Hitman Absolution Review

ReviewPublish Date 18/11/2012 - 1:00pm GMT

The problem with Absolution is that its new custodians from the Kane and Lynch team seem to have fundamentally misunderstood what made Hitman great.

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VideoGamer.com Score

5 Score out of 10

Vivid, detailed world
More than a faint whiff of misogyny
Punishing design
Inconsistent AI

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Bloodstorm

Never has a review gave us such debate since MW2.

Posted 14:25 on 20 November 2012

lukaa

Great review hats off !

Posted 14:21 on 20 November 2012

dudester @ CheekyLee

Yeah I understood that part but why does this have any influence over the score vg having given the game?

Posted 13:17 on 20 November 2012

Marink@ rbevanx

I could name a few examples, but Resident Evil is no longer a survival horror, Splinter Cell is no longer stealth, etc. Sure new people enjoy these games, but previously existing fans of the series' seem to agree with me.

What's next? Guns and werewolves in Sonic?

Posted 13:15 on 20 November 2012

rbevanx@ Marink

I don't think so.

I tried Red Dead Revolver after finding out from Lee that it's the first game in the Red Dead series plus Halo 4 which came out just a few weeks ago is the best of the whole series.
The new one is far better as well as new franchises like Bioshock and arcade gems which never would have been made in the "old days" to a mass audiance like Super Meat Boy and Limbo etc being added.

Posted 11:08 on 20 November 2012

altaranga @ FantasyMeister

??? = Lee Harvey Oswald, another famous patsy.

Posted 10:40 on 20 November 2012

Marink

Every franchise seems to have been getting killed off one by one for years; it doesn't even surprise me any more. Gotta love the Call of Duty/Michael Bay era we're living in. :D

Posted 10:17 on 20 November 2012

Clockpunk

Well, duurh! Anyone can see the connection when you put it like THAT. Sheesh, FM. :p

Posted 09:47 on 20 November 2012

FantasyMeister @ dudester

Square-Enix > Lauren > ??? > Area-51 > Traffic Lights > Farmer Giles > Barcodes > Schilling > ASDA > Hitman: Absolution Review on Videogamer.com gets a 5.

Or the short version: the review score of '5' looks suspicously like the 'S' in Square-Enix.

Isn't it obvious? As a poster I just skipped most of it, as a moderator I was itching to delete most of it.

Posted 09:34 on 20 November 2012

CheekyLee @ dudester

Lauren used to work for Square Enix, and wrote a glowing preview for (copied the press release and pasted it into) MCV. It seems that some people prefer their games writers to be fluffers instead of critics.

Posted 09:34 on 20 November 2012

dudester @ InvalidUser

Excuse me for being rather dumb here but why does one vg review of hitman have anything to do with the *****storm of the past month or so involving Lauren or anybody else?

Posted 09:22 on 20 November 2012

dav2612 @ InvalidUser

Waste of content? Should modern game design assume everyone knows how to play the game from the off? Perhaps the option to skip the tutorial is a better option than ditching it all together.

Posted 09:09 on 20 November 2012

InvalidUser

I hate tutorials, a waste of content, why does modern game design assume everyone is a dick.

A play through as a huge idiot reveals little to get annoyed about, looks purdy, everything is slick, bad guy asset reuse is hardly a huge minus.

Stick this saints crap where the sun shines Neon, along with Mario volume 37 with yet more gold coins, and the ad infinitum game design choices that avoid fine tooth comb that Agent 47 copped.

Not keen on this baldie, Morrisey with no hair, pretentious dick vibes.

Job done here, give my member of the month prize to charidee.

Posted 01:59 on 20 November 2012

InvalidUser @ mydeaddog

Google, Neon, we the illiterate seem reasonably adept at it - a healthy thread on GAF... provides chortles a plenty, you don't have to look very far for bull***** surrounding this game. If only farmer Giles had a cloud based spreader, spuds would be ripe.

Posted 01:00 on 20 November 2012

mydeaddog

I'm afraid I don't have a clue what you're talking about.

Actually that's not entirely true...

Quote:

I feel alienated with games media.

You and me both, pal. You and me both.

Posted 00:46 on 20 November 2012

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Review Summary: The problem with Absolution is that its new custodians from the Kane and Lynch team seem to have fundamentally misunderstood what made Hitman great.