I fiddled with the PS2/Xbox era ones and they were fun if a little primitive. Reading reviews for Hitman III, which are great, and wondering if it's the gaming press that I shouldn't trust or if they're actually good. Should I bother picking up I & II before picking up III? Should I pick up III?
Edit - thanks for all the honest replies. I trust you fuckers way more than I do the gaming shills in the press.
Hitman 1 (talking about the new trilogy) was pretty decent. Personally I'm not a fan of going through the same levels multiple times with minor variations but it was still fun to play through once.
Keep in mind that you can unlock the content of previous games in later ones, eg. 1 in 2 and 1+2 in 3. You either need to own the previous ones or buy DLC for 3. Not sure what the cheapest route is ATM. As I understand it you need the Hitman 1 Goty and Hitman 2 Gold to get everything before 3.
Some info: https://www.ioi.dk/hitman-3-pre-launch-guide/ (they still seem to be working on linking purchases of 1+2 on Steam to unlock them in 3 in the Epic store)
I've played 1 and thought it was fun, so I plan on getting 2 when it's on sale. Probably going to get 3 in a year or so when that's on sale. Right now the most economic way would possibly be to get 1+2, play in 2 and then import progress later on into 3. Shit's convoluted :D
The link above says they're working on unlocking content on Epic if you already have 1+2 (until they get that running you get Hitman 1 Goty DLC for 3 for free, at least for 10 days after release anyway). Technically Epic also has Hitman 2 as DLC for 3.
Fuck Epic