Why Everyone Hated Hitman Absolution

Why Everybody Hated Hitman Absolution. Taking a deep dive documentary of IO Interactive's development of Hitman Absolution before the events of Hitman 3 / World of Assassination and after the release of Hitman Blood Money. How Hitman Absolution almost killed the franchise and how it ultimately survived the disaster.

[@wildgold]

Just a heads up! All my videos from February forward have subtitles fully edited and synched by me, so If anyone needs or wants them, they are here for you! I plan to keep that trend going in the future as well.

[@Nine9005]

Awesome 👏

[@jezza899]

thanks brother

[@mediumplayer1]

I like to have subtitles on, no matter what I am watching, in my native language or not. They are always nice to have, so thank you!

[@yugoslavia6517]

Thanks bro

[@user-le6um3pe3y]

Thanks G!

[@PeachiPrism]

I liked absolution. It's not a hitman hitman game but I still found it fun as I went into it knowing it was a linear story game.

[@subhanmustehsan]

how's it not a hitman game ? it had more variety and creative ways to kill your target whereas in blood money you're either fiber wiring or pushing off the ledge

[@morkgin2459]

​​@@subhanmustehsanIn Hitman Blood money, you can carry your own poison by syringe and own bomb by aup mine, snipercase at all times. Hitman Absolution does have some mission. But they are like a select few among many other linear and chase missions.

[@morkgin2459]

Let's say absolution has more creative ways to kill your target. But in blood money, you can ENTIRELY ESTABLISH a new way to kill the target.

[@Explodinevan37]

Me too

[@sheadoherty7434]

​@@subhanmustehsan if the only way you killed your targets was fibre wire and pushing people from ledges the problem was with you. You lack creativity with all the tools the game provided

[@Gamerblam]

Absolution was the first Hitman game I played, I liked it but I felt like it focused more on narrative than Gameplay (or a mix of the two)

[@Explodinevan37]

Bro, me too. It was a really good beginning game, and really got me into the franchise, but there’s some aspects that were a lil bit mid, especially the very linear levels.

[@judgedrekk2981]

the narrative was fine but it's the broken stealth and systems from the older games they removed or changed that hurt it even the new games pale in comparison.... old: you get detailed info on the target, pictures and everything, reasons and what the target is doing, arms dealer, mad bomber, murderer...whatever then on site you see evidence of their crimes, 47 killed evil people! new: little detail, kill who we tell you to kill, sandbox levels with 1000 options and no clear goal or optimal path and make the levels repeatable, no evidence of what targets do, it's all superficial and boring who is 47 even killing now? I'm willing to believe that the elite are greedy, dirty and corrupt but without anything in game saying X needs to be killed cus he runs a front of being a real estate guy he's really trafficking in S slaves* then when you get there oh yeah you really see the proof.... now a couple missions in the classic series were obvious like meatking's party, you're there to kill the meatking and his brother which the brother is blamed for kidnapping some girl but we're too late so we have to recover proof of death, her arm we frag both targets and get out job done, it was very straight forward and clear from the start the targets were evil, who holds a rave at a slaughterhouse?? A WOKING SLAUGHTERHOUSE! yeah the older games were edgier in the best ways, the new are too sanitized, too pretty...too lifeless! also the team behind the new games are all new, the original team left or were fired by Square I think even before absolution was greenlit

[@arenndups5294]

it was also my first hitman game. But only after playing the older and new games a few years later made me realize how much my beloved game was mid af. A shame too because I legitimately loved absolution when I first played it, but now I look at it the same way I look at Starfield. Not a bad game perse but not great. Definitely mid.

[@lookingforlove839]

​​​@@Explodinevan37just started playing absolution. I'm tired of sneaking. This game is just mainly sneaking. And I know removing the barcode is symbolic of turning against the agency. But now, you have a f*cking bigass bandaid over there. If it wasn't apparent before, it certainly is now. I like certain aspects of the game, but it just feels so slow Edit: So I have played more of the game. It's weird, this game is so much more fun if you go on a rampage, since the combat system is better than the previous games. But the game incentivise you to go stealth. It's a pretty serious story, but the villains are a complete joke. They are so cartoony and over the top. This game is giving me a tonal whiplash. Edit 2: So I played a bit more. The combat is really fluid. Don't like QTE though. My main gripe is that, they made Hitman a joke. He is getting captured quite a bit and for someone described as a ghost, he sure as hell get identified a lot. The saints had no issue tracking him either. The villains are loony tunes and they are getting the better of him for most part of the story. They really butchered his persona

[@democratic8292]

Same

[@Poisaen]

it was my first hitman ever, i love Absolution so much 😭

[@dj.microsyze]

Absolution was fun aint nothing wrong with enjoying a game lol

[@frosttbite]

I really like the focus on narrative and some gameplay mechanics (q-point shooting). It was pretty fun but once I played the later hitman games, I can say that it's pretty weak in comparison.

[@dj.microsyze]

@@frosttbite great point

[@muffled505]

absolution is a pretty cool game, the point-shoot mechanic felt like a John Wick movie Also thanks for the 182 likes, thats more then my vids lol

[@justsomerandomgamer2102]

To me, it felt more like dead eye then anything else

[@muffled505]

@@justsomerandomgamer2102 yeah, RD2 took some notes lol

[@oakydoke6202]

It was a cool game but not a cool hitman game

[@LetMeInvade]

@@muffled505Didn’t Dead Eye come from RDR1 tho?

[@muffled505]

ohh yeah@@LetMeInvade

[@spiceweasel]

Kane and Lynch casually being in Absolution is so weird. I just spoke to a Hippo in Hitman 3 btw

[@Kiara_Wrestler]

Wait what

[@Peluceus]

Absolution is the hitman movie we should have gotten

[@namduong8437]

Absolution is my first Hitman game ever. So i played with a fresh, unbiased mind. Then i watched youtube on how people play and stumbled upon a channel that, you can say, changed my entire perspectives and approaches on how to play stealth games. SA SO No KO, Fibre Wire, All Evidence, Purist. That influences me to play other stealth games in similar way, and tragically also makes me turn off quickly to any "stealth" games that don't offer similar approaches. Hitman Absolution and later, trilogy, offers that exact same philosophy and that's why i love them so much. Trilogy, while they have too many guns (most likely to appeal to FPS mass that want to taste some stealth), gives me obsession and i find it hard to find any other game with similar mechanics. I mostly turn off when youtube videos don't play in Master difficulty, though i gradually learn to accept them, purely for new movement routes and some quirks

[@imbetterthanyou6927]

Best thing to come out of Absolution is the suit. Best one in the franchise tbh.

[@shotgun-enjoyer]

big facts

[@judgedrekk2981]

it's the same suit we saw in the originals... this is the dumbest thing i've seen all week....clearly you know nothing about the franchise 47 always wears a tailored black suit, black shoes, black pants, white shirt, black jacket and red tie, every single game this is how he's seen....or his default attire!

[@cyberlex97]

Dude, why don't you ask him to explain himself to know where he is coming from. It could probably be the visual s that he is referring to at that time, it might not just be the suit itself.

[@adrianveseli3379]

​@judgedrekk2981 you're right however. The suit in absolution was phenomenal especially in the last mission. Specially the Ear piece and the tie clip. You should go and compare then signature suit with the absolution suit. They are not the same.

[@OrthodoxHC]

As a Blood Money fan I've enjoyed Absolution a lot.

[@_Gilles_]

The Saints made my fiber wire hard

[@Dan_Esp]

☠☠☠☠☠

[@McKennaBates]

😂

[@elliter5465]

Surprising that my first experience of the whole Hitman Franchise was an Absolution

[@jimmypeeps8471]

I bought Absolution as a die hard hardcore Hitman fan (obsessed with the series lol). I remember playing it for 2 hours and being so pissed about the changes that I waited like 7 years before I picked it back up. I ended up actually liking it lol, especially Contracts Mode, loved it. I was almost retired from playing Videogames but ended up buying a PS4 just to get the new Hitman games, avoiding doing so before because of how much I originally hated Absolution. GLAD I GAVE IT A SECOND CHANCE!!

[@mr.koolkarni4357]

Yup that's the case with most of us buddy.

[@deadxbyxdawn306]

I honestly miss the fetish stuff from the older games. I wish WoA had moments of this again. The dark and gritty made Hitman so good

[@North47]

I enjoyed Absolution a lot myself when it released. But one thing I did before that, was read the book Hitman: Damnation which is a prequel to the story of Absolution. For anybody that hasn't played the game yet, I highly recommend reading the book first, as it will certainly add to the story of the game, as well as help you understand how and why events in the game take place and also fill out some other character's back stories such as Birdie.

[@rudep3222]

The contracts mode actually turns the game into the hitman everybody wanted

[@Spaceman_u]

Hitman absolution was pretty good. I remember nothing except the ridiculous nurses 💀

[@freddie3222]

Absolution was highly underrated. And it wasn't a reboot it was the end of the original franchise.

[@combackXeditzz]

The only thing I liked about it was that it had more of a story then hitman 1

[@malic_zarith]

The thing about the story is that the girl the game revolves around is never mentioned again in the series.

[@mediumplayer1]

That is because the devs decided that Absolution never happened. To support this I will tell you the following: During the H3 Mendoza mission Tamara asks Diana if Blake Dexter was hers and 47's job - Diana responds: "parralel universe".

[@mr.koolkarni4357]

Yeah and Diana never died because as the person below has mentioned the Devs would just wish Absolution never happened but in their defense this was a solid game just nothing to do with what Hitman is all about.

[@malic_zarith]

@mr.koolkarni4357 Diana survives in Absolution. It's revealed at the end of the game when she is seen talking to Victoria and congratulating 47 over a mic on a successful mission. She was the client the entire time. She faked her death because 47 shot her in a nonvital area.

[@arenndups5294]

@@mr.koolkarni4357 i remember vividly at the end of Absolution, it was revealed that 47 never killed Diana even though we literally saw him kill her through the shower. Game made no sense lmao.

[@Mr.Sylky0]

​@mediumplayer1 I'm not sure dude, one of hitman absolution targets appeared in the legacy cutscene. I hate this game, but looks like that this thing is canon

[@Agent.KA6]

It wasn't a bad game , it was just a bad hitman game

[@cutevillagers77]

It was my most favorite game ❤

[@Nazraq04]

Hitman Absolution and DMC are actually my favorite games in thier respective franchises. I understand his complaints, but the dark and gritty atmosphere of Absolution was cool.

[@hcohic9884]

completely agree. absolution played like over the should shooter with quick time events scripted cutscenes and hollywood action story with some stealth mechanics slapped on top nothing adds up you even said that the animations for some actions like hiding corpses are too slow for the fast pace of the game in the old games you were an assissin trying to assassinate someone in a social setting in more grounded level which matched the slow movement of agent 47 and the puzzle like approach and nature of level which was classy and immersive while in absolutin were like a super soldier doing invasions on full alerted miliary bases and and killing cartoony supervillain in comicbook like laboatories .. hitman was a niche genre but absolution chased the trends and almost killed it it was the representation of the shift that games took in the 2010s

[@ZTheTinyTonTerror]

Dude what you described is also exactly what happened to Twisted Metal in 2012. In trying to appeal to the mainstream CoD/casual audience the game suffered horribly.

[@FuZzOtagE]

This happens more and more ..the more success, the more sellout. It's sad to see some really great games go down just to appease, etc. no vision, just dollar signs.

[@blazefiredragonz5252]

tbh I loved absolution, however I did not really consider it canon.... it still confuses me

[@jpz2009]

The franchise doesn't consider it canon either. There's literally a line in the WOA trilogy where Diana refers to the events as an "alternative timeline."

[@blazefiredragonz5252]

@@jpz2009 oh ok that makes more sense xD

[@jpz2009]

@@blazefiredragonz5252 It sucks though, cause I would've really loved to see what happened to Victoria. I guess it's better to just believe she's safe and sound though.

[@arenndups5294]

@@jpz2009 Would've loved to see her too but I think it defeats the purpose of Absolution. You spend the entire game making sure Victoria is safe and as far away from any assassin lifestyle as possible because it was what Diana wanted. Then again the devs are treating it as if it didn't exist so I don't even know anymore.

[@akashifudo8672]

​@@jpz2009Explain the legacy trailer then

[@docrock3234]

Reloading from a checkpoint respawns all the people that you pacified or killed on the map too

[@TheRiotShieldTroll]

That was the WORST part of the game - made no sense at all

[@mrstudent9125]

My first Hitman game lol

[@youssefnaifer1602]

Must have been a good experience considering what the video says

[@gino1802]

Absolution was dope to me and I played all the other ones before then but was a cool change. Made 47 feel way more deadly as a gun slinger

[@zarrebi4366]

I love your videos dude, please never stop.

[@ArcticFox7895]

i wish they kept point shooting maybe with some limitations

[@jaysupe1268]

You are way to underrated. You make some great videos man

[@ThousandairesClub]

*I see Absolution as an experiment and tech demo for the 2016 Trilogy. it had smaller maps but was actually a very good action game with some neat mechanics* 👍

[@filipic12]

Hot take, this is a better third person shooter than a stealth game, unironically the combat is more fun than stealthing in this one

[@tomk6312]

i tried absolution and all i remember is being confused why i had to kill diana and then quitting once i realised i wasnt actually doing any hits, just hiding from people

[@BamBamLeo]

Saints row and hit man absolution are some of my favorite games. I love what everyone hates not even on purpose the games are just good to me

[@ryanmalady376]

I forgot how little assassination there actually was in that game. I'll always remeber hitman blood money as one of my favourite games of all time, but this one, I can barely remember at all

[@indieegamer4789]

I've played all the Hitman games and my most favourite till date is Hitman absolution. Want that story driven style to come back.

[@eileenscat]

Absolution was my first Hitman game ever, and I put maaany hours into it, finding all the special kills and items you could get, and to me it felt incredibly varied and replayable. Thing is, I still think it is, but after I got around to play the new trilogy and some of the older titles, going back to it felt incredibly underwhelming and linear. It is still a fun game, in my opinion, but it also feels more akin to a James Bond movie than a Hitman game.

[@famalam943]

I remember the 1st gameplay video released & they changed 47’s voice actor. IIRC The devs apparently said they didn’t think Bateson would be interested so never bothered contacting him! it was only after the backlash from the demo they hired him.

[@speeprun]

love the new style of videos

[@TheUnimaterLp]

Me to

[@Speak4Yourself2]

Your outfit is great! Good review. One thing I'd add: Play absolution not for Silent Assassin, but with guns blazing, and you'll have an enjoyable experience.

[@GilgameshSama159]

I don't agree, I've played all the hitman games. starting with codename 47. and when I played absolution, it was a new freshness compared to the old ones and the game is still incredible.

[@mr.koolkarni4357]

As fan of the game I was fully aware that it was nowhere near to the original Hitman gameplay but I can say it has it's fair share of fun elements. Like you and AngryJoe had mentioned the voice acting was simply fantastic and a pretty much solid story to experience. Having said that it was still not Hitman but something else that will be forgotten quickly. Thankfully IOI did the right thing with the new Hitman series.

[@redhood7778]

So how do rewards work in the new Hitman trilogy? Also, can you make more Hitman videos? I love the game.

[@yohohoho971]

Something even worse about the checkpoint system was that it didn't even work. You'd lose items, enemy routes would be reset and any progress would disappear regardless of when you saved.

[@Cosmicfallout_999]

I remember playing this game in the early- mid 2010s on ps3 when I was like 10 , it was my first hitman game. Seeing KZbinrs playing it led to me to getting it for my birthday and it becoming one of my favorite game series ever . It’s always had a fond place in my heart being the first game I played in the series. But the main things I found annoying replaying on ps4 back during middle school to now high school on ps5 is that the hotel , Chinatown , and the library were some of the most annoying levels for me getting back into the game due to design of the levels, because by the time of when I played the newest hit man games a few years ago hitman 1 , hitman 2 I became used to the game play of those games. But sometime in 2021 or 2022 when I got hitman 3 I had saw a sale for hitman absolution and blood money and I can definitely say I’d rank the newer games mainly hitman 3 first and then 2 and 1 and then blood money and then absolution as , I haven’t got a chance to play the very first hitman games that come before blood money. These games have just all together furthered my loyalty to the franchise but I can agree hitman absolution’s instinct system was very annoying when trying to complete levels , but I think when I was younger playing on ps3 I didn’t think about that but now being in 11th I’ve started realize how Past games I might’ve loved when I was younger all the flaws those games came with.

[@remi8427]

I think they did what was the trend at the time , the fast 3rd person shooter , wich is fine . But they manage to do an incredible reboot with the same mechanics as the originals ones

[@Pabloedits1949]

Браво за видеото, много е добро!

[@jimmypage8900]

My initial take on this game the first time I played through the entire story mode was that it was my least favorite Hitman game. But there were things about it that I really enjoyed and still remember and look back on positively. In my opinion, this game would probably have a been better received if it was released alongside an actual sequel to Blood Money (or instead they waited till the 2016 reboot + trilogy) and released it as a side game to that sequel (or the trilogy) while marketing it to the fans as a different style game that lets them explore the Hitman Universe in a new way. Kind of like how they made the sniper assassin mode for Hitman 2, they should have made Absolution a companion Hitman game to go alongside the 2016 reboot + trilogy with the sole purpose of using the game as a way to expand the Hitman universe, expand on the lore, and flesh out more of 47's backstory or the history of his career that we didn't already know. While ensuring it was marketed as such to the fans, so it's clear that it was intended to be a linear RPG style game that is primarily story focused. Not a standard Hitman game. I think if they would have done that, then more people would have liked this game. Especially hardcore Hitman fans who want to learn and know more about our favorite cold-blooded bald-headed assassin that we've followed all these years. That's just my take.

[@stephenellis4777]

Hitman Absolution is not as good as Blood Money or WOA, but it has its moments and a great story. Graphics have held up well too. When Absolution came out in 2012 I was in the process of relocating to Latin America and I remember sitting in the Miami airport playing it on my Alienware laptop while waiting for my flight. So I will always associated this game with that period in my life. It is also the toughest Hitman game IMO.

[@reynaokeofficial_ph]

Hitman: Absolution walked so GTA 5 and Hitman: World Of Assassination could run...

[@medogamer5716]

Hitman absolution is a great game from the best in my life as my first hitman game it was a fantastic experience

[@Meailu]

i found it to be the best beside blood money loved the point system and how the game went

[@balloonseller193]

Great video, as always! What do you think about making list of "top final missions in hitman series" ?

[@thephantomx6467]

What if they made the original games and their stories on the modern Hitman engine? Idk how it would work but replaying and having those levels from old into the new engine I think would have been cool. Tho sucks that they are mostly busy on other projects :(

[@IllusionTheCoffeeAddict]

I liked to sweep Penthouse a lot. Mostly because it's the only level which includes silenced rifles and amazing arena-like geometry.

[@Zyrodil]

3 banger videos in a row, fantastic! Keep it up!

[@sodakk17]

I love this game so much. Usually I play when I want something more relaxed and casual.

[@samueldeandrade8535]

Everyone hated Hitman Absolution??? What? I had no idea about that.

[@dynamite3414]

Unpopular opinion but I actually liked this game when it came out, I know it didn’t stick to its roots but I just loved 47 as a character

[@wackwabbit3831]

i hate that the fact we can't use different loadout and weapons...i was hoping that maybe the first few level was just tutorial levels and I'll be able to choose my equipment later..but i was wrong lol...and i bought the deluxe version and dlc or whatever, but i can't use it on story mode..sucks

[@smithwesson1896]

And the online servers are shut down, so unless IO remasters Absolution on current hardware, there's no way to get into the loadouts or customization

[@wackwabbit3831]

@@smithwesson1896 yep, after that i never buy hitman series again, it's all stopped after absolution, it was frustrating idk..

[@timothyguy1021]

Was my first hitman game on the Xbox 360. It was great in my opinion, the story was nice. Gameplay as well.

[@notsubaru4464]

Honestly Absolution aged well than saints row and DmC

[@armandaspurvinis5845]

Amazing drip again

[@warrengraham5145]

Loved this game after Blood Money, even got the one with a stunning game artbook.

[@jc.f111]

Always finding more ways to be creative! Excellent intro and video

[@askaykeeners8712]

i recently bought the hd collection i got really into bloodmoney but couldnt stand to play absolution longer then 30 minutes at a time it lacks alot of the freedom i love from the series

[@TheAngelOfDeath01]

I didn't... I still play it today; In fact, I play all the hitman games. I don't understand the critique of Hitman Absolutely. Some say its too story-driven, but really, then they haven't paid attention to the story in Hitman 2: Silent Assassin or Hitman Blood Money, because those games are VERY story driven, so much so that there are multitude of references to especially Hitman Blood Money in Hitman Absolutely, if you bother to turn on the radio whenever you come across one. Hitman Contracts is a remake of the original Hitman game, but, and in Hitman Blood Money, The Opera mission, is a reference to how Hitman Contracts ends. There is plenty of story in Hitman Absolution. I think the criticism was more born out of the fact that it was a game by Square Enix, that people expected something else, and the fact that Jesper Kyd didn't make the music. The music is ALWAYS half of the experience! The original 2006 Hitman Blood Money was published by Eidos Interactive, which was British before it got picked up.

[@slipvskorn]

This was the first and last pre-order I ever made in gaming

[@Lektuerekurs]

"Wood, why do I got wood?"

[@benhulme2863]

It will forever be your first if you catch my drift.

[@Maximilian1990]

I like how the hitman developer guy looks like agent 47s romanian cousin

[@supertrooper7273]

I loved absolution, by far one of my favorite games, I liked the focus on narrative and the gameplay was fun

[@Finners2204]

Absolution was one of the first games I can remember playing, my favourite hitman game by a mile

[@rulik006]

After a second time i played Absolution i liked it more than Blood Money

[@adhityakrishnalal6078]

yh i thought the same thing that it feels exactly like a batman arkham game rather than a true sandbox hitman game

[@GreatPudding]

I played absolution after playing Hitman 2016 and Hitman 2 for about 2 years. I have to say it was like going to a country with a diffrent religion. It was so hard to play the game stealthly. Even doe I loved the action and the movie feeling it gave me it still wasn't as good as the newer ones. (BTW i have never played blood money, I might play it soon.)

[@falkreathguard7895]

To enjoy Absolution to its most potential you have to play on Purist. I quite enjoyed the story even if it was a little silly. It humanized 47 a tiny bit more and you could see he was an old 47. It was almost like a father daughter type of thing just like The Last of Us even tho you dont get to bond so much with victoria. I also liked the clash of the 47's dark grim world and dexter's psychopathic /fun/ life. And the more small town vibes. Anyway I uploaded an entire walkthrough 8 years ago of the game on my channel, check it out

[@doak7042]

i didn't hate absolution but I didn't think it was real good either when it came out. But went back and played it about a year ago and thought it was better then I remembered.

[@theurinal]

I'm glad the devs went back to form in the newer Hitman games, I still much prefer the classic ones. In regards to Absolution, it was a massive let down in every department, with 47 character change was the biggest offense, he went from this cold, stoic and intimidating individual to a loving, caring dad, felt way to off seeing 47 in that way.

[@sephikong8323]

Absolution is a game with both terrible ideas (completely neutering the point of disguises) and great ideas that were poorly implemented (thw whole instict system), yet despite how flawed it was, there still were moments of brilliance in it, the Chinatown level for example is definitely one of my favorite levels in the series and in general, the maps where it sticked to the formula of the series like the Strip Club or the backwater town were genuinely really good. Absolution still was a game that was needed for the series in the long run in retrospect as it breathed new ideas into it and allowed to see what did not work at all and what needed refining, which lead us to the reboot trilogy, and I don't need to explain how good these games are

[@Manganum25]

IO from Blood Money and IO in Absolution are different teams

[@EpicCyberGamerPunk]

At least it doesn't have DRM like the newer games

[@user-vj3fz7df5u]

I played all hitman games from codename to hitman 3 , except absolution . I found it for 12 euros does it worth it?

[@simo220]

yes, don't listen to the haters.

[@user-vj3fz7df5u]

@@simo220 I became one of them xD , THIS GAME IS TRASH

[@user-vj3fz7df5u]

but still fun , I do not consider it as hitman game

[@simo220]

@@user-vj3fz7df5u you just lack taste and go with the most popular opinion.

[@kaystephan2610]

Absolution was my first entry into the Hitman Series and ironically I don't like the other Hitman games as much as Absolution lmao It really comes down to what you get to know first. What I dislike about the other Hitman games is the lesser focus on the story. Sure there is a story but it always feels more like a superficial reason to send you from assassin job to assassin job. 47 as a character hardly sees any work. He's the quiet perfect assassin. Other characters are more fleshed out but they never really appear in your missions. They are more part of the story told between missions but the missions themselves feel more like sandboxes where you always do some random assassination that is superficially justified. Absolution is different. 47 is shown as a person in a cotinuous and consistent story that is told between missions but also in the missions. The people he hunts and kills actually have character (except for the "King of Chinatown" that was random af but whatever). They feel more fleshed out and you feel like there's a real reason why you're doing your thing.

[@Waterflavorang]

Absolution was such an underrated game

[@zine_eddinex24]

Good video ❤ keep 🆙 👍 😅

[@erithfall8088]

In my opinion Hitman Absolution was fun and good game but poor hitman game. Keeping that in my helped me to enjoy it

[@cartoonmods6683]

Hitman Absolution like Movie & Game With Shrek The Third And Luigi Mansion 3

[@nom7808]

Everyone???? Are these everyone in the room with us wildgold? Absolution game was pretty fucking cool.

[@xyIaz]

I love Absolution. It has flaws, but some of levels are better than current hitman.

[@unofficialmeme5972]

I loved the business mode to the game where you could create custom contracts of characters you have to assassinate and in specific manners, too.

[@3000k3]

dmc mentioned???????

[@mijofalco6355]

This was my first and only Hitman game that I've ever played, and even I could tell that something was off. I just didn't like it at all, especially the disguise system. What's the point of a disguise if everyone can recognize you anyway? It was so dumb.

[@jackbotman]

this game gave me Batman: Arkham Asylum vibes

[@ther0n1nnamed47]

I actually likes Absolution. It was just more linear than the other games, and very story focused compared to them too. Also I lived the game mechanics too, though the "world of assassination" did it better later. All I remember from it's release is being excited to see what happens after blood money storywise. BUT as far as the other 2 "reboots" mentioned DmC was great gameplaywise, but story kinda sucked, and Saints row was just not what people thought it was. It was just too meh in almost every way, except the boss

[@dmkskillsz]

Absolution is my fav part of all Hitman games so far.

[@xxssjtyxx770]

I loved this game

[@HumanelySelected]

Just saying the complaints sound like what hit man are supposed to do consistently be moving if not. Hide from people I’m sure you’re not supposed to just expect people to see a body and be like oh okay let’s continue moving it will take a while for any npc to respond just like a person the sections and cutscenes are there own issue but it just sounds like you expected a different type of hitman some people say it’s a John wick which isn’t he a hitman?

[@yutro213]

11:15 The very worst thing of Hitman Absolution by far that makes me dread it.