Staff Blog: Finish Him! - Hitman 2

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Finish Him! - Hitman 2

On 03/03/2019 at 02:37 PM by Matt Snee

Hitman 2 is the kind of stealth game where you can either sneak up on your target and kill him without anybody knowing; or you take out your machinegun and kill him and everybody else in the zip code. I played this on the Original Xbox and loved it. I never played the first game, and I haven't played one since. Don't know why.

The Hitman series is pretty amazing as a cultural landmark - not only are there a ton of entires in the game series, but there's also a movie AND a reboot. I hear the last two new ones are really good too... I own the first, and have it downloaded for my PS4 but haven't played it yet.

Stealth games were very in vogue for a time, but they have their detractions. What I liked about Hitman 2 is that it let you beat the missions in your own way. The open-endednes of this game is great.

Comments

Super Step Contributing Writer

03/03/2019 at 06:15 PM

Is the first new one the free PS+ one from last month?

Matt Snee Staff Writer

03/03/2019 at 07:24 PM

Actually I think it’s a COD game and The Witness. But I did hear somewhere the first episode or the whole game was free somewhere...

Super Step Contributing Writer

03/03/2019 at 07:28 PM

It (whichever Hitman game is on my PS4 now) was free for PS+ last month; COD and The Witness are this month's tites.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

03/03/2019 at 08:37 PM

Yeah you’re right.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

03/03/2019 at 09:34 PM

You should definitely check it out. I’m going to eventually.

Cary Woodham

03/03/2019 at 06:59 PM

That's how stealth games should be. I stopped playing Beyond Good and Evil when it would stop me from doing stuff I know I could do, just because I was spotted by a robot I could clearly defeat.

Matt Snee Staff Writer

03/04/2019 at 10:55 AM

yeah some stealth games can be pretty...oppressive.

KnightDriver

03/03/2019 at 08:36 PM

Hitman Absolution and Blood Money were free on Xbox. I probably have them in my digital library.

I didn't know you could forgo stealth and take 'em out any old way. This peaks my interest. I always like witnesses to my digital crimes. Moohahahaha!

Matt Snee Staff Writer

03/04/2019 at 10:55 AM

yeah witnesses are good. They spread the word not to fuck with you.

KnightDriver

03/04/2019 at 11:45 PM

Always gotta let someone survive to tell the story and get everyone scared. Wow, I know a little bit too much of this tactic. What are video games teaching me?