Blood Money comes out of the box looking like it's already 3 years old. [A quick review]
Hitman: Blood Money is basically the same game you're all used to, with polish. The graphics are nothing special here, even with everything on max the hardest thing your card will be pushing are the self shadows. Other than that the game looks pretty Direct-X 7 generation. What really makes this game feel old is when a body becomes unconscious or dead, it's instantly a rag doll. This means that their arms and legs will twist in ways that just are not physically possible. Rag doll physics by itself is dated, much like this game engine, there are far better technologies out there that came out years ago.
Don't get me wrong, the gameplay here is fun. The multiple ways of assassinating people mixed with a perfect assassin rating can be very gratifying. It also makes for a reasonable amount of replay value as you tend to want to try all the different assassination possibilities. About mid-way through the game, though, the innovation disappears and your left with nothing more than larger levels and more people. Here and there you'll notice something new but without a doubt the first few levels are the most fun.
Some weapons in this game sound like toys. There are very few guns in Blood Money that actually sound like their real-life counterparts. It's a hit-and-miss on the sound, almost as if two departments were working on it and only one knew what they were doing.
This game is perfect if you've never played or owned a Hitman game. On the other hand, if you have, you're not going to find Blood Money as having anything excitingly new to offer. I suggest waiting on the price to fall, it'll be on the shelf for $19.95 before you know it.