and out of the "shooter" mentality. Finding how all of the pieces fall into places is more important than the killing itself.

Bad Whippet: that must be a problem on your computer, some compatibilities as you said or memory problems. I haven't had a problem with this game, but I've had some crashes on others before. Computers are complicated and unforgiving machines, it can be tricky to know why something happens.
Try to change some options of graphics or audio to see if it is something related to that. Run the game with nothing else running. Update drivers. Uninstall and reinstall if nothing helps.

[Ice Deno]

Try like this : http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=393409056