Hitman: Absolution

Definitevely the most linear one. I have nothing against over-the-top storytelling, but the level design doesn't allow you to be as free as in other Hitman games. It's essentially a Kane & Lynch game.

I like the story, and some of the gameplay. At times the mechanics seemed clunky and made 47 miss actions or get spotted.

I get why most Hitman fans don't like this game, the level design is small, not many options to carry out your assassinations and the story is mid-tier at best but for those who never played a Hitman game before, they might like this since it is pretty straight forward and does not require a lot of time to learn the ropes. I loved some of the cinematics in the game and got fairly quick through the levels. If you are a perfectionist, then it might take much longer to complete the game. Other than that, the game is pretty good on its own unless you're comparing it to other Hitman games.

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Don't know where I would have gone with a fifth HITMAN title ESPECIALLY after Blood Money, but can appreciate that they didn't just make Blood Money 2. ABSOLUTION is also the only HITMAN to be clearly influenced by IO's time with Kane and Lynch. This was an extreme exercise on their tech team as well, as not even the current version of Glacier looks like this. The fine threading on 47's shirt, how skin is rendered in the light, rain, shadows, heat and so on. Few of the levels feel like HITMAN Classic but the levels do have their own identity within the five games. They feel like a smaller realization of what you see in MGS Ground Zeroes, especially the later levels. Because those earlier titles are struggling to hold up, this might be one of my favorite HITMAN games as of 2025 and certainly one of my favorites from IO Interactive overall.