With Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, developer IO Interactive has remembered that games should be about fun, not frustration. This new game takes some of the better concepts of the original and executes them far better this time, creating an engaging blend of stealth and brutal gun battles.
Hitman 2 opens with agent 47 in retirement, working as a gardener at a Sicilian monastery. He's left his murderous ways behind him to find peace and salvation. It's not easy for him escape his past as a legendary assassin, though. Soon, dark figures from the underworld come calling, spiriting away 47's new mentor and confessor, Padre Vittorio. In order to save Vittorio, the Hitman has to reestablish contacts with the "Agency," the secretive group he once worked for, and carry out hits for them in exchange for their help in finding the Padre. 47 quickly sheds his scruples and gets back into the murder business, progressing through challenging missions set around the globe in exotic locales like Sicily, St. Petersburg, and Malaysia.
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