Tucked within the meaty folds of OXM issue 92 you'll find the world's first review of Hitman: Absolution on Xbox 360 - a triumph of stealth and sandbox design that retains "everything that fans have ever loved about the series", but delivers those features with "beguiling flexibility". There is a big, reassuring number at the end of that review, and that number is exactly one point less than 10. Sweet.
Wannabe balding killer Matt praised the game as "slick, thrilling and well paced with jet-black humour", singling out its user-driven Contracts feature and diversity of mission types. "Absolution genuinely makes you feel like the most dangerous man in the world," he observes at one point. We haven't dared turn our backs on him since the copy went to press.
10 comments so far...
fracturedrich on 23 Oct '12 said:
ime ready for this hitman is my fav franchise ive got silent assasin osd as the bad guys of dishonoured are finding out right now as ime clearing levels without disturbing anyone or putting a foot out of line and this is where hitman excells studying the patrol paterns waiting ,
schwepterbrowser on 23 Oct '12 said:
Wetting myself with excitement over this!
Clanger67 on 23 Oct '12 said:
I can't afford this straight off worse luck.Hoping to console myself with the HD collection instead in the meantime,given at most it is only about £25.
STE MO on 23 Oct '12 said:
I want this so bad it hurts. Just a shame a certain Cheif is jet packing in at roughly the same time
Decent_Jam on 23 Oct '12 said:
Leafed my way through my copy last night. Really sure that Hitman isn't a game for me now, plus good to get the lowdown on a few other games you lot have been mentioning that I don't really know what they're all about.
GHOSTY05 on 23 Oct '12 said:
Good review, although I was gutted as your review states it was OUT NOW.
I got all excited then realised there's another month before release!!
msbhvn on 23 Oct '12 said:
That's what I call "magazine time" where the month on the cover is two months after it comes out. Add to that, they come out every four weeks meaning thirteen issues a year instead of twelve and you have to wonder why they put a date on the cover at all.
Toots McCleggan on 23 Oct '12 said:
Good review....it looks amazing release day purchase!!!
ChillieBonBon on 23 Oct '12 said:
If i'm not mistaken the same thing happened with Skyrim as they reviewed AGES before it came out.
CunningSmile on 24 Oct '12 said:
How comes the reviewer with the most extravagant hair style got to play the game about a bald bloke? Someone's developed a sense of irony.