The Mana Legend
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An HD collection would be a great idea considering how far this series has fallen off of the radar.
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Hitman: Absolution E3 Screenshots And Previews
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I NEED SCISSORS
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The Mana Legend said:
I already own them all on PC, but I would seriously double dip on this for 360 (since I doubt they'd port Blood Money to PS3). At least if they did this, IO would get some money out of me, since there is no way in hell I am buying Absolution.
a 10 min. interview with the Gameplay director of Hitman..
http://www.gamereactor.dk/grtv/?id=11552&l=Interview
http://www.gamereactor.dk/grtv/?id=11552&l=Interview
Speedymanic
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Sigh. I remember a time in Hitman when you didn't have to kill anyone and could, instead sedate or knock them out.
Revolutionary
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Where does it say you can't?Speedymanic said:
Secondly, it's apparently an optional situation. The sentence right before the one you quoted:
I commented the blog already with my negative thoughts, but GAF's take on the apparent changes to Hitman are nothing short of hyperbolic. I'm defending IO yet disagreeing with them at the same time. Awesome. What has GAF done to me?
Speedymanic
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I suppose the option to sedate NPC's might still be in, it's more the language used by the developers. I haven't seen a single mention of them saying you can sedate NPCs, it's almost always kill or silent kills.
If the Library is just the opening mission it could be like Blood Money which if I'm not mistaken required you to kill a few people just to get used to the weapons. Actually, I'm not sure if it required you to kill them or not but there were definitely two or three areas where the game asked you to kill them with a sniper rifle or whatever.Speedymanic said:
scar tissue
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seems like the 5hitman mockup with the prey 2 game informer cover was spot on
oh lawdy
oh lawdy
Ahoi-Brause
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So IO are aware of the fan backlash and just make fun of it?
What the fuck is wrong with them?
What the fuck is wrong with them?
Servbot #42
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Oh god that newspaper story is fucking genius (minus the typos) but i still feel that most people are overreacting about Absolution, until we get a full level walktrough we won't know if Absolution is a true Hitman title.
Broder Salsa
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The Jim Sterling article, so good hahaha
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Philll said:Oh dear
Amazing.
Speedymanic
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The newspaper article is fan made, it's from the Hitman forums.
Ahoi-Brause
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They commented on them over twitter.derFeef said:
Speedymanic
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Ahoi-Brause said:
What did they say?
Speedymanic
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Time for some 'good news', the game will feature more levels than any other Hitman title and will also feature some really unusual levels.
http://www.oxm.co.uk/30602/news/hitman-absolution-has-more-levels-than-any-other-hitman/
http://www.oxm.co.uk/30602/news/hitman-absolution-has-more-levels-than-any-other-hitman/
Ahoi-Brause
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That they "love" them.Speedymanic said:
Stupid assholes.
This and hearing about the greater number of levels is a little reassuring, but it makes me wonder if the levels are still Blood Money sized, if levels are checkpointed into one another, or what. I don't care if there are a shitload of levels if they aren't fun to play. The bit where they were thinking about adding E3 as a level gave me a chuckle. But more generally, putting 47 into crowded, complex areas gives me some hope. Still keeping my expectations low because of Kyd, Bateson, and "more action-oriented", but I'll have to keep my eye on the game as it gets further along.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Ahoi-Brause said:
Uh... I wouldn't call them assholes for having a laugh at themselves.
Asshole-ish to shut out Bateson. But not the hilarious pics.
Ahoi-Brause
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The pics are funny.NotTheGuyYouKill said:
But laughing at the pics while you continue to ruin hitman, fire bateson and generally act like an asshole company is total asshole behaviour.
They should take the hints and not lie about how they LOVE the pics.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Ahoi-Brause said:
How do you know they're lying about that? They might genuinely find it funny in a sea of insanity and dickishness.
And I still don't think the mechanical and gameplay changes is necessarily bad... they might work out in favour of the game. I still disagree with how they treated Bateson. But that's my only major knock against IO at the moment.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I hadn't thought about this before, but what if IO were forced to go with Hollywood talent, by Eidos or SE? Is that possible or is IO really autonomous in that regard?
Edit:
Stole this from the Hitman forums:
I lol'd
Edit:
Stole this from the Hitman forums:
I lol'd
Speedymanic
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That is amazing. lol.
Speedymanic
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derFeef said:
SE haven't really influenced DX or the upcoming Tomb Raider, so I doubt they've had a hand in how this Hitman might turn out.
NotTheGuyYouKill said:
I think from everything we've read/heard about the new mechanics, gamplay changes, it's hard not to see how they won't make the game worse.
Seeing through walls, using instinct to blend or bluff, reading minds, checkpoints,a more action oriented approach, etc.
Ahoi-Brause
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Oh yeah, you 3 are probably the only ones who are hyped about the game.Tacitus_ said:
Are you on IO's paylist or doing the damage control for free?
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Ahoi-Brause said:
I doubt three people are the only people hyped for the next Hitman. That is hyperbolic!
B_Rik_Schitthaus
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All the fake Absolution boxes need a "Better With Kinect" label.
Ahoi-Brause
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The majority of people absolutely hates this game...NotTheGuyYouKill said:
in related news: I've actually dreamt of hitman 5.
And in my dream it was a good game... it was so good.
I even wrote down the way it played out - because it was brilliant.
IoCaster
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JambiBum said:
You know I can understand and to a certain extent agree that the details released so far don't sound very encouraging to a Hitman fan like myself. The problem is that I don't believe there is anything to be gained by getting too emotionally invested and alienating fellow forum members with baseless accusations. :|
Ahoi-Brause
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Yeah, except for every fact pointing at IO being total assholes to the fans and to the original voice actors.derFeef said:
Oh and 47 now sounds like a grumpy space marine!
Also no jesper kyd, but it will be good and true to the series, rite?
Because their pr-twitter said so.... rite?
Haha, so it's an accusation now?IoCaster said:
It seems the point I was trying to make totally went over your head.
I think it's a bit premature to completely write the game off just yet. While I have concerns about their desire to make the game more "cinematic and personal" (a.k.a. linear and scripted), I do like some of the things I'm hearing. The AI improvements sound great, as does the social camouflage mechanic (performing actions that make you blend in). Not a big fan of the helicopter chase in the E3 demo but hopefully that's avoidable or at the very least, limited to that level.
I'm very interested in finding out if the rating system has been retained and if so, how has it changed? If the game has many unavoidable scripted confrontations like the helicopter chase, how do those affect your rating? Hopefully we'll soon get answers to more specific questions like these.
The lack of Bateson and Kyd is definitely disappointing and will hurt the game, but I don't think their absence is enough to ruin the game completely.
I'm very interested in finding out if the rating system has been retained and if so, how has it changed? If the game has many unavoidable scripted confrontations like the helicopter chase, how do those affect your rating? Hopefully we'll soon get answers to more specific questions like these.
The lack of Bateson and Kyd is definitely disappointing and will hurt the game, but I don't think their absence is enough to ruin the game completely.
I don't get how you're labeled bias if you have the ability to read, see video, and do direct comparisons to each previous title?
Folks, This game as described and executed in video is nothing related to the previous hitman story/gameplay. This is 100% fact at this point.
Why on earth do you have to wait for HAZE/LAIR/Kane&Lynch/SplinterCellConviction/DukeNukem/etc to tell that its going to blow? Stop the name calling trash. Fans of the series are seeing the direction they are going, using their own quotes, seeing their(IO) own video, and coming to this conclusion. Its not a blind accusation. Theres no "BUH BUH YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED IT YET!!" I swear if I showed you a picture of a 3 wheeled race car with a backwards spoiler, no engine, non linked wiring, no steering ability, filled with concrete and and a wooden kickstand, you'd claim "BUH BUH YOU HAVEN'T DRIVEN IT YET!!"
Its ridiculous to claim that the fans of the series have to wait and play it, as if we are all new to gaming. You can always tell a turd before it shows up, well maybe I'm speaking for myself, but I know I don't have to buy every game to decide if its good or not, just like movies, real estate, vehicles, and pretty much any purchase.
I called it the second I saw the stupid ass Xray vision *OPTION* that alone showed that they are going in a severely different direction for the series, this was all then followed by them(IO) stating they are going in a different direction. I'd only suggest that people that know this garbage isn't hitman, move on. Let the people that want to play this generic stealth game play it, and pretend to have ever enjoyed a hitman title. No sense arguing, but dont pretend Hitman Fans have no clue/have to play this turd.
Folks, This game as described and executed in video is nothing related to the previous hitman story/gameplay. This is 100% fact at this point.
Why on earth do you have to wait for HAZE/LAIR/Kane&Lynch/SplinterCellConviction/DukeNukem/etc to tell that its going to blow? Stop the name calling trash. Fans of the series are seeing the direction they are going, using their own quotes, seeing their(IO) own video, and coming to this conclusion. Its not a blind accusation. Theres no "BUH BUH YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED IT YET!!" I swear if I showed you a picture of a 3 wheeled race car with a backwards spoiler, no engine, non linked wiring, no steering ability, filled with concrete and and a wooden kickstand, you'd claim "BUH BUH YOU HAVEN'T DRIVEN IT YET!!"
Its ridiculous to claim that the fans of the series have to wait and play it, as if we are all new to gaming. You can always tell a turd before it shows up, well maybe I'm speaking for myself, but I know I don't have to buy every game to decide if its good or not, just like movies, real estate, vehicles, and pretty much any purchase.
I called it the second I saw the stupid ass Xray vision *OPTION* that alone showed that they are going in a severely different direction for the series, this was all then followed by them(IO) stating they are going in a different direction. I'd only suggest that people that know this garbage isn't hitman, move on. Let the people that want to play this generic stealth game play it, and pretend to have ever enjoyed a hitman title. No sense arguing, but dont pretend Hitman Fans have no clue/have to play this turd.
Ahoi-Brause
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This a thousand times.commedieu said:
I can't even imagine how much of a stockholm syndrome complex you gotta have to defend a corporation that's shitting all over your favourite videogame.