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- Platform: Xbox 360
- BBFC Rating:
Suitable for 18 years and over. Not for sale to persons under age 18. By placing an order for this product, you declare that you are 18 years of age or over. - Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- Blood Money system - The cleaner the hit, the more money you receive -- spend it on equipment, weapon upgrades, information and bribing witnesses to reduce your notoriety
- Improved AI makes the game more challenging -- guards will follow blood trails, investigate suspicious items and behaviour
- Agent 47 has a number of new moves and can now climb, hide, scale ledges and automatically pass low obstacles
- Customizable weapons - Modify for sound, rate of fire, damage, reload speed, accuracy and zoom
- New gameplay techniques - Distract enemies, make your kills look like accidents, dispose of bodies in various ways, use human shields & plant decoy weapons
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Amazon.co.uk Review
In a nutshell:
Agent 47 is back in the game that finally does full justice to the Hitman concept, with huge improvements to the graphics, controls and, most importantly, the number of ways for you to plan your hits – from wading in guns blazing to making it all look like a simple accident.
Agent 47 is back in the game that finally does full justice to the Hitman concept, with huge improvements to the graphics, controls and, most importantly, the number of ways for you to plan your hits – from wading in guns blazing to making it all look like a simple accident.
The lowdown:
Although the Hitman games were always a great idea they never quite worked the way you expected, with an awkward control system and camera and far less freedom than it at first seemed. This latest sequel solves almost all these problems, starting with a standard third person camera over which you have full control. Although you can ask for hints on how to carry out a hit you’ve so many options the game’s almost like a macabre graphic adventure - do you use the remote detonated bomb on the chandelier winch in the ballroom or plug the secretary’s Coke with poison and hide in the cupboard? The new notoriety system seems a bit pointless but otherwise this gets almost everything right.
Most exciting moment:
The game features tons of new additions like grabbing human shields, a quick draw for your gun and the ability to hide bodies. The most fun though is the simple sounding push option, which allows you to sneak up behind someone and send them flying off a balcony by "accident".
Since you ask:
Blood Money includes various references to previous Hitman games, the most prominent being the Paris mission in an Opera house, which acts as a prequel to Hitman: Contracts.
The bottom line:
The best Hitman game yet, that makes a real effort to fix the flaws of the previous games.
Harrison Dent
Product Description
Agent 47's sinister methods of execution are now delivered in high-definition, fully utilising the power of Microsoft's next-generation video game and entertainment system.
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beleive all that you've read....and more!,
By Bakersboy (Kingsbury, Staffs) - See all my reviews
= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Hitman: Blood Money (Xbox 360) (Video Game)
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!
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A great return for the ultimate hitman,
By evil monkey (UK) - See all my reviews
= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Hitman: Blood Money (Xbox 360) (Video Game)
Mr.47 is back in his best outing yet, the previous Hitman game was a bit of a let down and failed to capture the brilliance of Himan 2, but blood money is here to write the wrongs
The game starts with a training mission to ease you into the game and allows you to get to grips with the control system with few problems. Then you are thrust into the game proper, eliminate your target quietly as a silent assasin or run in guns blazing killing all in the way, the choice is yours Blood money features a money system which you get deposited into your bank depending on how well you do in your mission.money can be spent on weapon upgrades, supplies or affect your notroiety and lower that factor so that people don't recognise you. the new "accident" system is a great addition as well, push someone of a ledge or cliff and make it look like suicide, and no one will ask questions. in other areas you can even use NPC's to kill your target for you through some subtle item manipulation, like replacing the fake gun with a real one. all in all, a great game that will keep you amused for a good while, well worth buying
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A fantastic game,
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Hitman: Blood Money (Xbox 360) (Video Game)
This game is a great acheivement by Eidos and IO Interactive. They have managed to create a work of genius that goes way beyond and Hitman game that preceded it or indeed, any game in this genre. They have managed to incorporate the right amount of violence, stealth and finesse that a Hitman game should have.
Firstly, The graphics. Not the best on 360 by any means but still frankly excellent, especially the lighting effects which are superb. The blood effects are also stunning, gory and yet not over the top. There are occasional glitches such as Agent 47 walking through a leaf but overall there aren't many graphical faults. Secondly, The Gameplay. This is awesome. You can play the game extremely stealthy or blast your way through the missions; it's up to you. But be warned, your notoriety will sky-rocket and this will make it much harder to get though future missions un-noticed. Another great asset of this game is the way in which you can complete your assassinations in many different ways; there is always more than one way to kill your targets. The guards and police in the game also have unbelieveable AI (Artificial Intelligence) as this time they will notice patches of blood, bloodied weapons, they will investigate noises and become suspicious of you if you run or enter restricted areas. Next, The Story. Absorbing and in-depth with a few suprising plot twists as well as the devatating end. Also, there is a traitor in The Agency (the company that employs you) and any missions you undertake could be a setup. There is also an assassin after you so you must watch your back in all the missions. Next, The Sound. The music is incredible as it adds mood and feeling to a game that is so cold and callous. The sound effects of the different weapons, of bodies, of blood and stabbings is awesome. And lastly, The Lifespan. This was the problem with Hitman Contracts; it was too short and, to a certain extent this problem still exists. It is just maybe 2 or 3 missions too short. However, there is excellent replay value for a few different reasons. 1. There are many different ways to complete the missions so you can go back and discover different paths and means to kill your target. 2. You can go back to try and acheive a better rating on each mission. (The best is Silent Assassin, the worst is Mass Murderer.) 3. You can go back and complete the whole game again on a new level of difficulty. So as you can see, the replay value (Especially reasons 1&2) make up for the slightly short game. Overall, this is probably my favourite game on my 360 so far and you would have to be mad not to buy it.
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