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Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Developer(s)	IO Interactive
Publisher(s)	Eidos Interactive
Engine	Glacier
Release date(s)	Xbox  September 30, 2002  October 4, 2002 PlayStation 2  October 1, 2002  October 4, 2002  November 6, 2003 Windows  October 1, 2002  October 4, 2002 Nintendo GameCube  June 19, 2003  June 27, 2003
Genre(s)	Shooter, Stealth
System(s)	Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ELSPA: Ages 15+ BBFC: 18 ESRB: Mature PEGI: Ages 16+ OFLC: Mature Accompanied & Restricted
System requirements (help)	450MHz 128MiB 800MiB 16MiB 16x Version 8.1 Windows 98
Series	Hitman

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is a stealth-based shooter game, developed by IO Interactive and published by Eidos Interactive. It was the second installment of the Hitman video game series. The game was released on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox and the GameCube.

Introduced in this sequel of Hitman: Codename 47 was the concept of a post-mission ranking system, in which the player is given a status based on how they completed the mission, rated along a stealthy-aggressive axis, between "Mass Murderer," a non-stealthy player who kills everyone, and "Silent Assassin," a stealthy player who manages to complete the level without being noticed and only killing the intended target(s). The game rewards the player for critical thinking and problem solving, encouraging the player not to treat the game as a simple shooter. Achieving Silent Assassin status on multiple missions rewards the player with bonus weapons (such as a sawed-off shotgun, and dual-silenced Silverballers).

Graphically, Silent Assassin can use either the Direct3D or OpenGL rendering engines.

PlayStation 2 cover art.

Windows cover art.

GameCube cover art.

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