So now that the dust is still waiting for updates, is HITMAN™ worth the buy? Heard nothing but horror stories about the DRM.
>>344403575
>downgraded graphics
>excuse by pretending to 'bring back the blood money days feeling'
>Same system as Absolution, except skinned differently (Instinct, Cover, etc)
>Result: Shittier than Blood Money and worse graphic than Absolution
>Literally EJECT Jesper Kyd out of production
>On top of all this be money hungry whores by releasing one mission after mission
I'll wait for the shills to swarm me like malaria mosquitoes
>>344403575
DRM is pretty shitty because it boots you out of gameplay on connection loss and episodic structure is horrible but otherwise it's a great Hitman game.
Disguises are actually balanced this time around and there are more ways to kill people than even in BM. Levels are large and there are a lot of NPCs (though crowds are props like in A Murder of Crows).
>Same system as Absolution, except skinned differently (Instinct, Cover, etc)
Instinct was almost mandatory in Absolution because disguises basically didn't work without it. It's not necessary at all here and neither is cover, for that matter.
>>344403575
>35 KB
>>344404390
I got that.
I might buy it when it's out, a lot cheaper and of it isn't always online.
I'm certainly not paying more than £10 a year after release. And since by the time its that price were going to be 2 years on I'll probably just wait for it to be free on PS plus.
They would have done themselves a favour by making episode 1 free.
>>344403575
Get "The Full Experience". Cheaper.
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You aren't casual plebs, /v/, are you?
>>344403575
Every HITMAN™ worth the buy
>>344403873
>downgraded graphics
Compared to what? Absolution's plastic graphics and pukes of random colors?
DALE
>>344404298
>DRM is pretty shitty because it boots you out of gameplay on connection loss
That was patched out months ago
TECHNOLOGY > graphics
>>344404298
If I'm a complete autist and want to play this with steam in offline mode will I be able to do so?
The only major flaw with the game is that it's not well optimized.
It's a good game.
>>344404925
>glasses cracks
>no additional boolet holes on the body
>>344404731
>game freezes in the middle of an elusive target
>get fucked over and lose them forever
I don't like that they're a one time only thing. I wish they would randomly reappear.
>Heard nothing but horror stories about the DRM.
Have you ever heard anything but horror stories about DRM in general? It's the only real flaw with the game though.
>>344405040
>get fucked over and lose them forever
You only lose them forever if you die, there are infinite restarts until you die or kill the target.
>>344405206
Have the buggy blood effects when killing people been fixed yet? Worked fine before Marrakesh.
>>344405206
>no bloodstains following the body
>>344403873
>Literally EJECT Jesper Kyd out of production
this triggers me
what happened?
>>344403575
>horror stories about drm
lmao like what? please tell me what you heard about the denuvo boogie man
>>344404390
saved
>>344404849
Gritty textyere overlays == better graphics
>>344403575
>BUY MY GAME
>game looks really good
>retail doesn't come out until a few months from now
>miss on all the elusive targets and timed stuff
i mean they have to bring it back eventually right?
>>344405378
>>344405561
i feel like they will since every elusive target has a briefing video and new recorded dialogue. would be a waste to discard it permanently
>>344405561
IO claimed that missing enough targets will mean you won't unlock everything.
>>344404952
If playing while not connected to the internet is something that is important to you, do not buy this game. It is technically feasible but has many restrictions.
>>344405040
I personally crashed to desktop while alt tabbing to a massive auto cad file I wanted to close to improve performance. It did not count as a failed mission for me, likely because I had not yet killed the ET.
>>344405458
Just the servers not responding and losing all your progression on a level. Makes no absolute sense to play a game that glorifies roaming around its levels waiting for a single window of opportunity just to get kicked out of your play because your Internet dies out.
>>344405631
Oh you mean the homage
I'm pretty sure being made a target is an honour in hitman
>>344405795
thanks consoles
>>344405738
True at launch, still true now except they patched it so it doesn't boot you, you can wait/attempt reconnects.
>>344405789
>tfw people all over the world will never try to make your death seem like an accident
Also I've got to say that Marrakesh really grew on me. I still don't like the bazaar area, though, that shit looks the fucking same and it's full of "a small alley no one really goes to except when you want to knock someone out, have fun being spotted :^)".
>>344405738
You're allowed to reconnect and the game autosaves prior to you getting booted out now.
>>344405378
>>344405631
>>344403873
most of his pasta is bullshit
And Jesper has been gone for the long time, he didn't work on Absolution as well, Trailer music is written by some random DJ, not Jesper.
Also, after BM there was a big exodus and fuckton of people left IO to make Heroes and Generals.
>>344405795
>Literally a problem since the fucking orange box
This is the fucking service Sony and MS are FUCKING CHARGING for.
Restricted patching. Amazing.
>>344405923
I'm really looking forward to night Marrakesh
>>344405924
>trailer music is suprisingly good
>ingame music is absolute garbage hollywood bullshit
what happened
>>344403575
Even skyrim has better AI than this.
>>344406287
most likely they decided to play it safe
Did they release trailer track?
>>344404925
>no hole in the body
>glasses dont fall off
This is what devs spent time of, instead of making it good.
>>344406407
Judging by the terrible quality of this game's sound design in general, it looks like they don't have a budget for a good composer.
>>344406638
and a good mapper
marrakesh is shit
>>344406023
It's done to punish lazy devs who want to release unoptimized shit on consoles. You either release a good game or go bankrupt patching it.
Back before PS3\Xbox360 days patch were a really rare occasion and no one complained.
Second best in the series and by the end of the season it might be the best.
>>344407401
I just wish it didn't look so much like Absolution is all
>>344407439
But it doesn't look anything like Absolution.
>>344407552
Yeah it does
a lot of it is a rehash from the previous series
Most games do this, like Saints row 3 and 4, or GTA 4 and 5. In their case it was just a very shallow update on graphics, which kind of applies here.
>>344404731
>tfw fucked up the first elusive target but got the other four
>>344405795
While certifcation is annoying and stupid, you should really just not have to rely on patching your problems away and ice bugs before release.
>>344407647
So that's a problem all games have currently then. Graphics are plateauing right now, and I'd rather have it look more like Absolution without all the shitty filters than reverting back to Blood Money graphics.
>>344407651
>not knowing that they're going to bring back all elusive targets because people won't stop crying about it
>>344408123
Fuck no. I love the clean style of Blood Money and the new game over the annoyingly gritty contrasty grindhousy Absolution graphics.
>>344408123
It's not just about the graphics. What IO did in TM is they took apart Absolution to make it more BM-ish. But at the core of it it looks like Absolution.
Just like GTA 5 looks like GTA 4 no matter which way you try to cut it.
>>344408461
>Games on the same engine look similar
>>344408548
Exactly, they didn't have the balls to experiment with a new engine (not just balls, but probably money)
If they wanted to make a spiritual successor to Blood Money, they shouldn't have done it on an Absolution engine.
>>344406361
This game has the best AI in the series.
I know that the previous games didn't set a high bar in that regard, but it's the truth.
>>344408643
As long as it plays like an updated Blood Money and it looks like an updated Blood Money who cares what engine they use?
>>344408643
Why on Earth would they make a new engine? Do you realize they used the same engine from Codename 47 to Kane & Lynch 2?
>>344408745
But it doesn't play like Blood Money, it plays like Absolution imitating Blood Money.
>>344408805
Are you autistic?
>>344408836
Yes, and you probably are too.
Technology
>>344408805
What does this even mean?
Disguises actually work, the levels are open and the scoring system isn't retarded.
It's nothing like Absolution.
It's pretty good, some downsides though.
>Forgettable soundtrack
>Buggy
>DRM
>Have to unlock some pretty basic gear like remote explosives or poison vials by playing a specific level several times, people who decide to buy the game piecemeal instead of the whole package will be screwed over
On the other hand
>Massive levels, Sapienza is up there as one of the best hits in the entire franchise
>AI is pretty decent, guards aren't telepathic but at the same time they're not fucking blind
>Disguise system is hands down the best its ever been, most intuitive midpoint between being OP and being useless. Disguises no longer make you invisible like BM but they fool a lot of people, while still you'll have to make use of regular stealth in some cases.
>Score and reward system that encourages you to be creative with your kills rather than being clean, necessarily. As such instead of min-maxing the level like in previous games you're encouraged more to kill the target using Looney Tunes logic, even if it causes collateral damage, which is more fun.
>Plot so far seems to be pretty decent, the big bad has a good setup, hopefully they don't ruin it.
Overall, I'd say give it a shot.
Looks like 1 episode is locked behind season pass
People who buy episode by episode are fucked
>"For players who own the Full Experience or own the combination of Intro Pack + Upgrade Pack, the Summer Bonus Episode is included at no additional cost and will unlock on July 19th. For all other players, the Summer Bonus Episode will be available for individual purchase later in the Season, packaged together with a third bonus mission for one price. At that time, Full Experience and Upgrade Pack owners will also get access to the third bonus mission at no additional cost."
>>344408805
Apart from the instinct mode I literally see no similarities. No slow motion shooting, no stupid Quenting Tarantino characters, no fucking boss fights, no cutscene kills, no Agent 47 with human emotions bullshit, no worthless disguises, no sneak from point A to point B without getting spotted levels.
Just a bunch of classic Hitman assassin levels.
>>344408886
nice
>>344409045
Why couldn't they get rid of instinct all together?
>>344409109
The casuals needed a crutch to lean on.
It can be turned off with no consequence anyway.
>>344408984
>AI
What about the whole "can't see what's happening on the other room even with the doors open" fiasco?
>>344409109
I dunno. But at least this time it is completely optional and disabling it will just make the game harder, not near impossible.
>>344409109
All Instinct does is show the information you'd previously use your magic GPS map for, I don't really see it as being game-breaking.
>>344409109
Why would they? It's like the map was in older games except you don't have to stop, it looks nice and is less overpowered.
>So much Square-Enix shills
>>344409394
>run out of arguments
>use the shill card
>>344408461
>>344408643
>>344408805
Hey Square-Enix if you guys want that guy to shut up just buy him a PS4 and all the 3 episodes released so far, just sayin'
Looks like the dust hasn't quite settled yet, OP
