Hitman: Contracts is a stealth game, developed by IO Interactive. The
game is the third game of the Hitman video game series, released April
20, 2004. Hitman Contracts sold over three million copies by the end of
2004
Gameplay centers around the exploits of a hitman, Agent 47 as he is sent
to various locations to assassinate targets. An array of weapons can be
used, from shotguns to jian. While stealth and subterfuge is
encouraged, the game allows the player to take a more violent approach
and gunfight their way to their mission goals. Players are rated on
their performance in a system that records statistics such as shots
fired, NPCs killed, and the amount of aggression and stealth applied in
the mission; regarding the aggression and stealth statistics
specifically, players will be rated a wide array of titles that range
from "mass murderer," the most aggressive title, and "silent assassin,"
which in contrast is the highest stealth rating.
The game begins with a cutscene showing a wounded Agent 47 wandering
through a dark hotel corridor and arriving at his room. Upon entering,
he collapses and begins to have flashbacks regarding previous
assassinations he committed, beginning with the aftermath of killing Dr.
Ort-Meyer at the end of the original game. The missions are primarily
focused on replays of previous missions in the original game, except
played in reverse. The graphics, maps and artificial intelligence have
been improved and modified, not to mention the presence of rain or snow
in every level and peculiar, unnatural events occurring in some levels.
In the game, 47 visits several locations, including Romania, Kamchatka,
the United Kingdom, Rotterdam, Budapest, Hong Kong, and finally Paris.
While 47 suffers, a doctor sent by the Agency arrives unexpectedly and
treats 47, then flees when he discovers GIGN officers surrounding the
hotel. At the end of the game, 47 regains consciousness in the hotel
room with an expired mission briefing. It is revealed that 47 was hired
to kill a US ambassador, Richard Delahunt, and a famous tenor at an
opera house in Paris (an event later seen in Hitman: Blood Money), but
was also tasked to kill their mutual friend, Inspector Albert Fournier
who has sent a team of police to capture 47 after discovering his
hideout.
47 discovers the situation he is in and moves on to kill the inspector
and escape the area. He then makes his way to the airport, where he
boards a plane and escapes the country. His contact, Diana, reaches him
on the plane and suggests that his target may have been tipped off.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Microsoft Windows 98SE/2000/XP(admin rights required)
Pentium III 800 or Athlon equivalent
128 Mb Windows 98SE
256 Mb Windows 2000/XP
100% DirectX 8-compatible 32Mb 3D Accelerated Card
Windows -compatible sound card (100% DirectX 8-compatible)
Quad-speed (4x) CD-ROM drive
2Gb free disk space
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