What with Blood Money coming out later this month, I thought it was time I gave Contracts a go.

Went into the training level first, but it was very odd and I didn’t understand it, so I left and started the main game. Found myself in an asylum full of dead bodies that looked just like me. I had to escape. After a fair few deaths I managed to get out with a Shadow rating. I killed three innocents – I didn’t know! – and three policemen.

It’s got the same problem I’ve always had with the Hitman games, which is that I’m never sure quite what the rules are. When does a disguise work and fail? When does sneaking work and fail? How comes I can sometime strangle people and sometimes not? Why can’t I use my syringe in certain situations? I’m not sure. It’s good fun, but I couldn’t quite connect with it. Maybe I’d learn if I spent longer playing.

And sneaking really needs to be a toggle. Holding the trigger button down the whole time hurts my finger. Poor me.