The last time I played a Hitman game that I actually enjoyed you ended up being "dead" at the end of it only to emerge from your coffin at the end and slaughter everyone at the funeral. This was a long time ago but that one was a lot of fun.

These days I am not really a fan of stealth games of any sort so I have avoided them. Hitman 2 will probably hit the bargain bins of the PS store sometimes soon if it isn't already there and since you are saying 3 is essentially the same thing as 2, maybe I'll pick it up.