Over the years, the art of social stealth in the series evolved, apart from the weird detour in Absolution, and by this game it’s working absolutely brilliantly. What that means is that instead of avoiding enemies or people that can force you into conflict when performing your tasks (main goal tends to be killing one or more targets), you disguise yourself to be able to move among the enemies, bluff your way in, find an opening and then strike when no one is looking. If you’ve not played Hitman before, and what luck for you since Hitman 2 would be a perfect place to start, the series are known for their free form stealth gameplay, emphasizing “social stealth” over the typical sneaking around stealth. But with the same issues as the previous game that need mentioning. And in its fullest form, with expansions and the content from the previous title, Hitman 2 is easily the best game in the series to date. Yet, it retained most of what was originally intended since you can add all of the mission content from the 2016 game to it, with some omissions (like Elusive Targets). Originally intended to be a “Season 2” of a grand always updating title, Hitman 2 (I’ll stop using the intended all caps, but I’m not talking about the Silent Assassin from 2002) is a standalone game.
It’s been slightly more than 2 years since I’ve played and thoroughly enjoyed HITMAN (2016) in its GOTY version and since the updates for HITMAN 2 are finally quieting down I decided that it was time to give it a go as well.
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