Review Hitman: Absolution

Developers Hitman: Absolution until the game's release stated that they carried out triumphant return series.They say that the Hitman is still too early to write off, he returned and went back the way we love it. In part, they were telling the truth.But apparently, they think we do not love the forty-seventh of his skills of a professional killer and cold indifference to the people, and for the sentiment, deep humanity and caring for others.

The emphasis on the authors, allegedly, dramatic story, in our opinion, proved to be unjustified and perhaps even become an obstacle to get maximum enjoyment from the game.Let me explain:for me personally Hitman series was unique and interesting, because in the last part you can always pass the mission, abstracted from any moral principles, guided onlyCode of professional assassin and lines in the contract. Now, however, the cornerstone of all activities taking place in Hitman: Absolution is the story that drives you into a violent framework and binds your hands.

Writers obviously inspired by a work of Luc Besson's "Leon".And if you look better - you clearly see a few classic scenes from the film, and the local Mathilde would not mind to join the ranks of killers.However, one "Leon" the authors of the game are not limited to, adding to the diversity of a little black humor Tarantino or thrash madness by Robert Rodriguez.All this cinematic solyanka good fit into the concept of the elusive killer ghost holding at bay almost all secret organizations of the New World.

The main task of every episode Hitman: Absolution is unchanged - to eliminate the goal by any means.But before we realize our plans, you will have all imaginable and unimaginable ways to deal with the guards:hiding their bodies in garbage cans, led by the nose well selected disguise to circumvent all sorts of detours, which in most cases are limited ventilation shafts, or simply beaten to death with hammers and statuettes.

Interesting and most noticeable innovation in Hitman: Absolution - a system of instincts.Instinct is a special scale, content which is carried out by performing various acts committed by the forty-seventh, whether nicely executed murder, successfully hide a corpse, or reaching the checkpoint. 'Spending' instinct in two ways.
First, mimicry - the ability to cover Hitman face with his hand as he passes by "brothers in a suit."In other words, if you put on a suit chef, and you will meet another cook, he quickly recognize in you the alien-killer, but a passing police did not suspect anything (as long as you,Of course, do not change clothes in order the custodian of law and order). Thus mimicry allows the forty-seventh to avoid contact with persons who are able to raise the alarm.But even when it is used, you should carefully plan their own actions, because the duration of the use of instinct is not enough for too long.But even in this respect it may be noted logical inconsistencies - not at all clear how the opponents manage to identify the enemy within you, when you are dressed in a suit that covers the face? (Eg, cheer Chipmunk costume or suit gangster with a mask)
The second way to spend an instinct - to activate a spectacular slow-mo, during which you can not in a hurry to mark all enemies weak points and then all the cinematic shoot onewave of the hand, as in the old American Westerns and games Bourne, Bond or Sam Fisher (Splinter Cell: Conviction).
Speaking of westerns. For the first time in the series Hitman nice to play not only in the stealth mode, but also in a "run-shoot" (Run-and-Gun).Now the game has rapids, shelter, shooting blindly, great physics engine and believable voice objects arsenal.However, at higher levels of difficulty to pass the level only thanks to thoughtless firing it becomes quite difficult, because enemies will constantly call for help.If you perish, the game will load the last checkpoint and all enemies on the level that you have eliminated earlier, come to life, so to pass the game in this way will be very difficult.

Among other things, due to the fact that the game got on track plot, there were different, both successful and failing scripted scenes in the spirit and the like Uncharted:Bossier helicopters, climbing on the facades of buildings collapsing from the fire, dynamic battles on the roof, and the like, painfully familiar scenes.It is evident that the developers went out of their to surprise spoiled modern audience: here you are forced QTE to fist fights, and it is unclear what stuck in the passage to the test with shooting at targets at a time.

With the assassination of important goals in Hitman: Absolution's all right. You are allowed to choose from a variety of ways to pass the same job.For example, you need to kill the giant Mexican guard, and you can carry it at least four interesting ways.For example, to get into the back room and taking dynamite to undermine the ring with a champion, or secretly strangle the fight of the second participant, change its shape and beat the Mexican on the series QTEscene. Finally, you can reset the top of a giant chandelier or unfortunate victim shot straight out from the crowd.

Ironically, with the apparent richness of choice, Hitman: Absolution still does not give the player how to roam and play a maximum of fantasy.The game is a little big and open sandbox locations as in the previous parts.Two-thirds of the game you will hold in four walls, Ryskov the numerous corridors from point A to point B, or in missions such as "Reach, press the red button, and flee with all haste."Furthermore, the system has two conservation pronounced lack one of them - the temporary checkpoints.This means that conservation takes place in the framework of the current game and means that in the event of the game will have to start all over again.And the second - in the event of a rollback to a previous point in saving all the enemies on the level raised.That is, if you have removed most of the opponents, preserved and accidentally gave himself to discover the restart checkpoint will return to you and all the enemies that you fought so hard.But that's not all, a high level of complexity the game forces you to tactics shelters, shoals and stealth.All your shooting skills with both hands, a great weapon and powerful machine guns will not help you in any way as to replace the destroyed enemies come new and in some places these points reinforcementsjust endless. In other words, in most cases you will not be able to pass the level, killing all enemies.

The game has a special menu where you can make modifications to your weapons.True, there is not particularly clear up - the standard for modern action games set: silencers, scopes, improvement store, trunk, and more.By the way, during the forty-seventh narrative changed to important his famous case with sniper facilities, so now he carries a very long sniper rifle in his bosom.
In addition to improving weapons, Hitman: Absolution is "Techniques murder" - the most common local counterparts skills (perks).But in order to open new technology will have to politely follow paths lined by developers - the only way to earn experience points, which, in fact, happeningUnlock new abilities. Some skills reduce the consumption of instinct, some increase running speed.

Techniques murder, fortunately, did not cheat and do not impair the balance of the game.In Hitman: Absolution has five radically changing the gameplay difficulty levels: the lower the level of difficulty, so, consequently, greater concessions given to the player.On the easy difficulty level you will encounter much less enemies, more checkpoints and more points of instinct, and the level of Legend will be a real test of your skills: no checkpoints, no interface and a lot of ferocious opponents.
But no matter what difficulty you play, you can not escape from one piece - In Hitman: Absolution lot numbers. Everywhere figures.Constantly we have to do some calculations: multiplication, division, subtraction, addition.Sometimes involuntarily it appears the feeling that you play in any non-existent Killer Manager 2013, and not in Hitman: Absolution. The game records your every move and gives you his assessment of it.Kill extra guard? The downside is offset. I do not use in killing off that beautiful statue? Nothing happened. Frankly, it's a bit annoying.It is clear that this is due to new trends in the gaming industry: socialization and so on, but these figures over time begin to really get on your nerves.

By the way, this "counter killer" tracks not only your stats, but also the achievement of all the other players.After passage of any segment of the game you can see who scored maximum points and received the status of the Silent Killer. The best killer on earth can you be your friend, countryman or any other casual player.
If, after the passage of a single company you have left in the old dog and cartridges in your "Silverbollerah", then go straight for new victims to online mode "Contracts".This mode allows you to become a customer by a new contract, which you can share with the world that once and for all put an end to the debate about who is the perfect silent killer around the globe. Well, or at least on your platform, no matter where you play: to PC. Xbox 360 or Playstation 3.