IO Interactive’s Hitman (2016) has a pretty neat offer to celebrate Halloween. Starting from 9 AM PT/12 PM ET on PC, Xbox One, and PS4, the Hitman Halloween Pack offers Episode 5: Colorado for free (but only for a limited period). Escalation Contracts, Featured Contracts, and the Freedom Fighters mission are all available with it.

Along with over 80 challenges, access to the ICA Facility location, and location master levels, players can even create their own Contracts. What makes this a “Halloween” pack though? In the 10 Featured Contracts, there are some that require spooky disguises and others that tell scary tales. Keep in mind that your access to the episode will last as long as the Halloween Pack is free.

However, progress will be saved and transfers over to the full game when you purchase it. Thankfully, Hitman (2016)’s Game of the Year Edition is available at a 76 percent discount on Steam. Along with all the missions and locations from the base game, you get the Patient Zero campaign, three new Outfits, three new weapons, and three Themed Escalation Contracts.

Agent 47 heads to Colorado to track down a hacktivist named Olivia Hall who is a suspect in a bunch of cyber crimes. Soon enough the ICA finds out that Olivia Hall is located in a remote farm that also hosts a private militia training ground, however there is this other target who is the true culprit behind a much larger plot.

"What makes this scenario cool is the tight, cramped spaces the game gives this time around in certain areas."

What made the other episodes so enticing to the eyes were their exotic looks and new destinations not often visited in a video game. From environments that gave us a sense of luxury from many different parts of the world and a pseudo feel of the culture therein, we had a great opportunity to explore the cities, partake in some very open and beautiful estates, beaches, and streets. Colorado on the other hand is a bit drab in its overall look and feel; filled with hay bales, shoddy looking barns, dilapidated fences, and grass that’s in dire need of a mowing. Immediately upon starting up as Agent 47 you will be put into hiding. There’s no time to look around, there’s no time to feel as though time is expendable.

Your mission is to break into the facility of the training ground right away. But what is there to look at isn’t interesting at all. Don’t expect lush environments in this episode. Colorado is a mountainous, open region full of wilderness and wildlife. Sadly, we get put into a military-style locale that is colorless, dull, and pretty much like every video game city we’ve seen a thousand times over. Interestingly enough, the farm does give an ominous, almost twilight lighting effect that portrays a very eerie feeling from time to time.

For those who enjoy military farms, this episode will be for them. What makes this scenario cool is the tight, cramped spaces the game gives this time around in certain areas. Yes, the farm is wide and open, but there are several enemies lurking around every corner. It’s those moments when taking out an enemy then figuring out how to hide that enemy without someone else seeing becomes very intense and adrenaline pumping so your cover isn’t blown. Dragging bodies you need to hide from oncoming enemies is slow, but in a good way. Not knowing if you’ll make it to cover while dragging along a body before a enemy sees you puts you on the edge of your seat.

Changing into the costumes of your enemies and walking around the farm may seem like the perfect guise to exploring the farmland, but be aware of the patrol constantly scouting around looking for any signs of danger. Furthermore, if you don’t wait your turn to take out an enemy, in this type of location especially, you’ll most likely end up in a combat situation that isn’t going to be very fun.

"Hitman Episode 5: Colorado is a fun romp that is actually more sound that the previous episode as it finally gets back to a more familiar setting with a better story."

As for weapons, you’ll still be packing your pistol and choking devices. You’ll find random items lying about such as mechanical tools that can be used for various, interactive things that are fun for a little bit while you’re not in cover and looking to survive. Later on as the game progresses, you’ll run across some fun weapons that are sure to surprise many fans of the series.

What is nice outside of the stale environments would be the wilderness itself. From birds chirping to bugs buzzing. All the sound effects are authentic and give a very real feel to just where Agent 47 is at any given moment. Hitman Episode 5: Colorado is a fun romp that is actually more sound that the previous episode as it finally gets back to a more familiar setting with a better story. For those who’ve enjoyed the previous episodes you’ll pretty much get exactly that: the same thing, albeit in a much duller location.

This game was reviewed on the Xbox One.

Hitman‘s stellar reboot continues with the newest episode, Colorado, finally taking Agent 47 to the United States. This episode includes more of the kind of stealth action and open ended gameplay that made the series, and the reboot in particular, such a hit with the audiences.

The question is, with so much to do, and so many ways to be doing it, how exactly do you know or decide what you should be doing? Why, you need a walkthrough to figure that out, and that’s where we come in. Below is a video walkthrough for Hitman Episode 5: Colorado, complete with ending, which will show you one way you could make your way through your newest set of missions.

The important thing to remember here is that this is just one way to do things- you can always figure out something that works better for you if you don’t particularly like what the walkthrough is showing you. Also, remember- while the gameplay being shown here is variable, the story is not. If you’d rather not have any part of this episode spoiled, it’s best to just lay off of watching the video.

There’s no rest for the wicked and it’s up to Agent 47 to take them out. Hitman Episode 5: Colorado is out on September 27th and the mission “Freedom Fighters” will see our favourite assassin taking down four targets.

Studio head Hannes Seifert stated that, “This is one of the toughest episodes yet. Not only do you have four targets, but from the moment you set foot in Colorado you’re on enemy ground. ‘Freedom Fighters’ is a key episode, which will add serious momentum to the story and set up an intriguing season finale for players.”

The targets in question are Sean Rose, Maya Parvati, Ezra Berg and Penelope Graves, each with their skill-sets and abilities. Episode 5 will bring 70 challenges for new gear, and weapons. The series will see its conclusion with Episode 6, set in Japan, releasing later this year.

Those willing to play all of Hitman’s Season 1 content at once can purchase a disc collection of the same on January 31st 2017.