Wow I'm surprised! This is really great!

User Rating: 9.3 | Hitman: Blood Money PC
Gameplay: I'm a hardcore Hitman fan and I have always loved the gameplay of the earlier games. Hitman Blood Money gives almost everything I have wished for when we're talking gameplay. I love the way you can create all these really cool accidents. The notoriety system is pretty good to me, the newspaper articles does a fine job and there is some really interesting reading in them the most of the time. I have spent a lot of time between the missions with this one. As mentiont you get to see these newspapers, then a little part of the story through cut scenes and then you can buy weapon upgrades (real sexys!) and different equipment. The story is the best in the Hitman games yet but as always its a little hard fully understand. Probably only the fans will get all what you can get out of it and thats a shame. The level design is great and I really love the last few missions were the other agency is at the scene too. I know the AI isn't really a good thing in this game but when you're going for the gold like me you don't really get to feel it. The saving system haven't really bothered me yet cause I have just wanted to play more and more so I never interrupted while playing a level. Though I can see it as a problem later. Both of the endings are really cool and surprising.

Graphics: Great! I run it on the highest settings and I thought it would be like Contracts but it turned out it are like Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. The shadows on the models and the clothes they are wearing looks so amazing. Its some of the best graphics I have ever played with. Though they could have used the pixel shader effects a little more. I never think games can get enough pixel shadering (Just look at Splinter Cell).

Sound: The music is as always great. Silent Assassin has too much classic and Contracts had too much electronic. This one has a good mix of both. 4/5 of the music is classic and that fits very well in. Almost only when your cover is blown you get to hear the electronic and thats how I always wanted it to be. I got surprised two times with the music. First was when I heard that they actually used that cool song apocalypse from the first trailer, in the game (They e-mailed to people that it was specially made for that trailer). And second was when I heard the one of the same themes thats in Contracts. I love returning themes as long as it dosn't end up with some James Bond or Mission Impossible soundtrack. The voice acting is OK the most of the time. David Bateson (47) and the one playing Diana is really good. The gangsta **** in the first level are voices are stupid but thats also the only bad bad voice acting in the game. The sound it self is as it should be though I'm missing some high crashes when you push someone into a wall. But the sound of the pistols and shotguns mixed up with they're recoil and all the blood just makes you piss your pans.

Value: You can play it again and again.. I'm going to play it now actually! Its worth it!