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100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
3.8
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Description

The perfect hitman, Agent 47, tries to distance himself from his violent past and becomes a humble church gardener. But he is tricked into returning to his trade when his friend, a priest, gets kidnapped by an Italian mafioso. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is a third-person stealth game. As a titular hitman, you have to complete a number of missions all over the world. Each mission generally involves assassinating someone, and possibly fulfilling a couple of other objectives.

Typically, your target will be protected by numerous guards. While there's a large arsenal of weapons available to you - ranging from stealthy weapons such as a garrote or a silenced pistol, up to machine guns and sniper rifles - your main weapon will be stealth. Agent 47 can sneak around to remain undetected, and he can disguise himself in clothes from killed or stunned guards.

The guards aren't completely stupid, however, as they will investigate suspicious noises, and they'll react if they see you waving around a gun. They'll get suspicious if they see you running around, raise alarm upon finding a corpse, and if you hang in a disguise around them too long, they'll eventually realize you're not one of their buddies.

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin brings something new to the series: depending on your stealthiness, you are given a rating upon completing a mission. Going trigger-happy on everyone will result in being called a "Mass Murderer", while only the most patient and skilled players will manage to receive the "Silent Assassin" rating, which generally involves stealthily eliminating the target without raising any suspicion.

Alternate Titles

  • "Hitman 2: Бесшумный убийца" -- Russian spelling

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The Press Says

GameDaily Dec 31, 2003 4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars4.5 Stars 90
Game Chronicles Nov 21, 2002 8.8 out of 10 88
Jeuxvideo.com Oct 10, 2002 17 out of 20 85
IGN Oct 02, 2002 8.4 out of 10 84
Ferrago Ltd. (play.tm) Oct 29, 2002 84 out of 100 84
Fragland.net May 16, 2003 81.5 out of 100 82
4Players.de Oct 25, 2002 82 out of 100 82
Game industry News (GiN) 2002 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
GamePro Oct 02, 2002 4 out of 5 80
Netjak Dec 30, 2002 8 out of 10 80

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Trivia

At the very beginning of the "Graveyard Shift" mission, you can see a video camera pointed at a coffee pot. The camera plays a part in one of the in-game puzzles in that mission.

What you might be wondering is why anyone would dedicate a video camera just to watch over a pot of coffee. It's possible the coffee pot camera is a homage to this:

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/coffee/qsf/coffee.html


This entry was contributed by POMAH (19497) and Kartanym Bronze Star Contributing Member (9910)
 

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