Definately more Hitman Season 2 than anything resembling a proper sequel to the 2016's Hitman.

All the cutscenes have been reduced to partially animated story boards which, along with various other omissions and lack of improvements, reflects the shoestring budget of this release and absurd nature of the asking price. Simple but small details like "Hitman 2" weapons having a special little sticker to denote the difference from the first game's items feels extremely contrived and arguably lazy. Essentailly any complaints or potential omissions series fans have had from the 2016 Hitman are still absent here, essentially all you have here is some additional levels. It's Hitman Season 2.

There are marginal improvements to the scope of the some of the levels, however the core designs are no more complex than before, they simply take longer. Improvements to graphics are itterative improvements at best and really add nothing of substantial value to the core gameplay and performance tapers off more or less in line with any visual improvements, so not much of a technical achivement IMO.

Definately not worth the full asking price and the shifty presentation of the demo when other games don't make this mistake feel intentionally deceptive from the publisher. This all becomes painfully clear once you read the privacy policy. The privacy policy and EULA for this game are essentially hidden behind external account activation, which is required to unlock most of the games functionality (even in the demo), as others have noted this is something that should violate Steam's own store policy.

I love Hitman and I enjoyed playing additional levels of Hitman here in Hitman 2, however the publisher has taken many steps to deceptively represent the product, collect and sell your personal data and is simply charging full price for what would amount to DLC content for any other title.

They have chosen to include a "legacy" bundle which includes "remastered" levels from Hitman, however given the laughably similar nature of both games, even this seemingly value oritented inclusion comes off as a misrepresentatation after further consideration.

Overall the game is actaully quite a bit easier than the previous game, even on Master difficulty. Anyone well versed in the first title will find this immediate and apparent on even the first play through, moreso once you break down the levels.

Overall I would recommend this at a much, much, near zero dollar price point and it's a shame that anyone with privacy concerns can't rely on Steam to ensure the publisher is upfront about that. Warner Bros is probably the largest publisher of media (not specifically games) on the platform, so don't expect Valve to do anything about it.

Much like the first game, the publishing strategy has near ruined the product and the privacy situation is deceptive and unreasonable for any game, let alone at this price point. Grubby, greedy stuff from IOI, Warner Bros and Valve.

Definately more Hitman Season 2 than anything resembling a proper sequel to the 2016's Hitman. All the cutscenes have been reduced to partially animated story boards which, along with various other omissions and lack of improvements, reflects the shoestring budget of this release and absurd nature of the asking price. Simple but small details like "Hitman 2" weapons having a special little sticker to denote the difference from the first game's items feels extremely contrived and arguably lazy. Essentailly any complaints or potential omissions series fans have had from the 2016 Hitman are still absent here, essentially all you have here is some additional levels. It's Hitman Season 2. There are marginal improvements to the scope of the some of the levels, however the core designs are no more complex than before, they simply take longer. Improvements to graphics are itterative improvements at best and really add nothing of substantial value to the core gameplay and performance tapers off more or less in line with any visual improvements, so not much of a technical achivement IMO. Definately not worth the full asking price and the shifty presentation of the demo when other games don't make this mistake feel intentionally deceptive from the publisher. This all becomes painfully clear once you read the privacy policy. The privacy policy and EULA for this game are essentially hidden behind external account activation, which is required to unlock most of the games functionality (even in the demo), as others have noted this is something that should violate Steam's own store policy. I love Hitman and I enjoyed playing additional levels of Hitman here in Hitman 2, however the publisher has taken many steps to deceptively represent the product, collect and sell your personal data and is simply charging full price for what would amount to DLC content for any other title. They have chosen to include a "legacy" bundle which includes "remastered" levels from Hitman, however given the laughably similar nature of both games, even this seemingly value oritented inclusion comes off as a misrepresentatation after further consideration. Overall the game is actaully quite a bit easier than the previous game, even on Master difficulty. Anyone well versed in the first title will find this immediate and apparent on even the first play through, moreso once you break down the levels. Overall I would recommend this at a much, much, near zero dollar price point and it's a shame that anyone with privacy concerns can't rely on Steam to ensure the publisher is upfront about that. Warner Bros is probably the largest publisher of media (not specifically games) on the platform, so don't expect Valve to do anything about it. Much like the first game, the publishing strategy has near ruined the product and the privacy situation is deceptive and unreasonable for any game, let alone at this price point. Grubby, greedy stuff from IOI, Warner Bros and Valve.