Hitman 3 Just Got A Free New Level, Which Rules
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Hitman protagonist Agent 47 has seen the world. He’s parachuted onto the tallest tower in Dubai. He’s infiltrated manors within the British countryside and on the Amalfi Coast. He’s even been to New Jersey. But everybody’s favourite be-suited undercover agent nonetheless, apparently, wants yet another stamp on the passport: a dimly lit island that appears a complete lot like an Uncharted set-piece.
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Yes, developer IO Interactive has added a brand new degree to Hitman 3. Called Ambrose Island, it’s freely accessible to everybody who has the sport, as a part of developer IO Interactive’s “year two” plan. Hitman 3 got here out final January with 5 wonderful stealth sandboxes and one divisive not-stealth not-sandbox. IO has slowly launched a wave of latest content material, together with a collection of (be aware: not free) downloadable content material primarily based on the seven lethal sins. It’s additionally getting a roguelike mode, although that’s been delayed to later this 12 months.
But Ambrose Island is the primary true-to-form new stage for Hitman 3. It’s set within the Andaman Sea, simply west of Thailand (the situation of among the finest ranges within the collection). Chronologically, as you recognize in case you’re one of many 17 individuals who’s been in a position to detangle Hitman’s hilariously convoluted narrative, it’s set previous to the occasions of Hitman 3. An early cinematic, seen above, signifies it takes place earlier than the Isle of Sgail stage on the finish of Hitman 2.
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The mission temporary comes courtesy of longtime Hitman characters Lucas Grey and Diana Burnwood. Grey’s former ally, some generic brownshirt named Noel Crest, has tried to crew up with a modern-day pirate queen named Sinhi “Akka” Venthan. Your mission, must you select to go together with this fraught, barely related bit and settle for it, is to kill them each through clandestine means. (Look, I simply devoured your complete Mission: Impossible collection back-to-back, you gotta lower me some slack.)
I dabbled a bit final night time, and yep, certain sufficient, Ambrose Island is extra Hitman. Though it appears like a third-person motion sport, it’s actually an intricate puzzler. There are dumpsters to cover in and lethal objects to search out, individuals to watch and tail. Since it’s a densely packed space, the surroundings appears so luxurious, so actual, you’re feeling such as you’re truly on trip. I haven’t but accomplished the mission, so I don’t understand how precisely it stacks as much as the remainder of the collection, however yep, yeah: More Hitman. Hell yeah.
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I do know there’s been lots of dialogue recently about 2022’s launch slate, and the way it’s been comparatively skinny in comparison with years previous. But between this new Hitman degree, the Into the Breach replace that’s mainly a brand new sequel, and the breezy, compulsively playable Hot Wheels enlargement for Forza Horizon 5, I’m realizing I don’t want new video games proper now. The backlog is doing its job.