Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 4 Sweet Games We’re Beating Back The Summer Heat With

Play it on: PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, Swap 2, Home windows PCs (Steam Deck: “Verified”)Present objective: Cease failing my Freelancer campaigns

Final weekend, I completed a Weekend Information objective. Because it seems, Hitman is an ideal match for me. Difficult myself to suit-only runs (a self-imposed restraint the place you refuse to make use of disguises), and with a gameplay strategy that prioritizes swift stealth as a substitute of hanging round for the proper disguise or alternative to point out up, I’ve discovered myself glued to this sport in a method that clearly tells me Hitman is now a staple of my gaming pastime.

This weekend, although, I’ve a extra refined objective. I’ve a couple of extra missions to go on the finish of the marketing campaign trilogy that established this period of Hitman, however I additionally need to dig deeper into Freelancer mode.

Should you’re unfamiliar with this mode, it’s a roguelike mode that scatters Hitman’s stealthy gameplay throughout three campaigns’ value of maps. Achieve your assassination and escape, and also you progress the Freelancer marketing campaign whereas conserving all your tools. Fail, and also you lose all the things.

I’m unsure that I’ve performed many roguelikes earlier than this, however as soon as the synapses in my mind made the connection to extraction shooters, I used to be form of shocked that I’ve been sleeping on this style. And given my love of stealth video games, it truly is a shock that I’ve not been a Freelancer for the reason that mode arrived in 2023. It’s a satisfying mode that actually assessments your data of the maps, enemy habits, and the push and pull of Hitman’s stealth mechanics.

So, let’s see if Agent 47’s darkish and sneaky world will pull me in for one more 30 hours this weekend. — Claire Jackson