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THE HITMAN SEASON HAS OFFICIALLY PREMIERED.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/236870/
Also, does seriously no else in the world have this game yet? Will be continually bumping this thread until people jump in. Need an actual place to discuss the game.
>tfw you're the only assassin in the world
>>134827764
Best Coast USA here, still no access to the Steam version dispute preloading.
>>134832573
Well when you do, be sure to come here to discuss it.
I won't let you die just yet.
Are the loading times on PC as terrible as on PS4?
>>134842503
I have it on PS4, and I can understand why it takes close to a minute to load up. It really is that big of a level.
>tfw will have to try not using disguises
My self diagnosed autism makes me not liking disguises. I feel that they don't really make much sense to use, and that a professional hitman leaves no marks on the world whatsoever. I've tried doing most lvls on absolution suit only, but it's a pain in the ass. As its my second playtrough the game usually would load a disguise I used in the first one. Very annoying. Hard to use the suit because it involves messing with the AI, throwing items and shooting at walls/objects. Hope it's possible without messing with the AI in this game.
>>134843000
You're gonna have to in order to scope out the level though, no way around it.
Also I've been trying to make my first run a Silent Assassin run just to see if I could, and no luck thus far. It's interestingly difficult. Spent a long long time familiarizing myself with the level and still it's difficult, which I'm absolutely loving.
>>134843271
Remember to throw objects and shoot at distant objects. It works to distract the AI. The AI won't see you unless you are exactly in front of them.
Almost 2-hours to go, what's everyone doing to distract themselves?
Has anyone done thebomb in the camera assassination? for some reason explosives don't fit in the camera.
Bump.
>>134843000
Wearing on the suit isn't for taking it down on a mission. huh? Sort of hitman roleplay.
>>134844478
Playing another games.
>>134847007are you sure you're supposed to put a bomb into it? I think you're meant to disguise yourself as the cameraman and sneak a gun inside the camera
>>134844478
So it gets released at 9 AM pst?
>>134847538I don't think you do because the prompt says explosive, and the reporter holds the camera while Kovalov (or w/e his name) is interviewed.
I'll try this method again after work, along with the other (seemingly 40+) methods
FYI I just manually changed my computer's time to past 9 AM and now it's downloading the last little bit, should be playable in a few minutes.
I love Hitman, but no way in hell I'm going to endorse this Episodic shit. Fucking Square-Enix
I'll buy the full game next year.
Good thing the beta doesn't count toward your 2hours refund time. I was lukewarm after the beta. Paris is still full of shitty proximity scripts and other handholding shit. I'm just refunding this. If future levels get better, maybe I'll back in.
>>134855574
I thought the same thing, until I actually bought the game. Hitman as a franchise is one of my favourite franchises ever, so I had to buy.
The episodic thing sounded terrible at first, but the Paris mission itself and all the challenges and replay value can add up to around 4-5 hours, not to mention, Contracts, Esclation and the random spawn targets as well. All in all, the total game will take around 40 hours to do, if you're going to replay for all the challenges, which most people will.
It's definitely worth it for this game, and a new way to keep the game active and fresh, instead of dying off after a month.
I've bought The Full Experience yet I do not have the Paris mission. In steam it says it's not installed even though it's marked for installation and when I start the game it says I need to purchase it but if I press purchase a steam window opens and it says I already own it.
Is there a known fix? Validating files does not work.
>>134860514
It seems restarting steam a few times and waiting a while fixed it.
>>134842503
Of course not. Consoles have always been shit.
TES games also have horrible loading times on consoles but <1 sec on PC, at least with SSD.
>>134827764
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This intro part is too short. will the other parts be longer?
Anyone found the sniper rifle in the Paris level yet?
I assume there is one since one of the challenges requires it.
>tfw you beat the game just in time for a refund
>>134868883
You unlock it after beating the level
>>330468683
You can't be spotted though, right?
>>134870953
I have beat it and I don't have one
>>134872793
It's a mastery unlock. You have to get a certain level in Paris to unlock it, and then smuggle it in.
How many suits are in the game?
I have the Requiem suit, the standard suit, and the tuxedo.
Sucks you can't wear any disguise in Contracts like you could in Absolution. I want to assassinate people in Paris dressed as that slick as KGB agent
The damn side stories in the this are better than the whole of Absolution, and Absolution's selling point was its story.
I felt more killing the Chess guy or the fashion model evil girl than the main villains in Absolution.
Also, is the shadowy ICA guy who gets buttmad you pass the tutorial supposed to be the same ICA director from Absolution?
>>134827764
>The first mission is to assassinate an elite Jew
Are they ever going to fix the performance issues?
>>134827764
Started playing the first game on pc. Can't stop playing must complete game.
Can anyone else on PC not play due to the shit FPS? Even on the lowest graphic settings it's basically a slideshow.
So you really can't filter and rate other people's contacts? What was the point of downgrading that for?
It's really cool that escalations change up the missions a bit. I got a good chuckle when I opened the safe, since I noticed the vodka missing in the kitchen.
Also, is the server dead?
>>134891902
Works well enough on my 660, unless you're someone who can't handle anything other than 60FPS.
>>134895312
server is dead for me too mate
sucks too, I was on stage 5/5 of the escalation and having a blast
https://twitter.com/Hitman/status/708446937989648385
No one appears to be claiming responsibility for the server problems (lizard squard, etc) so for the moment it looks like SE has just fucking shit the bed.
Still it hasn't been a full hour yet and most of the idiot ddos 'hacking' groups usually only start posting about after an hour of downtime...
I guess in the next 10-15 mins we'll know if it's cunts breaking our game or SE being cunts.
Thank god the beta hours don't count for Steam refunds.
>general dead on launch day
>Even /v/ has only 1 active thread at a time
Wow. I didn't think this game was going to make billions, but I also didn't expect a complete flop. Looks like literally no one bought it.
10/10 Detection AI
>>134895312
No, it's like, the FPS is like, less than 30 or even 25. It's weird because I can play other games no problem.
Need to revitalize thread. I've probably been playing the longest here so feel free to throw question my way.
>>134908864
Specs, what have got and what fps are you getting.
>>134912387
I'm playing on PS4 m8, apologies.
>>134904759
only happens if you load manual save or autosave.
>>134912968
No probs, here's a question - did the online go down on ps4 too?
>>134913625
No. The game released in AUS Fri 12am local time. I played for about three hours, then played for a longer time after waking up. Played a bit more during the night and am continuing as we speak.
I've only been disconnected maybe two or three times during the menu, but was able to log back on straight away.
I think it's pretty clear that PS4 was the most focused release (as is usually the case these days).
What suit did you guys wear in showstopper? I chose the classic suit, not only because it is 47's signature suit, but also because I feel it was better suited to the event's dress code. While it was a fancy event, I'm not sure it was black-tie level fancy. I do have a few problems with 47's suit this time around, though. I don't like that they dropped the tie clip from absolution, and I don't really like the belt buckle, just doesn't look right.
>>134917312
I thought they looked fine. I've been using the classic suit for now.
>>134917312
I liked the comments on the tux, so I wear that.
I feel like the amazing level of detail and life in the Paris mission is offset by the fact that every-fucking-thing is pointed out to you.
Also I'm annoyed that I can't get a solid 60 with my 780ti.
>thanks Nvidia
>>134848269I got the gay Model, and garroted chick while she was offering me a job, then ran around folliwing Viktor, poisoned his guard in the kitchen, got pissed at him not goin anywhere nice, so i just dropped a chandolier on him
>>134879263
I don't think so.
The absolushit director wanted 47 for himself, and got assblasted and surprised that after you force him to "kill" his handler 47 will no longer work for him, also 47 opposed the idea of genetic engineering of lolis for the purpose of elite assassination.
>>134924592
>is offset by the fact that every-fucking-thing is pointed out to you.
Everybody since the games release has been advising people to turn off most of the assistive settings. If you're playing with instincts, opportunities, minimap, etc on, you only have yourself to blame.
I've been playing with all that shit off and I still don't know a lot of the ways to kill people. Been playing about 10 hours and trying to complete the SA:SO run. Then I'll have a look at the challenges and start completing them.
The game is only as challenging as you make it.
Are we going to see more missions in Paris before they going to release the next location?
>>134924592
Literally disable the hints. are You stupid?Console babies are so they need instinct and handholding:^)
>>134925040
Should specify my specific conditions for the SA:SO run. On top of all the conditions required for SA:SO, I also add;
-Cannot knock out/kill anyone else other than targets
>>134925040
I like opportunities on "minimal" as teases you with what can be done, but leaves the figuring out for you.
>>134925040
I turned everything off.
Granted it's not as bad as Absolution's Instinct shit but there's still a lot of hints everywhere.
>>134925062
Yes. Contracts, elusive targets, and another mode. PS4 also gets an additional hit per level (which is essentially why I got it for the PS4).
>>134925189
read
>>134925330
Although I did make the mistake of looking at challenges. That should've been obvious but I'm anal about checking everything.
>>134925330
>but there's still a lot of hints everywhere.
The only 'hints' are listening to people and gathering intel. That doesn't count as a hint.
>>134925495
Yes that does.
In fact I think every challenge is hinted at some way or another, usually through dialogue.
I know I heard someone on the security team bitching about how "poorly" the lighting rig is and how it'll "come down on everyone in the runway".
>>134925902
>usually through dialogue.
...which you have to find yourself. I don't get the point you're trying to make.
>>134926005
I literally walked around the level for half an hour ogling the art and learned half a dozen "secrets" in the process.
I'm liking the fact that they've learned from Absolution, but this is still way too easy.
There were times in the recent years I'd read through Blood Money threads and learn something new. I want that back.
>>134926353
>I literally walked around the level for half an hour ogling the art and learned half a dozen "secrets" in the process.
I've been playing the game since launch yesterday and I haven't even come across all the opportunities. Unless you knew before hand or checked in the menu, it's quite literally impossible to know of all the opportunities, given how sparse the level is.
>but this is still way too easy.
It's this delusional elitism that triggers me. The fact that you think you know Paris inside-out already is telling you've got your nostalgia goggles on. If it's so easy then get an SA:SO run without knocking out killing/knocking out any non-target npcs.
>>134926801
Alright, gimme a minute.
>>134925265
This is hard with that nigger following Dhalia around.
>>134928587
Gee you think? She also doesnt check noise disturbances herself, so you cant just bait her.
Like I said, its as hard as you make it. Its superbly designed because it caters for all playstyles.
>>134929267
I can get him out of the way by knocking him out easy,but I havent been able to do it with no knockouts.
Alao the glitch where people get stuck staring at whatever you throw forever is annoying for it
>>134929267
I've gotten her to check the radio in the bathroom next to the room she complains about the missing guard, but only after another guard has checked it out. There might be some specific way to time it so she checks it before him, but that would require a lot of testing.
The fireworks sniper one is hard on console because the sniper is fucking impossible to precisely aim with the controller.
Finally managed to headshot them both within 5 seconds if eachother after like 6 tries though
>>134929576
That's not a glitch. Pretty sure it's just how they're scripted. If they're staring at you their new loop wont start until you move the required distance away.
>>134929661
Doubtful. Unless there's a way to isolate her in the bathroom, I can't think of another way to get her. There's simply to many people around.
>>134929267
I just fucking poisoned him when he grabs to test the sushi or whatever that is in the corner of the kitchen, there's a small window when nobody's looking at the plate.
>>134932601
The guy is easy to handle. It's the woman upstairs that's the challenge.
>>134933719
I just got the model disguise, she picks you up after the meeting, takes for a 1 on 1 discussion, where you can kill her and dump body in a wardrobe.
Can someone explain this game to me?
The game costs $60 for the full version (episodic release schedule) so for 6 months you get one level a month? And this month you only get the Paris level?
Am I lost here or does that sound insane?
One fucking level with only 2 people to kill, and that's supposed to tide you over for a month?
Is there more than one hit in that level?
Srsly, what the fuck am I missing here?
>>134935096
We're talking about Suit Only run where you can only kill targets without knocking out anyone else.
>>134936446
Speak for yourself. I've been playing for 10 hours and I haven't even completed all the challenges. There's also three other modes.
If you aren't interested in replaying the levels then don't buy it. In any case, please only talk about the game here.
>>134936867
Oh, my bad then.
>>134938939
It hasn't been figured out yet so feel free to experiment for yourself.
>Just did a silent assassin run on Paris.
>Decide to go full on cinema hitman assassin mode where I murderwalk my way around.
>Somehow shooting quicker than guards are able to respond, get to the rafters and then shoot the girl through the window, and drop the chandlers on the other guy.
>Murderwalk my way out
>No detections at all, but zero points because I murdered too many people.
Still fun as fuck. I'm curious why the other five levels aren't out yet though, seeing as this has been in development for at least a year or two at this point.
So since 47 is a dead ringer for that Helmut fag, and Helmut is hired to assassinate some nignog by the Supermodel target, what are the chances of Helmut being a Clone?
The fact that the minimap is in real-time but somehow the fullscreen one you access through F1 is the biggest fucking horseshit.
Why didn't they do the thing that's literally EVERY SINGLE OTHER FUCKING GAME (I don't know about Absolution) in the franchise?
>>134943218
>Helmut is hired to assassinate some nignog by the Supermodel target, what are the chances of Helmut being a Clone?
But why male models?
>>134943335
Makes sense to me desu.
The full dynamic map in the past was always OP. Real time info on all targets.
Now it's a trade-off. You can either a smaller dynamic map that's always on (minimap), or one that pauses the game and only shows targets.
>>134943437
You can see everything around you to the point where it makes stealth a joke.
The map in the previous games still left you vulnerable so if someone walked in on you, 47 was fucked. Still, you've had to stop and think about the strategy.
Now if I'm playing with instinct off (which is the same fucking thing you've just said was OP, it's just that they give you the option to turn that off) and minimap off, I can't plan ahead or fuck about while waiting for the target to come to me, and that's just stupid.
What rank do I need to unlock the sniper rifle and silver baller?
>>134943589
5 and 10 mastery, respectively. You can see all of the rewards in the menu somewhere.
>>134943628
thanks
>>134943538
Not really. Trial and error in these games always came from learning the map and roughly remembering where npc's are. The rest is just connecting the dots.
For eg I only ever needed the map to check where I or the target was. It made things easy because it instantly comes up when I press a button.
Again, I think this is a good trade. In any case I've been playing just fine with the minimap turned off because I'm slowly learning the level and how it works.
>>134943889
I just think having the fullscreen map animated in real time is a non issue, especially since the minimap and instinct are already there and they help you more, so it has nothing to do with trading one thing for another.
>>134943969
Yeah I mean I'm not saying it's a good thing they didn't include. I just think its absence doesn't take away from the experience.
>>134944147
>I just think its absence doesn't take away from the experience.
Well, not overall or by much, it's just an annoyance.
Playing on PC here.
Game was running fine but now it always gets stuck at 62% loading when loading a save.
Does it have hacked version for now?
>>134944946
Denuvo
>>134913092
Oh, so it only happens like literally every mission then.
>Want to kill Novikov with the extension lead in the puddle
>Go to sabotage it
>Get electrocuted myself because I didn't switch the power off first
World's greatest assassin
>>134947756
It's standard practice to restart the level if you mess up (if you're looking for a good run), because save files generally mess up a level's scripting (by mess up I mean change it so it's not the same as when the level first began).
For normal games this isn't a problem, but for stealth games it can alter npc pathing and such. It's also a habit thing, for me anyway.
>>134947969
Did the exact same thing. Took me a few seconds to realize my stupidity.
Are servers down? Can't reconnect anymore.
how do you take out Sato, the designer? Havent seen him anywhere but inside the dressing room and at the walkway
>>134949146
I think you can fuck around with the diorama thing next to the makeup area and that'll piss him off and lure him away from people.
>>134949146
If you mess with the diorama thing next toward the back of the dressing room he goes to check it out. Haven't tried anything on him but it seemed isolated enough.
>>134949146
There's a Walkway schedule behind the stage that will tell you exactly when he and Viktor will be up to present their speech.
Drop the lights on them.
>>134948535
I would be fine with restarting a mission, but some of the targets timed rounds are so fucking long. It can take 10 minutes for them to get into position for some of these kills.
>swagass coat from first segment isn't unlockable
>can't even unlock the tutorial turtle neck
How do you fuck up this bad?
>>134951453
I have a feeling they'll be unlockable as elusive contracts rewards.
>>134951559
Elusive Contracts have rewards? Where was this confirmed? I thought they were just for fun.
>>134951629
Confirmed in a FAQ the devs put up on reddit, you unlock legacy outfits from previous Hitman games by completing the elusive contracts.
>>134951629
>I thought they were just for fun.
You're thinking about the other new mode. That one is designed for fun. Given how challenging elusive targets are in nature, they'd have to have rewards.
>>134950845
CSS wasn't that bad, faggot.
>>134953087
CSS wasn't viable competitively. It was alright at best, which is what Absolution is. It's actually a comparison imo.
What do you think about the scoring system in this game?
>>134953295
I don't think it matters desu. Everybody who completes the game with SA rank will all have the same score anyway (check the leader-boards, they all cap out at 210,000), so for me there's no incentive.
I think the competitive side of this game will come from Elusive targets. Whoever can complete elusive targets with the most amount of points will be considered 'pros'.
>>134953295
It's pretty pointless since it caps so easily (210,000).
It's really just the ratings in a leaderboard-presentable format, I guess, but I do wish it was more flexible.
Challenges are bugged to hell right now.
I literally just dropped a speaker on Novikov and killed him, and didn't complete the challenge. Also, some challenges I completed last night aren't checkmarked anymore, and at least on I'm pretty sure I didn't do is checkmarked.
This isn't Episodic. This is early access.
If you have some graphic bugs then isntal the latest amd/nvidia drivers. My shadows were bugged until I install crimson 16.3 drivers. I think performance is a bit better now, but now sure.
>>134954947
>Challenges are bugged to hell right now.
It's not the game that's bugged. It's the data not being sent to the cloud that's the problem.
Been denied a refund with less than an hour played, what in the actual fuck.
Read a few other reports of others with sub two hour play times also being denied.
Do publishers have any control or input over Steams refund policies?
>>134953825
>>134953469
>>134953295
Probably one of the worst things to come out of Absolution.
Blood Money's newspaper and vague end-of-level scoring was more than enough.
The game is meant to be played with and enjoyed, not turned into some arcadey competition.
How do you get 210k on the last hangar escalation? It seems impossible to do without killing non-targets, unless there's some well-hidden disguises placed somewhere on the level.
Still can't connect online. What the fuck is going on?
>>134931358
It is a glitch. They said theyve been looking in to it when someone told them about it during the beta on Twitter
>>134943218
Helmut isn't a clone. If you listen to the dialogue after she tells him to just get information from the guy, not kill him, and he even says "what the hell have I gotten myself into afterwards.
>still no Elusive Targets released
>>134969275
It's only because of the episodic structure. People really complaining about a $15 game, like what more do you want?
>>134974094
>You have been disconnected to the game. Returning to the main menu
>>134974094
A $15 game that has two hits, and only two hits. One map, with a plethora of ways to kill those two people. This game is bullshit, and I regret spending money on it.
How anyone can sit and play the same mission 75 times to do the same thing over and over again is beyond me.
Does Rieper get any alone time with Margolis, or do I have to get creative?
>>134980869
When you are Reaper, she'll go into the restroom to call someone to do a background check on you. Just wait in the closet and kill her when she comes in.
>>134980095
>How anyone can sit and play the same mission 75 times to do the same thing over and over again is beyond me.
And this is on top of the 7 hours I spent in the beta.
>>134981646
How do you get into the restroom? It's behind three guards.
Any PC players want to post their contracts?
>>134982204
Climb in from the outside. You can access windows from the attic.
>>134982741
>>134982741
>Climb in from the outside
Yeah, I guess I should've tried that.
Attic's a pain in the ass to get into but if I throw enough shit I should be able to manage.
Thanks for the tip.
>>134982960
You can just walk in past the butler. He doesn't care.
>try to kill Dalia in the bathroom
>try to utilize the clock radio to lure her in
>the first time I turn it on, her guard comes in and turns it off
>knock him out and hide him in the closet
>the second time, her personal bodyguard comes in and turns it off
>knock out, put in closet
>3rd time, i'm assuming no one else can be around, since it seems to be her private bathroom
> the motherfucking sheikh walks his happy ass in and turns it off
>rage and restart
>>134983130
Thanks! Didn't realize where that door went or that the waiter didn't have it in sight.
>>134984138
>the sheik is her personal undercover bodyguard
>challenges aren't saved when you save the game
>if you make a single mistake you have to start over
THANKS IOI
what constitutes lethal melee? I garrotted some chefs for a contract and didn't get the lethal melee bonus
>>134985470
A weapon only counts as lethal melee if it's marked "Lethal Melee" in your inventory. That's mostly sharp objects like scissors and swords. Blunt objects like pipes and wrenches are "Non-Lethal Melee" because they just knock people out.
The fiber wire is its own thing.
>>134985709
shit, didn't even notice that. thanks!
so guys, ica-19 or hwk21? I haven't shot one person in the game yet, but which do you like to have on your person the most?
>>134987136
Isn't the HWK unsilenced?
>>134987230
Isn't the scoring system just a checklist of one-time bonuses and then a variable bonus for your time?
>>134987421
Yup, but it has 17 rounds compared to ica-19's 7
>>134987421
>Isn't the scoring system just a checklist of one-time bonuses and then a variable bonus for your time?
Yes, but apparently some issue is causing time to not be considered if you do it and get Silent Assassin, so the timer points max out because it says you took 0 seconds to do it.
>>134987614
>because it says you took 0 seconds to do it.
Ah, I noticed this. But I also got a lower-than-max score for time despite it showing 0:00, so I think the bug is more complicated.
The timer was working last night, I'm pretty sure.
Fucking hell the load times on PS4 sure kill any desire to experiment. Does the game reload the entire map every single time or something.
>>134987421
Just use the silenced one.
>>134981825
Wasn't hitman always replayability? It's not just about you doing the same exact thing 75 times over, but exploring different options and locations each time. Plus there's contact mode. ,so there is more than 2 hits.
>>134989262
best suit
>>134989262
Wrong pic. This one <--
Where are all the animations? Didn't someone say the sniper suitcase makes a return and you can assemble the sniper like in Blood Money?
>>134989480
why did they have to put that shit camo pattern on it?
>>134990370
Considering there are "Master Crafted" items in the game I would not be at fucking all surprised if they introduce a CS:GO crate system for cosmetics and suits in the game.
>>134990581
>Considering there are "Master Crafted" items in the game I would not be at fucking all surprised if they introduce a CS:GO crate system for cosmetics and suits in the game.
Looks like it is all just based on unlocks. You can already see that when you complete 10 Escalations you'll get a shitty camo AR, and when complete 5 Elusive contracts you'll get the Absolution suit.
>>134990581
I think they said no micro-transactions and no paid DLC in a FAQ
>>134991752
OVERKILL and Tripwire said the exact same thing, and we all know how that ended up.
>8k peak players
I guess this it, gentlemen. The last Hitman game that will be made.
>>134991239
does it bother anyone else how hunched over and weird 47 looks if you point a pistol at yourself while facing a mirror? its like his torso and his lower body are disconnected
>>134992129
Forgot pic
>>134992129
>>134992562
A low amount of people that buy a game is in direct correlation to the last game in the series' quality. If the last game was a shitty game, people won't buy the next game no matter how good it is, it happened with DMC 3 and Total War: Attila, it was going to happen to this game too.
>>134992129
The episodic format and lack of marketing killed it. Pre release trailers got like 30k views and before you knew it the game was out. Now Square Enix is panicking and there are ads on half the sites on earth. I'm wondering if they're gonna cancel future episodes. A game that will last until August starting out with mainly 7's and 8's in reviews does not help either.
>>134993481
Ironically, thats where pirating would have been most useful. All those people with a bad taste in their mouth would have been able to try it, and even they don't buy it, and least it would have spread by word of mouth. As it stands now, even Hitman fan forums are ghost towns. /v/ can't sustain more than one hitman thread at a time, and we are still on the same /vg/ thread (and its fucking launch weekend).
At least if piratefags could play, there would be discussion of the game.
>>134994116
Honestly it's kinda sad. If you look past the bad release system the gameplay is awesome.
This may honestly be the greatest Hitman game ever.
Even better than Blood Money. I just hope they continue in this way.
>tfw nobody plays my fiber wire suit only contract
>>134996168
What's it called senpai?
>>134996752
Russian Trust.
>>134997065
Would play it if there was some kind of search function since it's not showing up under new contracts...
>>134997483
>it's not showing up under new contracts
Well that explains why nobody's played it then. So what do I even do now? Just delete it and redo it to upload it again or will it eventually be found by somebody? Maybe its because the high score on it is my own to prove it can be done without being spotted or bodies being found?
>>134997883
No idea to be honest. I made a little contract that got uploaded the first time.
>do a pretty good run, end up making viktor look like an accident and kill dalia in the bathroom.
>make it all the way to the end cutscene
>disconnect
10/10 GAME
>>134998202
>not saving every 15 seconds
GOD DAMMIT I SPENT SO MUCH TIME TRYING TO GET THIS RIGHT
>>134987230
Good. Its stupid that 210,000 is the max you can get.
>>135003721
Do it again :)
>>134996168
What platform?
>>135004080
Never mind i didn't actually read the text. I assumed it said something about disconnected so u gotta do it again or some shit.
But man the reality was even worse.
>>135004207
PC. Are contracts not cross platform though? Its the same game and same system being used to make the contracts all on the same server, it should have no problem cross platforming the contracts.
>>135004484
Probably not. I know how you feel though, I made a hotline miami type contract on ps4, "phone call" type description included and only one person has played it.
>>135004784
>a hotline miami type contract
What do you mean?
>>135004784
Well if the changing of the scripting is anything to go by, IOI is willing to listen to suggestion on how to improve the game, maybe if we tell them to try and add a Contract search function and cross platforming them they might do it.
Honestly though I'd rather they first work on making accidents useful again when going for Silent Assassin runs, that alone would open up a lot of new Contract ideas.
>>135005118
I made the description of the contract seem like a phone call. It goes like this
>Bonjour! This is "Alec". I'm glad you decided to come to the party! There are a few people I'd like you to meet. I'm sure you'll become fast friends with them! Dress to kill and enjoy the party!
I might make more.
>>135005486
That sounds cute. I like it.
>>135006057
haha y-yeah
>>135005486
Oh, I thought you meant it was a massacre contract. That would be pretty weird.
>>135007895
How many targets can even tag in a contract?
So close I can taste it.
>>135008504
five i think
>>135006218
>>135007895
A massacre contract sounds cuter.
So you seriously can't search for other people's contracts? Leave it to the french to fuck shit up.
>Kill Dahlia
>go to exit via boat
>pass the male model
>he's on the phone with Dahlia
Did the devs ever bother to play this game before they released it?
At what point do I need to shoot Victor novikov and dahlia with the silence pistol, I've done it a few times now and it didn't count
>>135008847
Maybe if you can tag more than five people in the future I'll remake it.
How do you get Novikov to go to the river so I can push him in?
get a bodyguards uniform, go to Decker (he'll be near outside where Novikov gets his drink. There will be an opportunity pop up. After that the meeting location will be on the map. After taking him and he talks to Novikov, Viktor will stay by himself and be near a ledge.
>>135015254
Meant for>>135014754
You fuckers said that Paris would last until the next mission came out.
>>135016497
That's because I'm not a scrub and I haven't checked how to do everything from the menu until I figure out how to do True SASO.
I'm easily 15 hours in and together with the online content can see myself getting another 10-15. That's over 20 hours of content for me for one level.
>>135017413
You realize that that I've already done SASO like 4 different ways, don't you? Who are you calling a scrub again?
>>135017603
True SASO is the only run that counts for stealthnerds m8.
That's the same conditions as normal SASO, with 'No knocking out/killing non-target npcs' added.
is there a stray soviet soldier's uniform somewhere on the map on final test? the 5th level of escalation requires you to kill the soviet officer with one on, but I've been getting mine from the fucker near the floodlight. level 5 won't let you pacify anyone, so I'm out of a uniform
>>135018028
Pacify here means make sleep.
Just break their necks instead.
>>135017413
True SASO doesn't seem that hard in Paris.Sneak into kitchen, poison sushi, distract Viktor with a coin near a hiding place. Get the IAGO invitation, meet with Dalia, go into the bathroom via the attic and wait until she calls Ezra, hide her body in the cabinet, get out.
Maybe the Viktor part won't work -- I haven't observed his pattern enough yet to know -- but the Dalia kill is really simple. If anything, for Viktor you might be able totrigger an evacuation with the fire alarm, and take him out in the second his guard leaves him before entering the safe room.
>>135018028
You can still kill people, pacify just means knocking out. I've seen someone do the mission with 0 non-target kills, so there might be a mechanic uniform hidden somewhere.
I hope Paris escalations are added soon.
>>135018438
oh shit i just figured out how to get a soldiers uniform. you kill chessman's body guard first!
>>135018438
Viktor is easy to kill, it's Dalia that's the problem. I go to the bathroom first thing and have waited for literally over 10 mins for her to come but she doesn't. When does she call Ezra for you?
>>135019121
you have to go to the auction first, tell her that you're reaper, and then she goes to the bathroom to call someone to get a background check on you, and that's when you kill her.
>>135019121
You met her as Mr. Reaper, right? I dunno exactly how long it takes, but I don't think it's that long. Though some things in the level do take forever to happen, so it really might actually take that long.
I wonder if people have already started timing things.
>>135019121
>>135019684
You can also poison her cocktail and she'll go in to throw up.
>every automatic is burst-fire
God damn it.
It took me over two hours to kill EVERYONE.
>tfw you're on a job but the cock wants some fun
>>135019878
where's her cocktail at? I've seen her drink out of the one outside, but I can't poison it without alerting everyone
>>135019878
You won't be able to use the poison in SO, because you can't get a costume with permissions to interact with the drink. Well, maybe with some coin shenanigans, but it's probably easier to just meet her in the auction.
>>135019684
You have the start the level from default position though, not as Mr. Reaper.
>>135020187
Also, once her bodyguard is taken out, you can hack the laptop and she'll go to her office alone.
The dongle is on a desk in the attic. It can be reached without even tossing distractions if you run right to it while the two guards are having a conversation by the power box.
>>135020262
you can steal an invitation from one of the bathrooms downstairs and still get into the auction.
>>135020417
Correct but how would you get her to call Ezra?
Like I said, I've grabbed the invitation and went straight to her bathroom. She doesn't come in for anything. At least not for the 10 mins I've waited for.
>>135020262
It doesn't matter where you start the level from, she's always going to talk to you in 47's seat because she doesn't recognize you. Not sure if you need the invitation or not to sit in the chair, and I'm not able to test it right now, but it's not hard to grab it.
>>135020359
True SASO is not knocking out any non-targets, so you can't take her guard out.
>>135020609
Testing now
>>135020595
I'm not sure I'm following you. All I've had to do in the past few times is steal the invite from the bathroom, go upstairs to the auction, sit down and tell her you're reaper, then go to the bathroom via the attic and hide out until she comes in. she talks to her bodyguard a bit first, but then she comes in and pulls her phone out
>>135020595
She's not gonna call Ezra for no reason. One of the seats in the auction room has "Blend as 47." You sit in that seat, and when she enters the room she talks to you because she doesn't recognize you. After that, she'll call Ezra for the background check.
https://youtu.be/eYieFGiclIA?t=86
Why did they put so much echo on 47's voice when he tells Dalia he's Reaper? sounds like the fucker's in a cave or something
>>135021120
he wuz talkin into her bagina lmao
>>135018028
>>135018438
>mechanic uniform hidden somewhere.
First floor, the shower room right under the radio room. There is a mechanic costume.
Take that, kill the bodyguard, take the bodyguards outfit, kill the general.
>>135021536
Oh no, I knew where to get the mechanic's uniform, i was trying to get a soldier uniform without pacifying or killing anyone. I figured out that I could get the uniform by killing chess guy's bodyguard first and using his uniform.
>>135020892
>>135020894
I see, but she takes too long for my liking to go to the bathroom. Takes like 4-5 mins after she speaks to you to go to the bathroom. Gonna look for faster ways.
>>135021536
crap, when i did it i subdued the mechanic working near the plane, was real hard to make it with no witnesses.. gotta look harder next time.
>>135021836
Assuming you don't need the invite: go straight to the pipe to the third floor, meet her, go back down to kill Viktor, go back up to kill her.
If you need the invite, just quickly grab it before going up. Should work fine, unless you kill Viktor super early in his cycle.
>>135022275
That's exactly what I'm trying atm.
>Am assured game is closer to Blood Money than Absolution.
>Buy it because I'm a sucker for Hitman and desperate to wash the taste of Absolution from my mouth.
>Training mission is kinda fun
>Hey here's some challenges niiga
>Really like the system for encouraging replays and alternative solutions beyond just getting Silent Assassin or SA with Suit
>Do all the challenges for the training mission before taking final test.
>Holy shit the final test has even more challenges this is great.
>Finish that
>Check career options before starting next mission
>Challenge list
>21/42 for ICA facility
>0/72 for Paris
>Fucking 72.
I am optimistic as fuck about this game right now and I haven't even started the first real mission.
>>135022275
This is actually quite interesting
Victor has random paths and rooms take he takes and goes to respectively when you pull the alarm. I pulled the alarm straight after grabbing the invitation, and when I tried again he went to a different place.
So much for 'scriptman'. It also just made the True SASO run all the more complicated.
>>135024710
A problematic thing with the lack of levels is that it almost forces you to "power level" the challenges in the few levels that are available to you.
This means you'll be aware of all "secrets" and interesting ways to kill your targets.
I love the feeling of discovering a new way to reach or dispatch my target and I still find new ways to do so in Blood Money to this day.
For instance, in that vineyard mission I had no idea there was a rainwater pipe you could climb up in the courtyard.
The reason for this is because I wasn't restricted to that map and the tutorial level.
But with this I'm afraid I'll discover every secret and way to kill the target because there so few missions to switch between.
>>135025751
This is what bugs me too, but I think we have the power to change it.
Assassination and discovery should still be numbered imo (so we know how many there are) but they should all be 'locked', where they only reveal themselves after the players has completed it.
This was we will know how many ways/styles there are to kill the targets so we can look for them, without knowing exactly what we're looking for. Because I know for a fact if it wasn't specified, kills like where you throw Dalia on top Victor would take much longer to discover.
Hitman forums is the best place to make our case, and I feel like IO would follow, since it would make the game even more replayable.
>>135017909
Honestly, SA,SO isn't hard on this level, but doing it without knocking out the body guard seems like it might be impossible.
I'm not done exploring everything but I can't think of any way to separate Victor from his body guard without poisoning the sushi. If you used rat poison, he wouldn't die, right?
But then you need to make sure you have time to run down to the basement and ambush Victor from the stairwell before his bodyguard recovers.
>>135018028
I actually found this easier than level 4 because being forced to go for the uniform in the locker room made me skip my overly-complicated normal route (which involves taking out the security guard just past the mechanics who talk about the safety check).
That's what I like about escalation mode, it forces me to find more efficient ways to play the game. I can't wait for more escalation contracts.
>>135018326
If killing doesn't disqualify you, whats the point?
>>135028225
That's the challenge nigga. Whoever can figure it out is gonna be hugely respected within the community.
Plusi t's adding a metric fuckton of replayability for me. I literally haven't even started the Challenges because I'm obsessed with nailing this.
>>135025751
>>135026304
Alright, made a thread on the Hitman forum regarding this.
http://forums.eu.square-enix.com/showthread.php?t=186969&p=2202595#post2202595
If people give their voice and show their support, I don't see why they won't listen.
>>135029482
Fantastic. I'm glad you took your time to do this. Well written and to the point. Hopefully someone from IO pays heed and makes changes since it would be a huge service to the game and its longevity.
>>135026304
>Because I know for a fact if it wasn't specified, kills like where you throw Dalia on top Victor would take much longer to discover.
I'm not sure about that. As soon as I found the fireworks remote I took it and pressed the button.
Someone's eventually going to set off the fireworks and notice it positions Margolis and Novikov right above each other, and then they're going to push Margolis just to see what happens to Novikov. I don't think it would take more than a couple of days.
But I do agree that hiding unfinished challenges would make the game more exciting, especially for people who avoid spoilers.
>>135029482
You should post it here as well since it has IO members reading this too.
http://www.hitmanforum.com/
>really like watches
>notice that 47 has a watch on with his training uniform
>can't make the camera get a good view of his wrist
truly suffering
For people playing on PC, what CPU do you guys have?
Pretty sure my 3570K is bottlenecking my 980 in a lot of Paris, unfortunately.
Interested to see what people are using and how the game is performing.
Anyone else notice a large number of people don't respond to poisons at all? I'm trying to make contracts now, and probably 1/4 of the characters can drink from poisoned glasses and not react at all.
>>135030752
>briefing
read that in Diana's voice, good shit.
>>135030882
Are you sure they're real people and not crowds? Crowds aren't fully-simulated (that would probably light your processor on fire) so they probably aren't coded to react to poison.
>>135030752
>Delgado has contracted use
Where is she? I don't recognize her.
>>135031221
They're real people. I have the marked. They drink from their glass, but no matter what poison I use no effects.
I haven't been able to connect online since yesterday.
Any idea what's wrong? Playing on PC here.
>>135030752
Impressive!
>>135028864
So wait, has anyone done a true SASO with no other knockouts or anything yet? I can get the girl with my suit on by taking the invitation and sketching her out so she goes into her bathroom to talk about me on the phone.
Victor is another whole story jesus. I can get him or his bodyguard alone no problem using posion but I have to change out of my suit for that. I'm also trying not to use coins for what that's worth. Has nobody really figured out how to kill him without getting rid of the bodyguard first?
>>135037932
>Has nobody really figured out how to kill him without getting rid of the bodyguard first?
Nope. The only real chance seems come from pulling the fire alarm and catching him while he runs across the basement level.
Thing is, his movement pattern and the room he goes to when the alarm is pulled seems to be random, depending on where he is at the time.
Also coins won't help you much. Targets don't seem to check sounds on their own. They usually always get someone else to.
>>135037932
Would try and work something out but I haven't been able to connect to the servers at all.
Experimenting with the fire alarm pull which causes Viktor and his bodyguard to run into the saferoom.
Enter a world of frustration.
>>135037932
>>135038249
Remember that you can use coins in combination with placing a weapon (RT+LT for x360 controller).
This will cause a civ to call for a guard to pick it up or just cause the guard to pick it up and walk away with it leaving his post.
>>135039376
Yeah currently I'm trying to get Victor to run through the basement and try to break the guard's cycle by putting a gun in front of their path.
But again it's tricky because they don't run the same path when the alarm is pulled.
Since this general is relatively new (I have not been aware of any other time this general has existed), can we pretend that Absolution never happened in the interest of keeping this general about quality?
>>135040051
Make a YouTube video when you pull it off, anon.
>>135042268
Seconding this.
>>135042268
You can't stop people from posting about Absolution.
However, Absolution is bad and nearly all Hitman fans resent it, so I expect you'll only see Absolution posted if something funny happened.
Is the PS4 version locked at 30fps? I noticed in the beta, that on occasion in less demanding parts of the area, it reached as far as 60fps. I would be impressed if the devs actually managed to get the PS4 version to a locked 60fps.
>>135042648
Press start and go to settings>graphics>framerate
Locked option is set to 30fps, while unlocked goes all the way up to 60, but the ps4 rarely hits 60, mostly staying around 30-40fps.
>>135037932
I just managed to. I did what you did for Dalia and electrocuted Victor with the exposed wire outside the ballroom.
Is anyone crashing with DX12 mode?
Fuck whoever decided that singleplayer needs a constant online connection to save data.
>>135046904
But then his body surely will be found? I thought the point was to go suit only, no knockouts, no bodies found?
Does using rat poison count as knocking out? I found that's the only way to get Viktor alone.
I wish I could find out myself but the fucking game won't log me online.
Wow getting Silent Assassin: Suit Only is insanely easy, even without KOing anyone.
Guide for how to do it:
>start at entrance
>get IAGO invite
>go sit in the auction until your introduce yourself
>run into the attic room and shimmy over to Dalias bathroom
>wait for her to call her friend and fiber wire her
>run to where you get the IAGO invite and pull the fire alarm once you see Viktor in the bar area
>Go down the stairs and wait for him to pass
>throw a coin up the stairwell so his bodyguard turns around
>wait for Viktor to reach the closet and then shoot him or try to be fast enough to fiber wire him
Alternately do the same but wait for Viktor to go toward the kitchen after his alarm is over, throw a coin in the staff eating area and then fiber wire victor into the wine rooms trunk
If you wanna KO, just knock out the body guard in the stairwell and then wait for Viktor to leave the safe room and kill him
>>135053048
Stairwell im referring to is the one that you can access from around the makeup area with the tech dude at the very top.
Get to it by going through the stairs that are inside the staircase immediately when you enter the mansion so nobody sees you
>>135018028
Huh? Just kill the bodyguard when the officer goes into the bathroom and then take his uniform and kill the officer
>>135053337
>>135053048
ALSO there's a spot where if you pull the fire alarm, Viktors guard WILL NOT follow him. Happened to me twice but I wasnt keeping track of where he was
I think it's the first game in a decade I spent almost 20 hours on a single level
>>135049284
In BM that would still count as SA, because it's an accident kill. Hitman 6 added the dumb "hide all bodies" requirement.
So it just depends on whether you're going for classic or new SA.
>>135042268
>no one talking about Absolution
>brings up Absolution
You are just trying to stir up shit.
Also Absolution sold as much as the other Hitman games combined, and has a 90% Steam review. There are more people playing it right now than the new one.
>>135055350
People have shit tastes.
FUCKING NORMIES.
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>boot up the game
>DISCONNECTED
>load save file
>DISCONNECTED
>loads up the level
>DISCONNECTED
>walk and turn a corner
>DISCONNECTED
This wasn't the experience I was hoping for when they announced a new Hitman.
SASO with no KO's possible?
>>134913092
>>134948535
>game literally breaks if you load a save
>people defend this
>>135055142
kek
>Becuase you have 1 level
>>135056846
See
>>135053048
Just did it as he described with no KOs. Have to throw the coin up the stairs when Viktor is about half way down the last staircase
Why does the game not start at all in direct x 12 mode?
>>135058430
does for me. I got 30% increase in frames.
only problem is that when I get to the 3rd level it hangs loading at 75%. So i have to play sub60 in dx11 now.
>>134950845
>Comparing CSS to Absolushit
C'mon.
What did they mean by this?
>>135060364
that bond this entire time was actually a hitman agent
How is the game and general so dead on launch weekend?
>>135028225
I wonder if you can proximity or time trigger the event where he goes to padoga without taking that one guy over there as guard.
As once the event at padoga is over, they separate.
>>135025751
I hope they expand on the Contracts too, allowing to mark people for accident kills or more spesific conditions. Maybe even have extra objects creatable like the Safe in Escalation that requires crowbar.
>>135066125
>You have been disconnected from the HITMAN™ server
Do you guys play with the option to hold down Q to see targets? I cant figure out whats better.
One way, being able to see enemy movements gives you a better stealth experience since you know when to hide and where, whereas with it off you sometimes feel like you're walking around randomly to find it.
On the other hand, I realize it does ruin some of the immersion.
>>135057861
Is this official?
>Helmut in the background like he's a major character
>>135066630
It would be trivial to implement and really neat to be able to mark people as unkillable. Like requiring that you kill some NPC, but under no circumstances can you kill his bodyguard.
>>135066409
Ideally there ought to be a very long timer on it, but it's obvious that it's meant to be something that just the player can trigger.
Is the game freezing up on anyone else?
Once I get in game, it plays fine for a few minutes, then the screen freezes. I can still hear the game audio?
Is it because I'm using DX12? I have a 980ti which I assumed was compatible.
So I'm guessing poisoning Viktor's guard counts as a KO then?
Didn't get the SASO at completion.
>>135071465
I'm also up to date on my drivers, too
>>135071476
It doesn't. SASO and several other challenges are bugged on loading. It can take several tries to get them to trigger. Its safest to just do it without loading.
>>135071465
I had issues with DX12 with the game loading (would freeze at 75%). Running in DX11 it works fine now. Im gonna assume DX12 atm. is bugged/glitchy. Just play DX11 for now.
>>135071465
My game will definitely freeze on loading after playing a while.
There is no bonus for No Pacification?
Also I want suit retrieval bonus from BM.
>>135071685
I would do it without reloading but can't help it if the servers keep disconnecting on me
Do we know when the next level will be released, other than "sometime in April"? I'm really enjoying the game so far, and if the rest of the levels manage to be as enjoyable or moreso than Paris, I'd consider this to be my second favorite after Blood Money.
>>135071863
I think there's no suit retrieval bonus because you can start in disguise.
Any word on when the next stage is being released?
>>135073404
I really want to know who is the shady looking guy from cutscenes.
I want more.
Why is SE using herion dealer-tier strategies?
>>135074505
I think he's the Mystery Man.
This game is so fucking dark that all my screenshot thumbnails look the same.
>kill the bodyguard without getting spotted by throwing a screwdriver
>no feat unlock
So even though it doesn't say hide the body, I have to hide the body?
Is there a reason why the available sniper rifle isn't the WA 2000 anymore?
>>135076631
It doesn't fit in a suitcase.
We will hopefully get it as an unlock in a future level, like the Silverballer.
>>135074505
He reminds me of CG Jeff Bridges from Tron for some reason.
>>135075213
I want more chapters, the story actually hooked me in, it's lead in the same way Blood Money did.
I want to know the locations of new hits.
>>135076804
Yeah. there is a resemblance between them.
Though i keep feeling Deja Vu when looking at his face.
>>135076821
>I want to know the locations of new hits.
Sapienza, Italy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RkL0CsMTrQ)
Marrakesh, Morocco (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h24dF8_LcFM)
Thailand
USA
Japan
How the hell do I knock someone out with the piano?
>>135068085
I just use the minimap.
>>135078168
Knock the lid down and someone will come investigate. While he's investigating, he'll stick his head inside. So just knock the lid down again.
>>135068085
I turn it on for maybe 2 seconds. Sucks that there's a delay when you bring up the map.
>an artsy exhibition in a huge fancy mansion
>no one's making out in a corner or getting railed in a closet
>thanks Anita
>>135088315
>The woman is the mastermind behind IAGO
>The guy is a fuckup cuck.
JUST
>>135088315
I fully expect them to credit her as an advisor in the game's end credits.
>>135088968
Assassin's Creed has this same disclaimer in 2007.
It's so no one can say they're racist for letting the player murder Arab royalty. Remember that half the missions take place in non-white countries.
I need more escalation contracts.
>>134950845
Counter-Strike 1.6 = Hitman
Counter-Strike 1.7 = Hitman 2
Counter-Strike Source = Hitman: Blood Money
Counter-Strike Condition Zero = Hitman: Absolution
CS:GO = HITMAN INTRO PACK
Evolve = FULL EXPERIENCE
>>135094045
disgustingly accurate
>Done SASO six times in a row without loading
>Somehow I'm apparently spotted every fucking time
Would be nice if the game told me exactly where I'm getting spotted, because I'm fucking not.
>>135094718
Scrub learn
>>135094718
I did it in a tuxedo and it worked first try. Am I actually not allowed to wear my gaudy bright white suit?
>>135088527
>Dalia has a black bodyguard
BLACKED
>>135099091
I did it in the Requiem suit.
Maybe you got noticed while you were knocking someone out? But since he was unconscious you didn't notice.
>>135055142
probably because you're not used to playing games that have one level.
also, I have easilly spent at least that much time in each bloodmoney level
>>135094718
Yeah, the radio static detection shit is just plain shit. I want the detection meter back, at least I know WHEN I am spotted.
>>135068291
No its not official. shooped this as an episode 1 starwars spoof.
Helmut does play an important role but that is not Helmut if you know what I mean.spoilers everywhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we1abilRUEo
Who does the voice of the guy who is apparently the main villain of this game?
>>135113935
Pretty sure Mystery Man is Troy Baker.
too bad we can't share contracts yet
Anyone here get the game because of the Real Life Hitman video?
https://youtu.be/4KXJM_KJDc8
>>135114157
Really? Wow, I usually have an ear for voices and this comes as a complete shock.
>>135114386
nope, because of that video i just refunded my purchase. sorry
>>135114386
>anyone else buy a game because of something unrelated to the gameplay, story, and graphics?
That was a cool video but anyone who bought the game because of it is actually retarded.
so how many "episodes" will the season pass owner get? including the premier episode.
and how long between the release of an episode?
>>135115073
they said monthly and stopping some time in early 2017
>>135115073
We're getting 6 missions.
That means 5 more, most likely released monthly.
There is a possibility of a season 2 in 2017 but if the sales don't pick up as the game gets better, I wouldn't count on it.
>>135115254
that's sooooo fucking bullshit
I have to wait until next year to fully experience this game?
no wonder nobody's buying this shit
>>135115367
What were you expecting, a new level with the complexity of Paris every week? One a month actually sounds quick for this model.
>>135115569
well, I don't think nobody should be accused for hating this episodic release horse shit
but are you saying the game itself is good as blood money? (playtime aside)
>>135116153
Not the guy you were responding to, but if future levels are as enjoyable and open-ended as this, I'd definitely say this was the second coming of Blood Money. I'd say it would replace Contracts as my second favorite game in the series.
How do I drop the chandelier on Dalia whole she's in the auction room?
>>135117695
I shot the chain from the balcony outside the room.
>>135117695
Shoot the chain. I hid in the dark corner near the fire alarm.
Do you have to knock Helmut out before his phone calls to use that opportunity? Whenever I knock him out afterwards it says it's no longer available.
Also where the fuck do you hide the body? The only place I can think of is the underground area that the stairs lead to but that requires a lot of distraction or waiting for him to walk past it.
>>135119404
Wait for Helmut to finish the phonecall with Dalia, then knock him out and steal his clothes.
As for hiding the body, there should be a chest alongside the bushes closer to the Palace.
>>135059098
Specs?
>>135060370
This is both great but also incredibly boring. First you have to wait for Victor to go to that area (which takes too long) and then you have to wait for Dalia in the bathroom (which also takes too long).
Still, I think you should string it and upload it as the current record.
>>135123181
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTPGiBD1RYE
Maybe a weird request, but does anyone have any hitman themed phone wallpapers? Like some sort of ICA background?
Has anyone figured out how to poison Po? He just sits there, dicking around on his phone, unless Dalia comes up to him. I don't know how to poison him if he never gets a drink.
>>135127527
Do you have to be able to finish a contract to submit it?
>>135127849
Yeah. Plus it's the featured contract. I'm guessing IO made it.
>>135127527
cant u just get lethal posion syringe and just walk behind him and poision?
>>135127917
Maybe the jackass mowed down all the guards and poison syringed the guy.
>>135128025
I don't see how he LIVED if that's the case.
>>135123434
Has to be a way to finesse this.
How do you do the I'm Invited challenge? I got the IAGO invitation from that girl in the bathroom but every guard still freaks out if I get within 5 feet of the precious doors they are guarding.
Is there any way to make a contract with specific melee weapon?
How are you liking the game, lads?
>>135130968
Try the other invitation in the next bathroom over, and which door are you trying to go into. Cause the one that worked for me was on the outside next to the bar.
>>135130968
Go to the east side of the palace with the bar and patio.
>>135131242
Quite a bit. I wish there was a bit more content, but that's the only down side on the top of my head.
>>135131242
Pros:
>AI is pretty damn good. Civilians will react to suspicious behavior and approach guards to go investigate. I like how only the guards who are approached will react as well. I've also noticed that when attacking a target full frontal, some guards will
create a barrier and escort the target out, while others stick around and try to kill you.
>Lots of creativity and stuff to do. I like how they made every wine glass poisonable to encourage contracts mode creators to go all out. I'd like more variables though. Like staging a hit during different times of day, different events, etc.
Cons:
>Game is clunky as hell. Clipping issues, framerate dips, ugh... It's a mess. I have a 970 and i7, and I'm curious how the hell my FPS is dipping from 60 to 30.
>Shooting is pretty much a death sentence. It's ok for a shot or two, but most of the time trying to go in guns blazing will put you down in a matter of seconds. And that's cool that it's realistic. It encourages stealth, but I liked going postal in old Hitman games at times, and this doesn't really allow you to do so.
>No briefcase. I find that a disservice to the franchise. Maybe a briefcase is out of place in the Paris mission, and they're just waiting to add it later, but I don't like it. Sniping seems like an after thought.
>>135131454
found it
its pretty amusing that the button that makes you show your invitation is also the button that makes you break their nose
>>135132345
>fps issues
are you sure you don't just go from looking at 2 people to 80?
>going postal
im sure if the game allowed you to soak bullets like before you would have complained about that.
either way, just be more operator. go for headshots and stay behind cover.
>briefcase
they had that in the beta i think so its not entirely out of the question that it could be unlocked at a later date
>>135132345
I fully expect the briefcase rifle to be an unlockable in a future mission, just like the Silverballer. The targets very rarely go outside so sniping probably was an afterthought.
>>135132980
One issue I have with headshots is that if I'm too far away, my target will fall over, look dead, then stand up after about 10s and know my exact location. I suspected bullet drop, but it happens even if I'm up high aiming down. It doesn't seem to happen with the sniper rifle but I haven't experimented much.
Can you use the poison syringe on drinks or are you limited to the 1 use of rat poison per level?
>>135135058
There's more than one rat poison on each map, including the tutorials.
You can't use the lethal syringe on drinks, but you can get a cyanide capsule from Margolis if you meet her while dressed as Helmut.
You can unlock a sedative that can be applied to drinks through challenges. We expect that a similar poison will be unlockable on another level, as well as a sedative syringe.
>>135135382
Guess I'll see if I can find a rat poison in the basement or something then. I already found the one in the truck.
>>135135972
yeah, there's one in the basement
where's dalia's dongle?
>>135137010
In the attic.
>>135137219
I've been scouting around the attic, is it at one of the security stations up there?
>>135137539
there's a single security station with a guy that's sitting in front of it. It's on the box right behind him.
>>135132345
Shooting is actually easy, you just have to not be totally stupid about how you go about it.
You don't need to take cover, but you do need to kill everyone who might shoot at you very fast. That can be a bit difficult if you're trying to go for perfect accuracy, but if you just get into the habit of aiming at an enemy's neck approximately and firing off two or three quick shots for each enemy, you put everyone down really quick and can just run through the level popping people while they're all trying to kill you.
>>135137917
Pretty sure even suppressed firearms now make sound, so you have to be careful how close you are to others when shooting someone.
I've worked out how to kill Po without being spotted, I just haven't been able to do it in practice.
>get Julee into the empty room with a coin
>get the guard at the end of the hallway to turn around with a coin
>make sure no one else is in the hallway (people pass through, especially Margolis)
Then you can poison him. It's totally silent, so as long as no one is looking at you it shouldn't blow your cover.
I am certain this is possible as I came very close to doing it, but one of the women on the balcony had come in to make a phone call and I couldn't act.
>>135138096
Update: I just pulled it off.
When using "Lights out" opportunity, how do i get Sato out of the way? By the time i get down from attic to him he is already talking to Novikov and they go on stage
>>135138949
If you disguise yourself as a waiter, you can poison his food.
What I did was hide behind the diorama, fire one shot (silenced, of course) at the wooden crate in the corner, then when Sato went over to investigate, I killed him (for the feat) and stuffed his body in the crate.
>drown Margolis
>explicitly get credit at the end for Powder Her Nose
>it's unchecked in the list of objectives
>same thing happens when I shoot the guy on stage
Am I doing something wrong or are objectives just fucked?
>>135139503
Many of them didn't unlock for me either, I think it's borked
> mfw i keep subduing people instead of garroting them
i have it equipped but i keep forgetting to pull it out
>>135139503
There are issues with mid game save/load, I had to re-do few of the challenges once to get them working. After that, no problems.
>>135140627
Oh, I think that's what happened. My game crashed toward the end and I had to reopen the game and load a save.
>>134827764
Ill get it when a physical copy of the complete game comes out. They can suck my ass with this released digitally in sections bullshit.
>>135142683
>Ill get it when a physical copy of the complete game comes out
oh anon..
Finally got it done in a single run.
00:15:23 final time.
Where does asian fashion man go after you poison his bubble water and he gives a tummy gift to the wastebin?
>>135132345
Briefcase will hopefully be added later.
It was in the Alpha, they'd have to be fucking idiots to not use it.
>>135144098
You didn't just... follow him? I'm pretty sure he steps outside to have a seat on one of the benches in the side yard next to the river.
>no mod support
>no level editor
>>135144539
no I didn't follow him, I had to hastily run to poison the sushi in the kitchen so I could poison viktor's bodyguard
>>135129148
I got it down to 11:34, but it's still about 4 minutes of waiting for Margolis. If there's a way to poison the alcohol while in a suit, then you could cut off a good 3:30.
Jesus christ I need a way to gun the lady, with my suit and with SA rank.
how many levels will there be in total?
Is it true this game is super fucking easy, isn't as complex as Blood money and doesn't let you discover things and assassination methods on your own -- ie. it tells you everything?
>>135146936
In a way, yes. You can disable all these things though.
>>135145648
Paris, France - March
Sapienza, Italy - April
Marrakesh, Morocco - May
Thailand - June
USA - July
Japan - August
This is for season 1 anyway.
Season 2 will probably start next March.
is the chef start position bugged for anyone? i can't complete that challenge
>No Russia
There will be no season 2, they said unless the game is a success, there will be no follow up.
>>135148419
When does the game end?
>>135148548
it could end up making more money. who honestly wants to pay for 1/6th of a game? the problem is this business model doesn't work with normalfags who go from game to game
>>135148561
No idea.
I am assuming that it is 1 level a month seeing as they have already said that the first 3 are March - May.
But they delayed the physical copy until next year, so maybe longer.
August earliest.
>that one guy cheating in his achievements
>>135144076
I just got done with a SOSA run of Paris myself, but I took 20 minutes. How did you do it?
>Hitman 2016 has an easy mode that literally tells you where to go and how to win
>Still fuck it up every time
Why do I keep buying these game? I can't play them. I watch people doing SOSA, making it look easy and I struggle to just get across a room.
FML.
for some reason when i kill or subdue viktor novikov it gets seen even though there are no witnesses...
>>135149352
It's because Victor witnessed the crime.
>no "Any weapon" bonus
B-but I pacified him and then shot in the head from pistol.
>>135149609
You got the bonus, Any Weapon/Disguise bonuses don't get ticked out at the end of a mission. You got the 20k points from completing your objectives.
>>135149429
Victor witnessed a fucking fire-axe to the windpipe but he still manages to call out a manhunt for me.
>>135149072
Run straight into the basement, get the rat poison in the cellar then immediately go and poison the sushi that Viktor's guard will eat.
Run outside and climb the pipes and shimmy along and up the building until you get to the auction room. Right after you introduce yourself to Dalia, run to the attic and vault over the first open window on your right. Go into her bathroom and just wait until she comes in.
After eliminating Dalia, vault back out and exit the attic, run down straight to the bar and see if Viktor's bodyguard has eaten the sushi. If not, wait.
As soon as the guard goes for the toilet, sprint to the fire alarm at the toilets nearest to the entrance. Run downstairs and wait around the corner for Viktor to run down.
>>135150068
Well fuck... Time to restart then I guess.
>>135150069
Just make Viktor see you trespassing.
Lure him in the bathroom.
kill him
>>135149072
my run took 16minutes, it could be less if I didn't fuck around so much
>>135148962
Same situation on PS4. I even checked PSN profiles to see if who unlocked it but it says 0%
>this is still the first thread
wew lads
>>135121307
i7 3770k @4.0 , gtx980SC @factory, asrock z77 extremme 4, 16gb corsair vengeance @1.366, se790c 34"uw/c monitor @ 3440x1440
actually performs better in dx a11 at 3440x1440 over 2560x1080, when recording.via shadow play.
>>135148962
Probably test players at IO.
The same percentage is there on PS4.
>>135148962
What is it exactly and why is it hard?
>>135150725
Escalation Contracts are essentially edited locations with tasks from IO that have to be done. Essentially it changes the game up slightly: you get targets and specific conditions, like kill X with Y, or hide all bodies in a time limit.
We're getting the Paris Escalations this week, along with the first Elusive Target either this week, or the absolute start of the next. They implied that the first ET will be available within 10 days of launch.
>>135148561
It depends.
If Season 1 is successful, Squenix will fund Season 2. This is the platform they were talking about.
Is there any more rat poison in Paris?
I used 1 for the chick and 1 on the guys drink, but it had no affect on him.
>>135151026
i know there's 1 in the basement and check the tool sheds outside
Am I the only one who doesn't dig 47's new appearance?
he is a literal wimp, skinny as fuck, his head doesn't even fit his body and his face looks like he is 18yo or a tranny.
>check the duck item
>it says "RARE" in the corner
is this gonna turn into some cs go crate type of shit?
please no
>>135151340
Welcome to a world of assassination.
>>135151340
Rare means it's not an item in public circulation. It relates to unlocks and potential "rare" items you get if you play a lot.
The Absolution Suit is probably the same, and you get that after killing five Elusive Targets.
>>135151554
Hmm.. Interesting.
I'd really like to know more about these obtainable items, is there any info about it somewhere?
>>135151340
>please no
Do you seriously not want ther eto be a distinction between people who handle elusive targets more consistently and professionally then those who don't?
Rare items is an extremely good incentive to get people to take Elusive Targets seriously.
>>135151657
I didn't know that it even had to do with such challenges.
I thought it was something that would evolve into "BUY THIS BOX THAT MAY CONTAIN A YELLOWBALLER THAT YOUR FRIENDS DONT HAVE!"
So I set up the interview so I can take out the dude from the balcony, but the bozo won't come to the interview.
He is fucking around on the other side of the map.
He is literally unkillable.
>>135151614
They haven't talked about it, but as they said there will be no paid DLC beyond the episodes you pay for, one of the ways they're justifying the online component is by having unlockables. Doing the Escalation Contracts and Elusive Targets will unlock stuff, as well as IO just adding new items to the game as time goes on.
Of course, there are two major fucking problems IO will have to fix soon. First, you can only unlock content in the core game (not the online-centric modes I mentioned earlier) with an online connection. Second, and even worse, you can not use anything you unlock without an online connection. This includes Agent 47's trademark fucking gun.
IO so far has listened to the community very earnestly, so they better be fighting with Square-Enix about this. The community manager at IO didn't even wait 24 hours after the game launched to make a comment where they are seeing the response people have to this approach, so I hope they do the smart thing and at least decouple the problem with unlockable content in the main missions.
>>135151953
Okay, thanks for informing me friendo.
Cant believe ive missed this.
Can you not savescrub to get these challenges?
I have done '15 seconds of fame' and drowned margo, but they haven't unlocked for me.
>>135152054
They only recently talked about what Elusive Targets get you, actually. They've confirmed you will be unlocking suits from the previous games, including a variation of the default suit with gloves.
The first suit you unlock by completing five Elusive Target missions - this means killing them and completing the mission; you're given only one try for these, so if you die, you fail - is the Hitman Absolution suit. These will be coming almost unannounced from IO with a 48 hour time limit, so it's something they're doing to keep people coming back, as they have six more episodes to release. They also announced it'd be six more instead of five a week or two ago as well, and they've done a terrible job explaining that, or what the episode involves.
>>135152447
>They've confirmed you will be unlocking suits from the previous games
It would be cool if we can unlock 47's body with that.
Anybody else getting a Ground Zeroes vibe from this game? That and this game were maximum comfy
>>135153478
You mean that itsjust a taste of the upcoming better content that will inevitably disappoint you?
>>135153609
kek
but seriously, a massive sandbox level and just a shit ton to do in that one fucking level
>>135153478
Every time I think about playing HITMAN or when I'm walking up to my target with gun drawn.
I always. ALWAYS. Think about the reveal trailer where 47 grabs the ejected shell after taking the shot.
https://youtu.be/5BLcmo1YovY?t=1m17s
THIS GOT ME SO HYPED
So, to those brave madmen who actually went ahead and bought Hitman:
Are you okay with your purchase? Did you get the whole game right away to save money or just the available episode?
As far as I know it's just a tutorial and the Fashion show mission. This couldn't possibly be too replayable, could it?
>>135153943
The recoil is made so exceptionally good.
You can almost feel it through the screen.
>>135153982
>those brave madmen
THE ABSOLUTE MADMEN !
I've always been a fan of Hitman, so getting this one was a no-brainer. However the one real major issue I'm having with the game that is extremely frustrating, is the need for a constant internet connection. Without it, all your progress and equipment are unavailable. I'm also always having a problem connecting to servers, if I'm lucky I can play for 15 minutes without a disconnect before the game decides to lock me out.
I got the INTRO pack on pre-order first after reconsidering the FULL PACKAGE. Upgrading is slightly more expensive but I can put that extra cash to other uses now.
In total for the first mission, Paris and the tutorial. There's over 100 different challenges to unlock? That's not including Contracts. So there's definitely a ton of replayability.
I'm 12 hours in and it's definitely gonna increase in hours. Assuming I can connect to the servers.
>>135154075
I know right, it's insane.
You can see the recoil ripple through his arm and how his clothing reacts.
>the sound of that crunching leather
>>135153982
I purchased the whole thing because I wanted it and I could get it 25% off.
I am pretty happy with my purchase, there is a ton of replayability if you want it.
You can do all the challenges for the 2 levels, or play contracts mode which is hit or miss at the moment because people are uploading shit, or you can do escalation mode or elusive mode (when it is ready).
There are a couple of problems for me, but overall I am super happy with the game and Italy's map looks even bigger than Paris.
What did you guys think of Absolution? Honest opinions.
I know it was generally shat on but I was curious to hear your thoughts.
Worth completing at least once?
>>135153669
I'm at 15 hours, i'm not done with paris yet. I havent even touched contracts yet
>>135154449
I think most games are definitely worth completing once, no matter what people say about it.
I honestly don't remember much of Absolution but my biggest gripe with it, is that it was way too linear. It felt like a your standard "Get this. Go there. Do this. Kill target. Get out".
Only played it once to see the story and that was about it. I'll always remember those bondage nuns though.
So... Someone tell me about this "no-content"-meme. I know there is one level and the tutorial levels from the beta.
Is it worth the price? I trust u guys over a review.
>>135154767
Idiots who bought it didn't read what they were getting and assumed it was a full game instead of episodes.
It is a pretty great game with a few problems, but if you enjoyed Blood Money more than once, you should definitely get it.
If you are a 'one and done' kind of guy, then wait for the full release.
>>135154449
Not Hitman
So why did the publisher go with this release model of separating the game into episodes?
Because they preferred making some cash over extended periods of time instead of delaying the game until later?
>>135154912
>Because they preferred making some cash over extended periods of time instead of delaying the game until later?
Probably a little of this.
Probably a little of them releasing Absolution in full and getting shit on for it.
This way, they can fix and tune as they go.
Plus, they are planning on releasing a Season Pass 2 next year, which sounds a lot better than 'Hitman is now an annual franchise'.
>>135150725
>why is it hard?
Its not hard, its just impossible to do because there are no Escalation missions in Paris yet.
>>135154267
The guys who made the pre-rendered trailers have insane attention to detail, look at the legacy trailer/cutscene, when he picks up the ticket it folds around his finger before springing back in place like an actual paper ticket.
>www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RkL0CsMTrQ
We should include the next maps trailer in the next OP,if there is one.
Who else /parismastery20/ here?
To those who bought it:
Now that you experienced, would you have rather played the whole thing in the full release, or are you okay with playing it in chunks?
>>135156697
Whole thing of course. Even if the Paris level has great re-playability you still get bored after a while.
>>135156697
Chunks, my backlog is such that I don't 100% games that I buy, even those which I enjoy, at least by spreading the content releases out I'm able to play the game over a longer period of time and am more likely to see more of the content.
>>135156697
I don't think there's a single person that wouldn't prefer it if the game released in full. Personally I'm just fine with playing it in chunks, as it gives me more of an incentive to replay and master each level, but for people who just like to play through games once or twice this is definitely not for them yet, nor do I think it'll ever be as we're getting a grand total of what, six levels? Blood Money had 11, and that's without counting the tutorial level and Requiem.
>>135155294
We'll have generals from now on, but we move real slowly because we don't have shit posters. And the general itself will get more detailed as time goes on.
>>135156697
This is useless question. Of course I'd prefer the whole game at once, but I don't mind having it in chunks. If it means we get good Hitman content, it doesn't matter.
Anyone know what these symbols mean?
>>135157957
Bottom is silenced.
Top is... Low recoil? maybe?
>>135158059
i think i know what it is.
if you slowly squeeze the trigger then the reticule gets smaller
have you channelled your inner psychopath yet /hg/?
>Abysmal sales
>Budget will be slashed
>Square Enix will downsize the team at IO for remainder of content
>In order to still hit target milestones content will be lackluster and buggy
>>135156458
Why did it take 5 years for people to realize this game was actually good?
Has anyone had a problem launching the game where the setup screen appears then immediately closes?
>>135158293
But what about on pc?
>>135127527
Go in the room across from him and throw coins. His girl comes in first, just choke her out.
How does this make you feel?
>>135160545
>IGN
I feel nothing
>>135160545
>reviewers are shit
no news here
I'm curious to see how IO will handle this unlockable Items/Suits thing
If they pull it off it could be really cool
>>135160545
>Gaming Journalism
>Journalism
>all these non SA methods to kill Po
You have to hide his body also you utter plebs
>>135160545
>dreadful loading times
like what? 10 seconds?
What disguise have I missed?
>vampire
>novikov guard
>police
>2 different staff outfits (black and red)
>make up artist
>helmut
>sheik
Does the sheik body guard have a different outfit, or can I take deckers clothes as well?
>>135161139
there's two or three types of security also chef
>>135161139
Crew
Anyone else practicing killing all the guards over and over in prep or elusive contracts?
I don't care about the score, I just want to win for the suits. The most consistent way of winning will just be to kill all the guards then take out the targets.
Also,
>5 Elusive contracts for next suit
>"maybe" one "sometime this week"
>No word on frequency of releases
This is going to be a long grind, isn't it?
>>135161462
3 types of security?
>CICADA body guard
>police officers (outdoors mainly)
Looks like I got to look around then.
>>135161510
>crew
Staff outfit is what I meant with crew outfit.
>>135161139
designer and tech crew, along with chef
>>135161139
AV Crew
Cook
>>135161590
There's Waiter, Auction Staff and Lighting Crew as staff.
>>135161663
good point. but I believe I've got the waiter, auction and lightning crew outfits. It must be the third security I'm missing.
>>135161590
the Iago guards are different than the lower floor guards, i wasn't allowed upstairs as one and they weren't police
>>135160545
Combined with the poor initial sales, I feel like it means this the last Hitman game we are getting.
I guess if a series has to die, you might as well die releasing an unappreciated masterpiece.
>>135161736
don't forget chef
>>135161812
>poor initial sales
Source?
>>135161840
Ye, it's fine. Forgot about it when I was counting the outfits. Spawned as it once so I got that one checked.
>>135161812
They are probably holding marketing machine for physical release
>>135160545
>loading times are too long so it isnt as good of a game
fucking IGN >:|
>>135161812
God it makes me sad. This game is near perfect in terms of what i want from a Hitman game and they fucked up publishing. the always online thing was bad and then the optimization, on top of people hating episodic gaming, even though it works nicely here
>>135160545
Fun Fact:
Episodic games have to get a generally lower score for the first episode, just in case the next episodes blow it out of the water.
>>135161850
There was an 8k peak in users on Steam.
Thats the kind of numbers you expect for indie shit sidescrollers, not an AAA game on launch weekend.
There are as many people playing Empire: Total War and American Truck Simulator right now, as there are playing Hitman.
>>135162161
>even though it works nicely here
It never works nicely.
Episodic was the worst decision they could have made.
>>135162260
You are so wrong.
8k is pretty good for an episodic game that has been getting mediocre reviews.
It has been in the 'Top Sellers' list for about 2 weeks now, so on PC, it is doing pretty good.
Consoles always sell more and obviously it is doing pretty good if there were enough people to crash out the servers on all platforms.
We don't know the actual numbers so please don't go around acting like you know shit.
>>135160545
>An early access title with one level and 3 layers of DRM scored lower than a complete game with minimal DRM
What am I supposed to see wrong here?
>>135162564
I love it, people will defend games that are universally hated just to get a piece of a AAA game.
>>135162486
>You are so wrong.
>8k is pretty good for an episodic game that has been getting mediocre reviews.
I'm not sure you can defend the game's success by saying it "it got mediocre reviews, so the bar should be lower".
And episodic games can do AAA numbers. Look at TellTales stuff. Their most recent Minecraft game had like 20k peak players on launch weekend.
>>135161850
Not sure about console sales yet, but Steam player counts are hilariously low at the moment and whilst we won't have concrete stats for another day, the total players thus far would indicate sales well below 100k at a $15 pricepoint.
That's a gross well below 1 million, and fuck knows what the actual net would be versus development costs that would be in the 40-50 million range.
As much as i'm enjoying the game thus far, i've got a bad feeling about it's development going forward.
>>135162486
>It has been in the 'Top Sellers' list for about 2 weeks now, so on PC, it is doing pretty good.
In a month with no releases other than the Division, and The Division crushed it by an order of magnitude. It has been competing and losing to StarDew Valley, a fucking 2d farming sim made by one guy. I'm sure Square-Enix can't wait to throw away millions more on a game that loses to games made on a budget of literally $0.
>>135162698
Minecraft is also the best selling game of all time, but that's peak was also only 3600+, not 20k.
Let's use another episodic game from a 'AAA franchise' - Resident Evil: Revelations 2.
At it's peak, it only hit 3600+ on PC.
Compared to Hitmans 8100+, I wouldn't count the franchise out just yet.
>A Break from the Auction requires the Tuxedo to be worn
Fucking hell game, you could have told me this BEFORE I tried it 5 fucking times.
>>135162332
>Not realizing that episodic gaming forces them to make the game extremely replayable
faggot
>>135162985
Stop replying to them. It's the only way they'll leave. Only reply to people talking about the actual game.
>>135161850
>>135162818
>>135162260
Not to mention, you only have to take one look at how many people are talking about it.
This is the first /vg/ thread created for the game. Its fucking launch weekend, and we have 105 posters and we are still on the same thread.
/v/ has had 1 Hitman thread up at a time, usually created by the same guy.
>>135163083
It also negates pre-order culture where games drum up hype, release a shit product and run. Can't do that here
>>135163083
The game should be replayable anyway, and Paris was already finished well before they decided to go the episodic root.
>>135155232
Truly meticulous just as the master assassin, 47.
Why does 47 look so young? Isn't he like 50 years old now?
I'm ready for him to transition to a badass old man assassin.
>>135165394
One of the functions of Ort-Meyer's clone program was to provide transplant organs for the 5 fathers, I wouldn't be surprised if longevity was a big area of his research and 47 ages slower than normal people as a result.
Will there be women in towels in this game?
>>134996168
I give this contract a try anon
>>134969275
All the negative reviews I saw there were complains about the always online drm. There were close to none mentions of the actual gameplay.
>>135165394
I was wondering about this recently. He's 48 in Absolution, and he looks it; He's definitely grittier and aged in it.
Is the time-setting of the Paris mission known? He's certainly younger than 48, and he doesn't' have a scar where he razors the tattoo in Absolution.
>>135168705
Paris plane ticket is dated 25th October 2016
>>135166000
Lei Ling and Agent Smith in his patriotic boxers or riot.
>>135168867
Good spot. with 47 being 'born' on September the 5th 1964, that makes him what... 52? I mean, I could believe him looking as he does while being that age due to his enhanced genetics, but the visual differences between Absolution and (2016) are a bit of a discrepancy there. Of course, we could just ignore Absolution entirely...
>>135168327
Yeah, it's really sad. The game itself is really good and really fun, save for some bugs and inconsistencies.
But from a technical point of view, whoever made the decisions should be hanged from his balls.
This took 35 minutes to do, but it was worth it, would have gotten more if Dalia didn't refuse to meet with me as Krueger, probably because I took so long.
>You have been disconnected from the server
All I want to do is unwind and play some fucking Hitman.
>bag Dalia's body
>leave the bag out in the open
So when can we expect a patch for the endless "disconnected from server"?
how does rating system works in this game? If everyone have the 210k then how game decides who will have the first place?
>>135162070
It's funny too, absolution's load times are literally 3-5x slower.
>>135160674
I hope they don't add too many lolsorandumb shit.
When is the first elusive target coming out ?
>>135171597
When Skidrow releases one
>>135172227
>When Skidrow releases one
I can actually see this happening
is there a place to see all the unlocks ?
>>135163062
Holy shit, who the fuck thought that was a good idea?
>>135171734
Fuck the rating system, it's as shitty as Absolution's.
I am still salty accident kills don't count towards highscore. I want ranks back.
>>135172971
If they come back they better make it so touching a body after an accident kill no longer considers it an accident. If somebody drowned in a toilet, their body most certainly won't be found inside a closet.
Also make it so targets by accidents don't trigger guard responses like Hunting and Searching, after all unless you were spotted they have no idea it wasn't a real accident at all and should not be searching for whoever did it.
>>135171734
210k is the max possible score, but it isn't meant to be achievable. There's a bug where your timer will be 0:00:00 if you do SASO, giving you a massive score bonus.
http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/hitman/news/all_hitman_episodes_to_be_out_by_the_end_of_summer.html
Confirmed for monthly releases all season, not just the first two. Apparently there are seven episodes total but I can't find info on the seventh.
>>135173532
I think they just messed up, they is only 6 eps.
Paris, France - March
Sapienza, Italy - April
Marrakesh, Morocco - May
Thailand - June
USA - July
Japan - August
Ps4 just updated and now I can't use my requiem pack
>>135173716
Nope, final episode is out in September.
>>135173761
Called square enix and they fucking said no problems on their end it's sonys problem
>>135173841
Final Ep is definitely Japan, so maybe there are 2 USA levels?
>>135174008
Why are you having a hard time with the idea that there's a seventh, unannounced episode?
>>135174473
I'm not.
I am just saying that Japan is the last one and we only know of 6 locations.
>>135174691
why is the Italy and Morocco not part of the launch now?
>>135174691
I want Poland. Russia, Hungary.
some 200mb update
>>135174926
There's some mysterious 250MB-ish update.
>>135174691
Why are there 6 campaign missions?
Are they including the prologue or will Italy and Morocco have multiple missions?
Or are the including the bullshit Playstation Exclusive missions?
>>135174691
That information is outdated, though. I think the last mission will be somewhere in Europe, maybe Russia, hunting the mystery man. They said they want to do a different story each season, so if this guy is the antagonist he's going to die by the end of episode 7.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Hitman/status/709112288406536196
https://hitman.com/news/world-of-assassination
>>135174926
They probably needed extra time for the later levels. It's possible that episode 7 was decided late in the development cycle and they need six more months to get it ready
>>135175119
>>135175206
I don't mind waiting, it's just confusing lack of info. Really i prefer it to be one level a month, because then they can tweak what does and doesnt work more
>>135173309
>targets by accidents don't trigger guard responses
Actually my largest gripe so far, barring weapon customisation. I'd say the first accident kill would be regarded as an accident, the second would be suspicious, and the third would cause searching/hunting.
>>135175395
They can, if you are seen causing it or in a trespassing area with the thing.
>>135174691
>March launch content:
>Paris
>Italy
>Morocco
I love Early Access promises.
See you guys in July when Italy gets released.
>>135174984
...Romania too
>>135175507
They changed the release schedule in January and cancelled all pre-orders when they did it.
>>135175206
Don't get me wrong dude.
I am thrilled there is going to be a 7th episode. I thought I was getting a deal when I only thought there were going to be 6.
It is a real shame that people are shitting on this game because of a couple of poor decisions and not actually giving the game ago. It is fucking great so far and if the next episodes are on the same level as Paris, I can see this being way better than Blood Money. Maybe even my GOTYassuming Dark Souls 3 is mediocre.
>>135175491
No, they all do. What we're saying is that it shouldn't the first time.
>>135174473
Because there isn't. They explicitly said that one of the missions will have two missions on the same map.
>>135175813
>it happened in my game
>LOL NO IT HASNT
>>135176028
They confirmed seven episodes on Twitter.
What ever happened to Vivienne McKee?
>>135176741
Seven episodes across six maps. Its literally spelled out for you on the store page. Stop being obtuse.
>its impossible to Suit Only, Silent Assassin the tutorial mission because Norfolk and your target will only initiate their conversation if you're blending in as a yatch crewman
This is the sole thing stopping me from being able to complete a SOSA run of the mission. Would have been fun to create a suit only contract on it.
>>135179187
Have you tried the freeform tutorial?
Also I don't think you can do contacts on the yacht.
>>135178982
>REMAINING CONTENT
Paris+6=7
>>135179964
I was agreeing with you.
>>135179492
>Have you tried the freeform tutorial?
Well, shit, I was doing it on the contract tutorial mission since I couldn't find any other way to make a contract on that level, it might be the beta's old scripts are still present for it, I'll give it another go in the free level.
>>135180072
Oh, I thought you were the six episodes guy highlighting the six part. My bad.
>need to complete one more paris challenge to have them all
>it's bugged
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
is there any way to complete the undercover in locker room start?
>can't set your own custom rules in Contracts like no pacifications, having to hide all dead bodies, or set safes to steal shit from
>even if you could, uploading your contract doesn't actually require you to beat it silently, you can just massacre people and then tag dead ones later and people will be graded on how silently they did it when the maker of the contract itself didn't do it
>can't set which NPCs can see you, delet or add in new NPCs/crowds, or set their patrol routes
If these things were to be implemented this game would be Hitman GOAT.
>>135174008
>so maybe there are 2 USA levels
Someone on /v/ claimed that the beta says the the levels were Texas and Washington for America.
Maybe we have a mission in the Whitehouse?
>those guards talking about Dalia with one of them admitting reading a book about fashion
>those guards arguing about chaos theory and multiverse
Say what you will, but the NPC dialogues are top notch.
>>135182439
>Maybe we have a mission in the Whitehouse?
We've already had a Whitehouse mission.
>>135179964
7 episodes.
6 maps.
Its not hard, buddy.
>>135183525
It's 6 locations, not maps.
Like >>135182439 mentioned.
We could have 2 episodes in Japan, but one is Tokyo and the other is Osaka.
>>135183824
It will be two missions on the same map. Stop being obtuse.
Elusive target fucking when famtopia
>>135182662
>those waiters and guards talking about how one of the guards acts like a video game character that only has 4 lines
>>135185389
[citation needed]
>>135186429
Who's fucking idea was it to not have an Elusive target ready for launch weekend? I need to know, because that guy should have handed in his resignation this morning.
>>135188319
I swear it's the most infuriating of all, besides not having unlocks for the tutorial mission
>>135163062
I think I got it wearing the sheikh suit
Is anybody else missing the requiem suit, chrome pistol and duck? They're not showing up after the game got updated.
>>135191129
Same here, doesn't show up on the selection screens but I can reload a save from yesterday when I had it on and 47's wearing it.
47 is hawt
>>135185389
Probably Sapienza, then.
The Season Premiere trailer showed off a location set away from the reveal trailer with a plane. They might have an additional level there.
>>135183525
I was referring to contracts, not locations.
It's not hard, buddy.
>>134827764
>Need to be online to play a singleplayer game
>Windows only
>Denuvo
>No first person
Hallmarks of a game I'm not going to buy.
>>135196598
>comes to a general to talk about how they dont want the game
for what purpose?
>>135197405
i was intrigued, that's why i came to this thread ya dingus.
i liked blood money and came hoping to see that this game was like blood money, but it's not.
glad to see people are refunding this diarrhea filled cunt of a game.
>got the chameleon feat for Paris by spawning as a cook when that was the last disguise left
>prompt for the chameleon feat appeared on my screen
>complete the mission
>no chameleon awarded
>check my feats and no chameleon
>start the mission again as a cook
>no chameleon awarded anymore
>I am forever locked out of this feat, and thus the achievement for 100% Paris
Words cannot describe just how fucking mad I am right now.
>>135196598
edgy post
>>135198171
how so?
>live in a very undeveloped, isolated area with exceedingly patchy and decrepit internet infrastructure
>connection is unreliable at best, non existant at worst.
>not a windows user
>feel more immersed when able to play from a first person perspective
what about any of that is """"""""""""""""""""""""""edgy'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
>>135197915
>it's not
But that's wrong.
>>135200206
hitman bloodmoney let me play first person
hitman bloodmoney let me play without an internet connection
hitman bloodmoney didn't funnel my connection through layers on layers of DRM
hitman bloodmoney didn't boot me to the main menu when my internet fails and locks me out until it's back up
>>135200037
>feel more immersed when able to play from a first person perspective
>>135200360
>hitman bloodmoney let me play first person
God damn finally, I thought I was the only one. I've been bringing up the lack of first person since Absolution, and everyone always tells me to fuck off. I prefer to play first person. Its more immersive, and honestly, the 3rd person animations have been so traditionally shit in Hitman games that first person is less distracting.
>>135200360
You've listed exactly one gameplay difference and it's a miniscule one.
>>135200360
Most of this is not gameplay-related, though.
The game itself is great, it's just ruined by stupid outer layer decisions.
>>135201676
>>135203719
>Getting AIDS is worth it to be able to have all this worry-free gay sex.
We may be dying on our first and only thread, but it was great fun discussing and discovering things with you all. See you all in Sapienza if anybody bothers making a thread by then.
>>135211352
Here's your (You)
>Assassinate Novikov while he's on stage
>no Speechless
So he has to actually be giving the speech? Why wouldn't it say so?
>>135200360
You can play without an internet connection. It just says that there's 2 modes. offline and online and they use different save files. Why does no one ever read that?
>>135198029
Have you tried not starting as a cook and getting the chef outfit?
>>135213564
I imagine that a lot of people are feeling a little put off by the whole thing. A lot of people are probably thinking something like, "Oh, yeah, sure, let's pay 60 bucks for a game with currently three maps and borderline always online DRM." I'm fairly confident that it'll only get more popular as time goes on; what with more content, more people talking about it, and when there's an actual physical release.
>>135215040
Definitely. A lot of people are waiting for the full release, but I think some of them might be interested when there are 3 or 4 episodes out and the game has 50+ hours of content.
wew lad
Aiming fucking sucks.
In Blood Money you could raise a gun and fire in one click. Here, you have to hold RMB, move the mouse (because even if your target is centered, they won't be when you hold RMB), and then left-click.
It's fucking garbage.
>>135218118
How do you even do that one? I can't get either of them alone without their personal guards
>>135221253
Mr. Reaper and the kitchen stairway.
>>135074505
It's the real Agent 47.
>>135221253
start as mr reaper, go into the attic, craw along the wall that looks down on the runway till you get to the bathroom next to the office, lure her in with the sink or a coin then kill him.
for the guy you need to pull the fire alarm then make your way downstairs. Him and his bodyguard will move down there quickly and once they do you take them out one at a time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-__sPpbh10
this trailer has all of the locations listed in order.
paris, sapienza, marrakesh, thailand, united states, japan.
>>135213564
Well, let's try breathing some life into the thread with any neat videos you've seen, or even videos or webms you've made. It's nice to see all the fun things people discover, and discuss all the different routes people find for various things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBFymRp9x98
>>135227684
you dont need to distract the chefs when the girl walks away just crouch past close to the work bench and when she does it again you can poison the food
>>135227661
>six full missions with a complete storyline related to the high-tier guards and it's only available on PS4 because Square makes more money that way
T-thanks
We already knew the order of the locations, by the way. All we don't know is what episode 7 entails.
>>135227976
You don't have enough time to wait for the cycle before the bodyguard enters the kitchen
>>135229032
old mates body guard or the guy the guy that walks through there 1 time
>>134931358
Poison the champagne glass on the roof bar. within 2 minutes she'll run off to her private bathroom to hurl
>>135229032
i see now, i did the guy first where as you did the woman so victor was further in his pattern than mine
>>135229147
disregard this
>>134931358
>Unless there's a way to isolate her in the bathroom
There's at least two.
>rat poison in her drink
>Mr. Reaper's background check
>>134931358
>Doubtful. Unless there's a way to isolate her in the bathroom, I can't think of another way to get her. There's simply to many people around.
Use the radio to distract the first guard, then when her and her personal bodyguard are in the room alone turn the tap on. They'll both come in but the guard will be distracted by the tap. Stand in the closet with the knocked out guard till she turns her back to you, then jump out and garrote her. Pop her in the closet then jump out of the window onto the ledge.
