Hitman : Blood Money  (for PS2)

The hunter is being hunted. Agent 47, as the world knows him, is being tracked down by a rival organization. What seems simple on the outside is more devious and darker than anything Agent 47 has come to see. Through a series of missions, Agent 47 will find out who is the mastermind behind the plan devised to capture him. Can Agent 47 trust his colleagues? Or is someone leaking information to silence the Agent forever? Discover all this in the 4th instalment in the Hitman series with Hitman: Blood Money

The game is targeted towards hard-core fans that have been loyal fans of the series. The third-person stealth video game has an array of new features that will keep you glued to your computer screen for countless hours in a day. The game DVD is available for the PC and carries a Mature rating from ESRB.

Synopsis and Features

Agent 47’s life is in danger. The person who is responsible for suspicious deaths all across the world now has to think about his own safety. Somebody wants to stop Agent 47 and they will not stop till that objective is achieved. In a situation like this, can Agent 47 successfully fulfil all his objectives? Or will he be scared to deal with the situation? Rising up to a new challenge, you, as Agent 47, must uncover all the secrets that will help in piecing together a messy puzzle of deceit and intrigue.

Developed by IO Interactive and published by Eidos, Hitman: Blood Money follows the footsteps of master assassin Agent 47. The minimum hardware required to play the game smoothly on your computer are Windows 2000, 1.5 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon XP equivalent processor, 5 GB of hard disk space, 512 MB RAM, DirectX 9 compatible NVidia or ATI Radeon graphics card.

The single-player campaign in the game will take you across different cities in the world such as Las Vegas, California, Los Angeles and many more. The game allows you to switch between third-person and first-person views. This allows you to explore the game’s universe from a completely different perspective. There are a plethora of killing options available at your disposal. These can range from explosives, poisons, knives, to various types of pistols.

The gameplay of Blood Money depends on how well you use stealth in the game. As a player, you will be rewarded more points for careful planning and finishing your objectives using stealth. This does not mean you have to cover and hide throughout the game. The choice is entirely up to you. If you want to go in guns blazing to kill your enemy, Hitman: Blood Money gives you that freedom too.

The new improvements in the game include Agent 47’s use of targets as human shields. This is very effective in a complex situation where you can grab a nearby enemy and successfully complete your objective. Agent 47 can now climb through obstacles, upgrade guns and equipment and even indulge in better hand to hand combat.

A new feature called the notoriety system has been added to the game. In this system if you are caught on a CCTV cameras or any other activity that involves your recognition, the notoriety meter goes up. The more you get noticed, the harder it is to kill the boss as enemies keep converging onto your travel route.

Many features have been tweaked including an improved body hiding mechanism. While playing Blood Money, you can now get the target unconscious and hide the person in barrels and even on top of elevators. Every target you kill will be displayed as a newspaper story in the next day’s newspaper. This gives you a chance to admire your kill within the game by reading what others think about the assassination. The updates and other content for the game can be downloaded directly from the company’s website.