IO Interactive made its mark on the
videogame world with the first Hitman game in 2000 and planted a flag
with Freedom Fighters in 2003. The world, especially Europe, loved
Hitman, and rightly so. IO has designed a stealth game that, while
suffering from some easy-to-notice flaws here and there, boasts some of
the most distinguished and well-honed level design in any game of its
kind. Perhaps equally important, IO gave birth to a long-lasting,
brooding iconic antihero with Agent 47.
With the third game in the series, Hitman:
Contracts, IO hit a lull, as the team was simultaneously working on
Blood Money and creating the newly fangled engine on which this new game
was built. Contracts looked good enough and explored a dark, devious
theme that hadn't been done before, but it played like all the others.
This fourth game does several things to improve the series, both from a
presentation and a playability perspective.
IO's new game is an endeavor based on many
little things that work comprehensively. The story is more intriguing,
because it finds Agent 47, the ultimate assassin clone, being hunted
down by a rival organization and hitman, while following a narrative
that traces Agent 47's work via a reporter and an inside man bent on
tracking him down. You'll want to see all the cutscenes since they
reveal crucial information on yours truly, and they exhaustively -- and
in a real-world manner -- explore the political and global issues around
cloning. The CG dialog is refreshing and intelligent and doesn't just
paint a nice pastiche. Similarly, the series has always relied on CG
cutscenes, which have looked drastically different than the actual
gameplay up until now. IO's rebuilt game engine features better lighting
techniques and character models and the work shows up well on all
systems, especially the PC and Xbox 360 versions, which appear
unhindered by technical limitations
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| MINIMUM PC REQUIREMENTS | |
| Windows 2000/XP | |
| MINIMUM | |
| Pentium 4 or Athlon XP 1.5GHz Processor | |
| 512MB RAM | |
| nVivia GeForce FX or ATi Radeon 9500 class Video Card | |
| DirectX compatible Sound Card | |
| DVD-ROM Drive | |
| 5GB Hard Disk Space | |
| Keyboard | |
| Mouse | |
| RECOMMENDED | |
| Pentium 4 or AthlonXP or Athlon64 2.4GHz Processor | |
| 1GB RAM | |
| ATi X800 or nVidia GeForce 6800 class Video Card | |
| DirectX compatible Sound Card | |
| DVD-ROM Drive | |
| 5GB Hard Disk Space | |
| Keyboard | |
| 3-button Mouse | |
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