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At its best, it’s a slick and empowering experience and, when it’s not at its best, it’s still joyously slapstick.
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It’s a fitting tribute to its clear influences, swapping out the series usual obsession with Micheal Mann for Agatha Christie, though it puts a strain on the game’s systems after clearing almost all the of suspects, finding plenty of evidence and then even catching the culprit red-handed, you’re not allowed to close the investigation until you’ve fully completed a checklist of clues.īut, really, do we need Hitman to be much more different than it already is? The reboot trilogy was, after all, built on the idea that IO had already perfected the formula with Blood Money and that we all just wanted more of it (and less of Absolution). There are some exceptions of course, including an unconventional but hugely enjoyable final level, and a much-touted murder mystery set to the rainy backdrop of Dartmoor, England. The original Hitman released episodically, adding new levels to the existing formula and, even though the series ditched that format, Hitman 3 is still simply adding new content to that foundation more than it is building something truly new. None of the new features (save, obviously, for the VR support) feel especially revolutionary and, tellingly, they’re all retroactively added into the remasters of Hitman 1 and 2 that you can import into the game should you own older versions. This is Hitman at its most expansive, a logical escalation of the formula that began not just in the 2016 reboot but all the way back with the 2000 original. Meanwhile, in a stunning rendition of Chongqing, China, I negotiate my way up a series of tightly guarded corridors, swapping out uniforms, only to reach the top and overlook an entirely different path to my goal. In one run, I crash a family reunion to poison my target, split him off from his companions and execute him in the toilet while, in another, he takes a quick trip to the ground floor after mistakenly putting his trust in me. It’s a multi-faceted wonder that feels like two stages of an older game packed into one with a dizzying number of strands to follow.įreedom is the series’ core hook and it’s still a lethal concoction all these years on. Even the game’s opening Dubai level, which is set atop the iconic Burj Al-Ghazali makes this clear. Were this a review of that traditional version, I’d tell you that, like Hitman 2 before it, Hitman 3 adds new incremental layers to the series’ increasingly intricate sandboxes. But for everything it takes, this thoughtful VR port gives something back too.
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That’s not to say Hitman 3’s ambitious VR support - which lets you play the entire trilogy inside PSVR should you own the older games - is a runaway success it’s technically constrained and can be a handful.