As Hitman 3 turns five years old, we surely have enough hindsight to declare: this is one of the greatest of all time, right?

I can still very clearly remember the first time I was told anything about 2016's Hitman, the soft reboot of the adventures of gaming's most-beloved slaphead. It was at an industry event, several months before the game was due to be announced at E3 2015. It was the usual sort of 'told about a game early' affair. Someone from Square Enix gushed over a pint.

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