Summary

HitMan 2:Silent Assassins,is a 3rd person action/adventure with elements of stealth.The story follows a no name assassin that goes by agent 47.
You are hired by differnt people (I.E. Rich men,Drug lords ect) too kill their enamys.You will fight,sneak and kill your way thru many levels full of trigger happy hench men,useing a heap of weapons (I.E. Sniper rifle,Knifes,Shot guns ect) to finish them off.

Strength

Simple game play.
Levels are eazy too get around,not alot of "puzzles" to hold you up.

Weakness

Bulky controll setup,not eazy to "stay alive".
A.I. is "dumb",at times thru out the game,the enamy (I.E A.I.) will stand and look at you,w/o fireing a shot.

Summary

Great game! All of you who wrote negative reviews shouldn't have wasted your time with video games because this is by far the best shooter i have played on xbox aside from Halo.

Sound

Excellent. I love the mafia music.

Gameplay

Great story that actually is believable unlike some other games. None of that crap about people trying to explode the earth just straight to the point. This guy has to sleep with the fishes. I love how you have so much freedom. You can kill everyone you see or you can be as secret as possible! HUGE replay value also. Hands down the best game to come out in 2003.

Summary

I won't waste time and space describing this game as so many others have in their reviews. I wanted to write this review to cast my vote and say that this is one of the best games ever put out. I feel the need to say this because I am so completely tired of seeing reviews for games that say something to the effect of, "gameplay was excellent but the graphics and sound were not so great so the game stinks." Or, conversely, "This game is soooo beautiful and the cut-scenes are amazing. Nevermind that you can't control your character, this game is great." To me, this completely misses the point which is how does it play? I mean the XFL had innovative camera angles and cool looking uniforms but the game SUCKED. The whole criteria for reviewing games is wrong. At most sites (although not this one thankfully) and in seemingly most peoples minds, a game's overall score is determined by an average of scores for the categories of gameplay, graphics, and sound. In this paradigm, the soundtrack for a game has equal importance to gameplay. Nevermind that sound is largely unimportant; it is a single criteria whereas gameplay actually encompasses a multitude of criteria such as the controler set-up, camera control, weapons/devices operation and control, environmental interaction, save point systems, character control and modification, enemy AI, enemy and character hit points, level design, mission structure, and on and on. In the end, the graphics and sound are really only very small elements of the game. And if the gameplay is excellent and immersive, it stands to reason that the graphics and sound must have been adequate to allow for this level of enjoyment. If you just want something to look and sound good, go rent a movie. This is why Hitman 2 is such a truly outstanding game. The player is given almost absolute control throughout the game. The controls are tight and accurate. The player can control not only the camera but even the perspective switching between 1st and 3rd person as they see fit. The weapons are outstanding and varied. The missions are terrific and replay value is very high. My only complaint is that there weren't 100 more missions so I could keep playing this game for years.