Hitman Blood Money

[boomheadshot45]

I have this for the 369 so i can't comment on the pc/ps2/xbox version

Gameplay
It never gets old. You can either go the stealth way like my bro does or you cna go the take out your silverball(s), shotgun, mp9, mp5, or use the sniper rifle like a pistol and kill everybody. There are a couple things new. First the bigger levels. The accidental deaths (wink, wink). You can make it look like an accident. I was watching my bro do the opera level where your inside a big hotel and person that you have to kill gets killed by a prop gun. You can exchange the prop gun with a real mouser and ince he gets shot, the other person that you have to kill runs down the aile. But my bro had set a bomb on the chanderler and he trips under and BOOM! hes dead. Then he just walked away and escaped. After a mission you will get a notoriety. It means how well you did in the way of people not knowing who you are, them not seeing you drag a body into the bathroom or throw it over a rail. At the end you also get a rating on your style. I think it goes Ghost, Hitman, Thug, lean killer, physchopath. You can only get hitman and ghost if no one sees you doing anything suspicious or something like that. I have gotten physchopath a couple of times. It means that you have left no one alive, everybody dead:reallymad :reallymad .
Graphics
They actually look pretty good for a xbox port. I mean i wasn't expecting that good graphics but they are decent. If this game was actually made for the 360 like not a port like a stand alone game i think they would've put more effort into the graphics.

Overall-9.0
pros-fun, never gets old, multiple difficulties.
cons-save system is kinda bad because once you save ingame you can't load it when your out of the game, graphics aren't the best

[AznEclipse]

dont forget the constant crashes. Blood Money is a decent game and the backstory is pretty interesting (the last 'level' is a nice twist as well). The "accidents" make for a good new mechanic as well, though sometimes the game just bogs down in frustration. Still some issues with AI stupidity, even on Expert mode (which I beat it in). No one seems to suspect you, even in really odd situations. Shrug.

3.5 D Keys.

[Teck]

only thing i didnt like was in the demo i didnt start out with a big gun...

[=0ctober=]

I've been a fan of the hitman series since the first one came out on PC, and in my opinion this blood money was the best installment since the original. I noticed someone said something about not being suspected in odd situations, and they have tried to fix that problem in the past and only ended up hurting the game play badly in H2 where the tension meter was adjusted to well over active. They recieved alot of flak for that so that's probably why its so low. Contracts was a big let down too because half if not more of the levels are just flashbacks to hitman 1. Anyways, yeah Pro's the only way to play and got full Silent Assassin ratings, cept for the finale lvl of coarse not that they rate that one. Got mine on PC tho not willing to pay an extra $20 to have it on console, when I'd rather have it on PC anyways. All in all 2 thumbs up

[BowevelJoe]

I like the open endedness of it, you can do the level however you please, and while playing it, you can piece together the "Ideal" way you are supposed to complete the mission. I have it on the Xbox, and aiming with a controller can be frustrating at times

I give it an 8/10

[Wraiths_Hawkins]

I heard that you cant hit a thing unless you buy a bunch of upgrades is this true?

[=0ctober=]

no you can hit things fine without upgrades, they just drastically reduce the recoil once you have them. I mean it's highly unlikey you would be able to snipe somebody across the map with a stock pistol because of the recoil but for conventional uses the recoil doesn't create as much of an problem as you've heard

[Wraiths_Hawkins]

heck I never though a pistal bullet goes more then 50 yards in the game with the bullet drop if they have it in the game.

[Hannibal888]

Loved the game. I went through and never used a gun. Silent Assassin rating on all levels. Great fun if you have the patience to watch your target and figureout what can be done.