I tried to play more Hitman Absolution, just to see if I was wrong and it got better. It did not.
They almost had me interested during an extended infiltration mission...going from the parking lot to the security office to the courtyard, lobby, factory floor of an arms factory actually almost started to feel like a real Hitman game for a moment.
Then it went off the rails again. Mission objectives appear with no context or explanation, locations change for no reason...this game is dog shit.