Comparison and differences of Hitman 3 vs Hitman 2 vs Hitman

Comparison and differences of Hitman III vs Hitman II vs Hitman:

Hitman video games are action-adventure stealth-based games. The series actually started with Hitman: Codename 47 video game in the year 2000. Then came the second major installment titled Hitman 2: Silent Assassin video game in the year 2002. Then came Hitman: Contracts video game in the year 2004. Then came fourth major installment titled Hitman: Bloud Money video game in the year 2006. A fifth major installment in the series, Hitman: Absolution video game, was released on 20 November 2012, followed by a spin-off, Hitman: Sniper Challenge video game, launched for Windows, PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360. Two other spin-offs, Hitman Go video game in 2014 & Hitman: Sniper video game in 2015, were launched for mobile phone devices.

The sixth major installment in the video game series, titled simply Hitman, was launched episodically, from March to December 2016. A sequel, Hitman 2, was seventh major installment launched in November 2018. The eighth major game installment in the series titled Hitman 3, launches in January 2021. The sixth, seventh & eighth major installment released in 2016, 2018 & 2021 are collectively called as the World of Assassination trilogy.

Comparison of Hitman 3 vs Hitman 2

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Hitman 2 is played from a third-person perspective that was released on November 9, 2018. Hitman 2 gameplay is just like Hitman video game released in 2016. Player take control of Agent 47, who is actually a contract assassin working for the International Contract Agency (ICA). Agent 47 travels to different places throughout the world to eliminate dangerous criminals. Hitman 2 was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows PC, Google Stadia. Hitman 3 is similar to Hitman 2 in gameplay. Hitman 3 releases for Microsoft Windows PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Google Stadia, & Nintendo Switch on 20 January 2021.

Differences of Hitman III vs Hitman II

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Just like 2016’s Hitman & 2018’s Hitman 2; Hitman 3 is a third-person stealth video game. Player controls assassin Agent 47. Players can import maps, levels & their progress from Hitman & Hitman 2 video games into Hitman 3 video game.  

Hitman 3 supports PlayStation VR compatibility on the PlayStation 4, with support for PlayStation 5 through backward compatibility. The VR functionality also retroactively apply to levels imported from Hitman & Hitman 2. What you need is PlayStation VR & PlayStation Camera for VR. Unlike Hitman 2, in Hitman 3, there is no multiplayer mode, with Sniper Assassin available in single player mode, & Ghost Mode that was present in Hitman 2 is removed from Hitman 3.