AG from EGMR writes: "These days there are plenty of games that want to wow you with how open-ended they are, how much choice they give players, how memorable and unique their missions are. Thing is, they’re still competing with a game that is going on a decade old.
As stealth experiences go there are few as brilliant or exciting as Hitman: Blood Money. I still look to it as the benchmark when developers or publishers start talking about the amount of choice available to players in how they choose to approach a mission or how much effort has been put into each mission."
Darren writes: "Hitman: Blood Money is a truly fantastic game, and in my humble opinion the best of the original series."
I would love it if they rereleased Blood Money as DLC with upgraded visuals and with the modern controls.
Enjoy the cathartic thrill of a great stealth exploit? Here are five games that defined the genre.
Probably the most important and influential ones:
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Thief 1
Splinter Cell 1
Metal Gear Solid
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
Commandos
Honorable Mentions (Came before/Expanded on the genre):
Castle Wolfenstein
Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake
Hitman: Codename 47
System Shock 2
Deus Ex
Bonanza Bros.
GOG has just announced that Hitman: Absolution and Hitman: Blood Money have been released onto their store. To celebrate the site is also having a Hitman sale.
