Hitman 2: Silent Assassin

Finally I bought a childhood game

Does not work in my new Windows 11 but works excellently in my older computer with Ubuntu linux 24.04.

Unplayable, the game lags so bad for no reason.

I was very pleased with this game. Unlike Codename 47 which I was not a fan of as seen in my review for it, Silent Assassin was a challenging yet rewarding game and I actually felt like I was encouraged to experiment with different ways of approaching each hit. Not to make this too much about Codename 47, but that game felt so linear and unfair, whereas Silent Assassin had new mechanics that expanded the maps and possibilities of how to complete each mission. This game felt like it took pretty much everything good that Codename 47 did and expanded upon it while removing most of the negative aspects of the first game. The biggest problems with this game in my experience were probably the AI randomly turning on you and shooting you and the sneaking mode making you move REALLY slow to the point that it's very difficult to use. Other than that, I was also quite pleased with this game's story. It was interesting to see the religious awakening that Agent 47 was going through in the beginning of the game, the background of each hit, and the ending of the game was honestly really interesting with the choice Agent 47 made and the reasons for it, but I won't get into spoilers.

Overall, Silent Assassin is a fantastic game. Were there some points that were a bit frustrating, outdated, or just pure bad? Sure. However, the great parts of this game definitely overpowered the bad. I had a blast playing this game and I would definitely recommend it for anyone to at least try. Also, If you're like me and had a lackluster experience with Codename 47, I think this one will make up for it.

8.5/10

Might be my favorite game from whole Hitman franchise. It was awesome in 2002 and it still awesome 12 years later. Just classic and perfect Hitman game

good game havent had any issue and didnt have to install a mod to get it running 😎

good

the game won't even start. almost kms twice beacuse of this delightful game. 10/10 experience.

good

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is not far from the first part, retaining the poor controls, improving the picture and a little more advancing the stealth, which is still bad.

** DO NOT BUY THE BUNDLE FOR HITMAN **

This is one of the games you have to download mods in order to get it to operate. You can't just get on it and go. There will be a black screen, another black screen, a picture since the scene won't actually play but with audio and then the menu works but that's about it. rest of the game is a trainwreck unless you roll the dice on a mod and it may not even end up working for you anyway.

You've been warned. They won't refund me despite not playing this game at all because I put more than 2 hours into an entirely different game in the bundle.

Apparently, if your hardware is too good (which nowadays is common for this game), you can't play it (FPS lock bug, never fixed)

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Unfortunately this game doesnt run well at all on PC, a 15 year old game, quite possibly the best game ever and it isnt optimized on here, wow what a pity.

Blatantly doesn't work on my computer, I have a computer good enough to run modern games smoothly, but Agent 47 only moves when he feels like it for me. Not only that, but the first cutscene didn't trigger for me, making it impossible for me to progress.

the game is fun but you need to download community fixes for it to be playable

nice game

Running in this game is considered a terrorist act. I found Saddam Husseins hiding spot at the cost of feeling like Sisyphus chasing people around with the fiber wire. This and the first game should be some sort of capital punishment

goat.

Running in this game is considered a terrorist act. I found Saddam Husseins hiding spot at the cost of feeling like Sisyphus chasing people around with the fiber wire. This and the first game should be some sort of capital punishment

One of my best childhood games of all time, I used to play it on my ps2 back in the day, The soundtrack of the game is so sick especially the japanese mission ost, So nostalgic, It's so sad to see games you used to play shatters by time. I wish I could live these times again, But I will always appreciate the memories.

Pretty solid game! The lore is also good.

Juegazo, Must play, 10/10 IGN

Just about recommend this game. It's a good follow-up to the first one that builds on the format and has a large variety of missions that cover many different settings and tasks. It has some bugs and feels quite dated at times but this generally doesn't upset the rhythm of the game or make it too frustrating. It's also allows freedom to play in a less stealthy way if things become too difficult, which I was grateful for. Maybe a better entry point into the series than the first one as the story felt more engaging. Though I would personally say that there are better stealth game options out there than Hitman. I'm yet to be fully convinced by this franchise. On to the next one...

Great game but the steam version requires patching in order to play on modern hardware by either converting the game to DirectX9 or using Wine on windows?!? It's also censored, an entire storyline is altered to remove references to Gurdwara.
GOG version is prepatched and uncensored so please consider that one instead unless ur willing to download random patches off the interweb

Jank and two awful levels in Japan aside, this is still a really good game. May want to cap FPS of game at 60 or below due to certain mechanics being unstable when running at above 60.

The game where sh*t got real.

You can tell how the budget for this game was way bigger than c47, it has the same ambition and creativity, but after the success of the first game, IO had the money to back it up.

This game is a prime example of what a sequel should be: Improve and build upon the previous game, upgrading and adding new ideas instead of changing it for the sake of being new (e.g absolution)

Can somebody help me to fix this game beacuse it is very buggy and i cant even play it?

FOR ANYONE THAT CANNOT GET THEIR GAME TO GET PASSED THE GRAY SCREEN!
When launching the game make sure you click the "hitman 2 configure" option then disable full screen and put the resolution to the max and it will work. (If you have two monitors hold windows+shift+the arrow pointing to the monitor you want)
-I also went into the files and went to the hitman2 application, went to properties, compatibility and changed the launch option to windows vista(service pack2). IM NOT SURE IF THIS IS NECESSARY BUT IF IT DOESN'T WORK TRY DOING THIS.

That snow level with Snipers is horrible though

Steam version doesn't work without player-made mods

Memories-one of the best Hitman series❤