For more than 20 years, this franchise has been delighting its fans with great projects. Among them were both frankly unsuccessful and incredibly spectacular releases. Against the backdrop of the release of the new part, let's recall the most successful games in the series.
The Hitman series has recently received a sequel. Hitman 3 was warmly received by the gaming community. Against the background of the failed release of Cyberpunk 2077, it seems that the game has no gameplay problems. If you have not had time to familiarize yourself with this title, we recommend read our review and decide if the project is worth your attention. If the new story of Hitman did not interest you, then you can turn to the classics and go through one of five of the best games in the franchise.
Hitman: Absolution
Hitman: Absolution was the first game released by Square Enix instead of Eidos Interactive and is fifth part. It is noteworthy that this part of the series had the longest break between games: Absolution was released in 2012 - six years after its predecessor.
Absolution came out on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 and had much better graphics than previous games. The environment has become more realistic. However fans criticized the game for being much more linearthan the original parts of the series. As for the advertising company, in the previous parts it was quite loyal, which cannot be said about Absolution. The fault was the release of a special application associated with a Facebook account, which allowed threaten your friends with elimination in the style of the game.
Metacritic rating: 83
Hitman 2
Released in 2018 Hitman 2 for PC, Stadia, PS4 and Xbox One, became the second title in the planned trilogy invented by the developers of the "World of Assassins". This game did away with the episodic format of its predecessor. It was replaced by additional expansions (DLC) that gradually became available after launch. Hitman 2 originally had online multiplayer mode, but at the moment the servers are already offline.
One of the fan-favorite modes, Elusive Target, has also been preserved here. This is the live component of the game, in which the players had only one opportunity to complete the task. She appeared every few weeks, and gamers had a limited amount of time to find and eliminate their target. It was such an interesting feature that the developers asked a famous British actor Sean Bean portray the first elusive target for Hitman 2.
Metacritic rating: 84
Hitman
Hitman was the first title in the franchise, released as an episode. In total, six episodes were released, which is quite symbolic, considering that this is the sixth installment in the series. The first part was released in March 2016, and the last one in October of the same year. Interestingly, this game was supposed to be developed by Square Enix Montreal, but after the failure of Absolution, IO Interactive took over control of this franchise, and the Square Enix team instead focused on mobile hitmen.
This project was the first of a trilogy of the "World of Assassins" franchise. It was released for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. Due to its release specificity, Metacritic has a score for each individual episode. If we average the figures for all episodes, then the first part of the new trilogy takes third place, although undoubtedly It is worth considering each episode separately.
Metacritic rating: 85
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Silent Assassin was the first game in the series to be released on home consoles. and was made available for PC, PS2 and Xbox in 2002. With a slight delay, namely in 2003, Hitman got to the GameCube. A similar gameplay was retained in the sequel to the original, where players have a goal to eliminate in each level, and the way to achieve it depends on the players themselves, since Already then there were several options for passing.
This game was considered a commercial success and received more good reviewsthan its predecessor, although the level at which Agent 47 eliminates Sikhs at the holy site of Harmandir Sahib has caused some controversy in the community. In response, Eidos removed the mention of the Sikhs and turned them into "Kul Ji", however, the changes affected only the PC and GameCube versions.
Metacritic rating: 87
Hitman 3
Game Hitman 3 Released early 2021 for PC, Nintendo Switch, Stadia PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. This final part of the trilogy "The world of assassins". The latest adventures of Agent 47 surpassed all of its predecessors by ranking #XNUMX on Metacritic.
This game includes many new cards and also allows players to import their maps, levels, and progress from the other two parts of the trilogy. Hitman 3 is also the first game in the series to offer compatible with VR for PS4, which will also apply to levels imported from the previous two games.
Metacritic rating: 88
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