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Hitman: Codename 47 pc Game Reviews
Hitman: Codename 47
Critic Score
Metascore: 73 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.5 out of 10
based on 32 reviews
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Take control of this old-fashioned, modern-time assassin, and stay alive long enough to revile your past. Think to survive and learn to plan your hits. Exploit your enemy's hideout in three continents, and go forward to get back to where you started. Enter the world and face your self among madmen. [Eidos Interactive]

PUBLISHER: Eidos Interactive
DEVELOPER: Io Interactive
GENRE(S): Action
PLAYERS: 1
ESRB RATING: M (Mature)
RELEASE DATE: November 23, 2000

What The Critics Said

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100
Daily Radar
One of the coolest and most absorbing games we've played all year.
95
Electric Playground
The physics model in Hitman is a definite milestone in computer gaming. No other computer game to date has been able to achieve the realistic effects you’ll find here.
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94
PC Gameworld
If not for the lack of a save game feature and the incredibly high difficulty factor, this game might be the best shooter ever made. Even despite these defects, it comes damn close.
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92
Da Gameboyz
Since the first day I received it I've loved every minute of it. The wonderful, colourful graphics, the realistic and well-suited sounds, and the game's challenging difficulty make it great.
90
GamePro
The combination of "Thief"-style sneaking with smart enemy A.I. and the use of realistic weapons-piano wire, silenced pistols, sniper rifles, and even M-60s-creates an intense experience, though many gamers will be frustrated by the lack of in-game saving.
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84
FiringSquad
This game has so many good things going for it that it hurts to rant about the shortcomings. To start, the controls are severely jacked.
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84
Voodoo Extreme
Hitman suffers from horrendous pop-in with the scenery. You can’t see a tree or building in full until it is a good 50 feet in front of you. This can create a problem when there are snipers on the roofs waiting to light you up with their rifles.
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80
Antagonist
The translation from idea to reality was apparently too much for the poor thing, and it falls far short of expectations.
80
Evil Avatar
I would not hesitate to recommend it to other gamers, but with the caution that you should be prepared for a game that probably won't fit neatly into any mental box you might have prepared for it.
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80
GamerWeb PC
Great story, missions lack direction, but once you get used to the feel of Hitman it is really a great game.
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80
Gamezilla!
Though far from an instant classic, Hitman is a decent (and bloody gruesome) game, that makes the most of graphical quality while not being tremendously complex, story-wise.
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80
2404.org
The worst thing about this game, I thought, was that it was so difficult.
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80
GameSpy
If you are used to "running around and blowing everything up," Hitman will give you some problems. You can't play the game as though it were a fast and furious game of "Quake."
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80
Eurogamer
I love it - the challenge, the atmosphere, the blood.
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78
Game Over Online
It was the iron-like grip of the plot Gestapo forcing me down the script line that griped my cookies. Still, you have to give them some credit just for attempting to make a game that breaks out of the mold.
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77
IGN
I really had been looking forward to this one and it let me down in so many ways. If only it had been longer... If only the camera had been different... If only it had been a bit more mentally challenging.
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75
PC Gamer
A fun game that gets fatally sidetracked. I coulda been a contender. [Mar 2001, p.96]
75
Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)
Looks good, plays great, drives you mad but keeps you playing. Not quite an essential purchase, but up there with fags and beer.
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75
Game Revolution
A relatively fresh, stylish new variation on the sneaking man's shooter, and goodness, is it fun.
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70
Spank!
It does a lot of things very well and were it not for a few mistakes it would be a classic.
70
Just RPG
Hitman: Codename 47 does deliver a fair deal of excitement and suspense. The mysterious assassin, the stress on stealth, and a decent narrative make it well worth playing.
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70
ActionTrip
The visuals sound effects and gameplay concepts are great, yet the length of the game will surely make this product less popular than other FPS sneaker games like "NOLF" and the "Thief" series.
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70
Armchair Empire
Probably the best game-play design that I've seen in years; the game play is twitchy - if you're a purist you're going to have a conniption playing this.
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70
GameZone
The violence is a little excessive.
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70
Adrenaline Vault
If you are looking for an action title, but are getting tired of playing rehashes on the "Quake" formula, look no further than the generic assassin wearing a barcode on his head.
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60
Happy Puppy
Good ideas clash with rigid mission architecture and fruity design work. This is the same game in which you can authentically throttle a foe to death, but half a dozen body shots won't ice an opponent.
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60
CNET Gamecenter
Relies heavily on stealth tactics and interesting scenarios, but often finds itself without a clear course for entertaining and compelling gameplay.
60
CheckOut
The problems with the framerate and inability to save my game made me want to break the CD into tiny pieces.
52
GameSpot
Even if you like the basic premise and action of the game, a number of very serious flaws quickly sap its entertainment value.
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50
GamePower
An exercise in taking a shrewd idea, giving you an idea of how great it could be, and then making it frustrating beyond belief. There is a sad reverse alchemy the longer you play, in which gold is turned into dross.
50
Yahoo! Games
While it did have its good qualities, the lack of any real replay value makes Hitman one of those games that just isn't quite worth the price tag.
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40
Computer Games Magazine
Styled to appeal to the shooter crowd. Unfortunately, it feels as if the developer lavished too much attention on making the violence stylized and realistic, and then just threw a game around it. Great concept, extremely sloppy execution.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 20 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Freddy gave it an8:
It had so many flaws once it was released that ratings here should be overstimated. But getting older, this game has earned value for the plot, the design (except the gruesome background) to take new chance.

Jason E. gave it a10:
This game is and was amazing, even almost seven years on, maybethe graphics are dated but the gameplay still takes your breath away and leaves you thinking, whats happened to the gameplay today? Why has more effort been put into graphics whilst the gameplay gets left behind? Give me second rate graphcs and codename47 state gameplay any day.

Caramba gave it a 10:
Wonderful.

C bo B. gave it a 10:
This is the best game since gta 4.

mOOnrabbit x gave it a 10:
The best game I ever played!! damn, I trying to find a replacement sinds I played it out. But can't find one.

Michael B. gave it a 10:
A very, very good game good graphics and it has involing speed, shooting, and all other stuff. The perfect game to get but i would be careful who you get it for there are some graphic stuff in here but it is a good game to play i recomend it to anygame player who likes action!

Kim Bo K. gave it a 9:
Super game!! a little hard the first time..

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