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“Instinct” Allows Agent 47 To Predict Enemy Paths In Hitman Absolution

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Last month, Square Enix released a 17-minute video walkthrough of one of the stages in Hitman Absolution. Now, we have a version of that same video accompanied by commentary from game director, Tore Blystad, and gameplay director, Christian Elverdam. Take a look:  

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  A new infra-red vision feature called “Instinct” allows Agent 47 to see enemies through walls, as well as the paths they’re going to be walking along. It was a feature that was added once the team felt that the game’s AI was getting too hard to handle.

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