So the Hitman series is the 75% off steam sale today and I've always been kind of interested. Even though there's an 80% chance I'll never play it I was thinking about buying one of them for $2.50.

I think I've heard that Blood Money is the best but would anyone recommend Silent Assassin or Codename 47.

Blood Money. But the first Hitman is quite good too.

Edit: For more explanation, I've written an analysis of the first game here.

Blood Money is the most playable. The rest are somewhat a relic of their times. Hitman 2 probably fares better. Don't get me wrong, they're all great games, but I think you should start with Blood Money.

2 and Blood Money

Blood Money.

1 is a great game, however due to ancient gameplay rules iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiits haaaaard. Silent assain is a weird out of character story, decent gameplay. I dont favour it. Contracts is a weird set up. Its silent assasin gameplay with some strange maps. Some I figure can only be completed by running and gunning.

Blood money is absolutely perfect as a hitman game. I figure its the truest sequel aside from the story elements from Contracts? that has you kill Doctor ortmier and wipe out the clones.

Codname 47 and Bloodmoney are what i recommend.

All of them. But if you can only choose one Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is a good pick.

@Hunkulese: Do not buy the first game. Don't. That ship has sailed. Blood Money is definitely the one to go now. And if you enjoy it, then Hitman 2 is recommended. Hitman 3, only if you really liked the 2nd one.

Blood Money is probably the only one that holds up at all. It was also the best one, so that's cool.

Blood Money

Hitman 2 is great, and Contracts is like it.

Blood Money is the best though.

BTW, Contracts takes place between two missions from Blood Money.

Blood Motherfucking Money.

@The_Ruiner said:

2 and Blood Money

I've only played Blood Money, but it's awesome.

Blood Money and 2 are the best. Blood Money is probably the way to go if you're only buying one since it will hold up better than the older games.

Blood Money is an excellent game,

I played a bit of it again recently and apart from some janky physics and character models it holds up pretty well.

They are all worth playing but Blood Money is the masterpiece of the series. So well done.

I enjoyed them all, "Contracts" being the weakest in my book. As you want to purchase only one, I would say go for "Blood Money" as it is the one which holds up the best.

On a side note, all the Jesper Kyd soundtracks for the Hitman series are really awesome.

Blood Money is great, but having played it recently, I'd have to say it's starting to show it's age. Just keep that in mind. There's also a lot of cool levels in Contracts, but some of them are taken from the first game so it can be kind of confusing.

I played Blood Money for the first time last summer and had a lot of fun with it. So buy that one.

just thought i'd bump this thread as it's the steam deal today-

is absolution worth the $17.00 steam is asking for today? or should i pony up just $2.50 for blood money to get my fix?

or should i skip both altogether and finish mark of the ninja?