Reviewing games can sometimes feel like an exercise in putting Andrew Ryan's famous opening speech from Bioshock to the test: " Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow " News that Hitman has been divided into an episodic game has given quite a few fans and reviewers pause , with fears that...

A return to classic Hitman gameplay; In-level storytelling is fantastic; Opportunities + all forms of assistance easily turned off; Challenges; contracts; massively extend the game's shelf-life

In-level storytelling is fantastic; Challenges; contracts; massively extend the game's shelf-life; Tags

Hitman: Absolution was, for some, a bit hit and miss. Mostly, fans of the series didn't like the way in which the game took a linear approach to the way you assassinated targets, and although you were still able to take people out in any order, the levels felt marginally confined and players also...

Not quite as good as the previous two maps, with the more serious atmosphere lessening the fun, but still a more than welcome addition to the episodic series.

Marrakesh looks great, with a well-designed map full of varied environments; The spy thriller style atmosphere is an interesting change of pace

Less free-form than previous episodes, with some very staged set piece and encounters; Bizarrely inauthentic voice-acting

Hitman , as the solitary name implies, is a return to what made the series appealing, a restart of sorts (not a reboot) for the sixth game in the franchise that brings back the open approach to thinking up ingenious ways to take down targets.

I really enjoy this game, frustrating though it may be. Major downside is that they put so much emphasis on playing this online. They have removed the most basic of reasons to play Hitman - the scoring!

Here it is. The final episode of Hitman ‘s first season, and what a season it's been. We've been playing through each new episode for the last 7 months; not every addition has been fantastic, but there hasn't been a bad one in the bunch.

Good episode to close out the season; Interesting ways to take out target

Doesn't offer a conclusive end to the story

Hitman will see players perform contract hits on powerful, high-profile targets in exotic locations around the world.

Everyone's favourite slap-headed assassin is back, better than ever and with a few new additions in Hitman: The Complete First Season , a collection of all of the episodic chapters released since the game first launched in March 2016 and returned the series to its rightful place as the number one...

IO Interactive has, after several months, finally put a full stop at the end of the first season of Hitman . The experiment with episodic content drops has, for the most part, been a success, and now that the dust has settled and we've seen the credits roll, it's time to take stock and look at what...

With the HITMAN series now out on disk, where you can pickup every episode all at once, we thought we would re-run our review of the entire series. These games were all played in episodic format, but can now be obtained all at once.