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For the True Hitman at Heart

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 10
Date: October 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought the game the morning it came out. From the look of the demo, I knew it was going to be pretty cool. If you liked Metal Gear Solid for PSX and the second for PS2, it will go very well with your collection. This game mixes the obvious blood-spilling carnage, ruthlessness, high-tech weapons, and even a STORYLINE!! The scenes and situations are awesome. I've only made it to the 3rd level of Russia, but it is addictive. If the deep sound of a bullet being fired is what you want to hear the first thing you wake up, this game is for you, the true Hitman.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I rented "Hitman2" (a five-day rental), and have gotten past the the first couple of St. Petersburg missions. It'll have to go back to the video store tomorrow, but this is one game I'm gonna go out and look to buy. Here's why:

1. Graphics. Smooth, flawless graphics. No complaints whatsoever. As good as any game I've seen. Load times for cut-scenes and mission-starts aren't bad, either.

2. Difficulty/Replayability. This game IS kinda hard, even at the easiest setting, but not hard enough to discourage you from trying again. After dying once or twice on any specific mission while you're trying to figure out what to do, you'll get that "a-HA!" feeling when you finally figure out what you need to do to accomplish your job. In fact, I prefer a game to be a little hard as opposed to a little easy. Hitman2 makes a good balance.

3. Controls. Yes, the controls do take a little time to get used to, but they're not that different than "Medal of Honor Frontline". Are they perfect? No. But you'll get the hang of 'em. They don't RUIN gameplay at all.

4. Plot/Story. The story starts out intriguing (rescuing a priest). And, sure, the game doesn't really waste any time getting you right to the missions, forgetting about the reason why you're un-retired in the first place, but, did anyone really want to play this game for OTHER reasons than gunning down people? Granted, I haven't gone far enough yet to see if it ever gets BACK to rescuing the priest... not that I care. The premise is good enough for me.

The only gripes I have with Hitman2 is the "health meter" thing, not ever being sure how close to death I am (which, I guess, only reinforces the idea of being stealthy), and how easy it is to blow the entire mission with one wrong move. I mean, c'mon. Kill ONE extra person, and the whole mission is scrapped? It's frustrating, but not a fatal flaw.

Overall, I'd give "Hitman2" 4 1/2 stars, up there with "Medal Of Honor Frontline" and "GTA Vice City", even though all 3 are different kinds of games. Not as big a shooter as "M.O.H.", and not as open-ended as "GTA Vice City", but just as good.

Rent or borrow it first; you should end up realizing it's worthy enough to buy.

Hitman 2 is definitely not an action game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Firstly, I would like to say that Hitman 2 plays really, really badly as an action game. Its just so easy to shoot the guard repeatedly in the stomach and take his AK then go into the building and destroy everything in sight (even the antique ming vase and the lampshades). But if you do this, you're playing Hitman 2 exactly how it was not meant to be played. You'll love this game if you are the kind of person who is very patient, because there's nothing more satisfying than walking out with all your objectives completed and nobody knowing what hit them until its too late.
Hitman 2 is a truly beautifully crafted game; the levels are complicated and more realistic than of any other game I've seen. The great thing about Hitman 2 is that you're never restricted to just one path, as there are always unlimited options open to you, so you never have to play it how the developers intended.
For example, on the first level, you have to assassinate a mafia boss in his mansion and rescue a prisoner. You can do this by either sneaking in and taking a sniper from his shed then shooting him, then garrotting the postman, taking his clothes and walking right in unnoticed, taking the keys from the dead mafia boss, freeing the prisoner then escaping in his car, or you can garrotte the delivery boy and sneak into the Mafia boss's bedroom, or kill a guard and shoot the boss with a silenced pistol on his balcony; and there's always the 'annihlate everything' route; the possibilities are almost endless, giving this game great replay value.
However, if you do choose to kill everybody, then you'll find that the ai are really, really bad at attacking you; they'll use no tactics, they'll just shoot you repeatedly in the chest, which you'll find on normal difficulty you can take a whole AK round and not fall over and die (30 bullets). However, once you progress up the difficulty ladder it becomes harder and harder to survive firefights, which is probably a good thing.
However, Hitman 2 offers a great diversity of levels, and each level is never a straight assassination; there is always a catch, for example you might have to kill 2 people, recover a nuclear device or you might not be allowed to kill any civillians.
Hitman 2 is set in 5 different stunning locations, Sicily, St Petersburg, Japan, India and somewhere in the middle east. The levels were designed by architects, so they ooze realism, and there are very rarely any doors that can't be opened. This adds to the choices you can make and the tactical planning.

Overall, Hitman 2 was definitely designed to be a subterfuge game that is like no other, and the game revolves around the ability to take your enemies clothes, which is seen in no other game i know of. If you're looking for something different, something that has style and a game expirience that appears in no other game, buy Hitman 2. If you're looking for a game where you can blow people's brains across the ceiling repeatedly, don't bother (although you can, but it soon gets tedious).

Good graphics and stealth-oriented open gameplay

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: December 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Hitman 2 is a first person shooter which rewards control and stealth over full-out blasting. Gorgeous graphics and freeform gameplay make this great for teenagers and adults.

To start out, you're a retired hitman, enjoying the beauty, peace, and serenity of Sicily, Italy. You talk with your friend, the priest, about your hope for being one with God. Unfortunately for you, this is when the bad guys show up and kidnap the priest.

You don't have the $500,000 ransom they demand, so you call up your agency and arrange to do some missions for them in return for help rescuing the priest. And you're off! You're wandering through very well done maps, with a diverse collection of tools at your disposal. Do you pick the locks to go in the back way? Shoot the guy from the trees, sneak up and wire him, maybe chloroform him in a corner?

The game is very open-pathed. You choose which way to approach a mission, what might work best. Your opponents are smart and react to finding bodies or to unusual behavior. This isn't a go-here-then-go-there game, it's a game where you're placed in the world and have to decide which approach works best for you. There's a stealth meter, you can hear your footsteps, you can see your shadow.

Having just finished playing Splinter Cell, though, the game suffers a bit in comparison. The movements are more jerky, the lighting quality not nearly as good. You can peer through keyholes, but not around a partially opened door, or shoot around the door. You can't move along walls and peer around the corner. So some stealth techniques we found quite natural and helpful from Spliter Cell were impossible here.

Also, the open-endedness of the missions can lead to frustration. Even taking one step two far or opening the wrong door can lead to mission failures, so you can spend hours on a single mission trying to figure out which technique will work. In essence you learn what each AI character does and then work around it - which isn't very realistic.

Still, the game is quite fun to play, the graphics are very nice, and the missions are interested. Recommended for any fan of the stealth-fps genre.

Hitman 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: October 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I love this game. Its a nice mixture between the stealth of the Eidos game Thief and other F.P.S. with the key to success being stealth and problem solving ability. What I like most about this game so far is that (at least in the early levels) you have the option between carrying out your mission stealthily or by going postal and eliminating everyone who stands in your path (infinitely more satisfying). The game features one of the largest arsenals I have yet to see in a game and the weapons are incredibly realistic. The graphics overall are astounding and for a video game, the storyline isn't so bad. With three difficulty settings this game promises great replayability. Additionally, I can't stress how much fun it is to go back to a level you have already played and take out every living thing with a nice shotgun blast to the abdomen. Its about as satisfying as the best rampage in GTA ever gets and won't disappoint gamers, fans of the genre, or just your average sociopath. With a wide array of guns, gadgets, and missions that can be played any number of ways - this game is gaming money well spent.

Hitman Is the "..." Maannn!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: February 05, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I thought I already wrote a review on this, but maybe not.
This game has all the pros and no cons. That's right, I
have no complaints. Everything about the game is fun,
and there are no "stupid" missions thrown in to just make
it more lengthy. You have multiple ways of completing
tasks, which gives it great replay value. Personally, I
have not lived up to being a Silent Assassin. I prefer
to kill as many people as possible, innocent bystanders if
necessary, to get the job done. If my ranking isn't
mass murderer, then I feel as though I've failed. There's
nothing more satisfying than blasting bad guys in the skull,
stripping them down to their boxers and leaving them
laying lifelessly in their own pool of blood. This game
has a save anywhere feature which most games of this
nature seem to neglect. Of all the PS2 games I now own,
this has to be in my top 5. Oh yeah, of all the PS2 games
I couldn't wait to get rid of, "No One Lives Forever" is
my #1. That game is worthless and I'm ashamed to have been
a previous owner. Too bad there's no support groups for
people suffering from ... video games like that one.

Hits the right spot!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 27, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Hitman 2: just another cash-in on Metal Gear Solid mania? No, this game is much more than that. For a start, the sheer number of ways to complete your tasks -killing people, if you haven't guessed by the title- is bewildering: you can go in guns blazing, or use the "clean" sniper approach, or set up an ambush, or plant a car bomb... Anyway, I'm sure you get the idea.

Not only this, but the game is mighty stylish as well. In the St.Petersberg level, the snow falls all around you, you can hear the crunch of your footsteps in the snow, the bodyguards of your prospective prey even flap their arms to keep warm! Coupled with a handy control system (left analogue to walk, right analogue to steer), and the game delivers in all departments.

So, if you're up for a challenge, and don't mind the frustration, this game takes some beating. the thinking man's MGS2.

At times gripping, but overall lacks right amount of tension

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Will try to avoid repeating what's already been said, but "Hitman 2" mostly hits the right marks, but there are numerous times when it feels more like a chore or task than a video game when slogging through the levels -- it lacks the tension that exists in such stealth games as Tenchu or Metal Gear Solid. An overarching reason for the lack of tension (aside from the levels themselves) is the main story line: the various levels have little to no connection to 47's main goal: to find his padre. Why travel all over the world performing numerous missions, when his main mission should be just trying to find his religious father? As the amazon.com review states, the enemies' AI, at times, is seemingly non-existent (you can walk beneath ninjas up in the rafters, without them even turning a head to look down at you as you walk on by.) And the game gives more than enough saves to easily make it through levels. Some levels are a study in frustration, where you spend a lot of time, running from one location to another, sneaking in one place to yet another, and then maybe back again, only to commit a blunder (such as walking into a room, missing an enemy target, and then getting killed -- or getting hit by an unseen sniper far off in the distance) and then have the fun of doing it all over again. It's not a bad game, but playing it, you don't feel like you're part of the world 47 inhabits.

Save anywhere on a level

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: October 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Folks, I've just got started on this one and so far it seems to live up to my expectations. I just thought I would mention one key point that makes a big difference to people who like playing games but are short on spare time to play them in - you can save anywhere on a level. This means that rather than having to get the whole level correct in one hit or else go back to the start, you can take it in as many steps as you like and avoid the frustration of constantly restarting, as in a number of similar games I've played.

Fun, but a little TOO open-ended

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game gives you many options. It does not constrain you in the way that other games do. There are many different ways to complete each mission, which means you won't be bored on a particlar stage after you beat it. This is the most difficult game I have. I've played it for a while and haven't made much progress. Maybe that's just because I'm not very good, but I beat Red Faction and GTA3 in a fairly short period of time. Personally, I like games that give the player a lot of different options, but this game gives me too many options. This is just my personal preference, but if you like games that allow you to really THINK about constructing a strategy and then execute it, you will have hours of enjoyment with this game. The controls are complex, but it took a surprisingly short amount of time to get used to them. But, if getting stalled at a certain point for an extended period of time annoys you and you feel like you're cheating when consulting a strategy guide (like me), then you may want to look elsewhere. Bottom line: Good game, but I wish I spent my money on Red Faction 2 or GTA Vice City.

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