To start with the positive, Hitman 3 has great sound design that seamlessly gives you pertinent information about the mission and the target. I can't talk about Hitman 3 without talking about sound because therein lies one of the best and one of the weirdest aspects of the game. And with more DLC maps seemingly on the horizon for Hitman 3, that number is bound to go up even more. If my own intentions to return to the game and try a different strategy for an assassination isn't enough, there were people in chat that had sunk 500+ hours into the World of Assassination since 2016. This gameplay loop is also what adds to Hitman's incredible replayability.
Whatever your approach, it is incredibly satisfying to assess your options, formulate a plan, and see it all go right or wrong in execution. You can steal a new hire's transfer papers and pretend to be the target's security guard and wait for the right time to strike, you can drop some rat poison in a target's drink and wait for them to come and puke their guts out in the bathroom, or just shoot from a distance and make a run for it. It is then up to you to decide how you want to complete the mission.
You, as Agent 47, are dropped into the map with a few targets and several other optional objectives. Hitman 3 has a simple gameplay loop but it's important to acknowledge the complex background work that makes it possible. As Agent 47 worked his way to one of the three different endings, I could not only understand his motivation for the whole journey but I also understand his choice for each of those endings as the right one for the character. And, as Twitch chat often reminded me throughout my playthrough, playing through the previous two games would have made the emotion in Hitman 3 more resonant, however, I can attest to the fact that playing them is not necessary to enjoy the game and IO Interactive doesn't entirely rely on prior knowledge to push the narrative forward. Seeing as this was my first time diving into this trilogy, I went in knowing very little about its world and its characters. Unlike the first game, which opted for an episodic approach to content rollout, the second and third games are one complete package that lets you play through the episodes at your own pace.
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That sense of freedom is still present in Hitman 3, the third game in the rebooted Agent 47 series which brings the storyline that started in 2016 to a close. I remember having a lot of fun with it and being surprised at the amount of freedom that is offered in its small contained maps. The last Hitman game I played was Hitman: Blood Money on the PlayStation 3.
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