Hitman: Codename 47

Reminds me of the times I was still in school, living with my mom, playing this with my buddies. Those were good times. I miss my friends.

Hitman: Codename 47 is an interesting game to play, but not a fun one to complete. I completed some of the first levels but had to follow a guide to do so because there is no indication whatsoever, I am not saying that this is a bad design choice, it is interesting to force the player to explore and find ways to find objectives, objects and different ways to assassinate targets. But in a world where even games focusing on exploration give you some guidance to objectives, we could say that this game has not aged well. However, the game can be found on a low price on stores, so it might be interesting to check it out as it's the first installment of a classic series.

Playing this game for the first time. After seeting it up to use OpenGl (More stable on my end). The game works most of the time. It is less open compared to the other games of the franchise but it is a great start to know the full story of our Agent 47. My main gripe is that on my end., If I restart a mission 4+ times it will crash. So going to the main menu and load the mission again is a better workaround.

This was my first Hitman. Replaying it after 20 years hasn't changed my 5 star rating. I consider it unique despite its tech limitations, but it's compensated by its good game design. The story and musicalization do their part too.

There are many things going for Hitman Codename 47 but at the end of the day the game is so incoherent and stupid that it looks as if it was sabotaged on purpose. Virtually every mission has a huge design flaw that makes it a pain to go through, an unfun puzzle to solve and a detestably frustrating challenge. Sometimes, we can call a flawed work of art "a diamond in the rough" but Hitman isn't that. It's more of a wonderful painting on which someone would have thrown mashed potatoes. A few flaws are so huge, detrimental to the gameplay and their presence make so little sense that it's even outstanding that they are even there, because it would have been so easy to remove them. I like the fact that there's no save. It's a good feature. But, how could the developers not realize that it meant that 99% of players wouldn't go further than level 04 ?