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Podcast: Retro Spectives
Episode: Episode 59: Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Description: Hitman: Codename 47 was a bold experiment. It sought to create a stealth game like any other, where you could hide in plain sight. It wanted to make planning a perfect murder to function like a puzzle, instead of having the player rely on lightning fast reflexes. And for the most part, it was a dismal failure. It was a fascinating curio, but a miserable trial to endure, one that Pat and James complained about at length.Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, released two years later in 2002, massively expands on everything in the first game. There are saves, a real time...