Hitman: Absolution
Hitman: Absolution follows the Original Assassin undertaking his most personal contract to date. Betrayed by the Agency and hunted by the police, Agent 47 finds himself pursuing redemption in a corrupt and…
Hitman: Absolution is an adventure developed by IO Interactive, released 19 November 2012 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Android. The main story takes about 13.7 hrs to finish.
What Hitman: Absolution is
Hitman: Absolution is an adventure game developed by IO Interactive and released in 2012. It was published by Feral Interactive. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Android, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Glacier 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Hitman Absolution follows Agent 47, a cold blooded assassin, who takes on his most dangerous contract to date. Betrayed by those he trusted and hunted by the police, he finds himself at the centre of a dark conspiracy and must embark on a personal journey through a corrupt and twisted world, in his search for the truth.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 47 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Hitman series
Hitman: Absolution is the 12th of 73 entries we hold in the Hitman series. It arrived 6 months after Hitman: Sniper Challenge. The next entry was Hitman HD Trilogy in 2013. Its critic score of 72 is 4 points below the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Hitman World of Assassination at 90.
How it was received
Hitman: Absolution holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 42% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 2 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 73, across 694 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 13.7 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 72.2 hrs, roughly 5.3 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for True dual core CPU (Intel, AMD), 2 GB RAM and NV8600 512 Mb RAM, or AMD equivalent. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Hitman: Absolution launched on 19 November 2012, within three weeks of Far Cry 3, Assassin's Creed III, Halo 4 and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Far Cry 3, Assassin's Creed III, Halo 4, Animal Crossing: New Leaf.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Hitman: Absolution yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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