Hitman: Blood Money

Hitman: Blood Money is a game that I have recently been watching my brother slowly navigate. As far as game space goes, I find it to be very interesting. The main character is an assassin who navigates about 13 separate levels that are linked only by the story line. The levels themselves are completely disconnected. In fact, they are spaces that are often meant to be in completely different countries. The main character is given twelve missions. One by one he appears at the entrance of these levels, silently finds and assassinated his targets, and sneaks to a boat, plain, door, etc. to escape. We have no idea where this character might live, sleep, or travel until later in the game. On the other hand, the plot is developed completely outside of the levels during the between-mission movies. During this time we are given a glimpse into the characters life and the reasons behind his actions. 

The interplay between story and game play is very interesting in Hitman: Blood Money. The levels without the movies would be a disconnected game to which the player would have trouble relating. The movies without the levels would not be a game at all. However, Hitman: Blood Money makes no attempt to weave the two completely together as games like Oblivion or Fallout 3 do. However, despite what might be expected, this method of game space building seems to be effective. The player gets both involved in the game play and interested in the story line. The game is both immersive and enjoyable to play. It is an interesting technique to separate the plot development from the game play to create a game space, but in this case an effective one. 

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