Hitman: Absolution details

Hitman: Absolution details from the latest issue of Edge

The game is set in Chicago. 
Tons of time making core movement and controls very responsive.

• IO’s Glacier 2 engine supposedly offer fantastic facial animations.
• Optional cover system with the use of cover mechanics without actually being in cover.
• Instinct mode highlights enemies and patrols glow red through walls, similar to Arkham Asylum’s detective mode. It also replaces the map screen from the previous Hitman titles.
• Mini map will highlight points of interest.
• Threat meter is now a grey circle in the middle of the screen that flickers in directions where enemies may spot 47.
• The more eyes on you, the faster your threat meter will fill.
• Lots of environmental weapons, unique to each location such as a lamp cord being used as a garrotte.
• Taking hostages return, but the AI is smarter and wont just start shooting at you.
• Levels are divided into checkpoints for the first time in the Hitman series.
• Many levels will be as large and open-ended as the levels from previous Hitman games, but some others will be tighter, more focused sandboxes.
• IO’s goal is to build a greater variety of gameplay challenges around the core game, rather than changing it. Such as scripted action sequences.
• Some levels are very story driven and other are way more explorative.
• Having a disguise doesn’t meal you’ll be able to fool everybody or bluff your way past a group of NPC’s.
• Instinct mode increases disguise effectiveness. Cops in the demo questions 47′s movements while he’s disguised as a police man, he enters instinct mode and uses his police radio walking straight past the cops and fools them.
• 47′s handler, Diana, is now played by Marsha Thomason.
• Designated safe spots for disguises. Such as walking up to a box of doughnuts disguised as a cop.
• Safe spots will keep you completely safe for as long as you want, even if the room is filled with enemies.
• Crowds will be used very differently.
• 47′s long time voice actor will not return. No name was given for a replacement.
• Glacier 2 engine offers realtime AI editing.
• AI will react dynamically to your actions.

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