Hitman: Blood Money Reviews

  • buttnpresserbuttnpresser173,328
    24 May 2009 25 May 2009
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    Blood is on your Hands... {My Giantbomb User Review}

    Hitman: Blood Money in my personal opinion is the best of the Hitman games. This one allows you to fully be in disguise and you no longer have to worry about walking or running when around guards when finding your way to targets. The Visuals have been drastically improved and thanks to the Xbox 360, achievements that are worthy to have on your gamercard.

    The Story in Blood Money involves a reporter interviewing a former agent as they discuss the assassinations Agent 47 has been involved with over past few months. Without giving too much away, it tells how notorious Agent 47 really is as the reporter finds out about the behind assassinations and cover ups surround the Cloned assassins.

    Gameplay in Blood Money involves the typical targets to kill, although this time Notoriety and Money comes into play. After each mission, you have the option to bribe the local police and witnesses in order to stay undetected on missions.

    The cool thing about Blood Money is a newspaper that describes how you killed the targets and any other people that got in your way. So for example if you choose never to lower your Notoriety, every one will know who you are at the beginning of missions and will attempt to kill you on sight. It's a great feature, and makes Blood Money more replayable than previous games.

    The weapons you receive are pretty diverse, and the custom weapons allow for some great ways to play the game. You can silence guns, add accessories to make bullets pierce walls, and even different types of bullets to the various guns you will receive.

    As Agent 47, you have more freedom than ever to play a mission the way you want to play. The new and unique feature to Blood Money was killing the enemy in ways that make it look like accidents. You can push targets over balconies, Poison foods, and tweak the valve on propane tanks to explode a certain target that loves to cook in his room. There are many more, and all are so much fun to do.

    Achievements in this game are pretty challenging to get, but not impossible. Work hard at them and 1000/1000 can be yours.

    This game should be around the $20 dollar price tag in most places, and it's a great game to "kill" the time. 4/5

    + Greater freedom than previous games
    + Impressive visuals and a another great soundtrack by Jesper Kyd
    + Great Story that leaves you wanting more time with Agent 47
    - Not too many negatives in my opinion, I just Hope the Next game has some sort of Cool Multiplayer feature.
    4.0
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    chanjamlukeNice review, had this game on the PS2, think I may pick it up again on the 360. +1
    Posted by chanjamluke on 06 Mar 12 at 20:46
    buttnpresserYeah, it's a great game. Thanks for the comment!
    Posted by buttnpresser on 06 Mar 12 at 22:55
    o DEEVIUS oHow about some pics?
    Posted by o DEEVIUS o on 17 Nov 13 at 22:47
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    I found this Hitman to be incomparable to the previous (except for number 2: Silent Assassin, that was pure Legend). I'm fully aware my achievement score isn't that high on this game, which is why I love it. It's such a challenge! That, together with the exciting, twisting plot and the chance to do literally what you like, how you like.

    Sneak around with nothing but your fiber wire, pitch a post on a roof/tree-house and snipe or go in all guns blazing with your M4 or SPAS-12. Yes, this has always been the aim of the games for what to do. However in this game your maneuverability has greatly increased and, it seems to me, that if there is something profound you want to try out, you can.
    It's a complete open road on how you want to go about completing each level. However! This will affect earnings, ranking and other such things to gain achievements, another reason to see how good you are at assessing situations without leaving trails of bodies ;)

    Truly recommended for those who have bought the previous games :)
  • Marc PilkingtonMarc Pilkington322,885
    12 May 2013 12 May 2013
    15 3 0
    Hitman: Blood Money has been out for a long time, however it is still able to compete with games today. For a game of its time, it has great graphics, refined gameplay and varied missions. For a Hitman fan it's a definite buy. For newcomers of the series it's still a great game to jump into as well.

    This installment of the series sees Agent 47 going to a number of unique locations to peform hits on many unsuspecting victims. What is great about this game in comparison to previous titles is that the mission locations are a lot more varied. At one point you're in an action packed Mardi Gras festival and then you'll be in a quiet American suburb where people are peacefully cutting their hedges. This is one aspect of the game that really stood out for me because the previous Hitman games didn't seem as widespread in their mission locations. Because of this, the missions in Blood Money feel a lot more memorable.

    There is a story of sorts in the game but in my opinion, before Absolution Hitman didn't put emphasis on story progression. Instead, it focused on gameplay and how you are able to take down your target. Blood Money scored high marks in this department because it improves on the mechanics of the last three games. For one, you're able to turn the camera a full 360 degrees so you can see 47's face. It may not be a completely groundbreaking feature, but I welcomed the addition regardless. This installment also introduces accidental kills. This is where you manipulate the environment to perform a kill. You may push someone off a ledge to make it look like they've fallen, blown a chandelier off its rails to make it look like a fatal coincidence, and the list goes on. It makes killing targets a lot more fun as it adds more ways of doing so. The focus is of course on stealth and how well you can complete the mission without getting spotted. The disguises work pretty well in this (unlike Absolution) and so with them you can access places you originally couldn't if you were wearing your suit. Act too much out of the ordinary (or have someone witness your kill) and you will become suspicious and more than likely get shot at. If you prefer, you can go in guns blazing but it will obviously affect your rating. The game has added a variety of new weapons and an upgrade system so that firefights are a lot more fun. Spend the money you earn on missions for upgraded lock picking speed, extended barrels/silencers for your weapons and so forth. However don't expect a walk in the park once you start gunning everyone down. Hitman has been designed to go in stealthily and so preferably should be played as such.

    Another new addition to Blood Money is the notoriety system. At the end of a mission it will show how violent you have been and how much noise you made. It will say if there were any witnesses, if you were caught on camera, how many people you killed and so on. If you did a lot of non-stealthy actions then your notoriety will increase. With the money you make from missions you have the choice of bribing people/gaining a new identity so that your notoriety will decrease. If you chose not to do this however, the next mission may be harder because you are more known in the world and may get spotted regardless of what you're doing. If you get the rating all the way to 100 then you will basically be the world's most wanted and so stand no chance of being stealthy whatever you do. In relation to this, at the end of each mission the game presents you with a newspaper with a headline of your target being killed. It explains how the targets have died and whether or not people know who the killer is. If you were very stealthy the newspaper will say that no one knows who it could be, and if you were getting spotted left, right and centre, then there will be sketch of what people think 47 might look like. The higher your notoriety, the more accurate the sketch will become. I thought it was rather clever the way the game did this. Eventually the novelty will wear off but it is still fun.

    The achievements in the game aren't numerous. There are only 24 and it is a pretty standard list with not too much creativity. There are some achievements that are quite interesting like 'Get a special rating', or 'Complete a mission with precisely 47 kills,' but apart from ones like these it's your usual complete this, do that and collect these kind of list. It mirrors how much there is to do in the game, though. There are a total of 13 missions in the game (2 of these being a tutorial mission and a small epilogue mission) so it's not a huge game. Your first time through may take a while when trying to figure out how to kill your targets, but once you know each of the locations and what to do, it can be done very quickly. Until now Hitman has never been known for its long length and the amount of hours you can sink into it. On the plus side there is a lot of replayability with this one due to how many ways you can go about each mission. There are achievements regarding each difficulty (and they don't stack) so you're going to need quite a few playthroughs to bag the 1000 points. I'm not finding it too tedious but it can be rather frustrating if you're trying to quickly get through a mission and you constantly get spotted.

    This game may be old, but by no means is it out of date. If you fancy a new experience than your mainstream shooter, then give this a go. In my opinion you don't really need to have played any other Hitman game to enjoy this. Just jump right in! While feeling a lot different than its predecessor and having new features added to it, it still remains faithful to its routes and a great part of the Hitman franchise. You'll be able to find it for a cheap price too, or you can grab the more recently released HD collection and play it from that. For a game of this age the graphics are very good and the controls are smooth. If you're wanting a game to sink a lot of time into or you're a one playthrough only type of person, then don't expect too much from this. Length aside, it is a fun game and is still worth your money after all these years.
    4.5
  • Jackey Boy 217Jackey Boy 217461,819
    28 Sep 2010
    12 5 1
    Well, Agent 47 is back in amazing form in what is probably my favourite Hitman game in the franchise. This game has a brilliant story to match the unique game play where you are the assassin and you choose how to take down your target. This game is definitely worth playing!

    Game
    With a choice of upgradable weapons and weapons you have collected throughout your missions, you can definitely have fun taking out just your target or just kill everyone on the map, the choice is yours on how to play each level, and you can choose where to go and who to kill with some pretty fun methods like rigging a barbaque and watching them run around in flames :). The controls are simple and you can choose if you want to play the game in 1st person view or 3rd. The story is well done and makes you want to play till the end to find out what happens. The graphics on the game are not the best but the game is a little old now so don't expect anything amazing but it isn't to bad and doesn't drag the games play value down. the levels are well designed and set in many different types of situations such as a suburban home's and night clubs. Overall, a very good game and there's something quite satisfying about going around Mardi gras with a silenced shotgun :P. The new rating system adds a very nice touch and makes it feel somewhat of a RPG because how you do, changes the money you earn, then you choose what to upgrade and your upgrades can change the method in which you complete the next level
    Game rating: 4

    Achievements
    The only problem with the achievements on this game is that the difficulty achievements don't stack, meaning you have to complete the game at least 4 times to get them all. But it dosn't take too long and you can change your method on each level to make it more enjoyable. and the silent assassin achievements are fairly difficult but youtube can easily fix that if your having any trouble are just use some of the guides on this site but aside from that this is a very easy 1000. the one million achievement gave me some greif but i found the best method was to save easy till last and don't spend any money, this way you'll already know what to do on each level and your saving the money rather than spending it all then having to get silent assissin about 100 times repetedly.
    Achievement rating: 4
    4.0
  • ToXiicZ Gh0sTToXiicZ Gh0sT148,627
    10 Nov 2013 01 Apr 2015
    8 4 0
    Hitman blood money is a great stealth game or a run and gun game if you choose to play like that.The graphics are okay for a game that came out in 2006.

    Gameplay:
    Gameplay in the game holds up well.there are some faults in the the game but won't bother you to much. they add lot to the stealth factor with being able to hide in a closet and hiding bodies in a crate.there is a lot of different disguises and weapons in the game and they also give you the chance to upgrade those guns to help make the missions easier.You'r able to collect weapons aswell from different missions to keep in you'r hideout.My favourite part about this game was the many ways they gave you to kill you'r targets such as poisoning some foods or going around with you'r fibre wire and taking them out one by one. there are alot of missions in this game and many ways to go about them.

    Achievements:
    The achievements in the game are challenging but not impossible.They make you do the missions in different ways which make it a lot of fun but sometimes frustrating.

    My final thoughts:
    This game is a fun game worth you'r time and should not be that expensive now.But i definitely recommend picking this one up.I had a lot of fun with this game.
    4.0
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    . For people who are new to the Hitman franchise, here's a little bit about agent 47:
    Agent 47 was born on September 5, 1964 in a Romanian asylum with the number 640509-040147 tattooed on the back of his head in the form of a barcode. "64-05-09" denotes his date of birth, "04" indicates Series IV, "01" documents his class, and "47" is the order in which he was cloned. In the Hitman game series and the Hitman novel, Agent 47 is a genetically-enhanced clone and the culmination of decades of secret research into gene augmentation. His creation was funded by a group of investors who donated their own DNA to the project. In Hitman: Codename 47, five men of various nationalities served in the same unit of the French Foreign Legion. After their stint was finished, four of those men returned to their respective countries and founded their own criminal empires, becoming 4 of the biggest criminals in the world. The remaining one, Dr. Otto Ort-Meyer, ran a mental institution which he used as a cover for genetic experiments. In exchange for research funding, Ort-Meyer provided his former comrades with donor organs harvested from clone bodies, which significantly extended their longevity. In Hitman: Codename 47, each of Ort-Meyer's accomplices are said to be 60–70 years old but appear 10–20 years younger.

    So agent 47 is not a human, he is a clone created by a crazy scientist in an asylum. Agent 47 is special though, he's the most "Perfect clone." yes there are other like him, but he's genetically perfect. He is physically, and mentally strong as possible more than the average human being. Making him the perfect assassin.

    Gameplay: Hitman Blood Money is the best stealth game out there. Basically your goal in the game is to kill specific targets given by Diana. You can kill these targets in a large variety of ways whether you're using Fiber Wire, a Kitchen Knife, a syringe ect. You can follow specific routes to your liking. What stands in your way are the authorities, and the civilians. To get around these obstacles you can obtain a disguise from one of the authorities to appear as lets say a security guard. This will grant your access to certain areas that are off limits to the general population. If you want a higher difficulty expert can pose as a great challenge. It requires your to be way more strategic, and aware of your surrounding. Not only do you have notoriety, but almost one bullet that is pumped into your chest can kill you if your not careful.

    Graphics: The graphics are pretty damn decent for the time of it's release date, but overall the graphics won't change your thinking of the video game, it's to awesome to do so.

    Music: The music is use purely epic, what's more creepy than an dark, creepy, sounding opera while slicing a knife into someones neck? Kyd did a good job with he music, it fits they type of situation your in, if you running away from the cops then it's a fast paced kind of sound, even the type of atmosphere your in the music can differ.

    Easter Eggs: This game is known for having the most hilarious/odd easter eggs in the universe. My favorite one is in "To death do us part." it's the most random one in my opinion. So you go to this certain corner of that white mansion, and there's this tiny rock on the ground. You wanna take a Six shooter, or silenced weapon and shoot it. And oddly enough when you turn around, there will be these men in their underwear that will randomly run over to your location and start clapping. "Hey nice at job at shooting that rock on the ground."

    Achievements: The achievements for this game is actually fairly simple and straight forward, but some may be annoying at some times. Like trying to get precisely 47 kills in a mission, that can get tedious. The best place to do that achievement is in "Curtains down." there's tons of A I's available to kill, and also the special rating as well. It will take 20 hours Max with a helpful guide to earn all of the achievements. You will have to do multiple play throughs, but this game is so enjoyable that the achievements will be a breeze.

    Achievement difficulty: 4/10
    Gameplay: 9/10
    Music: 8.5/10
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    This game is absolutely amazing and I was so happy to 100%. It was definitely worth my time and sometimes my frustration. It's really easy for achievements, a lot of them are story based. For completing silent assassins on professional difficulty I recommend looking up some guides because there are a lot more requirements in order to receive that rating. The gameplay overall is very good, and there are numerous ways you can complete a level. Whether it's being a complete stealthy ninja, or going Chuck Norris on everybody and causing utter chaos. Each level has certain objects you can sabotage in order to kill your target. You can place a bomb on a winch, poison a drink, etc. The game has so much ways of completing each level. Agent 47 is a highly skilled contract killer,Most skilled Silent Assassin. He was created by Otto Wolfgang Ort Meyer as his 47th clone. He was born in Romania september 5th 1964 in an asylum. So to break it down, he's not human. He was created to be the "Most perfect clone." a clone that is physically fit as humanly possible. When you play the game you'll notice a black marking which is actually the Bar-Code which read 640509-040147.
    ("64-05-09" is his date of birth, "04" marks the Series IV, "01" is for what class he is and "47" is the order he was cloned as well as the name he is called), followed several years later by a UPC code when the technology was made available. His sister Agent 7 was born on October 31, 1984 20 years after her brother. There is 13 Missions/contracts on Hitman Blood Money, if done on easy it can be done quickly. The graphics are very good for It's date. It came out in 2006 and you mines as well say their up to 2014 graphics wise. The AI is ok, but whenever you walk very closely behind anyone they always turn around and just stare at you for no reason. It's kind of annoying and very creepy and pedophilic at the same time. If someone was walking behind me at normal distance I wouldn't just turns around and stare at them. There also some very funny Easter eggs in this game.

    Here's a video:
    All in all, a grew addicting game, and I recommend to pick it off the shelf the next time you see it!

    Gameplay: 9/10
    Graphics: 8.5/10
    Achievement difficulty: 5/10
    Estimated time for 100% completion: 24-48 hours
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