Hitman World of Assassination
Hitman World of Assassination is a PC action game developed by IO Interactive. It centers on area and route exploration, enemy and hazard responses, and stage objectives, with controls and information arranged around keyboard and mouse, with a controller where the game supports one.
- AI score · out of 10
- 9.0 / 10
About this game
Hitman World of Assassination is a PC action game centered on area and route exploration, enemy and hazard responses, and stage objectives. Stages build pressure through routes, enemy patterns, and changing objectives, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Animation, hits, camera behavior, and readable hazards determine whether feedback remains dependable, while resolution, graphics settings, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio, text scaling, and hardware performance need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that camera behavior, collision rules, input mapping, and repeated ground after failure can raise the entry barrier. Platform conditions also include OS and hardware requirements, installation media, patches, drivers, DRM and launchers, key binding and controller support, save locations, mod compatibility, servers, and era-specific OS compatibility affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Hitman makes a guarded location into a puzzle for Agent 47 to unravel. Watching routines, borrowing disguises and spotting opportunities can open a route to a target. Its assassination missions invite you to return with a different plan and see how the same place reacts.
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Deep assassination sandboxes with package and online caveats.
Hitman World of Assassination is about studying a complex space and fitting disguises, tools and timing into its routines rather than immediately shooting a target. The main trilogy supplies many locations worth learning repeatedly. Freelancer adds equipment risk and restricted saving, forcing improvisation within familiar maps. Environmental detail and lighting make observation rewarding in its own right. Standard ownership does not mean every expansion is included, particularly the additional Hitman 2 content, and online dependence can interrupt an otherwise solitary experience. PC testing shows that demanding scenes can benefit from lower settings, so visual detail and responsiveness need balancing for each configuration. Its stealth, exploration and equipment management particularly reward players willing to study locations repeatedly.
Strengths
- Maps reward repeated study and experimentation
- Freelancer adds new risk to familiar places
Weaknesses
- Package boundaries are confusing
- Online dependence reduces single-player convenience
Who it is for: Stealth players who enjoy observation, experiments and improvisation.
Play notes: Standard is neither Part One nor an all-DLC collection; check online requirements.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension The trilogy and Freelancer offer substantial replayability within confusing package boundaries. | Reviewed | 9.1 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Dense spaces and resource risk reward both planning and improvisation. | Reviewed | 9.3 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Environmental detail and lighting make observation rewarding. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Useful PC settings are offset by online restrictions and demanding effects. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- IO Interactive
- Publisher
- IO Interactive
- Release date
- Jan 26, 2023
- Platforms
- Windows PC
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
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- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genreAdventure
- Tags
- Third PersonReplayableReal-time CombatPlatformingLinear LevelsMain Story Under 10 HoursFast-pacedSolo-friendlyDodgeExploration3D Graphics
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
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- Standalone
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- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
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- Perspectives
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Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwideJan 26, 2023
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