Hitman: Blood Money

"Agent 47 is back with the much anticipated "Hitman:Blood Money""

Agent 47 is back for his 4th game installment, "Hitman:Blood Money"(Made by IO-Interactive and developed by Eidos). BM is definitely the most anticipated and hyped Hitman game. It was hyped for all the right reasons, because this is his best game yet. You owe yourself to get one of the best 360 games yet. Of course it's also out of the PS2, Xbox, and PC (I think it's for the PC.) Here's the review:

Story 2/10: Disappointing. One of the worst things about BM. The story isn't good, and it won't drag you in into the experience. Basically, some weird looking dude in a wheelchair invites a newspaper reporter to his mansion. The Wheelchair dude shows the newspaper reporter files of 47's contract hits. When the reporter reads the files, you control 47 to do the hits. Clever, but not interesting. IO-Interactive could of done better.

Graphics 9/10: Very good, mainly on the 360. 47 looks emotionless like he's supposed to (He's a Hitman, he's supposed to be emotionless and ruthless!), and his facial features look great. Sadly, nearly all of the character models look the same. Except for 47 and his contract hits, everyone looks the same. And on top of that, there's glitches and bugs in almost every level. AND on top of that, the ragdoll physics look horrible. Hopefully if they make a next Hitman game, they actually polish the graphics, character models and bugs.

Audio 9/10: Excellent! The music was the second best thing of BM! It was very good. The music changes when you get caught, when a body is found and so on. I don't know who does the score, but if someone knew, please tell me on the board.

Gameplay 10/10: The very best part of BM! Every game made MUST have fairly decent gameplay. BM has more than just fairly decent gameplay, it has superb gameplay! The Hitman series is a 3rd person shooter/stealth game, and BM furthers those aspects. There's more ways to kill you're enemies, like dropping a heavy dumbbell on them, pushing them over ledges, Strangling them with fiber wire when you're on top of an elevator, poisoning frosting on a cake or poisoning doughnuts, anyway you think you can kill an enemy is there! You can now customize your weapons, but only the Silver baller, shotgun, SMG, M4 and Sniper Rifle, the weapons you start of with. But the customization is very deep. Have you ever heard of putting a silencer on a shotgun? Well you can in this game. Have you ever heard of scopes on pistols (Besides halo)? Ever heard of clips for your shotgun? As you have read, the customization is very, very deep. Of course, you can use disguises at your disposal like in the previous Hitman games. And believe me, nothing is cooler than having 47 dress up as a clown or a giant bird. Levels also vary, from Mardi Gras (I hate that level), from the suburbs, to the White House, the levels are different and fun (except for Mardi Gras). There are also more ways to get to your contract hit. You can climb up a pole, climb on boxes, basically, BM is non-linear. And everyone likes Non-linear games. Also, when 47 is shot, it'll show you blood coming out from that area. You can get shot in the back of your head and see blood coming out. Gameplay is the best thing from BM.

Let's review:

PROS

Graphics are great
Very deep customization
47 dressing up as a clown and giant bird
More ways to kill your enemy
Hiding guns in stuff like suitcases or toolboxes
Non-linear
Awesome music
47's VO is also awesome

CONS

Overused character models
Horrible plot
Bad ragdoll physics
Can't customize all of your guns
You need to die a few times to get used to a level
A dog is a witness???0_0
Mardi Gras level
Glitches and Bugs, ahoy

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 07/24/06