For better or worse, Hitman: Absolution (2012) belongs to the latter camp. As we hit the anniversary of its release, I found myself doing a mental countdown of its most infamous moments. Is it a bad Hitman game? Sometimes. Is it a wildly entertaining action-stealth romp? Absolutely.
The timer is generous on Easy (12 minutes) but punishing on Purist difficulty (5 minutes). On Purist, your HUD disappears. You cannot see enemy markers, and you have no instinct to slow time. "Countdown" on Purist is widely considered one of the hardest mandatory combat sequences in stealth-action gaming history. countdown hitman absolution