I'm not talking about the developers I'm talking about the anonymous guy who's getting off on going after the PC Gamer reviewer with pretty BS sounding statements. You know at least Francis put his name on what he said so I could look back and see if I tend to agree with him, and his 55 to Max Payne and statements about the Hitman franchise say that I do tend to agree.
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Hitman: Absolution |OT| Police do not suspect Blood Money is involved.
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I'm not talking about the developers I'm talking about the anonymous guy who's getting off on going after the PC Gamer reviewer with pretty BS sounding statements. You know at least Francis put his name on what he said so I could look back and see if I tend to agree with him, and his 55 to Max Payne and statements about the Hitman franchise say that I do tend to agree.
ezekielpacman
Member
I know you weren't referencing developers there, but you questioned the 50 levels thing again, which they explain quite clearly.
How do you feel about Diablo 3 btw? Because if he gave that a 90 despite the horrific streamlining and dumbing down on show, I don't see how someone of your classical tastes can agree.
I don't care about diablo or the loot whore genre at all. I'm not sure how you can dumb something down that revolves around mashing the hell out of your mouse anyway.
DukeBobby said:
Nope. I don't trust PC Gamer at all when it comes to Bioware games. I don't know what it is with them or if they have some agreement with EA but they were also responsible for that DA2 review calling it the best RPG combat ever and they also had ME2 in their top 10-20 PC games of all time I think. They're not rational when it comes to Bioware.
Do you agree with the 93 he gave to Mass Effect 3?
diffusionx
Gold Member
It doesn't work like that.
I played through about 2/3rds of Conviction - I think it sucks. Ubi could've made it its own IP, but it doesn't really matter. The game would still suck and there's still no guarantee we would get a "real Splinter Cell." Likewise with this.
Absolution is what we got. If it sucks, it sucks, but there's no real Hitman around the corner to save us.
Regarding review scores, this is why we have multiple reviews. Maybe Absolution is a good game on its own merits - some people will review it like that. Maybe Absolution is a terrible Hitman - some people will review it like that. There's no perfect way to handle this.
ezekielpacman
Member
Haha, oh man I give up. By the same logic maybe an IO dev stole his girlfriend after being invited to the launch party for Blood Money...
He didn't review all of the Bioware games for them so that's why I said PCG as a whole is weird with Bioware. I mean calling DA2 a masterpiece doesn't strike you as something suspicious?
ezekielpacman
Member
I know, I know. I jest ;-)
I still can't believe all of this negativity is coming off the back of ONE bad review. I saw people in the last thread who were genuinely excited about the game, and as soon the review hit, they were baying for IO's blood. Seriously, guys? (I'm not just seeing this on GAF)
To be honest, it's all a bit pathetic.
To be honest, it's all a bit pathetic.
Red Blaster
Member
I still anticipate that this will be a pretty good stealth game in its own right if purist mode is indeed as difficult as hyped.
ezekielpacman
Member
Hey man, I'm still excited. Hold me!
TBH I think it happens with most games these days, I just don't follow many OTs to pick up on it.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Derrick has wormed his way into their minds. He has assumed total control.
Anyways, great OT, dude! I'm so excited. Just one more week. I'll probably be replaying the sniper challenge everyday till then. I'm pumped for this.
The Wizard
Member
It reads like an angry fan rant with "I'm a games reviewer" stuck onto it. There's nothing to really suggest he's played the game or even writes about games for a living (especially with typos and CAPS LOCK arguments.)
Krappadizzle
Gold Member
You know you are cynical as hell and tend to shit on everything. Which is fine, as i enjoy your posts and your overcritical analysis of games. Don't misconstrued my opinion as a personal attack either as I really do like your posts. But very rarely do you take things at face value and judge it based on its own merits. I'm looking forward to Hitman, as it's a phenomenal series, and think absolution will be a great addition. But with that said, I'm not ignorant to how devs. over promise and under deliver either. I would be a little more on the fence myself, if I hadn't prepurchased for $36 on GMG.
If anything it was Francis who did it. I've been a vocal critic since the days we were shopping 47 onto the Conviction cover and no one really cared enough back then.
What? No one cared? I would say that the majority was pretty negative until the Chinatown demo was shown.
The few positive/optimist people are pretty outnumbered here.
I think it's weird that there's so much talk about the checkpointing when it's disabled entirely on higher difficulties. I'm planning on starting on Expert and then doing a Purist run, so I won't see the mechanic at all for awhile. I doubt any reviews are going to play above normal, which sucks.
keltickennedy
Member
I have one more unlock to get till I have every unlock and reward.
SonicVolcano
Member
The Hitman community is rather small as well. Somehow the franchise has never been that popular. The first game was not that good (though I enjoyed it very much), the second game was received as too difficult/hardcore, the third was okay but had some returning missions. Blood Money was basically the first Hitman game that caught the attention of the general public.
At the same time the franchise is (heavily) overshadowed by AC and SC.
fixed for me
Same here, I think I got the PE for somewhere around $37. GMG = Awesome!
SonicVolcano
Member
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/13/w...m_campaign=Feed:+weblogsinc/joystiq+(Joystiq)
This guy plays the PC version with a controller.
This is not 15FPS.
This guy plays the PC version with a controller.
This is not 15FPS.
I still think that part of the PC Gamer review was misinterpreted. Maybe it wasn't but I remember seeing they said they tested the game on 3 PCs and 2 of them got that really bad performance. They didn't say anything about the third but I assumed that meant it ran fine, if it didn't then I don't know how they reviewed the game.
If there's anyone I have faith in at all in this whole fiasco it's Nixxes. They are the toppest of the top notch PC porting studios.
Interfectum
Member
360 owner?
SonicVolcano
Member
Can you explain this? How would you backtrack in BM?
SJRB
Gold Member
Just watched the Joystiq 20-minute prologue, it doesn't look half bad.
AI is dumb as bricks though and the game seems pretty much on rails, it basically slaps you in the face with how you are supposed to handle each situation and there is pretty straightforward level progression. But I can only asume that's because it's basically the tutorial level.
Didn't like the instant-outfit switch in/after cutscenes though. Noticed the rubber duck in the bathroom, nice detail.
AI is dumb as bricks though and the game seems pretty much on rails, it basically slaps you in the face with how you are supposed to handle each situation and there is pretty straightforward level progression. But I can only asume that's because it's basically the tutorial level.
Didn't like the instant-outfit switch in/after cutscenes though. Noticed the rubber duck in the bathroom, nice detail.
Interfectum
Member
The levels in BM are huge sandboxes so you could go anywhere at any time.
Seems to me they are saying in Absolution since the levels are broken up into chunks that once you pass a certain point you can't go back... for example if you are in a hotel and you go up to the second floor you cannot go back to the first floor. In a level like that in BM you could go back if you wanted.
The Wizard
Member
I have the PC version of Sniper Challenge and it runs great, although it doesn't have all the fancy DX11 features of the final game. Only thing I really want an option for is the bloom, it looks so obnoxious and ruins the aesthetic for me a lot of the time.
There might be some weird issues pre-launch, but I would be surprised if this isn't an excellent pc port.
There might be some weird issues pre-launch, but I would be surprised if this isn't an excellent pc port.
Could someone please just fibre wire Derrick already
Stuff like that just gives me a laugh. Faithful PC gamers too often come across as insecure (for the lack of attention/love that their system of choice receives) and try too hard.
Not even sure how to reply to this. Yes, I own a 360. I'd also much prefer to play Absolution on my PC (which I might have built/completed by December).
Stuff like that just gives me a laugh. Faithful PC gamers too often come across as insecure (for the lack of attention/love that their system of choice receives) and try too hard.
From what I've seen in other videos, the AI is anything but dumb. In fact, the enemies look a little bit too relentless, as they can see through your disguises really easily. They can also spot you from quite far away.
It looks to be an improvement on Blood Money's AI at least (mind you, this is not difficult to accomplish).
Interfectum
Member
Lifted it from an older announcement:
http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/14/h...mans-suit-looks-ten-times-more-awesome-on-pc/
Didn't think it seemed that insecure.
Ciastek3214
Junior Member
Do we even know who he is and does he know what he's talking about? I mean did he really play it?
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKfDZiruGfMLED4kAsURZww?feature=plcp
It's going to be really hard to not spoil myself on this.
ezekielpacman
Member
True, but it sounds like they've designed the game with that in mind, so you still have a sandbox to plan out your kills within that smaller area, and then you move to a new area and repeat - it's not like you leave a target behind or anything.
Not to mention huge sandbox is a bit misleading in a lot of circumstances when discussing BM: A New Life, Dance with the Devil, You Better Watch Out.. none stand out as HUGE in my mind.
The reason for not going back is also a technical one rather than them thinking it is a great idea, and do also say they are looking to improve that in the future (i.e. next gen).
Oh, my bad.
Patrick Bateman
Member
I'm ready for this. I hope it won't disappoint me as much as AC3 did. :/
ezekielpacman
Member
He posts a load of screens on his other propaganda post, so yeah I think he did at least play it.
http://www.pcgamer.com/forum/showthread.php?p=232304
That's the insane part ie. how quickly negative things spread all over the Internet these days. The game has been getting positive reviews for a while and then gets one negative review from PC Gamer. Few days later that's the only thing you hear about this game. Just yesterday I was reading hotukdeals.com and spotted a Hitman deal. Among the first few comments someone said that the game has been getting poor reviews, don't bother. Poor reviews, indicating that a huge portion of reviews have been negative so far, when in fact there has been exactly one negative review.
Any idea what difficulty the guy is playing on? On one hand, I love the idea that guards won't just instantly open fire on you the moment you arouse suspicion. That's one of the things I really hate about this series. Even in Blood Money, in You Better Watch Out, if you so much as touch the tape while dressed as a guard, they instantly open fire on you. It's a bit absurd. If it's true that most guards will just try and arrest you in this game I'll be happy.
See, that's kinda funny. I thought it might be just lifted from another site, but thought 'No way they'd have it as "Perks"' considering some of those listed are just differences'. So it turns out you copy/pasted it, but changed "Features" to "Perks" for whatever reason.
Also, who's that in the banner:
http://i.minus.com/j8vXXTTSxqQzP.jpg
The Wizard
Member
That's likely a bug, detection issues have seemingly cropped up in a number of impressions
He says that he has only played the first 5 missions, so I think we should wait to hear what he says upon finishing it.