OVERVIEW: You are Agent 47, a trained killer for hire. Your history? That's need to know. And your employer doesn't feel, right now, that you need to know. Survive long enough and perhaps the mysteries will be revealed...but a contract killer's job takes skill. Stealth and cunning are your allies as you stalk and eliminate your victims with a variety of lethal weapons. Hey, it's a living.
Those who never played the original Hitman already know all the background on Hitman 2 that they'll really need. The game begins with the enigmatic man known only as 47 working not as a hired gun but as a gardener. He's given up his violent ways and is now serving as a humble groundskeeper in a Sicilian church. But when the church's kindly minister is kidnapped, 47 has no choice but to once again don his black suit and unpack his deadly arsenal of firearms and close-range weapons. He contacts his former employer to try to track down the priest, but he'll need to perform a few jobs before they'll cough up any details on his friend's whereabouts. So much for early retirement. Yet though the story unfolds vividly using beautifully staged cinematic cutscenes rendered using the game's 3D engine, the actual story of Hitman 2 doesn't really get too far off the ground. It's largely an excuse to send 47 around the world to exotic locations like Japan, Russia, Malaysia, and India, where you'll help him infiltrate heavily fortified locations from an ancient castle to a high-tech software corporation.
The bald-headed contract killer known only as 47 is in good form, primed and ready for more work in the latest installment in the dark, stylish Hitman series. Though very similar to the last two games in the series, the open-ended stealth action gameplay offered by Hitman: Blood Money is still just about as tensely exciting as ever. A few new twists to the formula, an intriguing story, and a memorably diverse, cinematic sequence of missions further make Blood Money worth it.
Minimum System Requirements: You must have these minimum system specifications for the game to function correctly. We do not provide support for configurations that do not meet the minimum requirements. Operating System: Microsoft Windows® 2000/XP (Windows 95/98/ME/NT Not Supported) CPU: Pentium 4 1.5Ghz or Athlon XP Equivalent RAM: 512MB Graphics: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible video card which supports Hardware TnL and Pixel Shader 2.0 (GeForce FX / Radeon 9500 or higher) Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card DVD-Rom: Quad-speed (4x) Dvd-Rom Drive Hard Drive: 5.0GB free disk space Input Devices: 100% Windows 2000/XP compatible Mouse and Keyboard (Gamepads and controller are not supported)
Recommended System requirements: CPU: Pentium 4 2.4Ghz or Athlon XP/64-bit equivalent RAM: 1024MB Graphics: ATI X800 series, Nvidia GeForce 6800 series or higher video card Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c Compatible Sound Card, Sound Blaster X-Fi series DVD-Rom: Eight-speed (8x) DVD-Rom drive or faster Hard Drive: 5.0GB free disk space
