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First details on the next Hitman game (IO, PC/next-gen, open levels, no checkpoints)
- Thread starter Quentyn
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Eidos one got canned.
Corpsepyre
Banned
This is good news! Enjoyed the last game.
Canis lupus
Member
Wait, there were 2 next gen Hitman games in development? (excluding the mobile app game)
$3.49 Magic Pockets Pack
I hope what this means is a return to the blood money form of just having a bunch of awesome one-drop hitman sandbox missions tied together with a loose storyline instead of bullshit "Now we gotta do this. Now we gotta do that. Now you gotta gun your way through this fuckin' orphanage for god knows what reason"
Red Chocobo
Banned
More latex-clad nuns, please.
ebullientprism
Member
Absolution burned me hard. So I am not buying into this no matter how many "core Hitman gameplay" or "Blood Money and Contracts inspired" phrases they use.
As a devout Hitman fan since the first game I am very excited for this news! Sounds like they got their focus back on track this time and are trying to make a game more true to the originals. Absolution was a good game, but I still think their original style suited this series better.
comadorcrack
Neo Member
You presume incorrectly.
This on the other hand... The more they mention Blood Money, the Happier I'll be.
Alcoholikaust
Member
more Hitman is good news-just hope it plays like a Hitman game this time.
Baldwin_the_First
Member
This sounds freaking amazing!!! Glad they won't go the Absolution way anymore.
They wouldn't dare...
Yeah I'm fairly sure they used that phrasing before Absolution came out. And I remember the video they released showing the Chinatown level tricking me into thinking every level was like that instead of it being a game of sneaking from one corridor to the other.
He was originally replaced in Absolution, so they dared before. They wanted an entire cast of motion capture and voice acting, from the same people. 47's voice was originally his mocap actor, which was not Bateson.
Chance Hale
Member
Not really, they know that a lot of fans were put off by Absolution's approach. If anything it's good that they've chosen to acknowledge what people missed and that it's the focus of the new game. Certainly better than pretending Absolution didn't have fundamental changes that were often negatively received by fans.
Urgh, that was the worst part of the game. For the love 47's baldness IO do not repeat this type of level design ever again!
stn
Member
Sandbox? Around the world? Has targets? Now THIS is what I want to hear. All I need now is confirmation that David Bateson will be back as 47 and that they'll fix the disguise system. But really, all they need to do is make Blood Money with a better disguise system.
We need to Tweet at them and whatever to make sure they use Bateson. Though I think they will after what happened when they tried a new actor for Absolution.
We need to Tweet at them and whatever to make sure they use Bateson. Though I think they will after what happened when they tried a new actor for Absolution.
Also true. Fuck that was so disappointing after the demo chinatown level they had.
I thought Chinatown was just the beginning of their ambitions, not the apex of it...
I know! Which is ironic because 47 is modelled after Bateson, and would be the perfect 47 in any form! Fortunately they didn't go through with it and I see no reason that they would do something that stupid for their next game. Especially now that they are making a sequel more in line with their old games.
Oh, one more key thing: remove Instinct and the dumb disguise system made around it. It says a lot when your game plays more like previous Hitman games when a modder releases a trainer to change the parameters of the AI's response to you in costume and make it very close to the older games. It's absurd that you have to hide behind cover when you have a disguise when a man 15 feet from you can make you out..in a factory. Where everyone is a PMC. It's either that of holding your forehead...which somehow works? Dumb, dumb dumb.
Please IO. I want the greatness of Hitman, so bathe inspiration from Silent Assassin, Contracts, and Blood Money. You have a trilogy of games that got it right under your belt.
EDIT: The CG render on the page has the name "AirportRender_Absolute_Final". This might be a stretch, but could the game actually be called Hitman Absolute? It sounds way too similar to Absolution, so I hope not.
That render might also give away some potential locations.
Please IO. I want the greatness of Hitman, so bathe inspiration from Silent Assassin, Contracts, and Blood Money. You have a trilogy of games that got it right under your belt.
EDIT: The CG render on the page has the name "AirportRender_Absolute_Final". This might be a stretch, but could the game actually be called Hitman Absolute? It sounds way too similar to Absolution, so I hope not.
That render might also give away some potential locations.
I don't think they'll try that twice in a row lol.
Interfectum
Member
Sounds good to me so far. Open world, no checkpoint, etc.
Making an announcement about a game and pointing out that they've heard the fans and are catering to the open world, non-linear, design they've been asking for.....is a bad sign to you?
Alrighty Then
Actually, it's a good sign. It shows that they've acknowledged the things that was recieved poorly in Absolution, and are subsequently stepping away from that direction. It's a GOOD thing, since it shows that they actually listen to what their consumers want. After Absolution, people are way more weary about future sequels, so it's a good thing that they're distancing themselves from the direction that Absolution had right from the start.
Dick Justice
Banned
The games before Absolution didn't have magic pockets (well, except for being able to carry a million pistols in your jacket). I'm guessing this means we can no longer holster an assault rifle, which is fine by me.
Open levels, seemingly less focus on a shitty B-movie narrative. Sounds promising, now to wait and see.