Game is intense.  Story is interesting as well.  It makes sense the way it's told for it to unfold as one fluid campaign rather than split up scenarios like Resi 6 was.

I am completely addicted to this game lol.  It's surprisingly extremely high quality.

Well, I see there are others that share my same opinion. Kind of reassuring.

 

Blizz was a good game company. I think the money influx from WoW robbed them of that something they had that made them great.

 

cheers

erMonezza

Yup.  Gross company.  (sup david kim, fu.  Keep invading my privacy some more ****)

This looks interesting.  Anno was also really good, hopefully this will be worth playing.

Planescape : Torment

System Shock 2

i5 2500k OC to 4.5 ghz.

8 gigs of ram

1 EVGA 670 FTW

Everything is maxed at 1920 x 1200 resolution but I have msaa AA off.

Ok, let me just say that I was obviously a little harsh, not to mention rude, with my original posts about this game.  I just want to explain why exactly this game rubbed me the wrong way (and continues to do so).  

Blood Money was a hugely underappreciated game.  To this day I still don't know of any other game that plays quite like it.  The real star of that game wasn't the actual stealth gameplay mechanics, nor the gunplay, not the story or production values, but just straight up the levels and set pieces.  It felt like a traditional stealth game that was mixed with a hefty does of strategy and the Sims (lol, it worked though).  With Absolution, I feel that entire idea has been removed completely or extremely simplified (or rather, on a much much much smaller scale).  The focus has been shifted towards the actual stealth gameplay, and yes I guess you could say it's better but then again I also don't care for Instinct system. 

The production values are indeed amazing across the board, from the graphics to the music to the voice acting.  But tbh it all feels like exactly the wrong stuff I was hoping for out of a new Hitman game.  When you couple that with the fact Blood Money came out 6 years ago, PLUS there aren't exactly a whole lot of good stealth games coming out these days, well maybe you can understand why I was so disappointed.  Anyways, I still think if someone was a big fan of Blood Money they probably won't like Absolution all that much.  But if you're completely new to the series then I can see how this game would be rather impressive.

I'm sorry but in what way is Absolution actually better than Blood Money (graphics aside). I just don't see it. Lets get specific here, this is where most people exit stage left from an argument.

Fair enough, I'll make it clear on the stuff I did like about Absolution.  First of all, the graphics are gorgeous.  That is undeniable, and it's clearly crafted by very talented individuals.  Second of all, the scoring system while playing the single player is a nice touch, it's cool being able to see the world average etc etc.  It would add some replayability for sure.  Also, the multiplayer is an excellent idea and I hope it returns in future Hitman games, just with better gameplay xD.

However, I don't think you're quite getting what it is about Absolution's disguises that are so bad.  You're claiming people don't like it because it's harder than it was in Blood Money, which in a way I guess that is true.  But it also doesn't really add any strategy to the missions, which they definitely did in Blood Money.  As you said, a lot of the times you would find yourself using stealth plus disguises plus many other aspects to succeed in a mission.  With Absolution, the strategy is more or less gone and it's now all about avoiding enemies or exploiting some sort of level gimmick.  Not to mention, it just doesn't feel as epic as previous Hitman games, you don't feel like a total badass hiding from chefs or cops.

Double post, sorry.