A little background. At first I didn’t want to buy Hitman because it’s not a direct sequel to its predecessor, Absolution. But then, something prompted me and I pre-ordered the game at a price of 2399 rubles. After some time, the game was moved, and along with it the price of the game changed, but since I pre-ordered it on PSN, at what price I managed to order it, that’s what it will be at. And then day X happened. All pre-orders were canceled and I had no choice but to pre-order the game at a price of 3199 rubles, but I did not agree, therefore I lost the beta version of the game. But the good Square Enix still decided to release a beta version for Playstation Plus subscribers. And now I finally find out if the game is worth the money.
The game greets us with the inscription “20 years ago”, and as soon as we are given control over the bald one from Brazzers first of all, I started looking at the beautiful landscape of snow-capped mountains. And when I already entered the building, the game began to sag, but let’s put this down to the fact that the game is at the beta stage (although this is alarming, since the game comes out on March 11). I was also upset by the lack of Russian language.
After the sagging video, we are given the task of killing Calvin Ritter to test what 47 is capable of. Next we are taught the basics of the game. And we follow the markers throughout the mission, go there, you can’t go there because the guards won’t let you in, you can go there, knock out this person, hide the body, change clothes, and so on for the whole mission, I’m not complaining about this, because it’s very convenient for beginners who are playing a game about a killer with a barcode on his head for the first time.
Having completed the mission, https://bouncingball8casino.co.uk/ we are returned to the base again, and we see the communication between Diana and her boss, who still does not believe that 47 has balls of steel, assuring that each agent has his own weaknesses. Well, Diana asks to give our hero a chance.
And now something happened that upset me a little. We need to go through the same mission, but it would be nice if there was at least a different goal, but no. We are obliged to eliminate the same Calvin Ritter, only this time without any hints and we are given a list of local challenges, which consists of methods of murder, stealing certain clothes and ways to hide the body.
And after replaying the mission in a different way, the 47th will have to complete the last test. Our task is to kill Jasper Knight, who is not only a famous American chess player, but also a Soviet spy. The target is located not just anywhere, but at a military base located in Cuba. Here they will no longer babysit you, since you are on a military base, at the beginning it is difficult to get into the territory and find a kind soldier who will give you his uniform. Then it’s easier, since the soldier can calmly walk around the base, but if you decide to change into a mechanic, you will need to be more careful with other workers. In the end, I tried to kill the target in three ways, but only the third was successful.
The first time I tried to sabotage the mechanic, but for this I had to find something, but in the end I couldn’t find anything except poison.
The second attempt involved poison. As it turned out, it was not difficult to get into Jasper’s office; in addition, he sometimes went out with his guard. I always managed to pour poison into the spy’s vodka, but he had no intention of drinking it, which is why this attempt was also unsuccessful.
For the final third time, I did it simple. When Jasper left the office, his guard stood for a while. And I took advantage of this moment, killed and hid the body of the guard. And when our chess player came in, I immediately broke his neck and hid the corpse in the next room until the general arrived, after which I left the base with a calm soul.
Then we are shown the final video (which also sags a little), in which Diana says that 47 have been approved, and that when they need him, they will call him.
The game seemed simple to me, the original Hitman parts were more difficult. It took me an hour and a half to complete the entire beta, but despite this I liked the game. I think the game is suitable for both old school fans (Hitman Silent Assassin, Contracts, Blood Money) and for newcomers who are playing a game about Agent 47 for the first time.
In the end, as I actually wanted, I will not rush to buy the game and will wait for some discounts when the game costs about 1500 rubles.