Hitman: Absolution's vivid world and enjoyable stealth-action gameplay overshadow its few notable inconsistencies. Click on Read More to check out The Good, The Bad and the critic scores.
- The best missions are open-ended and allow you to be stealthy or shooty
- Stealth gameplay is tense and challenging
- Excellent production values instill a strong sense of place.
- AI inconsistencies diminish the action
- Multiple linear, anticlimactic sequences.
Not every method of murder is as satisfying as you'd want, but Absolution plays well and looks sumptuous.
Like Dishonored before it, it's actually a true pleasure to play a game that lets you tackle it from multiple angles.