10 Best Video Games Of 2021 (So Far)

5. Hitman 3

Rounding out IO Interactive's work on the rebooted Hitman trilogy, Hitman 3 has them craft the biggest, most intricate and most impressive interactive spaces yet.

Where Hitman 1 and 2 had a Parisian fashion show, coastal Italian town and entire formula 1 race event to try and assassinate people in, Hitman 3 takes up you a skyscraper in Dubai, down onto some cyberpunk-infused streets of Chongqing, China, and across the English countryside to Dartmoor, where you can spend hours playing detective in what feels like unlocking another game entirely.

IO truly are the masters of intricate A.I. scripts, NPC routines, opportunities for Agent 47 to cause hilarious-levels of mischief. You can either be the most professional hitman there's ever been, or someone who throws an explosive rubber duck at a target's head, then escapes by riding the back of a dolphin to safety.