Whats The Best Hitman Game?

[DCH]

Let us hear it! Which of the three Hitman games you like the most?

[homercles]

Isnt it obvious? H2 CLEARLY p0wns H3. H3 $h!tty graphics, rehashed H1 maps, console port *pos*. Even H1 p0wns H3.........

[Freddo]

Hitman 2 is the worst IMHO.
Hitman 3 almost beat Hitman 1, but doesn't.

[The swedish chef]

I have to agree with my swedish mate. "Tjena Freddo, St.John från elderscrolls här! :p "

Hitman 3 could have been the best Hitman game, I love the Post-Filter effect, but it will never beat the originality of Hitman Codename 47.

Also they ruined my favourite misson, TotT, by removing the chunky lady guarding the ladys dressing room and removing the entire dining room along with the chef and his kitchen. Bad move IO! :mad:

Remake of old missions should have been limited to TotT and no more.

Thumbs up for the Beldingford manor, my new fav! :cool:

[C_Villain]

Im gonna have to go with H1 in the top spot! IMO it was the best and had some of the best missions. Also since it was the first game its the one that got me into this series and the story behind it! IMO H2 wasnt to bad but I didnt like it that much. So far I have enjoyed the missions in H3 and its 2nd on my list of the 3 games (maybe that will change after i finish it)! Still havent finished it cause of all the other games im playing aswell!

[Assassin47]

Okay I have to say for me it is a tie between Hitman Codename 47 and Hitman Contracts. H1 had an awesome storyline and with todays technology could be that much better. Now just the concept behind H1 and the story are what make it a top notch game. H3 got my vote because the graphics are good and the revamped maps of H1 are sweet and more challenging. Plus some of the newer missions are good because they are tough and just cool. Beldingford is tough, without a walkthrough, and the Biker Gang one was a cool lead up to Deadly Cargo. The Lee Hong missions are nicely revamped. The whole series is awesome but H2 is not the best. The japanese missions were stupid. I liked the Mafia one that was decent and dealing with the Commie's were good missions. I liked the inner city India one especially with the idea of assassins gunning for you. But in general it was good but not the best. You can find flaws with all the games of course but H3 got my vote but all-in-all H1&H3 got it for the originality the revamping of H1 missions and its HITMAN!!!

[Heero]

originality goes to Codename 47, obviously... Shame the interface was so woefully complicated compared to the later games...

attention to detail goes to Hitman 2, largely because the entire game has so much bump-mapped goodness and planning too it... The way they actually made every cutscene in the engine instead of resorting to CGI was a masterstroke...

technology and gameplay wise, Contracts wins out, simply because it has the best engine, control system and gameplay mechanics of the lot...

Overall, ive enjoyed Contracts the most... so it gets my vote...

[PoorMarcus]

Well I haven't played codename 47 so for me it's between 2 and 3 out of those two I liked HM2 better because the storyline was new and fresh where HM3 is all backstory and that's kind of cool but maybe if HM3 would have had some new missions plus flashbacks it would have been alright however there are some really cool things they did to HM3 like the people will not always die when you shoot them, use of syringes, improved night vision goggles and the maps now show when a person is dead however HM2 had a compass which I found useful and HM2 just had way more levels

[Heero]

Originally posted by PoorMarcus
Well I haven't played codename 47 so for me it's between 2 and 3 out of those two I liked HM2 better because the storyline was new and fresh where HM3 is all backstory and that's kind of cool but maybe if HM3 would have had some new missions plus flashbacks... Erm, thats quite wierd... you havent played Codename 47, yet you feel Contracts is backstory with no new missions...

of Contract's 12 missions, 5 were ripped from Codename 47, but even then they were radically overhauled... Which means too you, all of Contracts is essentially new...

Also, Contracts is told entirely in flashbacks, apart from the final mission...

:)

[PoorMarcus]

Like I said I've only played 2 and 3 so I'm only going between those I know Contracts has some of codenames levels but how much I didn't know until you told me but the biggest thing I didn't like about 3 is that nothing is new everything is during or a little after 1 and before 2 so nothing is really new it's all a flashback weather it's codename flashbacks or just flashbacks never seen in 47's life

[Heero]

I think I understood what you just said ;)

what they are getting across is that #47 has done a lot more than just what is covered in Codename 47 and Silent Assasin... the hits in Contracts are just some of his past 'mis-adventures'

[Silent-Snake]

I haven't played first 2. So i had to vote for the first one.

[Sagi_y15]

They're all good for me, it's hard for me to pick one.

I hope that Hitman 4 will be totally awesome. :cool:

[Assassin47]

PoorMarcus,
You gotta play Codename 47. It's not an XP based game but if you can get it working on your system it is definitely a great game. Simplify the H1 missions from Contracts and change the maps too and you got H1. Same mission just its completely different. In the car bombing you just bomb the car and guys at corner of roda, still knock out driver. Restaurant more time between party arrivals. different map too and not at night. Lee Hong hit haven't played yet so no comment. Hotel mission is alot easier.

[Assassin47]

I have to agree with Sagi that I enjoyed them all. But in an overview of them all 1&3 take the cake. 2 was great but it just doesn't have what 1&3 have. Besides that ninja crap was so annoying. I don't know too many people who dodge bullets. So the Japan garbage was junk. Inia levels were okay. But the other missions were much better, not by much though. So hopefully H4 will either have a new twist, a whole new story, or just flat out hits that are challenging and fun. I hope they keep some of the stuff from Contracts like the injuries, maybe some new weapons, I'd like to see the money piling up again and buying ammo and new guns that have been unlocked. Just guns you've collected are free and you just buy ammo. Just give me something with money. It makes it fun! Just no more jungle. The guys a hitman not a vietnam vet! I'd also like to see more stuff in Asia, just no ninja crap, or Mid-East, South America, or hell even U.S. inner cities. I'd like to pop a few Latin Kings, Bloods, and Crypts :D . I think Europe has lost enough people to 47 or at least Budapest.

[mrdie]

the 1st, hands down.

[hipnocat]

its a toughy between ist and 3rd. Hitman 2 was just plain wierd (did anyone realise you could see their....private parts when the guards took a piss???-true fact)
I feel like playing the first again for 4 reasons: the hong kong levels, ToftT, Bullet holes, and chunky blood particles.
If h3 had bullet holes i think i would like it better.

[IronChitlin]

I am one of the unlucky ones that have not played H: C47, so for me it is between Silent Assassin and Contracts. Between those two, my choice goes with Contracts. The fact that it does only have 12 levels hurts it somewhat, but the ones that is has were simply incredible. Since I did not have the pleasure of playing C47, I really didnt mind getting to play the levels, that I heard were so great. Hitman 2 was great because it had a lot of levels, but the fact is that a lot of them werent that good, and most were short.

I'd have to say that Contracts is my favorite in the series so far.

[Mr.Nash]

My vote goes to HM1 and H:C

-Hitman 1 was just cool. All you knew about who you were hitting and who was behind it all was what 47 knew. There were plenty of guns. You could dual any gun (which could have been well implemented in H:C, within the menu) It had bullet holes, and 47 needed much patience *and* some skill in gunning. I did not, however, like the system of buying.

It was great that the guns that you could buy were the 'untracables' in the area, but some times you just wanted to run and gun with something that was only allowed in a different mission. I liked the levels. I liked them very much, even though pablo was a b****. The learning curve was horrid in the game though, with three easy missions (park sniper, fish restraunt, massacre at cheu cheng) and then one that many people found the hardest level in the game. (Lee Hong Assassination) I feel this is why they put Lee Hong at the end of Contracts. Especially with these being the first four missions, and Tzun being omnipotent. (Maybe he saw that I was a caucasion male with a bar code carrying a few guns in red dragon garbs?) I loved the 'profile' saving they had going on. I could tell myself in the name which was on what difficulty, and what saves belonged to my friends.

-Hitman 2 was well done grapically, and it had the added bonus of better costume management. However, I always felt that being completely covered in a ninja suit shouldn't raise alarm. The two "Commando" style missions (japan) went with the story well, but they added even more of a feeling of "there is only one way to get SA here" or "there is only one way to kill the target here" to the game, which I felt was a bad move level wise. There were many levels in the game, but the problem was that they were a bit too straight-forward. I felt that in some of them, you just had the "run & gun" and "stealth" options, and not exactly many ways to make the hit, or to get to the mark, and that damn anaestesic took *way* too long to apply for the amount of time you were given, especially on harder difficulties. I also missed the 'profile' saves from HM1, which confused the hell out of myself when my friends started playing on my system. It was a good filler, but needed more level work.

-Hitman Contracts was all I expected it to be. (minus the bullet holes and drag marks) It had the older, revamped levels that I loved, and aside from the briefing, I didn't know who I was there to kill, for lack of level recognition (especially Deadly Cargo). I loved the new ways to get to and kill your mark in all of the levels in Contracts. There were *so* many ways to kill them, and there were some interesting new twists in the storyline. I think the melee weapons were great, but I disliked the lack of a wall for them. Once again they missed the target with the saving feature, but at least gave us a 'completed game' save once we had finished the game. I would have liked to seen it save over itself, however, when we went back and did missions instead of having to put up with and delete the autosaves at the start of each mission, with thier respective titles. At least let us NAME the saves! This game was not ment to be a full game with a big coclusion, but it was meant as a story of how 47 came to know his real enemy. H4 is going to be about 47's conflict and disposal with this enemy.

I prolly missed a few things, but bear with me.

[carmageddonstein]

Hitman 1, for originality and creativity. The game was simply smarter than Hitman 2. I got caught a lot more often in H1, and felt H2 a bit too leneant. Plus, a few of the levels were downright absurd, although that applies to both games. I have yet to play Hitman: Contracts, so that lost its vote.

But between Hitman 1 and 2, the original gets its 13th vote for the tie breaker... lol.

interesting to see a tie in the votes, but whatever.

[Ashwin91]

Interesting to see that most of you were caught up by the story-line of the orginal game. For me though the story-line was corny and mainly done before ala films,books ,But you just can't have a shooter without atmost a decent story. I just fell for the game-play nothing more. Its about contracts and proffessionalism of conrtract killing and skill,Nothing more in my eyes. Plus not everyone liked the ending of the original including me. Too vague and it was perfect for them to embark on a sequel. To me story was not the main point but the idea and game play thats what got us all to like/love/loath(lol) the game in the end of the day.

Yea if i had to choose first game everytime..,lol

[Elite]

I would have to say Hitman 3, even though it has poor graphics, same gameplay, and alot of other copies off of 1 and 2 there are tons of new things too. Different wepons, maps, people, and of course differnt ways to kill people. So yeah, i vote 3, but 2 comes real real close....

[Lee Hong]

Originally posted by Heero
Erm, thats quite wierd... you havent played Codename 47, yet you feel Contracts is backstory with no new missions...

of Contract's 12 missions, 5 were ripped from Codename 47, but even then they were radically overhauled... Which means too you, all of Contracts is essentially new...

Also, Contracts is told entirely in flashbacks, apart from the final mission...

:)

To be technical, all missions except for:

Meat King's Party
Bjarkhov Bomb
Beldingford Manor
Rendezvouz in Rotterdam (though this is arguable to a point)
Hunted and Hunted

... were all kinda ripped from C47.

Asylum Aftermath has much of the same layout as the final two levels in C47, "The Setup", and "Meet your Brother". It's entirely new in the story and objective sense, but it is remake on the other hand because we've already been there and it's just re-using the same ideas. I still think this is one of the coolest levels in the game, though.

Rendezvouz in Rotterdam kind of expands on the whole biker gang thing that was touched on in C47, so in a way can be considered remake to some.

Deadly Cargo is a merge of the two Rotterdam missions, "Gunrunner's Paradise", and "Plutonium runs loose." from C47 and is obviously a remake. The story thing that'll confuse those who've never played C47 is who Boris really is and the blinking clone chamber in Asylum Aftermath. In C47, the mission briefing tells you that you're to eliminate Boris AKA Arkadij Jegorof, but it doesn't in Contracts.

Traditions of the Trade is an obvious remake of the C47 classic, although the hotel has gotten somewhat smaller for whatever reason. I would have preferred the entire hotel remade, the briefcase (with bomb) set off metal detectors and that there be re-done escape scenes like in the original... but it was a well-done remake other than a few gripes like sections being closed off and some of the funny stuff from the original (like the fat lady at the women's dressing room) not being there.

The Hong Kong missions are all obviously remakes as well. Slaying a Dragon is a remake of "Kowloon Triads in Gang War." The Wang Fou Incident is a remake of "Ambush at the Wang Fou Restaurant." Seafood Massacre is a remake of "Massacre at the Chueng Chau Fish Restaurant." Finally of course, Lee Hong Assassination is the remake of the mission with the same name.

[Spenzz]

Hands down The first game.
I have trouble understanding how someone can call Hitman 2 the best, in my opinion it was trash, but thats just me.On the subject of Codename 47, some people frown on the lack of saves but I thought that was alright and added to the challenge, I have a friend who hasnt played it simply because of that, also the graphics arent all that great, but graphics dont make a game.

In Hitman 2 something about the movement set me off, that and the lack of bullet holes. those are two rather small things that stood out to me.

In Contracts I really like the cinematics, death sequence of grayness and whatnot, many many ways of making your hit, and the remakes were great. but it didnt feel like a full game just like miniserieses dont feel like actual sitcoms. But anyone who complains about it being too short was playing it on way to easy of a difficulty.

[framed]

Hitman 2, then 3 without a doubt. The first one was great too, but I did not like the controls, and the lack of save game option. Hitman overall is great!!!, bloody good fun.

[zakmaxwell]

I have not played hitman code name 47, but I think both of the games i have played are great. What i like is that both games have significantly different styles to their missions. Hitman 2 relying on more stratagy and hitman contracts relying more on stealth. I think this keeps the games fresh. personaly i liked contracts because i never got to play the first one so i got to see a litle bit of what i missed out on. so basicly both of these games are great in their own hitmanish kind of way with equal strong points and weak points and i hope they continue the series.

[MrFoofles]

Two words: Fire Axe