Hitman: Absolution™

If you don't find this game fun, don't talk to me.

Grew up playing this in secret back in the days of the Xbox 360, because my dad got it but never really played it. He also didn't want me to play it but, being the sneaky kid I was, I absolutely DID!

Do I regret it? Nope; in fact, I'm so glad I did! If I hadn't, I likely would never have even bought this game again for PC. Now, while I may be excellent at writing, I'm not great at critiquing stories... but here's some stuff:

Q: Good story?
A: Loyalty-wise, yeah. As far as I understand, 47 goes rogue for his former handler to protect a girl she left in his care.

Q: Good gameplay?
A: Very much, yeah. While I find it a bit clunky at times (I still sometimes accidentally disguise instead of dragging lol), the controls are great. However, if you're asking if the gameplay itself is good, then that's also a resounding "yes"! In fact, I actually quite enjoy this game's Instinct. The target acquisition system is awesome, and makes you feel like a total badass if you use it right.

Q: Humor?
A: "I got wood, man... why do I got wood?"
*Start a dance party FOR cops, DISGUISED as a cop, HIDING as the DJ.*
That a good answer for ya?

Q: Cons?
A: I'm biased. I can't give you cons. Just don't go to IGN lmao.

Back into playing the games i loved as a kid, hitman is an absolute classic i can never get bored of this no matter how many times i have played and finished it. all the hitman games serve for me great great gaming experience

challenging missions, good hardcore stealth. I've enjoyed this game a lot.

one disappointing factor was the contracts mode. its no more accessible which is sad.

If you've played any other Hitman game and want more of that experience, skip this one.

I started on the Hitman series since Contracts and I've played every title (including C47), and unless the Hitman identity for you starts and ends at "Barcode baldie who changes clothes", this is not a Hitman game.

Most egregiously, there are only around 3 missions that feel like genuine sandbox "kill your own way" levels. I don't mind a more story-focused experience, but Absolution ham-fists it in at a detriment to the game itself. A good chunk of the game is spent in missions that don't even have targets, and are either linear levels going from point-a to point-b or essentially interactive cutscenes. There are also multiple situations in which you are scripted to get caught; no matter how good you are, the game just tells you that you've been caught for story reasons. On top of that, the missions that are sandbox assassination missions are still tiny. Obviously comparing them to World of Assassination's maps is in bad faith considering the march of progress in gaming hardware, but these levels are still smaller than many of its predecessor's (Contracts and Blood Money) levels. One more thing about the missions that was super cool in... really every Hitman except this one, are the locales. Blood money took you to Chile, France, California, New Orleans, Las Vegas, and even the White House. Contracts had missions in China, England, Russia, Hungary, and the Netherlands. WoA gives you Paris (again), Italy, Morocco, Vermont, India, some secret island somewhere, Miami, Germany, Japan, and Argentina. Absolution gives you literally two settings: Chicago and South Dakota. The latter has an underground lab and a Hawaii-themed locale to introduce a slight change of pace, but it's a far cry from the grand tour we get with any other game.

Disguises are another cornerstone for the series and another let-down in Absolution. NPC's can see through disguises similar to their own outfit, meaning the "Hide in plain sight" moniker to the series doesn't exist here. The levels were designed with this in consideration with lots of cover and hidden routes so it doesn't really make the game difficult, just less fun.

So what are the positives? I actually think we should give IO a lot of credit here. They tried a new formula, it didn't hit with Hitman fans. So for the series reboot, they ditched everything bad about Absolution and kept the two good things: The cover system feels good and works well with both combat and stealth (further enabling Suit Only runs), and the Instinct system is (while in infancy here and fleshed out in WoA) an excellent accessibility tool. Really, it's rare that a dev reads the pulse this well.

Between the complete departure of mission design and the way enemies can see through disguises after a few seconds, I genuinely had more fun doing a guns-blazing playthrough than I did going for stealth, which would normally still be enough for a good review... except "more fun" in this case still wasn't a lot of fun.

So if we distance this game from the Hitman name, how is it? It's fine. From a technical sense, it's competently made, the visuals are good, the gunplay feels nice. However I still hesitate to give it a positive score even from this perspective: The reason it isn't a Hitman game is because the game and its missions are completely focused around the story, so looking at away from the Hitman lens puts a lot of weight on the story, and the story is... pretty bad. You have a deadly, professional assassin going up against the elite agency he used to work for. Decent premise... except EVERYONE involved is utterly incompetent. 47 gets caught multiple times in contrived ways, his captors never treat him like a danger despite knowing his history, and he escapes multiple times. It's also nonsensical: The elite covert agency responds to 47's escape by sending latex nuns with rocket launchers to blow up his hotel room along with a dozen innocent civilians. Suspension of disbelief is just not gonna cut it.

If someone who isn't a Hitman fan likes this game, more power to them, I think that's fine. But I'd be weary of positive reviews written after the publisher split in 2018. Even if you separate the Hitman name from the game, it's definitely not good enough to counterbalance the fact that a third of this singleplayer game is **literally unplayable** after the servers were shut down; it is content that you can not access.

Looking for more Hitman? Go with World of Assassination, Blood Money, or Contracts. Silent Assassin is alright. Codename 47 really didn't age well. Absolution is Not Him.

its def not STEALTH on hard mode atleast i cant say thats hitman game

very very good hitman game which, although it was released in 2012, has very good graphics and very advanced gameplay. This game does not have a story, again the story is there, but this game focuses more on the gameplay and the stealth mechanics themselves. 8/10

Don't understand why people hate this game.........
The missions are OK according to the story as far as i played,
The graphics not that bad,
Getting 100% mastery on all missions can be challenging and you HAVE TO replay a mission couple of times that makes it boring but OK

nice game only thing i disliked is the map system

Perfect game for someone who wants to experience an immersive gameplay of being an assassin, I rate this game 10/10, 100% recommended.

Genuinely an amazing game imo. Stealth is very well done, the combat is very engaging and smooth and makes for levels to be very fun and replayable, along with its fairly good storyline. Game is well adjusted for those who are casual or those seeking a much more difficult challenge. And for a 2012 game, it 100% holds up to todays gaming standards in terms of graphics and gameplay. Buy it on sale, you won't regret it.

So, Hitman: Absolution is a third person stealth-action game but to me it felt more as an modern shooting game not stealth game which it should have been.. moreover the game's linear story-play was very bland which was not at all interesting to play. The game's intro was pretty good and would make one feel as if they are in for a banger but little did they know that just after 2 missions the whole point of the game would be to go from one point to another and just kill one person with little to no difficulty and no stealth involved at all.. I played this game at the highest difficulty yet the AI felt so stupid that I was able to complete the game with no struggle... For a stealth based game it certainly didn't stand-up to it's expectations.

But the game had few pro's as well such as the gunplay felt good to handle and also the graphics of the game were too good for it's release date, also there was no option to save the game which was something that bothered me a lot but like even in highest difficulty dev's should provide an option to save (it's very crucial). This was my first Hitman game in the series.. I played this game back in 2017 and wanted to reminisce the old days. Overall the game is average, one could give it a try I guess.
5/10

the story direction and the kind of action movie type of vibe this game gives off is really shitty BUT the actual game itself is fun as hell

This game is really fun. Feels very immersive compared to newer hitman games. As a long time player of hitman games I would highly recommend.

i think people give this game a harder time than it deserves, if you think about it, it laid the groundwork for hitman 2016 so you cant bash it too hard imho. i think the only thing that it gets wrong is the level designs of some levels, other than that its a perfectly fine hitman game

Game played at Normal difficulty, and I generally tended towards stealth where possible. It took me about 20 hours to play through the game, though I restarted often and had to be quite patient in order to make stealth viable.

I enjoyed this game.

This is the only Hitman game I've ever played, and my understanding is that it was trashed at the time for being too linear. I think that's a double edged sword though; I greatly preferred having an idea of what I was meant to be doing and I've found games with less direction to be a lot less fun. That being said, there were absolutely moments where it was obvious that there was only one way to progress and having to rerun areas over and over because I'd be spotted was tedious and annoying. Even at Normal difficulty, towards the end of the game there were checkpoints that I had to restart a dozen or more times because stealth seemingly wasn't part of the level's balancing pass. In fact, the idea of balance seemed to mostly consist of increasing the number of guards on each new level, to the point that stealth was borderline impossible.

There are a few bugs - the main one being that you have to be careful with how NPCs follow their routines. For example, in The Penthouse (Blackwater Park), I took a very long time to sneak around, clean up a few annoying guards, and scope out the penthouse, including the panic room. Somewhere along the line, Layla got stuck in the room with the fireplace and would not come out for any reason. This happened more than once in various levels over the course of my playthrough and usually it was 10+ minutes into a level and required resetting back to the last checkpoint. Very annoying.

I enjoyed the story. It was ridiculous, but the whole game is, really. I would have preferred a bit more of an epilogue, and particularly Crematorium (Absolution) was very short.

You should expect to restart levels a lot, and consider your use of checkpoints - there were a number of levels where the checkpoint was maybe physically halfway through, but in terms of mission progress like a third of the way. You can sometimes skip it, grab a key item/kill a target and then backtrack to save yourself having to do a bunch of make-work over and over before you get to the end-of-level difficulty spike where you'll inevitably fail.

I did not look into contracts mode but I believe the online portion is long gone and I suspect a few of the achievements are no longer possible, which is disappointing.

All in all, it's worth playing if you pick it up when it's on sale for $2.50.

so fun even though theres mainly linear levels

Awesome fun game.
Love the checkpoints and all the fun useful supports especially for someone new to this game.
Achievement are a plus too.
Warning for kids, lots of cussing and inappropriate scenes, so it's not for kids.
Later, definitely would want to replay in a harder mode and to go after more achievements.

This game is a masterpiece and I suggest you try this game
This game combines anger and hatred and doing the right but seemingly wrong things of a character with a perfect story.

game rate : 10 / 10

For Agent 47.....

Hmm, Hitman Absolution

I have played this game for 30 hours and unlocked all achievements, and I can tell you it wasn’t the greatest "Hitman" experience I’ve had.

This game introduces tons of new mechanics (some of which would later carry over to the WOA trilogy). However, some of those mechanics turned this game into action-adventure mode, which wasn’t very enjoyable for me as I found myself being pushed more and more toward engaging the enemy rather than taking the silent approach.

Here is a quick rundown of what I didn’t like:
- Inconsistent enemy positioning: Every time you load a save, enemy paths can change randomly, which makes memorizing levels the more difficult.
- Level splitting: Levels are split into multiple parts (if you go to a location, you cannot go back or move freely).
- Loadout: You cannot choose your loadout.
- Rating system: It’s terrible—just terrible.

Oh, and one more thing:
Disguises. The disguise system in this game was terrible. Unlike the trilogy, where enforcers spot certain disguises, here all enemies with the same disguise can magically identify you straight away unless you use instinct, which makes disguises almost pointless.

Will I recommend it? Maybe—just make sure you get it on sale.

Happy hunting!

Wait, what about the Contracts mode, you may ask?
Well, it’s not worth the trouble unless you want the achievements.

Coming off of the fantastic Blood Money, Hitman: Absolution is a downgrade in every possible way. With the removal of key game mechanics, a terrible disguise system, linear level design, and a forgettable story, Absolution is Hitman at its worst. While there are moments where signs of the series' roots show, overall, these moments are too rare and short to improve the game in any meaningful way. However, even though Absolution is an awful Hitman game, it's still a decent game. Even though it's nothing special and has some glaring issues with the gameplay, as a generic stealth game, there is still some fun to be had. Overall, for fans of the previous Hitman games, I'd probably stay away from Absolution as it has little to offer in terms of excellent stealth gameplay. Yet, for those who want a decent stealth action game that can be run through fairly quickly, it might be worth giving a try.

fun game but it just doesn't feel like a game where you play as the sneaky bald man with a barcode on his head

Amazing Hitman game. Hot take, but this may be the best in the series. I think the mechanics and levels are nearly perfect and challenging. I haven't even finished the game yet, I'll update my review when I do.

Hitman: Absolution delivers a gripping stealth experience with a cinematic story, stunning visuals, and challenging AI. The game offers multiple ways to approach assassinations, rewarding creativity and strategy. Instinct mode enhances stealth, and Contracts Mode adds replayability. While it takes a more linear approach than previous entries, it remains a thrilling and immersive experience for fans of the series.

Interesting history.
But graphics is old.
But I like that 😀

Good overall game. Forgot how much I love the old hitman games. Graphically not as good as more modern titles, but a good walk down memory lane.

i am always a great fan of stealth games as previously i have played tom clancy's - splinter cell all series and this is my first game of hitman series. Though it was released late 2012 but I am very much impressed and in love with this game as the graphics are really quite impressive till now. Also I would be playing the other series of this game like hitman 2, hitman 3.

Would honestly recommend if someone is interested in playing stealth game.

Great game with awesome music.
Feels like watching a good movie.
Definitely recommend.

While the game had great graphics, an engaging story, and fluid mechanics, many fans of the series criticized its more linear approach compared to Hitman: Blood Money. However, newcomers and action-focused players enjoyed its cinematic presentation.

Did you play it? What’s your take?

-Pretty good graphics
-Nice OST it adds a badass vibe to bald guy
-Simplified gameplay, both stealth and movement.
-The best stealth mechanic of all hitman games
-The story well written
-The ending kinda too rush

8/10

Hitman: Absolution is an odd entry in the franchise. While it’s a decent stealth game, it abandons a lot of what makes Hitman unique. Instead of open-ended contracts with multiple approaches, levels are small, story-driven, and feel like a series of corridors. The game leans heavily into a cinematic, linear experience, which might appeal to some, but to longtime Hitman fans, it feels like a downgrade.

Performance-wise, the game runs smoothly, but there are too many forced visual effects (film grain, vignette, and color filters) with no option to disable them. The game clearly pushes for a gritty, high-contrast look, but it would’ve been nice to have the choice to turn these off.

At its core, Hitman: Absolution is a solid stealth game, but it’s a bad Hitman game. Instead of creative, sandbox-style assassinations, levels are mostly about getting to the exit. There are a few standout missions, but too many feel like generic stealth sequences rather than assassination contracts.
The AI is all over the place. Sometimes omniscient, detecting you for no reason. Other times, they’re brain-dead, failing to notice suspicious activity. The disguise system is also frustrating: guards of the same type instantly suspect you unless you use "Instinct," which feels forced and unnecessary.
One of the few nice additions is the Challenges system, which acts like in-game achievements.
The lack of a proper map is a major downgrade. Instead, you get a minimap, which isn’t very helpful for planning your route. This further pushes the game into a linear, action-stealth direction rather than the methodical planning and execution Hitman is known for.

Controls feel smooth, though the cover system can be a bit clunky at times.

Levels are small and split into subzones, making them feel disconnected rather than part of a larger environment. There are fewer actual contracts, with the story driving the mission structure. This takes away from the freedom that defines Hitman.
That said, some missions are genuinely well-designed, a few have great atmosphere and give you a taste of the old Hitman magic. Unfortunately, they’re rare compared to the linear, scripted segments.
Also, the characters are more caricatural than usual. Hitman has always had larger-than-life figures, but Absolution takes it too far, making some of them feel outright ridiculous.

The game has a weird cinematic obsession: everything is drenched in filters, film grain, and vignettes. 47’s face also looks off, almost unnatural compared to previous games. The environments look good, but the art direction is too stylized, losing some of the cold, realistic feel of past entries.

The absence of Jesper Kyd is really felt. Instead of his signature atmospheric sound, the music is overly dramatic and too cinematic, sometimes feeling out of place. Sound design is solid overall, but the music just doesn’t fit Hitman’s usual tone
Diana’s voice actress is different, which might not be an issue for newcomers, but for long-time fans, it’s noticeable and makes her feel like a different character.

The game can be unfair at times, mainly because of the weird AI. Enemies will randomly spot you, yet you can also abuse their stupidity to cheese your way through levels. The disguise system, which used to be an essential mechanic, is now pointless without Instinct.

Absolution pushes for a personal story rather than a traditional cold, professional Hitman narrative. 47 is personally invested, and the game focuses more on his relationship with Diana and Victoria rather than assassinations. While some moments are well done, it doesn’t feel like a Hitman story, it feels like a generic stealth-action game. Hitman Silent Assassin did the personal story much better than that one.
That said, there are some good moments. The issue is that these are overshadowed by the overly dramatic, Hollywood-style storytelling that tries too hard to be emotional.

The game takes around 15 hours, depending on how you play. If you go for all the challenges or take your time, it can last twice as long, but the linear nature of most levels limits replayability compared to older Hitman titles, although, the sandbox aspect is still present for assassinations.


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Hitman: Absolution is a fun stealth game but a terrible Hitman game. It ditches the open-ended style gameplay that made the series unique in favor of a cinematic, linear experience. While some missions stand out, the small maps, weird AI, weak disguise system, and overly dramatic story drag it down.
If you’re looking for a traditional Hitman experience, skip this one. But if you just want a decent stealth game, it can still be enjoyable and it is, in fact, quite fun. Just don’t expect it to feel like a classic Hitman game.

Really bad story. The nuns were over the top and really stupid. It doesn't feel like a Hitman game. Only Hitman game that should be avoided.

PROS:
-the story is super engaging
-the graphics are absolutely (pun intended) breathtaking for a game from 2012!
-many memorable missions
-good replayability!
-fun combat
-can run on almost any PC from the last decade
-extremely well optimized

CONS:
-linear gameplay
-some forced action, where in another Hitman game you would,ve had a stealth option

I originally played Hitman: Absolution a couple of years ago using a repack, and I absolutely loved it. Recently, I saw it on sale on Steam and decided to buy it to relive the experience—and I have no regrets! Playing it again after two years felt fresh and exciting, just like the first time.

The game delivers an immersive experience with well-designed and atmospheric locations, a wide variety of weapons, and the freedom to choose between a stealthy approach or an all-out shootout. The missions are engaging, and the story keeps you hooked. For a game released in 2012, the graphics still look impressive.

Overall, I’d rate it 9/10. A must-play for stealth game fans!

Jogo muito bom, boa trama e excelente jogabilidade. Porém acho que o game pesa mais pro lado da ação do que do stealth (diferente dos jogos da saga), ficaria melhor se colocasse o John wick no lugar do 47. No mais, um excelente jogo, super recomendo

The game is good fun funny and sometimes frustrating from some new games, but I recommend the game very nice game last finally egg headed.

Already have recommended. It's a fun stealthy game, I enjoyed it on my Play station when the contracts were available only thing that I miss would be contracts but so far got this on sale and am enjoying the single player missions.

This is a Hitman game.

The agency is after you and you're after the agency, a great cinematic hitman experience.
I’ve played all Hitman games except for Hitman 2 (2018), and this is a Hitman game where you're after one target (Benjamin Travis) while keeping Victoria safe. It takes you through the phases of escaping the agency agents & the people after you since your description is all over the place. It also includes the phase of acquiring information from other sources, since Diana won’t be able to do that part for you like she always does. It’s basically every step that Agent 47 takes to get to his target and finish him, with targets in missions like the nightclub and Chinatown always helping to push the story forward to get you to Benjamin Travis, while keeping Victoria safe in a cinematic, exaggerated way.

Gameplay

The gameplay mechanics are solid—probably the best in the series, in my opinion. Everything works smoothly, just the way it was designed.

Graphics

The graphics are phenomenal for a 2012 game and still hold up better to this day. In some places, it even looks better than the World of Assassination trilogy.

Replay value

Replay value is great. You can go for disguises, guns-only (since everyone’s after you), or suit-only once you've mastered the game.

Conclusion

As someone who’s played Hitman games since I was 8 years old, this is a Hitman game.

Not the greatest in the series but it is a very over hated game you will enjoy it more if you play it as a stealth action game more than a classic hitman experience

it is the best hitman but the graphks are ok better than i expected for a 2012 game but they need improovment

Even to this day, this game is incredibly good fun. My latest playthrough this time on the Steam Deck!

It's a fun game, deviates from the classic Hitman approach and focus more on a quick action relaxed play-style tough still having the assassinations components. I didn't really like the theme of the game, it's too spectacular like an action movie and the story the same thing. I don't think this is peak Hitman but still very enjoyable if you get it on sale.

Yeah, I can see why people dislike this game.

While this game does introduce a number of systemic gameplay improvements, most of which carry over into the reboot trilogy, it also makes a number of steps back. It is almost closer to an action adventure game rather than a sandbox assassination puzzle game that every single other entry in the series are.

A lot of levels don't even have anything to do with what a Hitman game is - killing targets unnoticed and in creative ways. Some level sections can be completed in a few minutes without killing anyone, just walking from point A to point B.

Second thing they changed for the worse is the scoring. It's not as bad as the early games, but this game somewhat relies on replaying levels to get Silent Assassin rating on them, if you care about that. You can still do a self-imposed no detections/bodies found runs, basically no negative points runs, but only a few levels can actually count as Silent Assassin without replaying them after doing challenges, which increase the score multiplier. The only good thing is that you know when you screwed up by being spotted, unlike other games.

Then the save system was also changed for the worse. It may be in service of the more linear levels, but you can only save in specific points, and only once per point. This again, like the very first game in the series, severely limits ability to experiment with the game. The save system also doesn't function well as NPC positions are reset on load, and will not appear where they were when you saved.

This game also introduces the issue of accidentally walking into trespass areas voiding your perfect rating, which also also lame. Guards barely try to tell you that you are not allowed to enter some place. This is something that is carried over into the reboot trilogy, and was handled better in Blood Money.

Another regression-y issue is that enemies can see through your disguise from way too far on normal. It makes most disguises kinda pointless, since every NPC in the same disguise can see through your disguise, just a bit slower than with no disguise.

There is a helicopter section where the helicopter can see you through walls if you do not use the cover system, even if you are in the exact same spot but not in cover - it can see you through walls.

The character also turns around exceptionally slowly, making escaping detection that much more frustrating.
There is no map.

Finally, there online-only BS. It started with this game. Contracts mode is now permanently offline, but at least the single player challenges are still available, unlike the reboot trilogy, where even that is locked behind a BS online only requirement. IOI being the worst company that they are. This is the fate of World of Assassination games as well, and they have a LOT more content locked behind a BS online-only requirement, including a lot of single player only content, such as map mastery challenges, scoring and even single player DLCs. I hate IOI.

Overall, I can't say that this game is purely bad, but it makes a lot of strange departures from the previous game(s), which may make the game less enjoyable. It can be picked up on sales dirt cheap though, so I'd wait for sales.

It was a very good game! It performed really well on my YouTube channel, and people liked it a lot. I also had a great time playing it.

Игра ни рыба ни мясо. Видно как в этой части создатели решили сделать выбор в сторону сюжета, правда он всё равно ощущается как для галочки, ибо такие истории мы уже видели кучу раз и эта не стало особенной.
Что касаемо геймплея: Он стал более казуальным. Проходить миссии в разы легче и способов создать несчастные случаи стало меньше, чем в тех же блад мани. Как мне известно в следующих частях сложнее играть не стало.
В этой части также пострадали локации, мы всю игру находимся в темноте и вылезаем на солнце раз в год. За это игру очень многие ругали на релизе.
Плюсом добавлю: Мне не нравится, что разработчики выключили режим контрактов от серверов, но достижения за них оставили. Убрать ачивки это дело пяти минут, могли бы и сделать.

Я сейчас хоть и ругал игру, но это всё тот же хитман. Его тяжело прям испортить, поэтому в серии откровенно ужасных частей я не видел. Продумывать интересные планы убийств целей всё также можно. Ставить для себя свои условия всё также интересно. Игра прекрасно работает в 2025 году, ни одного вылета и бага не встретил. А более простой геймплей даже зайдет большинству! Люди бросали играть прошлые части из-за усталости изучать карты, а здесь изучать надо мало или вообще не трубуется. Всё понятно на ходу.

I love this game. I used to play this game everyday before i had steam. Coming from school and straight starging playing this

Played for over an hour on Dec 31st. Just tried to play again today and it wont even launch anymore. Verified files tried running in compatibility mode still nothing. Dont waste money on a broken game that was one of the worst in the series. Only got it cause of the Hitman Bundle.

Hitman: Absolution is a frustrating departure from what made the series great. The linear levels, broken disguise system, and forced action sequences strip away the creative freedom Hitman is known for. The story is downright bad, and the AI is clunky at best. I wouldn’t recommend this game if you’re a Hitman fan over the age of 7.

The best Hitman game that's not a Hitman game that's trying to be a Hitman game, the shooting and characters are worth the price itself something the trilogy sucks at by the way this game has its own strengths and is over-hated for no reason, guards besides the targets actually deserve to die which is a neat bonus, except the cancer guy(?).
Also swears....funny...

Mission Complete but........i can't play the contract (But Still Good)

Trying the hard difficulty:
Can someone explain what's the purpose of the fu*king checkpoints in this Absolute-ion trash of a game? Last time I've checked, the purpose of a checkpoint was to preserve your progress. As hard as I'm trying, I seem to be unable to figure out what brainless idiot thought it would be a good idea to respawn all the enemies, who were already dealt with, when reloading a checkpoint while your health is kept at the level you had when activating the checkpoint (which is probably pretty low when you've murdered 20 enemies in a shootout).

Shooter-wise (from mechanics point of view) the game's an absolute tragedy. Stealth-wise it's fu*king boring.

If you really need to experience this game you might as well rather watch someone who likes to suffer play this on YouTube instead of deliberately inflicting self-harm to yourself (if that's not your thing because you're not completely mentally deranged)