27 January 2021, 11:29 am EST By
The third and final chapter of the Worlds of Assassination trilogy has ended with Hitman 3, a recent release of the IO Interactive and another titled in the popular stealth game franchise.
(Photo : Screengrab from Hitman) Hitman 3 Ending Guide Hitman 3 follows the cliffhanger ending of Hitman 2, which was released in 2018, and wrapping up the arc that started in Hitman, which was released in 2016, and also connects to the original series that was popular in the 2000s.
The game centers around Agent 47, as per usual, along with his handler, Diana, and his pseudo-brother, Lucas Grey, as they take down the secret society known as Providence, and its chief controller, the Constant.
Since its release earlier last week,
Hitman 3 has impressed a lot of gamers and stealth fans with its rich gameplay. The game managed to stand at top of the UK’s boxed sales chart at launch week, with its launch digital sales setting a new record for the whole franchise. Now, it’s great to hear that IO Interactive sees this stage as just the beginning for
Hitman 3 with more content coming in the near future.
Speaking to Xbox Wire, the chief technology officer at IO Interactive, Maurizio de Pascale, says that the development team sees
Hitman 3 as a live game and the launch date is just the beginning of this new journey. According to de Pascale, the team behind the game has already started working on adding Ray-Tracing support to the game, and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X|S consoles will surely receive this feature when it’s ready to launch.
Though it is an excellent game by most metrics, Hitman 3 is likely the least-flashy entry of the three that developer IO Interactive has released in recent years. It has a lot in common with its predecessors, which is what makes it so fun to play, but by comparison to the other two installments, [.]
Hitman 3 Review Clean, Professional, By the Numbers
New levels, new targets, new graphical improvements, same Hitman taste. Hitman 3 won t be everyone s cup of tea, but the niche should be extremely satisfied.
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As contradictory as that seems, the
Hitman games play to a very specific niche. Unfortunately, try as I might, I don’t think I’m in that niche. The reboot games have been all about approaching the well-designed levels like a sandbox, playing it how you want to play. That’s commendable, but I’m not the sort of player who cares to repeat levels and attempt different approaches very often. There were moments of fun to be had, but it’s really not the kind of game for me. Despite that though, I can fully recognise the craft on offer here. Keep that in mind for this review, as you might find this suits your tastes far more.
Screenshot: IO Interactive / Kotaku
Hitman 3 made me care more about its plot than crafting the perfect murder. The narrative, which I usually see as a flimsy excuse to play dress-up and cause globe-spanning mayhem, bleeds into the structure of its levels and creates some unexpected moments of emotion and vulnerability. Its dark story plays with the lie at the heart of
Hitman’s gameplay: Agent 47 can easily slip into the life of a waiter, or a musician, or a model, but who is he really, and who, if anyone, does he want to be?
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Hitman has always been a weird blend of humor and darkness, a series where an end-of-mission score lures you toward perfection while the game itself lets you bumble around doing whatever you want. It’s hilarious and satisfying to drown a target in a toilet after they get sick off food you poisoned, or watch their body fly into the air after they strike an exploding golf ball you planted. But that stands alongside the fact that, as Agent 47