HITMAN World of Assassination

“Terrible gameplay and it will not run well on any computer; don't waste your money on a company that releases DLCs instead of game stability updates.”

“Clunky and confusing mess that raises your blood pressure and frustrates due to stupid on-rails gameplay.”

“Always online single-player with awful servers that constantly interrupt gameplay; terrible progression system; broken challenges; garbage VR mode; and a terrible price point.”

“Start with the graphics, apart from some weird gamma settings jumps that I didn't manage to troubleshoot, you also cannot adjust the texture quality that's locked to low for some reasons.”

“Graphics limitations & upscaling issues (macOS). This is disappointing, especially on higher-end Mac hardware that should be capable of better visuals.”

“The graphics have deteriorated somewhat.”

“Hitman 2 levels had 5-7 mission stories in them, while Hitman 3 levels only have 3, and very often the game strongly guides you to certain mission stories which makes the levels feel more linear with less replay value and things to explore.”

“This game's levels are a big step down from the previous game in terms of design, size, and replayability.”

“Despite this, Hitman remains one of the best stealth games if you’re in it for creativity, planning, and replayability, but the lack of replayability in some missions is noticeable.”

“The plot follows some well-known tropes that are just not interesting anymore, and the humor is blunt, unfunny and ruins the game's style.”

“This lets the game down so hard it's not funny.”

“Hearing 47 talk in his monotone voice about how he 'aims to please' or always 'succeeds at the execution of his goals' while in a disguise and talking to someone else is never not funny.”

“Another rough edge is the optimization - I run a 5070ti OC'd to the max beating stock 5080 performance but it still runs bad - I do have a CPU bottleneck though (Ryzen 7 5800X) and will be upgrading to Intel's i9 as soon as I can.”

“I love this game, I got about 138h on Hitman 1. The problem is that the optimization is bad; even at the lowest settings this still lags, the problem is still the same in Hitman 1. Without good performance, you can't enjoy a game, yet I still got SA on Hitman 1.”

“It's very unfortunate as this franchise has always been a favorite, however due to poor optimization it is unplayable.”

“Hitman world of assassination might be a good game, but it is the most buggy and thus unplayable game I have bought in at least 10 years.”

“Game randomly crashes when you open store or freezes and crashes in freelance missions where you cannot save the game. You spend an hour on a mission cleaning entire map and boom, game shuts down. Not even mentioning the constant connecting online on a singleplayer game. Also failing a campaign on freelance missions makes you lose all your gadgets that you waste time collecting. Game released 3 years ago and still having such bad bugs, it's just unbelievable.”

“Update (13/10/2024): the game is fixed but there are new problems like freelancer crashing the game every time I hit shift + tab, the more guards I kill the laggier the game gets but in campaign the game does not care, the lookouts on showdowns on non-alerted territories are too overpowered like if you try getting out of their sight all suspects run and you are forever compromised unless you change disguise. Also, game crashes and freezes out of nowhere for some reason. Game can't run properly without me having to close Steam, Discord, and Google which is very stupid. IOI your game needs to calm down.”

“Though one huge criticism I have is that the music is awful, worst Hitman soundtrack yet and absolutely disgraceful what the composer has cooked, hope he gets fired by making the most lame soundtrack I have ever heard in a triple-A game with especially a history of fantastic soundtracks by Jesper Kyd.”

“-the music in Hitman 3, however... it lacks the distinct flavor of Codename 47 and Silent Assassin, opting instead for a repetitive, loud theme. This is an area that could use significant improvement since music was such a crucial element of the first game’s success.”

“In comparison to the classic Hitman games (1-4), the soundtrack here is much weaker. But that's just my opinion based on how much the music from the previous games stood out to me, and how much I love the old soundtracks.”

“Grinding often felt pointless because many of the unlocks just weren’t worth the effort.”

“Grinding to unlock all the tools (no spending points on what you want, just a straight upgrade line, sucks if a thing you like is high up the line past 50 things you don't care about) and even grinding to unlock the freedom to use the tools, since some levels start with several inventory slots locked (and almost all of the 'Hitman 2' levels even have the 'smuggling' slot for large items locked until you play the level at least once). Why?”

“It's insanely grind-heavy, and there's no real sense of gain when it will just rip you off and take all of your gear you've been collecting, just to make it more grindy again.”

“Horrible monetization schemes, unclear Steam page, conflicting information on purchases, changing names of products and DLCs on sales to scam customers into buying their games. Shame on Steam for even allowing this kind of shady tactics and advertising to their platform.”

“Don't bother buying this title as it is fragmented into so many pieces it's unreal; so many things locked behind microtransactions is disgusting.”

“My biggest issue with Hitman however is not the game itself, but rather the atrocious and excessive monetization.”

“But it's missing the dark, chilling atmosphere that originally drew me into the series.”

“Only gripe is that I think the game lacks the atmosphere of the older Hitman games like Contracts and Silent Assassin.”

“With the World of Assassination trilogy, the developers have almost completely discarded the dark, mysterious and rather disturbing tone of the earlier Hitman games for a more polished and goofy atmosphere, which has been quite a disappointment for fans of the original Hitman games.”

“Boring story full of clichés and bad writing.”

“While the gameplay is more or less fine, there are other aspects that make me not recommend this: relatively boring story, bad pacing, and a very anti-climactic ending.”

“I feel Absolution shows what 47 is as a person, but this one feels like he is just a tool.”

“Agent 47's enigmatic nature remains central, and his character development continues to be subtle yet ineffective.”

“The bold decision to go against traditional character designs has paid off in spades, but it risks losing the essence of Agent 47 as a truly unforgettable figure.”