Hitman: Codename 47 Reviews

I hate this game. I decided to try playing Hitman series and I always start a franchise with the first game of the series. But omg this game is so bad. A lot of people told me that its bad just because its old and I strongly disagree. Because there are many good old games out there that arent nearly as bad as this one - for example the first Mafia. So what problems do I have with this game you may ask? Firstly: It looks terrible! And not because its old. Collors are ugly, the textures keep glitching and so on. Secondly: Gameplay is boring, too long, annoying, controls are ass, and you cant even change them! Lastly: The Story. It was mid most of the time except the end. Overall pretty boring and raigebaiting game dont play this unless you really want to go through every single Hitman title like me. For me its a poor start to the franchise but I hope that the later entries will be better. But I got to admit that I enjoyed like 2 or 3 missions.

As bad as the graphics were and anything BARELY readable, I'd say it was a pretty fun game overall. I've enjoyed the Hitman series but never really started from the very beginning of how it all started. I enjoyed how different this game was from how it is today. However, I will say the missions not even giving you clear intel at all on how to proceed with the mission was frustrating, which is why most of the time I needed to use a guide. But I had a really fun time while doing it. Is this recommended worthy? I would say yes, for someone that is into the hitman series, but if you aren't all that interested in it, then this probably won't be a game for you.

This game marked my childhood. This is my first stealth game ever played on the PS2. I was 9 years old when I played it. I didn't know English or French very well, so I finished it without knowing how things worked. I recommend it, but I know the mechanics are old, so expect those things from a 2000 game

if you want to play the whole series, please skip this travesty. its only good deed was failing to die in vain. deus ex came out the same year as this, and its so much better its genuinely unbelievable. edit: i finally beat it earlier today

The controls are so bad, if anyone says this game is the best they are trolling the controls are so shit. I dont care if games have bad graphics but if it is a challenge to even move in a game yknow its a bad game. Thankfully I got it heavily on sale. Just skip this game or watch a playthrough.

I can't really recommend this game. It is interesting with some decent mechanics and interesting enough story but but it is also extremely clumsy. Way too difficult at times in ways that usually isn't fun, bugs that ruined runs and no ability to save nor checkpoints, meaning if you fail a level you have to start over from the beginning. I don't regret having played it, but would suggest you really only check it out if you're a big Hitman fan and wanna see where it began.

Product of it's time. Without patches there's no widescreen or fps lock. The shooting is very strange as hit patterns are seemingly random. There are hints here and there pointing to the franchises future design in some missions, but are implemented far to restrictedly in this game. A lot of hard fail points in many missions, wonky stealth with no detection indication, extremely low hitpoints (even with armour 47 drops in seconds once a shootout starts), but even still almost a third of the game expects you to go in shooting. A mostly negative experience, see no reason really to go back to it, unless for nostalgia for the series. fuck the colombia missions

It's really old and some of the controls and missions are vague but still a solid game.

Hitman: Codename 47 This is a game from 2000, i wanted to play all the hitman games, so this is the one i decided to start with, and boy oh boy, it does not hold up well whatsoever, you start with absolutely terrible controls of walking with numpad, walking to the left and turning left are binded to a different key. Same with running and walking, completely different key for both. I completed the tutorial which was fine enough, what i liked was the ragdoll mechanics, and the garote wire mechanics, i enjoyed that instead of it being just a prompt, you actually ready your garote wire and walk around with it ready, i wish WoA did that. However the first mission was already absolutely horrible, and in 2025 near unplayable, unless you are blinded by nostalgia. You are put in Hongkong to assasinate your target, but the whole city is just extremely empty, ugly and soulless, i understand that it is old game, but it just looks terrible. It plays even worse, and without a guide which i do not want to play with, you have close to 0 chance of completing it, missiong was failing for me seemingly randomly, i do not know if it is forced stealth, but i suppose it is, as even if i just killed someone, the mission failed. But it is not only that the mission failed, you got shown in top left of the screen that it failed, to resstart, but you could still play it? This whole mechanic was already extemely confusing. Hitman should not be a forced stealth game, freedom of approach is its whole thing. I suppose that this game falls under the problems of many games from 2000s, it is simply made with expectation that you are a kid who only has free time, 3 games, and will not mind spending hours on each mission with trial and error - and i definitely played and enjoyed those games when i was a kid, but as a busy adult in 2025, this is straight up unplayable and it does not hold up in anyway whatsoever

This game is downright incomprehensible to play at times. Several levels are either nigh-impossible for you to beat without trial and error or just flat-out tedious to get through. It COULD be great, but its age shows through a lot more than it should.