Hitman Contracts improved on its predeccesors faults and delivered a highly entertaining game

User Rating: 9.1 | Hitman: Contracts XBOX
By tomcrito | Review Date:
Actually I came upon this game by mistake but thank god it happened. In 2004 I bought a Playstation 2 mag and one of the levels off hitman contracts was on it. It was one of those demo levels that you can’t put down that are really amazing and I played that demo for about 2 weeks straight until I was positive that I had completed the level in every single way possible. Fast forward November 05. I hadn’t played the demo for more than a year and forgot all about the game. Anyway I traded some games in at blockbuster and saw Hitman 2 on the shelf and thought I might buy it. So I paid for it but instead of Hitman 2, he gave me Hitman Contracts!

You play Agent 47, a weird guy who enjoys killing people. He sees flashbacks of some of his past missions that you play in. It is a good thing because it means that all the levels are drastically different and each offers something unique.

The gameplay is the best thing about this game because it is really enjoyable killing all the enemies and innocent people and just getting your way across the level. The game is non-linear so you can do the objectives in any order and take any route you want. The hitman series has never been renowned for great graphics but this game's is actually quite good, in third person mode that is. In first person mode 1. The graphics go terrible 2. The hitman runs like a retard. But I have to mention the ragdoll physics which are really cool. The sound is competent but most of the sounds of bullet shots and dead people don’t sound real. The game wont take you long to finish, about 7-8 hours and there isn’t anything to bring you back which is a shame.

All in all, if you want a superb shoot-em-up and a guilty pleasure, Hitman: Contracts is definitely your game

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