
It refuses to be rushed through, rewarding brains over brawn. Six-and-a-half years on the team at Io Interactive must ship a successor to it worthy of the wait.Ībove everything, Absolution is a game that wants you to experiment with it.

Blood Money may be a dinosaur in some respects but it remains a cult favourite adored by its faithful fans. In actual fact the besuited Agent 47 and his barcoded dome have spent the vast bulk of this generation on the sideline. Hitman: Absolution has been a long time coming, a fact fans are acutely aware of. In video game terms that’s somewhere in the Cretaceous Period.

For those of you counting at home it’s been 2368 days since Hitman: Blood Money was released, give or take.
