The sprawling agency and pinpoint sequencing is as impressive as ever but, also like its predecessor, Hitman 3 rarely ventures into dangerous territory, instead choosing the usual safe routes. Platforms: PSVR (PC version has no VR support) What is it?: A first-person assassination simulator in which you travel the world, meeting interesting people and then kill them. This is Hitman at its most expansive, a logical escalation of the formula that began not just in the 2016 reboot but all the way back with the 2000 original. Meanwhile, in a stunning rendition of Chongqing, China, I negotiate my way up a series of tightly guarded corridors, swapping out uniforms, only to reach the top and overlook an entirely different path to my goal. In one run, I crash a family reunion to poison my target, split him off from his companions and execute him in the toilet while, in another, he takes a quick trip to the ground floor after mistakenly putting his trust in me. It’s a multi-faceted wonder that feels like two stages of an older game packed into one with a dizzying number of strands to follow.įreedom is the series’ core hook and it’s still a lethal concoction all these years on. Even the game’s opening Dubai level, which is set atop the iconic Burj Al-Ghazali makes this clear. Were this a review of that traditional version, I’d tell you that, like Hitman 2 before it, Hitman 3 adds new incremental layers to the series’ increasingly intricate sandboxes. But for everything it takes, this thoughtful VR port gives something back too. That’s not to say Hitman 3’s ambitious VR support - which lets you play the entire trilogy inside PSVR should you own the older games - is a runaway success it’s technically constrained and can be a handful. IO, however, doesn’t fulfill a contract in half-measures. VR seems like a natural fit for the Hitman series, but bolting it onto the side of the already-expansive third installment in the reboot trilogy? Not to mention constraining it to the PS4 and DualShock 4 tracking? A lesser developer than IO Interactive would surely be putting a hit out on itself. I’ll admit, I thought Agent 47 had got in over his head on this one. Does IO Interactive’s VR debut hit the mark? Find out in our Hitman 3 VR review!
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