hitman 2 review

Hitman 2 Review – Clean Hit

By Michael Leri

Over the years, stealth games have steadily inched away from stingy trial-and-error gameplay and embraced a more freeform approach that allowed for messy recoveries. Hitman has also given players that ability but not without sacrificing that elusive, perfect hit that takes planning, grit, and a little bit of luck. And even though HITMAN 2 is very much a continuation of the previous…

  • Intricate assassinations that encourage replayability and reward strategic thinking.
  • Dense but open environments with many different routes.
  • The wealth of modes exercise the game’s stunning freedom.
  • Tongue-in-cheek humor and silly, self-aware dialogue.
  • Some punishing AI inconsistencies.
  • Static cutscenes with flat storytelling.
  • Multiplayer, although still in beta, is a bit undercooked.

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Michael Leri
Michael Leri

Michael Leri is Evolve's senior gaming editor. He prides himself on playing and finishing as many video games as he can in all sorts of genres from shooters to platformers to weird indie experiments. There's always something to learn from rolling credits and that thirst for experience and knowledge is mostly what drives him. You can find him on Twitter, Backloggd, Bluesky, and Letterboxd as @OrangeFlavored.

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