The second episode of the game, entitled “Sapienza”, is set in a small fictitious town on the Amalfi Coast. The famous Agent 47 assassin is hot on the heels of an Italian scientist, whose lavish family villa is located in the picturesque village of Sapienza: the town is made up of small streets lined with small stone houses which bear the signs of their Medieval past: the lower level of many of these houses have exposed stone arches and walls. In a piazza looking out over the sea, the player can go inside a small classic-style church with its façade crusted in salt, a characteristic feature of many small Italian towns. As the player walks through the towns narrow streets, they will see pretty little shops with wooden windows, opticians and bookshops, etc. It feels like they’re really in a small Italian town. The location is new to the saga: "Sapienza strongly contrasts with the fashion show in Paris. It’s a location that is very much like a small town, something unprecedented for a series like Hitman", said Hannes Seifert, the Studio Head at IO Interactive.
The second episode of the game, entitled “Sapienza”, is set in a small fictitious town on the Amalfi Coast. The famous Agent 47 assassin is hot on the heels of an Italian scientist, whose lavish family villa is located in the picturesque village of Sapienza: the town is made up of small streets lined with small stone houses which bear the signs of their Medieval past: the lower level of many of these houses have exposed stone arches and walls. In a piazza looking out over the sea, the player can go inside a small classic-style church with its façade crusted in salt, a characteristic feature of many small Italian towns. As the player walks through the towns narrow streets, they will see pretty little shops with wooden windows, opticians and bookshops, etc. It feels like they’re really in a small Italian town. The location is new to the saga: "Sapienza strongly contrasts with the fashion show in Paris. It’s a location that is very much like a small town, something unprecedented for a series like Hitman", said Hannes Seifert, the Studio Head at IO Interactive.
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View of a piazza overlooking the beach of Sapienza from a terrace on which Agent 47 kills a guard
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Agent 47 near a fountain, with a gothic-style building in the background
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A medieval shot of Sapienza
Third-person shooter / Stealth
The first game in the franchise for eighth generation consoles. The game was released in three episodes in the first half of 2016. The player takes control of Agent 47, the infamous killer protagonist of the series. The various episodes of the game take the player to different places in the world including Paris, Marrakesh and the Amalfi Coast.
