So, who else played the new Hitman level? Thoughts?
I thought it was good, but very underwhelming when compared with Sapienza. Uncomfiest setting so far, crowds were too big, the embassy was a pain in the ass because there were a dozen different guards that each saw through a different disguise, there wasn't as much fun dialogue and the areas felt emptier and there wasn't much cool creative shit to do either. It's still a good level, but I hope it ends up being the worst level of the game by the time we're done.
>>339639347
Apparently not much people
I played it too and it's ok, but I like Paris and Sapienza much more
Paris was way smaller, but really well made
There is going to be a Japan and an America level right? I hope they will be better than this one
>>339639347
>Thoughts?
You nailed them yourself, add in the fact that the American accents piss me offYou also nailed those digits
>>339639347
new one is harder than paris or sapienza, but sapienza is probably the most fun to fuck around at.
I liked lots of stuff to interact in marrakesh, it looks like they want people to create elaborate contracts.
Still can't find the perfect sniping spot, i have to arrange their meeting at the school and blast them from the headmaster roof, right?
I told you fags this was gonna be uncomfy. This level feels like out of Silent Assassin with its difficulty. Definitely the hardest level so far, for good and for bad.
Easily the worst of the three. This level really exposes how poor the lighting system is in outside environments though.
Im hoping the next level is something cool like the underground night club in BM
>>339640541
How so? I got SA rank on 2nd try, 1st one was a stupid mistake when i didn't look at the minimap.
I'm really curious about the story.
>(((STRANDBERG)))
Game lets you kill jews, in previous episode you destroyed a weapon that jews are suspected to have
GOTY
Morocco isn't comfy, but it's a good level. I like it more than Sapienza.
Do you think we'll have to fight the mysterious man who ruins everything for Providence?
>>339639729
>There is going to be a Japan and an America level right?
Yeah, but before that we're getting Thailand.
>>339641014
thailand? sounds good, let's see what it'll be
so the planned ones are thailanda, america, japan and a final one in an unknown location?
>>339639347
You guys are talking about video game levels like TV-show episodes. Does that not worry you?
>>339640541
>This level
>Hard
>Go to school take officer uniform pose as prisoner and kill dude.
>Go upstairs to safe and get code, call other target with phone in same room and go to the underground
>Kill last target essentially any way you want as he heads down before he reaches the first guards or kill him regularly when he finally gets down there
post yfw the American level is the only level where the npcs don't speak english
>>339640093
What if they're all speaking their native language, but that's just the way 47 hears it in his head?
>>339640708
>Im hoping the next level is something cool like the underground night club in BM
To me it doesn't even need to be anything particularly unique. I'm fine with them doing yet another Hotel level as long as they do it well.
>Pasty white blue eyed character
>Draws more suspicion at the Swedish embassy than at the Moroccan army camp
why are there so many americans there?
is the entire game actually in the training facility?
>>339642010
No, because these episodes have been pretty goodso far
I liked the intro pack I'm just not sure whether or not to buy sapienza and Marrakech or wait for the full release, I just want something new to play
>>339642175
That actually makes sense. Best thing would be to get natives for each location and just add subs, but picking out shit in the crowd would be hard.
Kinda like in MGS3 you get dubbing, when despite the dialogue being in English, character says "Your Russian is superb"
>>339641003
>Do you think we'll have to fight the mysterious man who ruins everything for Providence?
He's definitely gonna want to fuck 47 up. He implied very heavily at the beginning that the reason why Providence is as powerful as it is was because they used ICA and 47 to get there. He'll probably keep having 47 help take them down for that nice ironic end and then try to kill 47 so a second Providence doesn't happen.
>>339642010
what do you mean? Does the format (episodes released once a month) bother you? Would the game be better if it was released all at once? All the episodes have been good so far (althought I like 1 and 2 better than the third one) and the format works well, I like to complete all the challenges, escalations, etc. in a level before the next one is released
>>339641323
The final one will be in a location that has already been used with some changes to it.
>>339642492
sapienza was really good
>>339642553
Although that theory kinda breaks when you go to the Army yard and they're doing pushups while counting in whatever native language they speak there.
>>339642492
you can pirate the dlc and it'll show up in the game if you have a legit intro pack.
>>339642717
>will be in a location that has already been used with some changes to it
what? how do you know that?
>>339642010
As long as they keep delivering on the quality, then I actually like the fact the game is episodic. Every new month I get a new level to play and fuck around in.
>>339642041
Well, I can say that it's easily the hardest level of this game so far to me. I had a far easier time with the others. There are a lot more guards that spot disguises. Especially in the Embassy.
>>339643138
Mr. 305
>>339642010
IO have been pretty consistent with this and the time limited targets are fun. I'm not going to get worried over a slippery slope.
>>339642175
>>339642553
>>339642931
That's exactly what's happening. There are plenty of examples in Sapienza and Marrakesh where one of the shop sellers goes "What do you want" and the random NPC goes "I CAN'T SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE, CAN YOU UNDERSTAND ME?" even though they're both speaking English.
>>339642931
Yeah, noticed that too.
I guess background noise in english, but important stuff, like opportunities being revealed etc. in native, louder and subtitles overriding the chitchat of random crowds?
Oh, and it seems that loading a save clears poison from bottles.
At least had that happen when loading a save, after i poisoned water bottle in cafeteria the masseur was drinking.
Lost the 1 emetic poison i had. Bottle was magically clean.
Why does the Swedish embassy have so much moose shit in it?
Is the Moose the national animal of Sweden?
>disguise yourself as the masseuse
>"Hey man, I'm digging the new bald look you got"
>Thank you for responding so fast, we were not ready for this. We are not Denmark
so the IO devs (who are Danish) were making fun of the Swedes for being sissies with this?
I can't even get Sapenzia to load, and I have a pretty beastly PC. It just drops to 1 fps for the loading screen and stays like that for 5+ minutes until I eventually alt+f4
Anyone else having these problems? The game seems pretty poorly optimized for me, barely getting 45 fps in Paris on lowest settings
>>339643610
works on my machine
>>339643724
AMD or Nvidia
>>339643586
Yes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R2etjZ-UC8
>tfw sabotaging every phonebooth and bike in the map
OH THIS SHALL BE A NAUGHTY CAPRICE
>>339642387
There is a theory the game's plot is just a simulation
The first two levels being 47 going trough Soder's operations in a simulated setting in the 90's and the other levels being the player going trough 47's operations in a modern simulated VR.
anyone know where the intern is?
>>339642313
kek
>>339645297
He's around the bazaar walking around and begging people to give him directions. He eventually finds his way and is on the entrance lobby of the embassy but it takes like 5 minutes for that to happen.
I'm waiting for the full release. It's a single player game so no biggy.
>>339642432
>>339642637
>>339642982
>>339643340
Irrelevant opinions, anybody dumb enough to buy this shit wouldn't admit the problems to themselves. How else are they going to rationalise paying for a AAA game and having the content drip fed to you? Wouldn't be surprised if the game was straight up worse than Absolution.
>>339645405
oh, in the bazaar, that's why i can't find him
>>339645680
I understand where you're coming from, I guess you'll be able to find out two years from now when the game is selling for 10 bucks.
>>339645680
Why do poorfags always make up other excuses to not buy the games they can't afford?
>>339645429
Thanks for your thoughts.
>>339645773
Speaking of the Bazaar, the general talks about some kind of lamb he wanted to eat at the Bazaar but I have no fucking clue of where that is.
>>339645904
I suspect the shisha bar? Dunno if he goes there. Finished the level twice so far. coin bait and headshot the (((Strandberg))) and PoW opportunity for the general.
2nd was masseur and the toilet drop.
I thought it was kinda easy, I guess just because I lucked out and immediately found th3 club card on the one rooftop and could get an isolated soldier in the bathroom, then get the building keycard.
First playthrough disguised as the masseur to kill the banker, then hid in the closet for the general when he goes to taunt the prisoner and garroted him.
Map is sort of linear, but good.
What really gets me is where the fuck are all the escalations and shit for this level?
>>339646262
Escalations always take time to come out. We get one or two new escalations every week.
>>339645904
I've heard him mention it before and I found a plate of food sitting by itself in a kiosk. You can poison it, of course, but you can't seem to pick it up. I was thinking as the vendor you could deliver it to him but I dunno where the actual food you can pick up is.
The level is decent, but:
>kill general unseen inside school
>tuck him in a cabinet
>seconds later the intercom is announcing the general is dead and whoever else is taking over
>no one even cares
>>339646640
Oh, my bad.
I got the game about a week after Sapienza came out and there were already like six of them, so I assumed they just came with the level's launch.
>>339646691
Weird. That didn't happen to me.
>guy putting up rebel posters
>following him for like 5-10 minutes
>he eventually uses a payphone
>literally just called someone on a payphone to ask if they've ever tried stuffed-crust pizza
>>339643391
There are more moose in Sweden per square mile than any other country.
>>339647381
is that like 'go 'za?
so whats your fastest sosa,mines 9:54
>>339648335
It's SASO, not SOSA.
>>339648446
either way
>>339639347
I hate the fact that all of the npcs speak in either an American or British accent. It's so fucking lazy.
So is it Marrakech or Marrakesh? Is IO just dumb and spelled it wrong?
>>339650104
It's actually 100% correct both ways. Half the population says it one way, and the other half says it the other cause they're French. So they're both official names.
>>339650104
Marrakech in French, Marrakesh in English, مراكش (Murrākuš) in Arabic and ⴰⵎⵓⵔⴰⴽⵓⵛ (Meṛṛakec) in Berber
>>339642313
Fuck that god damn embassy and all of those guards being assholes.
I haven't even been able to stealthily turn off the cameras yet.
>>339650454
You turn on the copy machine, and that gives you enough time to delete THIS
I found getting the masseur is a mess.
>>339642492
Sapienza is excellent, Marrakesh is good but I would probably skip it if I didn't have as much disposable income.
>>339642959
I could swear I saw an interview where they explicitly said it would not be on a new location but I wasn't able to google it.
>>339651110
Well, there is only 6 maps confirmed.
The 7th level will either be the Gary Busey hit or a final boss.
We also know Sapienza has a night variation with a live concert going on. So maybe it takes place there or it will be used for some Elusive Target.
Marrakech is the filler level you'd play through and forget in a full retail game. Shame the episodic release highlights it.
>>339651582
I do remember seeing Paris at night on one of the trailers.
Marrakesh > Sapienza = Paris
Sapienza had a lot of cool shit to do, but most of it was too easy to pull off
>>339652159
Paris > Sapienza > Marrakech
>>339652159
I don't know how to compare Paris with Marrakesh yet, but Marrakesh above Sapienza is insane to me. Sure, Marrakesh is harder, but Sapienza had a lot more fun shit to do.
>>339652159
>>339652294
>>339652308
Sapienza > Paris > Marrakesh > Military Base > Yacht
>>339642492
Buying them all individually is cheaper than buying the upgrade pack
>mfw pushing a toilet onto the general's head
The embassy was a cool idea for a setting but in practice it felt a bit empty, like there was only 4 rooms or so in it that were actually relevant. In Paris a much larger part of the house is relevant (you have the sheik guy's room, the lockdown room, the auction room, Dalia's room, the laptop room, etc.), but of course in that level the house is the entire level so I guess it is forgivable.
Overall so far I've had the most fun with Paris, but it's also the level that I've played the most simply because it was released first so there is an obvious bias.
>>339648446
Sosa sounds cooler
>>339652896
SASO sounds cooler but Suit Only Silent Assassin makes more sense than Silent Assassin Suit Only, so I feel like SOSA is the correct name.
>>339652884
There's this annoying bug that makes conversations sometimes not start up, which made the embassy feel way emptier than it actually was. I only heard certain conversations by the fourth time I was replaying the level, even though I had gotten to those areas and stood around long enough to hear them every time I played.
I'm just waiting for my 1080 to play this...
Ever notice how each new level builds upon the previus ones? Paris was a combination of the 2 tutorial missions. Sapienza was Paris fused with the new *open* environment concept.
Marrakesh takes all previous level designs and makes it far more chaotic. So i'm wondering how are they going to build upon Morocco.
>>339654172
They are using something they call a modular sandmox, every level is built on the same setting.
It's literally a "just on time" model.
>>339654424
>>339654172
modular sandbox*
>>339639347
anyone else on pc experiancing frequent crashes since the update?
>>339654525
No crashes whatsoever on my side.
>>339654424
>It's literally a "just on time" model.
What do you mean by this?
>>339653654
Silent Assassin, Suit Only
They're doing a good job so far
>>339639347
>Denuvo game
It's fun to see, that games which aren't pirate able, sell less and are not discussed on any major board than games without Denuvo
>>339655013
>>339654424
>>339655013
Meant just in time
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-in-time_manufacturing
>>339655476
I've found the Hitman threads lately to be very civil and comfy because of the lack of pireate babbies, except for the few salty ones who come in and complain about a game they've never played.
>>339654172
I'm not sure I get what you mean by this. You mean the level layout is the same and I haven't noticed?
>>339642175
That's obviously what it's meant to be, but the fact that they don't even have accents is annoying. Hearing a Moroccan rug salesman speak in perfect English with Yuri Lowenthal's voice is pretty jarring in a series that traditionally had NPCs speaking their own native language. I'm hoping season 2 has a higher VA budget.
There's also a conspicuously British VA doing some of the female characters even though everyone else is American.
Anyone else wish you could free the prisoner?
I don't wanna just leave him there where he'll probably get executed by the mercs.
>>339642313
In the Hitman world, 47 looks indinsinguishable. He looks like some guy with a bald head, light skin, and vague looks. If you played the first couple games you'd know that. We see 47 and recognize him but to everyody else he's a shmuck in the crowd.
>>339658823
If you kill all of the mercenaries, soldiers, and guards, you get a special cutscene at the end showing an ICA operative freeing the prisoner and giving him a tasty sandwich for his troubles
>>339659270
thats bullshit but im gonna do it anyway
>>339654668
Shit I think I really fucked up trying to manually install new drivers then.
>>339654172
They're creating a difficulty curve.
I imagine that the final level is going to be Dante Must Die-tier in terms of difficulty.
>>339657073
Marrakesh has a very similar design module compared to Sapienza and Paris.
The Swedish embassy place is basically the Villa in Italy, it's essentially a castle protecting the targets and requires infiltration. The abandoned school is the equivalent to the underground lab (it's out of the way and a fucking hastle every time).
In some ways the school is very similar to the tutorial mission where you have to assassinate the general, this is basically penis a recreation of that. Also... ever notice how there's always 2 targets?
>>339661056
>is basically penis a recreation of that
>>339661264
Sorry, i've been watching a lot of gay porn lately. I've been getting so bored with straight porn.
>>339661056
>ever notice how there's always two targets
That's because:
A. The missions would be piss easy if there was only one target
B. Having only one target would lead to a ton of wasted space.
I don't know why they haven't introduced 3-4 target missions yet, though.
>>339661342
I remember when they had a cool level where you had to kill 7 or 8 people on a boat and everyone bitched nonstop about it.
2 targets is probably the safe bet for them.
>>339655470
im glad they brought the creepy bodybags back. Its always funny watching them drag them through crowds like theres nothing weird about it
>>339658823
Made me want a Thief/Dishonored/MGS V style grab a body so I could put the dude somewhere safe.
https://youtu.be/B7lXyFPQpnk
>>339639347
Pretty much what you said. It's good, but I feel like the new Hitman is falling back into bad habits introduced by Absolution with all those guards who inexplicably can see through your disguise. On my first playthrough I managed to sneak into the consulate without a disguise, just wearing the black suit, and it was impossible to move an inch due to the guards hounding you mercilessly. I had to reload.
>>339640376
>Still can't find the perfect sniping spot, i have to arrange their meeting at the school and blast them from the headmaster roof, right?
I tried exactly that, only to find out you don't have a clear vision on the targets from the headmaster's roof. Managed to beat the Sniper challenge anyway. Here's how I did it:
>smuggle silenced sniper rifle to headmaster's roof
>sneak into consulate and trigger fire alarm
>rush to headmaster's roof
>knock out headmaster
>slide down the pipe
>take out the two guards next to you (you won't be able to dispose of them, so hide them as good as you can)
>wait for the meeting to take place
>position yourself so that the soldiers won't see you, but you can still hit your targets
>shoot them from the fence
>rush back to the pipe and climb up
>with a bit of luck you're out of sight before they can spot you
Very ghetto, but it worked.
>>339661629
I like that mission, I wish the multiple targets amounted to more than just fatso's personal goons but whatever
>>339663635
m8 the general goes to one of the windows at one point and it's an easy snipe, even without the a zoom-in rifle.did you miss the ledge you can climb up on at the headmaster's roof?
there's something fucky with the consulate bathroom on the first floor, NPC's can see through the walls it seems and can see do naughty things in there. I was dragging a body in there and every time I picked it up the detection meter would go up so I'd drop it and it would go down. Had to do this a few times to move the body to the stall.
>>339663823
>>339661629
I loved every mission in BM exceptDeath of a Showman
>>339664000
lol, you're absolutely right, I missed it. Just checked. I'm retarded.
If you want to grind specific general kills, start as a soldier in the HQ and smuggle the non-silenced sniper rifle to the rooftop near the market. You can snipe the Swede through the window. That should speed things up.
so i guess this remote explosive duck is redundant if i already have the pale duck?
>>339664760
I feel ya.
I went through an absurdly over complex method of getting into the shisha place and the cameraman's disguise.
Got the handman disguise from the roof, to sabotage the utility box, to distract the waiter, to get the key, to get the invite, rat poison the shisha, then get the disguise.
Then I found out I could justclimb from the rooftop into the place and get the guy in the toilet by throwing a coin. Well that's part of the appeal of the game desu
>>339665467
Yes. They're stupid anyway.
>>339665467
Well look at this way, you now have two bombs that can be placed relatively inconspicuously. 2x the fun I say.
>>339665467
You can take both, but other than the edge case where you need two exploding rubber ducks, yes.
>>339665553
Just remember that there's ALWAYS a way to get in without a disguise, because of SA-SO.
>>339665553
You can also find an invite on the rooftop most south from the consulate entrance. Climb up the pipe, up the ledges and there's a shop vendor chilling out next to it.
Cool a Hitman thread. I've been thinking about getting this but I am curious about a few things.
How optimised is the game on PC? I'm running a 3.4ghz i5 3570, a 970 and 16gb of RAM, what sort of settings and frames will I be getting?
How much content is the game with currently? I know we have Paris, Sapienza and Marrakesh and another 3 more maps incoming, but what do you get in the maps? Do you only get 1 mission each with a huge amount of options or are there multiple missions set in different parts of the map?
How big are the maps too? How detailed are we talking about here? All interiors can be entered? Shitload of improvised weapons everywhere?
How well does the game play compared to Blood Money? No need to compare it to Absolution, it's already clear they're on completely different levels.
Is it worth it yet? I loved Silent Assassin, Contracts and Blood Money. Even played through Absolution, trying to love it. Is there enough content to justify buying it now? Are the developers on track with delivering on what they promised?
Thanks in advance.
>>339666116
Go fuck yourself.
>>339666116
http://hitmanmaps.com/paris
http://hitmanmaps.com/sapienza
Maps are big and detailed. It's similar to Blood Money in a lot of good ways, but the scale is different from some of the best parts, like the small simplicity of A New Life. Not all interiors can be entered (in Sapienza and Marrakesh).
Replying because I tried to make a thread the other day about the 360 degree trailer and got no replies.
>>339666116
>How optimised is the game on PC? I'm running a 3.4ghz i5 3570, a 970 and 16gb of RAM, what sort of settings and frames will I be getting?
It's not optimized at all. There are regular frame drops.
>How much content is the game with currently? I know we have Paris, Sapienza and Marrakesh and another 3 more maps incoming, but what do you get in the maps? Do you only get 1 mission each with a huge amount of options or are there multiple missions set in different parts of the map?
1 mission with tons of content, plus escalation contracts (some good, most okay), elusive targets (infrequently), and player-made contracts (almost all terrible).
Paris and Sapienza gave me about 20 hours each, though I'll admit I was sometimes tabbed out and posting in Hitman threads.
>How big are the maps too?
Huge. Paris is the smallest of the three and it's a giant palace.
>How detailed are we talking about here?
Very.
>All interiors can be entered?
There are a lot of painted-on doors in Marrakesh and Sapienza.
However, Sapienza is full of shops you can enter, some of which have goodies in them.
I haven't explored Marrakesh very much yet.
>Shitload of improvised weapons everywhere?
Yes, mostly hand tools and things like bricks and soda cans.
>How well does the game play compared to Blood Money?
On par with Blood Money. If Marrakesh manages to be the worst level in the game, it will be better than Blood Money.
>Is it worth it yet?
If you're going to replay the levels dozens of times anyway, I'd say yes.
Note that it's $5 more if you buy the intro pack and then each level individually, rather than the full experience, so take that into account.
>Are the developers on track with delivering on what they promised?
Yes, with the caveat that they promised we'd have an elusive target on launch week but we didn't get the first one until two months later.
However, we got another one last week and if they keep pumping them out every other week or so I'll forgive them.
>>339666295
Why so hostile, faggot?
>>339666116
>How optimised is the game on PC?
My specs are similar to yours and I can run the game just fine. There are some slowdowns, especially in places with big crowds and lighting effects, but it never becomes a slideshow. Hitman never was a fast-paced game anyway, so it's not really a dealbreaker. You could argue however the game doesn't look that great considering how resource hungry it is.
>I know we have Paris, Sapienza and Marrakesh and another 3 more maps incoming, but what do you get in the maps?
4 maps, actually.
>Do you only get 1 mission each with a huge amount of options
Yes.
>How big are the maps too?
They are massive. Think of Blood Money's Mardi Gras level and a half, often twice as big with lots of options.
>How well does the game play compared to Blood Money?
It's very close to Blood Money in terms of level design, though it's lacking some of its gameplay options.
>Is it worth it yet?
That's a question you have to answer for yourself. If you have other shit to play and you're okay with waiting a month between levels, go for it. The replay value of the three levels they have released so far is incredibly high. In the past, you would play through a Hitman game for the first time, dick around a bit, uninstall it, get an itch months later and discover something new during that particular playthrough. Their business model kind of encourages you to make those additional playthroughs in a very short amount of time.
>>339665930
and theres one where the icemachine is
come closer
>>339667136
>>339666749
>>339666658
I guess I'll wait then. Total Warhammer is still fresh as fuck and Mirror's Edge Catalyst is coming out in a few days. I'll grab this once all the maps are released.
Also, what's this Season 2 another anon mentioned? Are these 6 maps just season 1?
>>339666116
Game runs like ass, but the maps are huge. It's the second best Hitman game as of now, not sure it will beat BM in my book but it will be close.
Here's Marrakesh's map, you can enter quite a few of the buildings, although the small ones have little to offer.
also:
BM > Hitman > Contracts > SA > CN:47Abomination isn't a hitman game
>follow the poster boy
>wait for an opportunity to knock him unconscious
>goes into a dark side alley
>"Perfect, now is my time to str-"
>BUY MY WARES FRIEND
>the fuck? Get away from me, you pest
>get another opportunity
>BUY MY WARES PLEASE NIGGA
>realize the guy is following me around
>>339667883
Apparently if Hitman 2016 does well in terms of sales, there will be more maps in the future.
Is it him anons?
>>339668173
well if you bought his wares you wouldn't be having this problem
>>339668498
guy on the left has a blue suit
>>339669260
Considering the events are separated by at least ten years, I don't think clothing changes are relevant.
>>339669260
>>339669404
The nose and hairstyle is similar, not to mention they brought him back as an easter egg in the sniper challenge thing.
He was said to have been working for a large, secretive organization in SA that was never explained.
I'm thinking that's what Providence is.
>>339669663
Yeah, it sounds plausible. It would be weird if they didn't use him after putting him in Sniper Challenge.
What outfit is the intern wearing
>>339673042
shirt and tie with no jacket
