HITMAN World of Assassination
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
Realistic killing of human targets by gunfire, strangulation with a garrote, stabbing, and staged accidents, with blood but little emphasized gore or dismemberment.
Illegal drugs appear in the world as plot elements and as tools, including a drug-production facility and poisons the player can use to sedate or kill targets.
The core premise is calculated, premeditated murder-for-hire, with cold and morally bleak scenarios throughout.
The player takes the role of a professional assassin, planning and carrying out contract killings as the central objective.
Some missions include or allow deaths staged or framed as suicide, and the story references self-inflicted death.
Scripted NPC dialogue includes moderate profanity.
A few characters appear half-dressed or in revealing attire; no explicit nudity.
Occasional suggestive themes and dialogue; some NPCs appear in revealing states, but no sexual acts are shown.
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What it is
HITMAN World of Assassination is a third-person stealth game in which you play Agent 47, a genetically engineered contract killer, across large open-ended locations around the globe. Each mission tasks you with eliminating specific targets, and you have wide freedom in how: sneaking in disguises, strangling with a wire, using firearms, poisoning food and drink, or rigging environmental 'accidents' like a falling chandelier. The game depicts realistic violence with blood, though it emphasizes patient, puzzle-like planning over shooting. Its settings include nightclubs, parties, and criminal operations, so alcohol, drugs, revealing adult attire, and mature themes appear. Some missions let you engineer a target's staged suicide, and suicide is referenced in the story. It is a single-player game with no online chat and no in-app purchases in the base package.
How it's framed
The game frames assassination as a stylized game of skill and improvisation rather than realistic murder, with targets written as corrupt or dangerous figures whose deaths the mission rewards. Kills are scored on stealth, creativity, and leaving no trace, and the tone is often cool and darkly playful rather than sadistic; there is no torture focus and civilian killing is discouraged by the scoring rather than encouraged.
Details
- Developer
- IO Interactive A/S
- Publisher
- IO Interactive A/S
- Released
- Jan 20, 2022
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