Hitman: Contracts

Hitman: Contracts starts out with a close-up of a gunshot to the head. The victim's skull snaps against the floor and then sprays it with blood. Okay, so that's the tone it's going to take: something grim and unflinching. Winding backwards from the finale of 2000's Hitman: Codename 47, Contracts supposes itself a darker look at the greatest hits, if you will, of the assassin known only as 47. But don't be fooled. Contracts is typical sneak/shoot-'em-up action that relies too heavily on remade content and brittle gameplay. Although it was novel four years ago, games have come much farther than this