Hitman 2 silent assassin maps
The Rambo run-and-gun method is always an option, though not recommended since health is a finite resource and enemy guards will kill you quickly. It's the first (or second) game to require players to make consistent and proper use of the "hiding in plain-sight" mechanic.ĭespite the fact that you now have different methods of getting to your targets, the ways in which you kill the targets are still somewhat limited. Guards and other NPCs may be suspicious of you as you walk around in these disguises, but they won't outright kill or you kick you out like they would if you wore your hitman suit, unless they catch you doing something. This is usually done by finding clothes in closets or lockers, or from the various other people walking around the level. It may be common sense, but to gain access to the various restricted areas of a level without raising much suspicion, you need to obtain a disguise. While in the original game, there were only specific set-pieces and moments in which a disguise would help, Hitman 2 at least makes more use of the incognito mechanics. Hitman 2, while a significant improvement over Hitman: Codename 47, is still a temperamental stealth game with some strict paths to follow.
Maybe that's what the whole game is, but I'll never know because I won't finish it. The whole time 47 was interacting with the priest, talking about how he was a bad man with a violent past that he wanted to escape, and how the priest mentioned he donated all his money to the church, I wondered if it was an elaborate set-up to kill the priest. We're certainly allowed to care, but not allowed to forget that he's a killer, like Jean Reno in The Professional.Īgent 47 also has a lot of dialogue in the opening chapter about his regrets, which are actually supposed to be honest. It's fine if he's conflicted about the murders, and it's good that the game penalizes players for killing innocents, but a heartless clone of a hitman shouldn't overstep the boundaries of an anti-hero format. This is a something of a problem to me, because it tries to make him into a hero a by giving him this ransom business. In some ways, Hitman 2 strays from the Hitman path by giving Agent 47 more of a reason to kill people than just financial gain, or his instinctual predilection for murder.