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This is ''THE'' Xbox 360 game to get this summer!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 10
Date: June 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

If your like me and have been underwhelmed by the 360 game library,Oblivion and Geometry Wars being the exception,then Agent 47 is going to be like a breath of fresh air! This latest title in the Hitman series provides a surprising amount of actual FUN gameplay,VERY dark humor,Awesome graphics,and depending on how you play,stealth or shooting everything in sight-TONS of blood! Of the very limited amount of 360 games scheduled to be released this summer,Hitman Blood Money is a standout! Be advised-in no way is this game intended for younger players- this game VERY much deserves its MATURE rating!

PLAY STEALTH!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: June 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

There are two ways you can approach this game on rookie level. play stealth or just go in and blast away. Blasting away is not that fun but it gets you through the level,but that is on rookie. On the higher difficulties you have to decide what to do very carefully. Because of this it is way more fun on the higher levels because it is way more fun playing with stealth. there are so many ways to beat each level even if you are playing with stealth which include differnt paths, different disguises, and best of all different peaople to kill. Even though some people might not think so i think that the controls are very comfortable. the replay value is very high because of all the different ways to beat the levels. it will take you a while to get all of the achievments. Dont listen to the other people who are rating it on the demo. i didn't really like either but i thought i would rent it and give it another try. im glad i did because i will definintly buy this one.

Hitman is back

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: June 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The best aside(which is this one) Contracts rained supreme. Silent assassin was horrible, and codename 47 was ok. By far the best in the series.

Something to Blow You Away

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: June 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I was very surprised at how great this game was. I'm a fan of the series so when I heard about it I pre-ordered it. I then downloaded the demo and was happy beyond belief. But I went to play the demo again and it was horrible. I then bought my copy and almost killed myself because of the first level. Then I got into it and started liking it much more. The best missions are in the middle and end of the game so you work for more fun. This was a great game that I can't stop replaying now. So rent it first and don't trust the demo.

Stealthy, challenging, and requires using your head.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: June 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

A larger part of the gaming community would probably appreciate this game better if it were more of a run and gun action game, however, Hitman has always had more emphasis on being stealth first. This is an important thing to know before you so much as purchase this title.

There's been complaints about controls, most particularly how fiber-wire is controlled. However, if you were smart enough to read the instruction manual you could master it in seconds! You simply hold your right trigger to prepare the wire and release it when you're behind your target, the rest is done on it's own!

There has also been talk about the gun control. It's not difficult to aim in a third person game when you have crosshairs, especially if you're accustomed to the now standardized "Halo" setup. I personally think the gun play shouldn't even matter, as any lover of stealth would rather go without the guns. Should an armed officer come upon you, a simple headbutt and stealing of his weapon, using it in close range, and disposing thereof is about all you would need a gun for.

Hitman: Blood Money can be a game about trial and error, particularly if you're a perfectionist who likes to leave a clean path behind you. These are easy to look past when given the different ways to approach a mission. Many missions include multiple paths and methods, be it by stealing a uniform and blending in or sneaking room to room until your target is reached.

Missions also have opportunities to stage misfortunate accidents on your targets. Though it leaves bodies behind, I prefer this method as people will rarely raise suspicion to your involvement.

Stealth fans will enjoy Hitman: Blood Money. Simply put, this game was never intended for running and gunning. Sure, you could do it that way, but it's no fun! Controls are not so difficult when you nail them down. The story is well told, voice acting is well done, and the music is superb.

I gave this game a 3-star fun rating because the trial/error can sometimes be frustrating (I recall countless attempts on the "Flatline" mission because of not checking my back for watchmen). The quality overall does stand out, however. It's a worthy purchase for stealth fans, especially those who love to work on attaining top ratings on each level. A.D.D. action junkies should either rent or pass on it, however.

Perfect GAME FOR NEXT GEN

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: June 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

When i first purchased my Xbox my first game was Hitman Silent Assasin and was blown away by the options of how to take out a person. When i picked up Blood Money for the 360 the graphics were beautiful and the new style of gameplay with the push someone over the ledge or poison there drink with a syringe. The possibilities are endless when it comes to taking down a person. RENT OR BUY THE GAME IT IS A DEFINITE FOR WHAT IS OUT RIGHT NOW ON THE 360

Finally a return to great gaming!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 26 / 28
Date: June 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Ok, let me start by saying, if you can't use the fiber wire, then you probably can't find your way from your bedroom to your kitchen, either. It's real simple folks.. you press the button, you walk up, then release it when you're ready. You don't just "tap" the fiber wire button and expect it to whip out and immediately work.

Now more importantly- the game review. One reviewer duly noted that the crosshairs are a bit hard to control on this game. Well, sure, maybe a little bit. But like someone else pointed out, this is a STEALTH based game-- you have to use your brain! And strategy! The only time it should be necessary to have to aim the crosshairs really quickly at multiple enemies is if you screw up, are noticed, etc. and you're ambushed. The whole idea is to AVOID ambush. If you like FPS (first person shooters) then go get one of those instead. You'll be able to blast away to your heart's content. With the Hitman games, you have to take your time... crouch, sneak, and use stealth, strategy, and skill. Can't control your joystick? Crouch behind a tree, and take the time to line up the shot PROPERLY with the silencer.

Personally, I LOVE this game. If you really need more crosshair/joystick control, buy the PC version and use a mouse, it works even better.

I'm so tired of the same old, generic, first-person perspective video games being released now, that I have to applaud Eidos for giving us a good ol, 3rd-person perspective strategy game. I love the style of gaming, it reminds me of an OLD game (I think it was called Commando) where you had a team of people (e.g. a sniper, an explosives guy, an army general, a driver) and you had to strategically infiltrate the enemy camp without being noticed. Finally, strategy and thinking instead of hack-n-slash.

I can't say enough about this game, because the review will be too long, but since my reviews are NEVER selected for spotlight reviews (despite their coherence and high level of articulation), I wanted this one to be noticed. Buy this game! It's great.

Its so wrong yet it feels so right.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: June 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

In hit man you take the role of agent 47 a hired profesional hitman. You utilize many weapons at your disposal like fiber wire poison sryinges to remote detonated bombs to take out your targets.

Graphics the graphics are impressive but it looks like they could have done a lot better considering that the 360 is the most powerfull console in the market. But the graphics are a bit better on the 360.

The controls in the game are not as difficult to execute just as long as you read the instruction booklet. People complaining that the can't kill someone with a fiber wire need to read it. I found that going to 3rd person help you aim.

Gameplay in this game is awesome there are so many ways in killing your targets in a sneaky gory way. You could go guns blazing and kill everyone leaving no witnesses or disguise yourself and plant some traps for your targets. This game isn't just a shoot em up game its a thinking mans game. Come up with a plan and carry it out. make your kills look like a accident.

Overall I loved this game and I will be playing it for quite a while.

Utterly Brilliant

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: June 11, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is my first venture into a 'Hitman' game having just bought an Xbox 360 and I must say it's worth every penny. All the positive notes you've read before about the graphics, storyline, playability, etc are all true. However, there are other games with similar specs - Ghost Recon on the X360 immediately springs to mind which is also a fine game.

But what makes 'Hitman' my game of the year so far is it's flexibility, i.e. finishing a level off one way then going back and trying a totally different way of killing off the same bad guy. There are so many ways of doing the levels and all can acheive the same objective but with very different challenges.

Example? Well, without giving the game away, I had to kill a crook who was also a wine expert at his own ranch, teeming with guards. So I bumped off one of his guards, took his clothes then made my way through the house without being detected before bumping the old boy off. Great...but, there's also a wall round the back which I can also use to get in the house through the back way, or there's a side door with a fusebox to kill the lights then hide in a cupboard, or....etc,etc, get the drift?

There's so many ways to try the same assignment, some easy, some not so....it's up to you to work out the best way that suits you.

Add to that the difficulty levels that make the game as hard as you like and there's many visits back to the same assignment which increases the longevity of the game.

So buy this game....you won't be disappointed!

Find this Hitman and bring him home

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: June 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The Hitman series fits in its own place on the third-person action game spectrum. On one side you have stealth games like Splinter Cell and Metal Gear Solid, while the other is filled with stuff like Resident Evil 4 and typical third-person shooters. Hitman is everywhere and nowhere in particular, because the flexibility of its gameplay caters to fans of either side of the spectrum. Hitman: Blood Money has this flexibility and a few other elements that make it a viable purchase for Xbox 360 owners and Hitman fans on other consoles.In Hitman: Blood Money, Agent 47's story is played totally through flashbacks and recollections of a mysterious, scarred-faced man who claims to have hunted down and killed the elusive agent. I didn't think that the overall story was as particularly gripping as the individual scenarios found in each level. Hitman: Blood Money invites some of the emotion and some of the tension that perhaps a real assassin might feel: is killing another person easy to do for the sake of money? It's possible that some might feel remorse for 47's victims.Each of the twelve levels is a cleverly conceived romp that Io Interactive should be extremely proud of. From the initial training mission, where you'll kill an amusement park tycoon, to one where you'll cleverly kill an actor as he practices an opera on-stage, each level is exciting. When the player completes the level the way it was intended--with stealth--the clever side comes out, and the feeling of accomplishment is immense.Fortunately, setting up the "accidents" in each mission is simple enough thanks to an intuitive control system that is mapped entirely to the Xbox 360's face buttons and shoulder triggers. Pressing the A button (or, for PS2 owners, X) will allow you to interact with just about anything in the environment. You can climb up ladders, through open windows, rig explosives, and more. The B button (PS2's circle) allows you to pick up things scattered around the environment, like weapons and disguises. Last, the Y button (PS2's triangle) lets you drop things. Shooting, using weapons, and setting traps can all be done by pulling the Right Trigger, while the Left Trigger allows you to sneak around silently. And though the default perspective is in third-person, there is a first-person perspective available as well, which can be adjusted on-the-fly. I found myself using this first-person perspective in situations where I didn't have to worry about sneaking or following someone, as it gave me a better perspective on different things scattered around the environment. It also felt a lot more natural when the time came to defend myself with a firearm.Since Hitman: Blood Money isn't a game that focuses on combat it isn't the most polished in that area. It feels stiff and sluggish to engage in a firefight, which is unfortunate when Eidos's other recent published release, Tomb Raider: Legends, feels so fluid. At least firefights aren't necessary, or encouraged, because the true fun in Hitman lies where guns aren't used and cunning is the key to success. Using sedative syringes to silently incapacitate your victims is pleasing, but it's all the better when you inject poison into a drink and watch your target drink his life away. It's endlessly entertaining to watch the rich wife in the suburbs explode into flames when she turns on a rigged barbeque grill, then falling into the clear blue water of a swimming pool just after being burned to a toast. And setting traps is great: one of the targets in the opera level can be killed by a falling chandelier if you set a mine in the proper location and time the detonation correctly.Performing these violent killings has a negative effect on 47. This time around, a system called "Notoriety" will be affected by how violently or with what level of terror that you execute your hits. If you enter a level in the game and unload on every living thing, you'll earn a lot of notoriety and later missions will be made even more difficult from the beginning, based on your predetermined notoriety. However, performing missions the way they're meant to be-stealthily-you'll gain far less notoriety and have to spend less of your hard-earned money lowering the wanted level. So while it's safe to say that Hitman: Blood Money is accessible to those with an itchy trigger finger, those patient gamers will be rewarded with more available funds to upgrade the in-game weapons and add items to the assassin's inventory.Visually, Hitman: Blood Money is a mixed bag. While the indoor environments are fantastic (the first level, for example, is beautiful), outdoor areas (the rehab facility, for example) aren't always as impressive. Shrubbery and trees are particularly ugly. I will say, though, that the game has beautiful water effects and decent cloth effects. For example, running between hanging sheets in a suburban home definitely reminds me of Splinter Cell. Last of all, it's definitely got the most humorous ragdoll physics I've seen in ages. When the going gets rough and you're armed with a shotgun, pumping NPCs full of lead, you'll definitely be laughing as bodies slump across the floor and fly over tables.In terms of music, Hitman: Blood Money delivers at just the right time, but it's more about ambience than anything. The opera level was the most captivating, mostly because of the opera music in the background. For once I found myself trapped in ambient noise and speech bytes rather than my Xbox 360 custom soundtrack, and I'd say that Hitman: Blood Money gets the job done in the audio department.The flawed parts of Hitman: Blood Money lie in the A.I, which is sub-par to say the least. NPC's will follow their computerized routes, rarely straying away from them to interact with you or the environment. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, because the combat A.I. is quite simply the dumbest thing you'll ever see. I witnessed attackers stand blankly in doorways, unsure of what to do. Other times, I'd randomly alert a guard or stumble into something and frighten a civilian. It's annoying, but it's something that is tolerable to the point that the game itself isn't tainted.Others might say that Hitman: Blood Money's scenarios are dangerously similar to those of other Hitman games, but they're fun and entertaining nonetheless. I particularly liked the rehab facility, suburb, and opera missions, which is why I keep bringing them up: they're tense, they require perfection, and they're obviously entertaining. They're early levels, and the later ones are much more complex, but they're definitely worthy mentions.Overall, this is a fantastic game. Playing through each assignment and figuring out the perfect formula is the key, as well as keeping a low notoriety level. Doing these things will make the experience so much better. Hitman: Blood Money's intuitive controls, satisfying gameplay, and addictive qualities make all of that something that I wanted to do. Even when I'd alert a guard and restart an entire level or miss a chance to kill my target, I was having fun trying to cleverly clear this game. Unskilled players that play on easier difficulties will find that the game is a lot shorter; the later levels are only unlocked on the two harder difficulty settings. Going through different difficulty settings and trying to unlock more missions is the extent of this game's longevity, since there's not a single multiplayer mode in sight, but it's safe to say that you'll want to perform missions at least twice to see just how many different ways each one of them can be finished. Though there are a few flaws, this is a great entry to the series and a nice addition to any gamer's library.

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