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"Got £40 to blow...Ninja Gaiden or Hitman: Contracts"

Got £40 to blow...Ninja Gaiden or Hitman: Contracts

[URL]http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=364815[/URL]

(Ist screenshot in the review 'I don't think that's a massage table')

*shivers*

if you have the option to throw the stealth out the window, it's not really a stealth game is it?

Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Any review that compares Hitman to games like Splinter Cell and Metal
> Gear Solid totally discredits itself, they're 2 totally different
> games and this seems to be what reviewers don't understand.

I know what you mean here. I hate the Splinter Cell games, absolutely hate them, but Hitman, I really enjoy the Hitman games. I mean they're still stealth based games but they aren't as serious and you do have the option to do the mission any way you want, even if that means throwing all the stealth out the window and going in all guns blazing. If you had to run amock in Splinter Cell your commander would just fail the mission, which is, in a word, crap.

Personally, I haven't played either but if I had to choose it'd be Ninja Gaiden - although Contracts does look good.

For trivial purposes, gamesTM gave Hitman: Contracts 7/10 and Ninja Gaiden an 8/10.

Cyclone wrote:
>
> Acrobatic hand to hand combat > anything in games except Nintendo

Not always: Enter The Matrix.

Muh? It has ninja-sword fighting. That beats stealth anyday.

Acrobatic hand to hand combat > anything in games except Nintendo

Gaiden has bugga-all stealth though.

Cyclone wrote:
> Whereas HC may be looking good, NG is undisputably looking to be
> absoloutely mind-blowing.
>
> You decide.

From my play-time with both; I'd go for Ninja Gaiden, since it provides the better single-player experience. It'll last you a good 20 hours, where as HC is fairly short-lived by comparison.

Whereas HC may be looking good, NG is undisputably looking to be absoloutely mind-blowing.

You decide.

Hitman Contracts has done okay in most magazines and game sites as well.
A lot of them just say it's like an addon pack for Silent Assassin, with a much darker look and better designed levels. That's all I ever wanted. It doesn't bring the series forward that much, but it does better the previous game and correct some of the complaints.

Myself I can't wait for the game. I know it's not gonna take any real bold steps forward but Hitman 2 is my favourite single player game on Xbox so I really have no trouble with it being more of the same with better graphics and larger levels...that's all most fans of the series were really looking for.