A Major Free Update Just Made This Game From 2021 A 2023 GOTY Contender

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No one would've guessed Hitman would go the way of the roguelite 24 months after its World of Assassination finale debuted, but an even bigger surprise is just how great the free update actually is. While roguelite fans are probably willing to give a new entry to the genre a try, I worry that, for others, the word «roguelite» may be enough to stop reading and shrug off the new Freelancer mode. But this would be a mistake, because Freelancer Mode pushes Hitman to new heights. We loved Hitman 3 so much that we named it one of the best games of 2021. Since then, we've continued to enjoy a long run of post-launch updates. In a surprising twist, the most recent addition has reimagined an already exceptional trilogy, making it a game of the year contender again.

In Freelancer, Agent 47's mission is to eliminate members of The Syndicate, a shadowy cabal whose function in the story is simply to give the bald assassin a renewed excuse to globetrot and hunt down the world's most wicked billionaires. The story-light mode consists of 18 missions in a single successful campaign, including four showdowns with bosses along the way. Fail any two missions, or one boss mission, and it's back to the start.

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Each chunk of locations is pre-selected by you in groups of three, four, or five as you progress, so you'll want to lean into the levels you know well. For me, that's places like Paris, Sapienza, and Dartmoor, and less so stuff like Haven Island, New York, or the newest map,