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Hitman: Contracts Preview

Joe "OuTkAsT-1" Topolnisky

2004-02-18 00:04:00.0


Another Hitman: Contracts preview has popped up over at GameSpot, taking a hands-on look at IO Interactive's upcoming action title. Here's a some juice:

Io has also put a great deal of effort into creating a new graphics engine for Contracts, and from what we saw of the PlayStation 2 build, the work really shows. The primary addition to the engine that really seemed to make the most difference was a postfiltering effect that essentially seemed to eliminate almost all aliasing and cleaned up the different textures and set pieces very nicely. This effect really gave the whole game a high level of polish that you wouldn't otherwise expect from an unfinished product. In addition to this, numerous other visual touches stood out. Some really spectacular lighting effects were included, which specifically set the mood for each individual environment, thus giving it its own unique feel. Each environment's lighting is also totally interactive. So, for example, shooting out lights in a room will cause enemies to shoot more erratically since they won't be able to see you and won't be able to aim at you. We also saw some really brilliant blizzard and rain effects in a couple of different missions. In fact, they were some of the best we've seen to date. These effects also interact with the environments, thus causing set pieces, like cloth flags and banners, to flail about very realistically.

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