

The online multiplayer aspect of this mode is scheduled to be removed from the game at some point before the release of Hitman 3, with the other multiplayer mode, Ghost Mode, being taken offline on 31 August 2020.Īs with the game's predecessor, Hitman 2 features the time-limited "Elusive Targets" missions. In addition to Agent 47, players can also play as ICA operatives Knight and Stone, both of whom have access to unique ammo types. In this mode, players are tasked with eliminating targets using a sniper rifle within a set time limit.


This mode was also bundled with all copies of Hitman 2 when the game released. The game's announcement was accompanied by the release of a cooperative multiplayer mode titled Sniper Assassin, available immediately to those who pre-order Hitman 2. The game introduces concussive gadgets, which can be used to render an NPC unconscious, and reintroduces the briefcase, which allows the player to conceal and carry large weapons, such as sniper rifles, in public without arousing suspicion. The game's downloadable content introduces the fictional Milton-Fitzpatrick bank in New York City, and the fictional Haven Island resort in the Maldives. Summarily, the missions of the game take place (in order) on Hawke's Bay in New Zealand at a racetrack in Miami the fictional village of Santa Fortuna in Colombia the slums of Mumbai the fictional Vermont suburb of Whittleton Creek and the fictional Isle of Sgàil somewhere in the North Atlantic. The game features eight missions, which are set in distinct locations. Players control Agent 47, a contract assassin working for the International Contract Agency (ICA), in a third-person perspective, as he travels to various locations around the globe to eliminate high-profile criminal targets. Hitman 2's gameplay is similar to that of the previous installment, being an action-adventure stealth-based game.
