Hitman: Absolution Preview

Hitman: Absolution Preview

Hitman: Absolution has become a controversial element of the upcoming gaming landscape of late, its "nuns with guns" trailer striking an uncomfortable chord with the gaming public and press alike due to its graphic depictions of violence against highly sexualized women who are, or are imitating the basic appearance of, religious figures. Religion, sex, and violence all in one? It's a recipe for a public relations disaster, so it's really no surprise that the trailer threw everyone into such a furor. With all of the attention on the trailer, though, the game itself has seemingly fallen beneath the choppy seas of gaming's consciousness.

But that's kind of a shame, because Hitman: Absolution is doing some very interesting stuff with the stuffy old formula that has defined the Hitman series up to this point. Not the name, certainly; "Absolution" is only a minor step up from "Redemption" on the list of generic subtitles, but the game itself is attempting to inform the basic Hitman gameplay with innovations in both the stealth and third-person shooter genres that have become vogue in the modern day.

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