While the long shot missions are Contract 2's most significant new feature, the game's best mission is actually a classic contract. But I also liked deploying it as a backup while sneaking into a facility, giving me a quick way to deal with guards I suspected might cause trouble while infiltrating. You place it in a separate location so you can sync up shots on guards you otherwise can't see. Using it is almost like playing a cooperative game with yourself. The automated turret, however, is extremely cool. I found the drone was only intermittently useful, as many locations where it feels natural to deploy it are protected by invulnerable radio scramblers that render the drone inoperable. The latter includes a reconnaissance drone and an automated sniping-turret designed to enable synchronised kill-shots. Succeeding in a challenge nets you additional income to spend on new weapons, weapon mods, and gadgets. Each mission has its own set of challenges: killing targets in different ways, getting ten kills over a certain distance, killing ten counter-snipers with melee sneak attacks. Like Hitman, these contracts are built with replayability in mind. The design is clearly inspired by IO's recent Hitman trilogy.

The puzzle-like structure of these missions elevates Contracts 2 beyond a simple head-popping simulator.

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