Korten12 said:
So I saw that it's on sale for $10 on Steam and was wondering...
1. Is the PC Port done well?
2. On the hardest difficulty, how is the stealth aspect? Can you go through a level never shooting once?
3. Is there quick save and such?
4. Is there a pacifist option?
5. Are the levels large or linear?
Lastly...
6. Does the whole Contracts mode add replay value?
1. Very well done.
2. The harder difficulty isn't well designed at all. You're not able to use instinct, but many of the levels are just unbeatable without it, because you have to go past a guard or something and without instinct, you'll get caught no matter what.
3. No. Just checkpoints. It doesn't use the old Hitman save system.
4. Kind of.
5. Some levels are large and open ala the old Hitman games, but it's really not like the old open style Hitman games. They're broken up into sections, and you can only kill guys in the way the devs envisioned to do it. So for instance, you can only plant a bomb in one part of a map instead of being able to plant it on just about anything.
6. Contracts was easily the best addition to the series found within this game, although given the limited nature of most of the maps, you probably will give up on contracts mode after a while.
Really, the game is just Splinter Cell with agent 47. If you're wanting an old school Hitman game, don't bother with it. It's not a bad game or anything like that, but it just isn't Hitman.
