Visually, and control-wise Absolution is great and better than any Hitman before it. That was always the issue, fussy controls and shytty hit-detection. Bland character models. Absolution fixed that. The game feels great and looks even better.
A better engine doesnt make it a better game tho. Blood Moneys worst levels are better than most of the Absolution levels. Even the story in BM was more entertaining and surprising
Im telling you, if they make a DLC with more levels like Chinese New Year and Streets of Hope (best levels in this game), it could be a classic. Im just not feeling the story-driven Uncharted-style point-A-to-point-B levels.
Some awesome levels are broken into small parts of larger missions which is frustrating when you want to replay certain bits. And then, an entire mission might involve you killing one single person in a desert and then getting back in your car...end of mission lol