Spent most of February playing through the whole Hitman trilogy for the first time in this one and had a blast - this 4.5 star is for all three games as a whole. I can see how if you were following the games as they released the third game might have felt a bit thin, but as a single package I really liked its tweaks to the formula, and Berlin might be my favorite level in the series.
In general these were three wonderful stealth games with a great sense of tongue-in-cheek dark humor and beautiful level design. My one complaint is that for all the fancy explosives and guns you unlock over time, the game really really doesn't give much opportunity or incentive to ever "go loud", so I have about two dozen cool weapons I've never ever touched. A few more challenges focused on that aspect might have helped, since so much of the game's design is pushing for you to stick to silenced pistols, poisons, and lockpicks as your loadout.
In general these were three wonderful stealth games with a great sense of tongue-in-cheek dark humor and beautiful level design. My one complaint is that for all the fancy explosives and guns you unlock over time, the game really really doesn't give much opportunity or incentive to ever "go loud", so I have about two dozen cool weapons I've never ever touched. A few more challenges focused on that aspect might have helped, since so much of the game's design is pushing for you to stick to silenced pistols, poisons, and lockpicks as your loadout.