Clearing my backlog, I may be some time.

Well, that took longer than expected. Finally Hitman Absolution has been finished absolutely. Well not quite. Contracts servers are dead so I've left those alone, and the evidence and styles cheevos will have to stay undone. The game was largely good, but some of the missions seemed to go on too long. The hotel one where you first get stuffed by Sanches was more boring than challenging, even on Hard. I did enjoy the story though. Unlike any previous Hitman game, all the missions are purely about achieving your own goal, except for the King Of Chinatown, which is just so he'd give you info. Prominent characters were largely relevant to the story and it had a satisfying conclusion. Most of which are completely absent from prior Hitman games. I also did some of the Sniper Challenge, which I realised too late was a prelude to Absolute. Also having the World Of Assassination installed, meant I needed to give it a go and ga...

Hitman Blood Money finally finished last night. Was delayed due to a weekend away otherwise it would have only taken 4 nights. When I say finished, I took the easy road out of Requiem, man that level is the worst final level along side the final mission in Codename 47, whoever thought that was a good idea needs help, the ballers take so long to reload, you go from full health to dead before the animation finishes on the first one. Up until that point I was really enjoying Blood Money, and because doing nothing is an option, you could say I still did. However I expected a different twist at the end. 47 being the reporter wearing a bad wig, it being 6, 17, or a long lost 48 on the slab, and 47 takes them out from a vantage point, the priest being Vittorio, or even Smith and helping 47, but they just went straight for the shoot your way out approach, which was kind of dull. Anyway time for Hitman Absolution, and the first one tha...

That's Hitman Contracts out of contract now. I thought it started off well, if a bit odd. The first half was some nice new missions presented as flashbacks while in Mr 47s fever dream, but the second half is just a rehash of a handful of Codename 47 missions, not the best ones, and made changes which made them confusing, rather than refreshing. It was also considerably shorter than I expected. Anyway it is done now. Onto Hitman: Blood Money and its weird saving system.

And down goes hitman 2 silent assassin. So much more fun than the first, the save option mid level was a cool addition, but only felt necessary to use it really 3 or 4 times. I used it more than that to give me a chance go try different stuff, but other than the last 2 levels it really was just so I could have more fun. No need to look up help, no real pinch points, apart from The Motorcade Interception, that level is just a pain in the arse. It was just good old years of playing splinter cell and the chance to dress up now and then. Looks like its time for Hitman Contracts next.