Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

GAME JUST CRASHES, 1 STAR!

I don't understand how people like this sort of game. It's slow, it's based entirely on trial and error which is painful especially on higher difficulty levels where you have very few saves. So expect either to read a walkthrough or to play the same level multiple times until you beat it. It's supposed to have a story but with all the missions restarts you're going to do I don't see how you can get immersed in it. If you want and FPS with actual puzzles, play Portal. If you want a proper stealth game, play Thief. If you want action with multiple ways to finish a job, play Deus Ex. All that remains in Hitman is the hitman theme which I don't think I've seen in another game.

This is the first Hitman game that has the gameplay concept that the series is known for: all missions are more or less doable without extra kills with no overpowering incentive to start a massacre instead, and the result of a perfect hit is a Silent Assassin rating that comes with a nice bonus. The gameplay has its shortcomings, though. 47 sneaks very, very slowly and is thus unable to surprise a moving opponent most of the time. The strangling wire is the only way to take out an enemy stealthily without a firearm, unless you figure out how to use the anaesthetic that the game tells you nothing about and at any rate is rather poorly implemented. When you're disguised, guards are still always suspicious and getting past them is very hit-and-miss with the suspiciometer always on the verge of going red. That said, this is definitely a game worth buying, and is genuinely enjoyable without nostalgia glasses. The graphics represent a more timeless style, so it's not hard on the eyes, and personally I think the soundtrack is the best in the series. Most of the missions are very interesting, although there are a few that will give you grey hair if you're going for the SA rating.

enbdev.com/converter_dx8_v0036.htm and the link came from gog.com/forum/hitman_series/hitman_2_silent_assassin -problems_with_intro_screen_and_character_models

this game is not like the modern hitman (world of assassination) game, it makes that game feel too easy, the amount of details and challenges to remain stealthy makes this a really fun game and a refinement and improvement over codename 47.