Hitman 2 mixes stealth action, with the openness of each level to make a great game play experience.
Bad: Difficulty is a bit too hard; some levels have linear paths into your objective that make it extremely hard to do it any other way than the one they planned out.
Hitman 2 is another installment on the franchise, but this game makes for a much better experience than the previous. When you first start you will notice the "free-roam" like game play, you are not forced to go anywhere and you can do it whenever you please. You start on a mission, or a church, and the plot will unfold. The main character, named "Agent 47" is a religous man, he donates money to the church that he gained from massacring his hits. After confession, he tells the pastor of his sins, and then something happens... Italian mafia members capture the pastor and leave 47 a note. The note says they want 500k for the pastor or he's dead. This will start the first mission.
The game play is amazing. Its a great break from the generic run and gun shooters that litter the game lineup, and proves to be a complete adrenaline rush. Each mission has many ways to end it, the choice is yours, this is what makes it such a successful game, the creativity level is vast meaning you can do many many ways of taking down your hit. Unfortunately some of the missions have a certain area you should go through and every other way is very difficult. This cuts into the free-roam do what you want style. But its not too bad. You can take peoples clothes to use disguises, you can lure guards in traps to take them down one by one, or you can even set traps. It is limited but its a lot more in-depth than any other shooter.
The music is great. The classic "Ave Maria" song plays on start up and the in-game music is amazing. The music sets in a deep mood that lets you crawl into the experience. Sound effects sound great, each gun sounds different and its not the cliche generic gun explosion in normal games, it has a unique and realistic sound that blends in very well.
Graphics are crisp and cut-scenes look magnificent. The cut-scenes are absolutely great, its probably the best graphics for its time, its even up there for todays time, but the graphics in game look aged. They aren't bad but the character models look like clay, which isn't bad since its the art style used in every Hitman, Agent 47 to Blood money.
Overall, the story isn't very long, but its still got enough content to keep you coming back for more, I still do every now and then. The missions are so much fun, once you beat it and get the best weapons, going throughout the levels with the best weapons and annihilating everyone is pretty fun. Overall, its old, cheap, and a masterpiece, get it.