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Hitman

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: April 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When i first saw this game i had very high hopes that it would be somewhat of a GTA-esque game. With free roam and such. But it isnt and anyone looking for soemthing like that should know this. But suprisingly it is still a very fun game. The different ways to fight are cool and while it is like Splinter Cell it is also different. You are not forced to kill using covert methods and guns are easily accesable. This makes the game easier yet less exciting. You should get this game if you like splinter cell games.

Hitman Blood Money

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It had a good story line and many of the new features were cool, especially buying upgrades for weapons. The reason i gave it an average rating was that the graphics were totally Xbox one even with the HD settings turned up, but other than that it should provide you with at least 12 hours of fun

Hitman: Blood Money

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Overall, this game was fun to play. It needs more work in regards to character mobility and interaction. However, the 360 degree view is excellent and much needed in a game where the top priority is to remain anyonymous.

Pay the price to become a hitman!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 24 / 26
Date: June 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Although this is my first game in the Hitman series, I absolutely love stealth games like the Splinter Cell series. I have completed Hitman: Blood Money at all levels of difficulty and earned every Xbox 360 Achievement in the game.

If you're looking for a fun, vast and playable game, just stop right now and purchase Hitman: Blood Money. The game is so incredible in the amount of variety it offers (both in unique and interesting levels, as well as new and exciting ways to take people out) it could have almost been split up into two titles and still be worth the price. I don't want to provide any level-specific spoilers at all, but let me just say if you completely finish this game without finding one level you absolutely loved, you simply don't like this entire genre of gaming!

Although this game has absolutely no multiplayer component, I could easily see a group of people gathered around the TV with pizza and beer as you take turns trying to accomplish the best or wildest "hit."

The controls in this game are sometimes difficult. Overall, you spend most of your time picking a weapon, then using it. However, when you have to make accident kills, specifically throwing someone over the side of a building, boat railing or cliff, you'll find that it doesn't always work. This is particularly true at the higher levels, where making these accidents happen is essential for earning the coveted "Silent Assassin" rating.

Speaking of which -and mostly specific to the Xbox 360 version- the achievements for this game are somewhat ambiguous. One example is that the requirements for earning a Silent Assassin rating on the "Pro" level is different than earning it on the lower difficulty levels, but you're never informed of the differences, or how to achieve it in the first place. Likewise, the "Special Rating" achievement is only really possible to earn by accident, or after researching how to do so on the game forums. All of this is troubling, since the point of the game is to become the ultimate hitman. And when they won't tell you how to do so, you'll feel a little cheated.

Obviously, there are some adult themes in this game. In addition to the gratuitous (but fun!) violence, there are also numerous sexual scenarios. There isn't a lot of foul language (at least that I noticed, but I'm also pretty liberal on that), but parents should certainly review this title closely before purchasing it for a minor.

All said, this game easily earns a 5-star rating for the replayability, level design and massive options for interesting deaths. The only problems with this game (which lowered my "overall rating" by one star) are the sometimes troubling controls and the lack of information on how to "do your best" as a hitman. However, the casual gamer won't care about these inadequacies and the hardcore gamers will find ways around them. After all, an adaptable hitman is a good hitman!

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.

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.

Excellent-But I have One Major Problem With It

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing the "hitman" games since the original PC versions, and once I switched my gaming to consoles, have played "contracts" on PS2, and now "Blood Money" on the 360. This game is a great evolution of the series, keeping a lot of the good points (you have the choice of completing the level how you wish) fixing some of the problems, (interface and inventory use), and giving us all new levels to explore and do killing on. I have only ONE complaint, which I will get to in a bit.

I know this might sound bad, but I really love killing games. They provide a great stress relief, from those days that are just so tough to get through, But be assured, I don't go roaming with my real pistol or get in my real car and try to mow people down, etc. My (fun) violence is on the TV screen only :0)

With that said, my favorite part of the hitman games is still present, i.e. the ability to choose how to complete the "contract." There are multiple ways to accomplish each kill. You can carefully sneak around for hours in real time, hiding from gaurds, slipping into where the target is when he/she is alone, poisoning a drink, strangling from behind, or, just shoot them in the face and run like hell. It's all up to you--what I usually do is sneak through the level first, to see where everyone is, then, once it's finished, play through a second time killing everybody in sight, for the "mass murderer" label, hehe. But you have to be careful, "run and gun" in the wrong spot and you WILL be killed, and one thing that gets old is the slow motion dying scene, but oh, well.

As far as a minor complaint, the "newspaper" at the end of levels is cool, but agraviting to a point; it shows what you supposedly did on the mission such as "Tycoon killed at compound; police looking for leads," etc. One thing I don't like is the paper is repetitive, including publishing things that didn't happen, for example on every mission it says something like "and 3 people were shot in the head, making authorities concerned about the viciousness of the attack," but on one level i did absoluste stealth, ONLY killed the mark, did not harm anyone else, and didn't fire a shot! Oy! So who shot those three people in the head?

Next, the only big complaint I have this time around is the save system. The way it works is, you are able to have in game saves (except for the most difficult level), for example on "normal" i think you can have six saves, anywhere you choose, BUT, the saves are in MEMORY, not to disc, so if you quit before the level is finished the saves are lost and you have to play the level from the start again. Argggghhhh! If the level is finished, it's added to the main menu to give you the choice of playing it again, and your game auto save continues from that point. I miss the way it worked in "silent assasin" where, the saves were to disc, and you could return to them whenever you wished. But, oh well.....

In short I would recommend this game. If you have played hitman before you will really like it, if you are new to the series, it's probably the best one to start with.

Agent 47 is back, and thatsa good thing.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: February 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Agent 47 is back in Blood Money, and like always, he is contracted to assassinate certain people for a variety of reasons. However, as the story progresses, 47's contract firm called The Agency is being killed one by one by a rival firm. So, if you couldn't guess, the last few missions revolve around unveiling and taking down this rouge group.

Your main arsenal consists of a variety of customizable guns such as a handgun, shotgun, sniper rifle, SMG, and assault rifle which, like I said, can be customized by the money you earn throughout your missions. You can also pick up enemy guns and tools laying around and add that to your inventory if you wish. Besides the typical guns, you get to use 47's trusty fiber wire for strangling people, sedatives, poisions, remote mines and other nifty gadgets. You can also do some hand to hand which includes punching and headbutting your victims. Oh, and you can climb things and hop railings.

In the spirit of the Hitman series, after you knock out/kill just about anyone, you can steal their uniforms. Most of the time you'll need a certain disguise to get close to one of your targets. So for instance lets say you have to get close to a secured wedding and the grrom, first you would need an invitation then from there kill a high ranking guard and take his outfit while disposing of his body. Disposing their bodies can include throwing them off a rail and out of sight, or hiding them in a dumpster of sorts.

Now you would think with all these options you are basically forced to be stealthy. Think again. In Blood Money, IO Interactive decided to take a different approach and allow you to determine how to snag your targets in your own way.. be it sneak up and poision a cake so you kill them indirectly, or walk right up to them and plant a slug between their eyes. Its completley up to you, the only thing you have to worry about is armed security personell that will attack you.

Which brings me to the next part of the review. There is a "suspiscion meter" in which people will see through your disguises. If your in the green, your okay, in the yellow your treading thin ice, and if your in the red... well then your probably not playing too stealthy anyway and enemies are firing upon you. What dissapointed me a little about this is the fact that it seems if you even breathe wrong the AI gets suspiscious.

There aren't many flaws to be honest with the exception of the one I just mentioned. Actually I lied, there is one really annoying one and that is the save system. You have your actual saved game, then you have in-game saves which saves your progress in that particular mission. If you were to turn off the system or in some other way quit that mission, then your in-game is erased and you have to start that mission from scratch. Besides those two, the game runs really good...

The graphics are pretty good for a multiplatform game. The enviroments look crisp and each character has their own identity, but there is one flaw. Why is everyone jacked out of their minds? I mean I killed a clown and stole his outfit to find out that he had harder abs then I do in real life... ITS A CLOWN FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! Haha, but yeah the graphics are pretty solid though certainly not the best the 360 can offer.

The soundtrack is brilliant. Its mainly just classical music with some chorus chimes thrown in for good measure. It actually helps create mood and atmosphere for your entertainment. The guns sound appropriate (ex: handguns sound like handguns) but they sound far too weak. The Desert Eagle, a very powerful magnum, sounds like a 9mm which enraged me.

The ending was ultimatley satisfying. Agent 47 is backstabbed by a woman named Diana (she was the lady who gives you all of your mission briefings on the laptop), and it is revealed that she is working for The Franchise - otherwise known as the "other rival agency". Anyway, skip ahead a bit and you see 47 laying on a bed of sorts about to be lowered into the ground when Diana comes and lays two Silverballer handguns on your chest and kiss you. She then turns and begins talking to the head of The Franchise. As the credits roll, a heartbeat is repeated and it appears 47 is about to wake up and basically millhouse The Franchise, so what must you do? If you swirl the analog stick a few times Agent 47 wakes up and begins wiping the floor with everyone around him. It was great.

Overall, Hitman: Blood Money was a surprisingly fun game with alot of violent thrills and spills. I highly recommend it, though it would have been kind of cool if there was some sort of multiplayer on it... imagine a bunch of cloned 47's working together to pull of a HUGE assasination.. maybe even against The Franchise..hm.. anyway, buy this game if you haven't played it.

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.

47 the Hitman

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I never played Hitman before so one day I decided to buy it for $30. When I first played it I thought to myself "What a great buy". Hitman is a really a great video game. You can play in either 1st or 3rd person and choose what ever weopons you want. If you buy Hitman: Blood Money you will get addicted and especially when you try to get all of the achievements. There two different ways you can play. They are stealth(like in Splinter Cell)or you can go nuts and shoot everyone. The graphics aren't really Next-Gen but it's nothing to cry about because the game play is just teriffic. If you like shooters and strategy games you will probably love Hitman.

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