Hitman for Xbox One, PS4 has sandbox levels, no checkpoints

Nice job ignoring the existence of the pc in the title. You know, the platform the series was born from?

oooh nice.

I thought Absolution was good, but Blood Money is the high point of the series (though Hitman 2 is a sentimental favorite since it introduced me to the franchise). As long as there is a good story, solid character development, and entertaining missions I'll be fine with it. I'm not sure what open, "sandbox" levels mean in a game that is objective-driven by design (that is, your recurring purpose is to go in, kill someone, then exit). Anyhow, looking forward to it. I hope that they might possibly squeeze it onto the PS3 or X360.

I think any old skool Hitman fan would agree Contracts was the best in the series. Not that 2 or blood money weren't good, codename 47 was contracts in essence but not as good. Absolution was fun but not a hitman game and more open world seems interesting but I need to see gameplay before a make a prognosis.

I hope they do another Pre-order DLC like the "Sniper Challenge" for Hitman: Absolution. That was by far the best level/mission in the whole game. Absolution was decent but lack a distance approach like the Sniper Challenge. I'm looking forward to this and like the change in direction. I hope with the next-gen they can improve better AI and better randomized characters. It was a game breaker but when you see a group of 6 people and 3 are the exact same does give the real vibe. Anyways great news!

I'll believe it when I see it. Absolution was a fucking wreck.

Contracts mode AGAIN? **** that. There is going to be hell to pay if they only let you choose your weapons in that shitty mode instead of campaign like Blood Money. I never touched Contracts mode honestly.

They have to make up for that last one, which was terrible in parts.

So no Call of Hitman again?

PLEASE return to the basics. Hitman 2, 3 or even Blood Money...

Kill this guy here when you trigger it exactly when you were scripted to when you wander into the right location = Lame ass gameplay.

The article was good until I read about Square Enix. You didn't have to remind us that Hitman is in the hands of Sqaure Enix. You just ruined it for me. Damn.

The Hitman franchise has always held zero appeal for me. I doubt this will change my mind.

Magic pockets are good, but not as good as Snake's magic reload in MGS3. That was awesome.

What i forgot about from my previous comment, was that i hope there is no lame regen in this. Health through syringes for the win.

i thought 47 was killed, captain?

"you'll play as a globetrotting Agent 47 at the prime of his career."

Well atleast somethings right, now that this wont be yet another prequeling game.

I didn't play the last one, but I'd be interested in seeing what a next-gen Hitman looks like.

am i reading the title wrong?

or is it a badly placed comma?

Glad they aiming for more realism, no magic pockets.

Enjoyed Absolution but it had very little replay value, even with contracts mode. A level editor would be a better option. Just fix the disguise system, don't bother with an overarching story, tighten up the controls and give us multiple ways to take out a target in interesting, varied locales. Simple.

They should have taken the Blood Money route to begin with. Makes you wonder why they ever took the direction they did with Absolution in the first place.

I would like to see train stations and airports as a way to link different cities together. So he can go from NY to London to Hong Cong, and still keep it open world.