Hitman 3 Review Roundup
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IO Interactive is releasing the third and final installment set in the world of assassination with Hitman 3 tomorrow and initial reviews are in.
What’s the verdict? At first glance, many are giving high praise and calling it a fitting end to the trilogy, here are a few reviews to give you an idea of what to expect if you’re planning to give Hitman 3 a whirl this week.
Eurogamer (Eurogamer recommended): “IO's final World of Assassination game is closer to a seasonal content update than a sequel, but it's a thrilling endeavour all the same.” — Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
IGN (9/10): “With some of the most surprising and imaginative levels in the series so far, Hitman 3 may feel largely familiar to its two most-recent predecessors, but just thinking of the hours upon hours of chaos, carnage, and cruel comedy that each of its six outstanding new maps will produce makes me giddy.” — Luke Reilly
VG247 (5/5): It’s a fitting finale for 47 – at least for now – and it has naturally left me thrilled to see what IO does with James Bond or whatever else comes next. It might only be January – but I can pretty much guarantee this will end the year as one of my 2021 favourites." — Alex Donaldson
Gamespot (9/10): “What's good about Hitman--its level design and the creativity, experimentation, and exploration that affords--is great in Hitman 3.” — Phil Hornshaw
Arstechnica (no score): “A solid if unambitious expansion pack—and that should tell you whether to buy this one or catch up on Hitman 2 instead.” — Sam Machovech
PC Gamer (90/100): “These are some of the best systems-driven stealth games on PC, and Hitman 3 tops the series off with a superb collection of levels—some of which are among the best in the entire Hitman series.” — Andy kelly
Games Radar (4.5/5): “There's something endlessly satisfying about unpacking and mastering the Groundhog Day playgrounds of Hitman 3. It should get boring; watching the same guards patrol their patrols, or workers work and characters wander well-worn tracks you know so well. But it never gets old.” — Leon Hurley
It sounds like IO Interactive has mastered their craft with Hitman 3 while some suggest that no major changes were done to the formula seen in the last two games.
Hitman 3 will be out tomorrow, January 21, 2021 on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch (cloud version), Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Epic Games Store).
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