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Video Games : Hitman: Contracts (Xbox)
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Hitman: Contracts (Xbox) from: Eidos |
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Audience Rating: Parental Guidance Binding: Video Game Brand: Eidos EAN: 5032921020268 Label: Eidos Manufacturer: Eidos Manufacturer Maximum Age: 18 years Manufacturer Minimum Age: 180 months Number Of Items: 1 Platform: Xbox Publisher: Eidos Release Date: April 30, 2004 Studio: Eidos Sales Rank: 3346 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: With its winning mix of action, strategy and stealth, Hitman Contracts marks a successful third entry in the franchise, and has some neat new tricks up its sleeve. That said, the core of the game is still fundamentally the same as before. You take the role of a genetically modified hitman who from the off finds himself in deep trouble, holed up in a tight spot surrounded by people who want him dead. The reasons why become clear as you play your way through a series of flashbacks, some of which draw heavily from the previous games in the series. Fortunately, the similarities also stretch to the gameplay, which is by turns taut, tense and violent. The game gives you plenty of freedom in choosing how to tackle the various missions you're presented with, and particularly in the early stages it's tremendously good fun working out the best way to achieve an objective. There are a couple of drawbacks: the game is a little shorter than might be expected, and it is more of an evolution from previous adventures than a independent sequel. But these are minor niggles, especially when you consider that this is the best game to date in the Hitman franchise. It's going to be interesting to see how creators Io Interactive develop the series, but for now they've given us a healthy dose of what's gone before, and made it a little better. --Simon Brew Product Description: Hitman: Contracts delivers more action-packed and suspense-filled missions, with a greater variety of ways to make the perfect kill and an increased arsenal of firearms and close-combat weapons. A new graphics engine showcases your "work" in brutal detail and brings the new locations to life. An improved control system and more gradual learning curve will ensure that the game is accessible to all aspiring hitmen. Hitman: Contracts takes you into the mind of Agent 47, the most ruthlessly efficient contract killer in history. The game begins in Paris as Agent 47 finds himself wounded and trapped in what is a dangerous situation, even for him. Hitman: Contracts explores the dark psychology of killing for a living and promises to be the most disturbing episode in the series. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - A good game but......I'm a huge fan of the Hitman Games, and was eager to get my hands on the third edition (Contracts). After working through the first half of the missions and on to the second half, I started getting the sense I had seen some of the missions before. Went back to the first Hitman and low and behold, nearly all of the missions are direct copies of those in the first game. If youve not played the first Hitman theres no problems, however anyone who has will see these copies. Rating:  - This aint DoomI first played Hitman a while back and although I was blown away by the style of game I wasn't all impressed with the Graphics levels and animation. As the sequels come out they do get a lot better, I would say though you get more of an experience having all 3 titles as you know why the bald man with a bar code on his neck does certain things. Getting to grips with the game is hard for some gamers but for all of you Metal Gear, Max Payne lovers you will crack this in an hour. The largest difference from the games you play like Max Payne is it is not all about how much devastation you can rain down on the enemy but how clever and clean you make your kills. Don't get me wrong you still get to take out enemies with a large ... Read More: Rating: - A Worthy SequelHitman: Contracts opens powerfully with a documentary describing how a pistol operates. When the shot is fired, the game cuts into a dingy Paris flat, where our hero, a clone, 47, has been shot in the gut and is in need of medical assistance. As he lies dying, he suffers hallucinations and memories as he recalls several of his hits . . . This is the third game in the Hitman series. There's a fourth on its way, but this is the newest addition. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is a classic game and one of my favorites. I was not let down by this as it comes back with the same engine and gameplay as its predecessor. This time, you've got new weapons, missions and twisted ways of killing people - the sole purpose of the game. 47's ... Read More: Rating: - Silent, smart and very, very Deadly. Just buy it!Since playing on Hitman 2, I was very impressed by the amount of ways you can complete a mission and eliminate targets. This showed imagination and freedom in gaming that I'd never come across before so I couldn't wait the third installment (Hitman: contracts). Since playing Contracts, I havn't been the least displeased in anyway possible. It has built up on everything that made the second game (Silent Assassin) a huge success like having multiple ways to conquer a mission but this time theres even more ways for the missions which makes the game highly re-playable so being very repetive isn't a bad factor. There is a wider range of weapons like more close-up weapons such as pool cues, shovels, syringes, meat hooks, meat cleavers ... Read More: Rating: - Use your imaginationThis game is really for patient people who enjoy using their imaginations to come up creative solutions to problems. Mostly these problems are (a) how to get into different areas without arousing suspicion and (b) how to kill your targets without anybody noticing. You always have the option to run around and kill everybody (in which case you'll get a Mass Murderer rating), but this simply isn't as fun as using surveillance to learn the patterns of your targets and hatch some devious scheme (which if you do well, you'll get a Silent Assasin rating and bonus weapons). Sneaking around and swapping disguises is great fun, especially when you walk right under guards' noses! It's the freedom to try out your ideas that makes this game so fun. The missions ... Read More: |
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