Hitman: Blood Money for Xbox 360 Reviews by Gamers

My advice is to rent this game! I mean I didn't think it could get any better but it has. The graphics are pretty awesome but keep in mind that I haven't played the Xbox version just the Xbox 360 but man what a game. I usually beat these games pretty fast but that doesn't matter in this case. I would buy this game if I wasn't holding out for Madden 2007. This is one of these games where you can just have fun or take it seriously and your not going to see everything the first time you play. I like the direction that the Xbox 360 is taking and I lost interest with the first Xbox but games like this make me a gamer for life!

(Xbox 360)

While the tutorial level (demo) does a good job of setting the stage and getting the player familiar with the controls and dynamics of the game, it's linear feel is a bit misleading. The other levels in the game offer the player much more diversity in infiltration techniques and unique kills. DO NOT base your opinion of the game on this first level!

The camera angle, much maligned in previous incarnations, is much improved, allowing easy transitions between 1st and 3rd person views.

I find that the levels, while beautifully rendered, tend to have a lot of area that was, at least in my style of play, totally unused. I spent several hours exploring many of them, looking at the art on the walls, 'accidentally' stumbling into the ladies shower in the Paris Opera House (3..4..5 times) and just generally enjoying the easter eggs (watching the clown pull the flowers out of his sleeve for the guards in one level was amusing). Also, if you take the time and don't burst in to kill everyone, you can listen in on some very interesting conversations.

I found the level set in New Orleans during a Mardi Gras parade pretty amazing, with hundreds of revelers moving fairly independently on the packed streets, yet without any lag. However, being from south Louisiana, I have to say..a Mardi Gras parade in October? Not likely (tsk tsk..attention to detail slipped a little here).

While not overly long, I thought the game was well paced, the storyline intriguing enough to make me not just skip through the cut-scenes and the 'rating system' pushed me to attain 'ghost' as much as possible. Note: read some of the other articles in the newspapers..they will add to the enjoyment of the storyline.

All in all, I thought the game played well, the controls were easy to pick up, the kills quite satisfying and the story well thought out. Though not a perfect game, the few flaws left just enough of an improvement margin to keep me anxiously awaiting the return of Number 47.