Blood Money is focused on reality, but Absolution looks like a badass action movie.

Tbh Hitman absolution is how i Imagine a john wick game would be

8:01 Harry Potter

Hitman Absolution is a great Stealth game. Hitman Blood Money is a great Hitman game

another best part about blood money is the news paper.

im so salty they havent brought back the gun customization from blood money in any of the newer hitman games. it was literally my favorite part of that game and it made setting up before a mission so fun

Absolution was hated for being more story driven and not a sandbox honestly. Blood Money had so many good levels though

0:51 Agent 47 :hold on just a minute ,I gotta reload this clip Guard :Ok fam ,and I also gotta make this call too

If Blood Money had the Controls, and a few good mechanics from Absolution, it would be the ultimate Hitman game in my opinion.

Not gonna lie the concept of bystanders picking up guns in blood money was AMAZING!

Blood Money is an insanely well made game when it comes to game mechanics and the tiniest of details. Not to mention the amazing soundtrack, which is probably the best soundtrack in a video game.

Also a little cool thing about Blood Money is when your hp reach 0 , you won't die instantly instead you can shoot few more enemy before you die. It make me feel like " Oh ho I'm not gonna die alone. You gonna die together with me !!" feeling

3:06 "It's not prostate cancer?! Oh great news! I thought I was a goner!" *Gets pulled out of a window, falling to his death*

Blood Money looks kind of more real, but Absolution looks like a badass action movie.

In Absolution, I really really missed having the ability to close door after I opened them. Got me busted multiple times

Putting the bodies in bags and taking them away, the keyhole thing, the civilians taking guns and shooting at you, the lift strangling and the ability to choose your weapons before the mission are something that I really missed in Absolution. The rest is ok.

Hitman absolution Isn't a bad game, it just isn't a good HITMAN game. This one is more focused on rampages and violence while previous games focused on being more methodical and strategic hits. Except the boat level. Fuck the boat level.

You forgot one thing: Jesper Kydd awesome soundtrack in Blood Money!

Absolution 47: *Moves out of peoples way* Blood Money 47: *People move out of **_HIS_** way*

Both are masterpiece in their own way

I am very confused. Many of these comparisons clearly show how Absolution is better is certain cases. Or just don't make sense at all.

I think the difference in design between these games comes from what they are trying to imitate. Hitman Blood Money attempted to create a realistic environment for such a crazy characters to exist in, this is why the world feels so consistent, this also means the designers could come up with multiple creative means to kill your target. Hitman Absolution attempted to make Hitman The Movie The Game and therefore the world is restrained by the unfolding cinematic story. often in Hitman Absolution, the objective isn't to kill a target, but to get to a room where your target is located so the game can play the next cutscene. the team tried to make these missions feel like they gave the player choice in how they may go about these level's by simply giving the player more than one road to the goal. The multiple roads often boiled down to A) sneak behind boxes B) steal a costume C) shoot everybody, which sounds a lot more like Metal Gear without the cool cutscenes.

As fantastic as the new trilogy is, I really do miss looking through key holes, holding people as a shield, pulling people out windows, turning lights on and off, those extra melee animations like headbutts, and duel pistols. I understand the new games are about subtlety and being unnoticed but those features were so cool and I want them back.

They honestly need to do a remake of Blood Money, Silent Assassin, and Contracts. Not a remaster, but new graphics, but keep most of the mechanics that made the original games unique.

Blood money was my favourite! ❤

4:46 thats wrong kind of door

From what I've seen and what I remember (it's been quite a few years since I've played either) both Blood Money and Absolution had things that could be considered better or worse. I think Blood Money had a lot going for it in terms of mechanics, in that you didn't just get locked into CQC when barehanded fighting, you could push people over ledges without necessarily waiting for them to stand idle at the rail, etc. Absolution was much more of a cohesive narrative, while sort of there in past titles it was never really what moved you from place to place, it took center stage in this one. I think the big thing people forget is the engine jump between the two games and this was the first crack at a game like this with that engine. Things had to be cut and trimmed to make it work. Now as much as I like the new Hitman games, as it seems they've married those two sides into a narratively compelling but also mechanically satisfying game, I wish the new games would bring back conventions of old such as taking body shields, freeform unhanded combat, and throwing guns, throwing guns being the big one for me because I dont like leaving guards weapons on the ground but dont want them cluttering my pockets while I search for a trash can. Arguing about which of these two older games is better is kind of pointless, they were products of their time and circumstance, are both good games in their own right, but they are ultimately in the past, and if you are a fan of the games you should talk about which conventions worked and ask why aren't they in the games now instead of being the old timer complaining about how nobody remembers the good days.

Hitman Blood Money:THE BEST HITMAN GAME EVER!!!

Your comparison is all over the place...

0:52 Oh wow...what an amazing show case. Just takes 3 bullets without even flinching.

I really enjoyed Absolution and it was the Hitman game that made me like the series. I afterwards played all the previous Hitman games.

tbh if it weren't for the shitty disguise system, I would've liked Absolution a little bit more

I played a shit ton of Blood money and I can say it's my favorite between the two, however. I have a few issues with Blood money: 1) You have to buy 47's second baller 2)The sound effects 3) The amount of weapons you can bring into a mission. Does anyone remember Hitman: Contracts? Remember all the weapons you had access to AND how many you could bring into a mission? How can we forget about the minigun AND M60?

ive been playing absolution for months loved it will play blood money soon

See Absolution as another stealth game, not a Hitman game. It's still one of the better games of that year.

absolution was far too linear... in older hitman games you had an open environment, you had more freedom

I love the whole series All parts of hitman.

I say the good parts about Hitman Blood Money was the Newspaper record of your actions at the end of a mission and the choice of weapons to bring and weapon customization(especially bringing a suitcase sniper rifle). The other best part about Blood Money, is that you can silence your gunshots in an area that have loud sounds like the engine room.

1:45 I was like "Woooooooow!!"

I honestly liked Absolution, never knew everyone hated it, maybe i liked it cause i was like 10, i gotta try the game again.

Lmao that headbutt was hilarious

u earned a sub and keep them up the vid :D

For me Absolution will always be something special. I love how much story driven it really is and every mission had a very unique vibe to it. Also the gun mechanics of Absolution are the best till today imo... The newest installment of HItman is kind of a joke in terms of gun mechanics and sounds... but yeah I KOW Hitman is mostly not about gun gameplay but Absolution is just a pleasure to play for it's great mechanics and story telling focus.. :)

Hitman Absolution revoked pretty much all the freedom that previous Hitman games had. They would be set in huge and open levels with complete freedom over how you approach your target. In Absolution you were thrown into too small and linear levels with scripted assasinations instead of the actual freedom of doing it your way. Not to mention the Absolutions story was a huge WTF.

8:36 OMG, that mechanic was badass and always made me feel like one when I pulled it off. When a kid in middle school told me about it I thought it was BS, but when I tried it, my heart was pounding when it saved my ass.

Can't believe bm was a 2006 game. Masterpiece of a game...

Why I love blood money 1. Play fun and easy kill 2.finish the mission whatever you like , no difficult thing want you do

It's obvious if you've been playing this game since it started. Hitman: Blood Money has the element we know and love. You go in, find ways to kill your targets and escape. On the other hand, Absolution is more story driven than an actual Hitman game and the constant use of the Instinct bar so you won't blow your disguise is so annoying. It's great that they actually listened to the people and returned the old school style in Hitman 2016, I just wish you could still buy the weapons and upgrades with your "blood money" instead of unlocking them by doing the level over and over.

Hitman absolution is less of a hitman game but it's still fun to play

I lost it when dude ran straight thru the door without opening it😂😂

Do you want an even easier answer? One word. Story. As in Hitman doesn't need a story. Hitman needs targets. Just targets.

in 2012 there is no such keyhole like that. No wonder Hitman absolution doesn't add that

Hitman absolution had incredible ambient music! When you kill someone, hide a corpse, the music plays, which is more like a thriller, it is gloomy, the way it should be, so you understand that you are really playing for a killer, for a predator!

I just don't understand why they would go backwards? The new hitman is great with big open sandboxes but the story feels like their trying to make 47 in to James's bond or something it's not dark enough

1:24 MAGIC 47

Interesting fact: absolution is one of the few games where on ps3 you can actually see depth of field in that form we see it on next gen consoles which proves that last gen consoles where much more powerful than game publishers wanted us to think.

If u get caught for trespassing in Blood money it doesn't ruin your silent assassin rating

The thing about reloading with a human shield is more realistic in absolution because the cop is not gonna wait for you to reload

When I was a little kid, I first experienced blood money at my cousins house. Not only was the game freaking awesome & fun, I was completely mind blown by the ending. Twas So depressed & bummed for a few days :( & having ave Maria playing is the cherry on top. When my cousin showed me that he’s not really dead it & you can get up…. Thought it was pure genius. Those are the moments video games shine in. Like kojima in MGS1 & 2 & 3 Just intricate little HuGe secrets.

A remaster of Hitman Blood Monet pls

It's fun to read all these comments. Y'all are viewing Blood Money through the lenses of nostalgia - I did too. Then I replayed it, and I realized that there was only one way to kill the target and get a "perfect score." There's a single sequence of events that you're supposed to do on each level that gets you the perfect score. Within the environment, Absolution often (hint: often is not "always) gave you the freedom of several options that'd yield a "perfect score" - not one right answer. I found that its environments often prompted and rewarded exploration as you find various ways to tackle your problems. To be clear, both have their problems. Hitman: Blood Money had guards that were waaay too twitchy with the trigger fingers, as well as stunted animations. I personally didn't care for Absolution being all about some girl, even if she was supposed to be the next "Hit(wo)man." Also, most of the points in this video are bad. They're not clear comparisons where Blood Money is superior - they're mostly nitpicks that show various strengths and weaknesses in both games. Like when you show the guards all crowding around the dead body in Blood Money before fanning out - but you selectively left out the part where the guards did the same thing in Absolution. You -want- to dislike Absolution. Personally, having played Silent Assassin and hated it due to its bugginess (enemies seeing me through walls, really???), Blood Money and having loved it despite its bugs and flaws, and Absolution and also having loved it, I enjoy the latter two. But comparing Blood Money to Absolution is like comparing Fallouts 2 and 3. They're the same franchise, yes, they have a lot of similar noises and such...but they're just not the same game. They're not meant to be played the same. You couldn't make Blood Money today, and if it were released today it'd likely be considered a bad game. Times change, and what we consider a good game changes too. Don't let nostalgia stop you from enjoying new games by demanding the sameness of the old ones.That's the kinda attitude that kills game franchises, as it cripples game developers from trying anything new with the franchise to keep up with the times. Remember Duke Nukem Forever.

Wish the new Hitman games had the disarming and combat of Blood Money

They're both my favorite Hitman games.

They had one job: Upgrade the clunky controls. Once they succeeded at doing that, they then decided to destroy every good thing about Hitman games: The unpredictable open-world levels, the stone-cold persona of 47, all the little things such as security activities (taking body bags for example), even the small animation of holstering a weapon. It's like they finished making all these cool, very much needed mechanics for 47, then decided "Well we've worked hard enough; let's finish with a cheesy story and a handful of linear levels."

I liked the pulling enemies out of windows feature in absolution. Also never noticed that feature at 7:30.

to be fair, they where forced to make Absolution because edios wanted hitman to be more cinematic for the mainstream,and i think they did a good job with with what they had.

2021 and still bfm my favorite hitman game. This game deserves a remake. Also in bfm the atmosphere of every mission is unique, the music, the feeling.

The bodyshielding reload thing is fine by me. Not being able to reload until you get a different shield makes you plan it out

Anyone who says Absolution was better clearly didn't grow up with the Hitman series and should get in the fucking sea. Even the developers who made Absolution came out last year and said "Looking back on it Absolution was a mistake, it wasn't very good". It wasn't even a Hitman game. It took everything that made Hitman, Hitman and chucked it out the window. Absolution was Splintercell Conviction 2 with Agent 47 in it. Replay it, seriously. You spend 95% of Absolution just sneaking from door A to door B. It should be renamed Hitman Door Solution.

0:51 this police officer had no regards for his own mans life 😭

08:49 now I understand what the slowed time is for

Blood money's feeling is unique. we need the darkness of blood money...

i remember a mission in blood money where 47 kills targets at some heaven and hell themed parties.that showcases hitman games entire philosophy.if you are a target,you die.47 is not an action hero even if he s morally grey.he is a Hitman.

I enjoy both but I still prefer Absolution and the recent Hitman games. Been replaying the remastered version of blood money and honestly I just find it incredibly frustrating. Getting behind someone to take them hostage, wire them, or inject them always feels so random. Sometimes it works sometimes the angle is just slightly off and you get fucked. Especially when it comes to pushing someone over a railing. I never know if it's actually going to work or if I'm just going to end up head butting them or shoving against the railing rather than over it. For me it just always feels like I'm fighting the controls rather than the actual game.

Geez, at the time blood money graphics where amazing especially for that time in games. Now it's just like what was I thinking

Is it just me that thinks absolution is a bit of an eye sore? Everything looked so gloomy

This like a GTA IV vs GTA V thing😂 I like GTA IV and Hitman Absolution tho

I liked absolution but blood money was a masterpiece

the dual wield shooting both at once is nice but it'd be even better if you had separate buttons for each gun

the new hit man is great, it had all the things I hoped for in a hitman game. many choices and ways to kill a target. for example, I played the Paris level, god knows how many times before I thought I was ready for the next stage..

I liked Absolutions for the simple fact that you can FINALLY chokehold someone un-conscience. A feature I've been waiting for since it's first installment. This list proves nothing other than the fact that both games have their flaws and flan. Oh and how can you miss the best part of Blood Money. The 📰 after each mission. Fail Brah. Disqualified.

Very beautiful video :))) I've never seen these differences before :)))

2:22 Bro turned into a ragdoll lmao

Blood Money has a bug that makes a disarmed enemy's gun fire as you take it from them, it only seems to happen when you have a suppressed weapon on you though.

Ngl but now I realize why blood money is the best it’s amazing

What was the music at the end of the bloodmoney section??

"i thought i was a goner" **hitman pulls him out**

I think him not being able to reload with a human shield makes sense cause how the hell will he reload with one hand

Blood Money soundtrack is more better.

Still love playing bloodmoney. Hell of a lot of fun playing drunk to😂

holy fuck 1:53 PSY GANGNAM STYLE singer....

i like absolution more

0:40 that part is legit cuz how can u reload while holding someone?

so are you saying hiding assault rifle in your jacket is better than absolutions being attached to his back

I love that in "a new life" you can speed run easily in like a 1:30, like a true hitman

I will never forget Tom Francis Hitman: Absolution review for calling it "Doorman: Absolution", that review absolutely nailed it. Other reviewers were eager to praise it at the time when to me and many other fans it was the biggest disappointment in the franchise for so many mechanical reasons; the restrictive gameplay, checkpoint system, limitations on loadout, the new instinct system, not to mention abysmal story. Blood Money was the template they should've followed, everyone loved it, yet new I-O tried to re-invent the wheel and just ended up creating an utterly enjoyable experience as a result.

The thing was that io interactive wanted a more story driven aspect of hitman and thats why we got absolution they did a great job in story though not gonna lie but the main thing in previous hitman games was the freedom the player got to play as thier favourite Agent 47

Would it be worth it to get Hitman: Codename 47 for my pc since I already have all of the other hitman games?

I'm glad to see that 47 learned how to vanish the gun in Absolution

ill remember when people talked trash against absolution but i liked so much literally the story mode was epic saving victoria was like hitman silent assassin saving father vittorio