Hitman HD Trilogy groups Hitman 2 Silent Assassin, Contracts and Blood Money remastered. Three Agent 47 classics in improved quality. The ideal way to discover or rediscover the original saga trilogy.
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IO Interactive HD compilation gathering three classic remastered Hitmans on PS3 disc. Published by Square Enix, released in Europe in January 2013. Includes Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Hitman: Contracts and Hitman: Blood Money in 1080p HD, exclusive trophies, redesigned controls, and Move support for aiming. European version.
Hitman HD Trilogy review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
The set shows three ages of one same silhouette. The shaved skull, the black suit and the red tie cross the three entries unchanged, while around them the technique evolves, denser settings, finer lights, larger crowds. This permanence of the character amid graphic progress becomes the collection's motif: an identical man walked through ten years of the game's visual history.
The set gathers three sonic climates of one same profession. One entry wraps its contracts in choirs and orchestra, another sinks them into nocturnal electronic pads, the third dresses them in hushed atmospheres of grand hotels and fairgrounds. From one game to the next, the trade stays the same but its atmosphere changes, and the compilation listens like three variations on the art of killing without noise.
Read as one, the trilogy composes the file of a man who does not exist. A clone without civil status, designated by a number and a barcode, 47 crosses three stories like a walking piece of evidence: each contract adds to the file, each client reveals a piece of the system that created him. The set reads like the archives of a manufactured existence, where the question is never whom he kills, but who made him be born for it.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"Pleasant"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Difficult"
Lifespan
"Massive"
Three full assassination chapters on a single disc means a small mountain of sandbox levels to dissect. Every contract begs to be replayed for the cleanest disguise, the most discreet kill or a flawless silent-assassin rating, and the scoring chases reward endless experimentation. A package that rewards the patient and the meticulous.
An HD compilation gathering three classic Hitman episodes remastered on a single disc, a handy bridge to the bald assassin's origins. Widely distributed in the West, its appeal stays moderate: already-known content and a comfortable run, the object serving mainly as a playable archive of the pre-Absolution trilogy. An affordable piece for those wanting the series on one disc.
A questionable morality
The trade of contract killer is presented here as an art of discretion: disguises, poisons and piano wire, anything to eliminate the target without leaving a trace. You admire the elegance of the hit, and the game even rewards you for tidy work, which amounts to handing out nice grades for paid murders without ever sensing any wrongdoing.
Is Hitman HD Trilogy still worth playing in 2026?
The Hitman HD Trilogy gathers Silent Assassin, Contracts and Blood Money, remastered in HD, the classic core of Agent 47's saga. Blood Money is its jewel, a model of sandbox infiltration where every assassination is prepared and executed in a thousand ways, with a freedom that has lost none of its relevance. The other two entries have aged more harshly, between period stiffness and dated AI, but keep their heritage interest. For anyone wanting to understand the genre's foundations or rediscover Blood Money in HD, this set remains a fully justified acquisition.
