| Hitman: Blood Money | 
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| From: Eidos Interactive
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 8664
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
ESRB: Mature
Media: DVD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 1.3
MPN: SHTBMPUSOO
Model: SSNOWPUS00
UPC: 788687100458
EAN: 8716051018100
ASIN: B0009V9OY8
Release Date: May 30, 2006
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 Awesome.. just like ther others but better June 14, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This game is great. I'm so sick of reading reviews lately that whine about great games.
Perfect example: "Waaah! This game was made for the console and they ripped us off by just switching it to PC! Now I have to press two extra buttons! Waah! Any idiot wouldn't play this!"
Well, guess what, if you can't handle one or two little conversions, or if you just hate consoles in general because you're a die-hard PC gamer, then don't buy any games with multiple platforms.
With that said, this game is similar to the other in the "Hitman" series, and I love the 3rd person perspective gaming that has seemed to fall off in recent years. Eidos has done a great job of keeping us happy with games that are not first-person shooters, e.g. Hitman, Tomb Raider, etc...
Personally I'm tired of FPS games and this is a GREAT strategy/stealth based game. By the makers of that old game we all loved, "Commandos", you have to use skill and patience to carry out your missions effectively. It is not half as buggy or poorly converted as the "spotlight review" claims.
I would definitely recommend this game if you liked any of the other Hitman games. I would play this over Elder Scrolls or WoW any day.
 Boring, Routine, Redundant, Pathetic June 9, 2006
3 out of 21 found this review helpful
I have no clue how anyone with reasonable intelligence could give this game 4 stars, let alone 3.
First of all, if you have played the other Hitman titles, this will be NOTHING NEW!!!
***GRAPHICS -
Beautifully done. That is all the good I can say about this game.
***GAME PLAY -
BARELY PLAYABLE!! Totally stinks. This game was converted over (PORTED) from a console like the PS2. For the uninformed, this means the developers wanted to go cheap by taking a game DESIGNED for the PS2, save a buck and make crude changes to the code to make in playable on a PC. PLAYABLE is the operative word. This game is BARELY PLAYABLE! Tons of bugs! Cut scenes that don't work or run all the time. Suspicion/Tension levels that won't drop off no matter how good you did the job or how far away you are from the scene. Guys that won't die when shot. Guards that just 'appear' from thin air. The list goes on.
***POINTLESS GAME OPTIONS -
You get a small choice of weapons but basically, every mission will only require your silenced "baller" pistol. If you use the other heavy weapons, you can get the job done...but the damage will be so great that you will lose money paying for damages and to quiet witnesses. I did the entire game using only syringe and the garrote.
*** BUGS -
There are numerous bugs with this port. The worst is the repeat of civilians. HORRIBLE!! You can be in a dining room and see 4 or 5 of the same person. A bald, grey haired guy with a sweater on. A short black haired haired woman in a green dress. The worst was the Mardi Gras crowd! You will literally see 20 of the same character all around you. PATHETIC! Eidos and anyone other decision maker behind Hitman: Blood Money should be strangled and sliced into disposable chunks for making such a crappy game for the PC.
This game could have been more. The developers could have offered more varied mission with different styles needed to get the job done. Instead, it is basically the same thing every single time! Sneak in disguised, get the victim alone, execute and hide the body. Escape before you get caught. Ho Hum, Ho Hum!!!! Pardon me while I fall asleep at the keyboard.
DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great game June 9, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Anyone who has played the previous installments of the "Hitman" series will find themselves right at home. The controls are pretty much the same even though some finer elements were added. The exterior graphics are downright gorgeous, as are the interiors. However, the characters are a bit plain, which sometimes makes it difficult to spot your target among a large group of civilians. The Hitman world has always been quite lively, but what the developers have managed to pull off in "Blood Money" is awesome. Contrary to other games, NPCs do not just wander about pointlessly, but keep doing different things, such as take pictures or make out (you will see A LOT of that). Although you do have to marvel at their indifference towards bodybags being pulled past them. This is also the first Hitman game that has what everyone would call a storyline that is told in cut scenes and not just more or less during the pre mission briefing. Over the years Mr. 47 has gained quite a reputation, which has eventually developed into a horror tale among FBI investigators. And this tale is now being told to a reporter by a crippled ex FBI executive. Before and after each mission you see a short clip of him telling the story.
All in all, you get everything you want from a Hitman game. So if you liked the previous ones, this one will definitely not disappoint you
Welcome addition to the Hitman series June 6, 2006
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
I've been playing the Hitman games on PC since the very first one, and I must admit this one really is great, with some minor elements.
On the plus side: good graphics, great sounds, great atmosphere, good story, multiple ways to complete each level, improved enemy AI, more actions Mr. 47 can execute, lots of hidden humor.
On the minus side: The levels are smaller, but more packed, and fans of Silent Assassin will feel a tad disappointed; sometimes the ragdoll effects are a bit off; not all objects are useable, so sometimes you might want to do things, but what you want to do might not have been taken into consideration by the designers; certain actions preclude others (like stuffing a corpse in a container will prevent you from collecting the clothes, since you can't take the corpse out again).
I wish it was there: more dynamic environment (like being able to move furniture - I keep getting stopped by unmoveable chairs, apparently nailed to the floor), better/more realistic physics (better ragdoll effects, but more than that, sounds should behave differently - like the fact that opening fire with a SMG in a small room should definetively be deafening).
In my drunken stupor I dream of: A very large, very dynamic, very complex serie of levels, where actions in one will modify the next one, and where failure IS an option which will change the goals of the next mission, if not changing the game entirely.
shoddy attempt to 'port' xbox game to PC May 30, 2006
0 out of 77 found this review helpful
Do not waste 50 buying this load of ****!!
The installation went seamlessly. Every high-spec game I have runs smoothly on FULL graphics settings, but not Hitman: Blood Money. The game set me back 50 which I plan to get refunded btw.
I noticed something was wrong when the main menu loaded for the first time. It was as laggy as hell, like trying to play half-life online with a 28k modem. The gameplay was just as slow. Some other games I have like Doom 3, Quake 4, Oblivion, Battlefield 2 (do NOT buy), Bloodrayne 2, Condemned: Criminal Origins etc run fine on Max graphics.
It seems that eidos produced the game quickly for the xbox 360 and then made a shoddy, buggy and incompatible pc 'port' to increase their revenue. Some people don't have a problem, but most people I know have had serious running issues with the game and there is NO patch or upgrade to fix this ridiculous unprofessional product, nor any official help regarding the inadequacies of eidos programming.
My advice: spend your money wisely and don't buy shoddy products from any game developer. Stick to good well-rounded names like: ID, Atari. Avoid at all cost for PC: Eidos, EA Games, Ritual, Valve, 'Steam' & 'Steampowered' products.
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