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| Game Details | Released
26 May 2006 | | Format
PS2, XBox, PC, Xbox 360 | | Developer
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Hitman: Blood Money
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IN AN INDUSTRY DOMINATED BY ANONYMOUS driving sims and faceless shooters, the bald, brooding figure of Agent 47 is like a throwback to the halcyon days of gaming, when digital heroes from the likes of Sega sparkled with personality and charisma. But while the videogame mascots of old were pillars of family entertainment, Blood Money is a brutal experience that’s strictly for adults only.
Offering more than 200 different ways to kill, Blood Money sees players hunting down targets for a shadowy international agency, in turn using the money they earn to buy new guns and upgrade the weapons already snuggled in their assassin’s attaché case.
Unlike its outrageous predecessors, this latest offering forces players to deal with the consequences of their actions, Agent 47’s “notoriety level” increasing exponentially if you try to take out victims in a blaze of gunfire, making it harder to perform future hits as your face is splashed across the front of every newspaper. However, adopting a sneakier approach means your deadly influence goes unnoticed, challenging players to concoct ever more elaborate executions. In the Parisian level, for example, players can sneak into an opera house during rehearsals and swap a loaded pistol for a prop used by one of the actors, allowing them to sit back and enjoy the show as their quarry is killed on stage during a live performance.
Blood Money’s presentation throughout is stunning — especially in the breathtaking Mardi Gras level, where you have to push through the biggest crowds ever seen in a videogame — and its sharp sense of storytelling and faultless visuals also help make this a joy to play. While the action may seem overly familiar to hardened fans of the series, the freedom to tackle missions in your own style means anyone who hasn’t sampled the dubious delights of killing for cash will be utterly captivated.
Reviewer: David McComb
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Average user rating for Hitman: Blood Money
| | | This game is so awesome so much better than the previous hitman titles. Nothing beats the close combat kill with the shears. Just hope they dont cast vin diesel in the film ... Read More
| | | jared isaacs About me | | 11:59, 08 August 2007 | Report This Post | |
| | | | Hitman: Blood Money | | | This is the forth game in the Hitman series and its the best. For the first time you actually feel like an assassin because you can spend the money you have earned on upgrading weapons. This is the best Hitman and one of the best games around. ... Read More
| | | solid snake About me | | 09:30, 26 May 2007 | Report This Post | |
| | | | Awesome, you'll never get rid of it | | | This is without a shadow of a doubt one of the most replayable games in existance, while all the levels are already challenging and will take you a while to get through, everyone of them can be played again in new and interesting ways, if you want to go over kill and just run and gun, or if you want to be stealthy, it's up to you. Awesome weapons, great level scenarios and quite possibly the best level design ever seen, a must buy for the 360 as it looks amazing graphically. ... Read More
| | | coolrex16 About me | | 18:37, 17 August 2006 | Report This Post | |
| | | | Bang Bang | | | fantastic, it has the sneaky style of splinter cell and the violence of grand theft auto. take your time and do it sneak or after a hard days work shoot every last mother standing including the dog ... Read More
| | | wallrus22 About me | | 15:41, 17 August 2006 | Report This Post | |
| | | | Spelling mistake | | | Yes that should say "Gap", not "gay" below. ... Read More
| | | Bourne88 About me | | 09:39, 16 June 2006 | Report This Post | |
| | | | Agent 47 | | | With the rumours of Vin Diesel playing 47 who else could fill the shoes of our favourite Assassin? I say a rather well shaven Viggo Mortensen! Only maybe with the gay filled in between his teeth. ... Read More
| | | Bourne88 About me | | 09:37, 16 June 2006 | Report This Post | |
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| | | bigt About me | | 01:40, 16 June 2006 | Report This Post | |
| | | | | | Amazing. Just hope they don't ruin the series by making Vin Diesel agent 47 in the film!! ... Read More
| | | mrkidge About me | | 20:38, 12 June 2006 | Report This Post | |
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| | | MovieMogul About me | | 14:39, 01 June 2006 | Report This Post | |
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| | | sefstafford About me | | 21:34, 31 May 2006 | Report This Post | |
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