This weekend saw the first Elusive Target in Hitman, a limited-time event that drops a new doomed soul into one of the game’s sprawling locations and gives you a single chance to bump them off. Within the modular structure of this Hitman game which is constantly adding to the content available in its monthly-release levels that’s not too unusual, but the way Elusive Target bends the rules of the game turns it into something genuinely fresh and exciting.
So let’s talk about my own experience a little to show why. It’s early Sunday afternoon and I’m eagerly ushering the final hungover remnants of last night’s Eurovision party out the front door. Over on Hitman’s menu screen, a clock is ticking down. Two hours remaining to find Sergei Larin, an infamous art forger, and dispatch him in whatever way suits.