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Hitman: Absolution |OT| Police do not suspect Blood Money is involved.
- Thread starter Interfectum
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Magic. Russian magic.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
The game looks incredibly gorgeous.
Cannon Goose
Member
I am a BIG fan of the fake surrender maneuver.
krameriffic
Member
Foliage looks terrible, but that's par for a console port.
XANDER CAGE
Member
Absolutely the best looking game I've played all year. Agent 47 especially looks incredible with tessellation on.
And yeah, the story is hot garbage (I get what they're going for, but the script stumbles a lot) but the framing in the cutscenes can be quite nice.
This may be one of the first times I've actually been straight-up offended by a game though. The story and script is trying to be this pulpy, grindhouse-y, tongue-in-cheek type thing but it's far too mean spirited sometimes. Lots of racial humor (and hoo boy, some handicapped jokes!) that just doesn't play. It feels like someone watched a bunch of American dark humor and didn't quite pick up on the more satirical aspects. It's not all bad, though; some of the characters are great, and the voice acting is pretty good across the board.
The game itself is fun. Surprise surprise, the best stuff is the sandboxy Hitman levels. The point-a-to-point-b stealth/action missions aren't as good, and can be really frustrating.
And yeah, the story is hot garbage (I get what they're going for, but the script stumbles a lot) but the framing in the cutscenes can be quite nice.
This may be one of the first times I've actually been straight-up offended by a game though. The story and script is trying to be this pulpy, grindhouse-y, tongue-in-cheek type thing but it's far too mean spirited sometimes. Lots of racial humor (and hoo boy, some handicapped jokes!) that just doesn't play. It feels like someone watched a bunch of American dark humor and didn't quite pick up on the more satirical aspects. It's not all bad, though; some of the characters are great, and the voice acting is pretty good across the board.
The game itself is fun. Surprise surprise, the best stuff is the sandboxy Hitman levels. The point-a-to-point-b stealth/action missions aren't as good, and can be really frustrating.
Blood Money was way too forgiving with disguises. Unless you blew your cover by doing something notable, guards almost never cared about you. It made the game way too fucking easy. It's nice Blood Money is a sandbox, but it's a damn shame so much of the game feels like once you're in a particular disguise, the entire level is at your disposal.
Retrofluxed
Member
LOL, I just got an e-mail from Amazon telling me the download has been unlocked, but when I go to Amazon, it tells me Hitman will be unlocked at 12:00am PST. Bastards!
For a console port with DX11 bolted on, it's not bad.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I have no idea how the gardener spotted me but whatever.
Absolutely the best looking game I've played all year. Agent 47 especially looks incredible with tessellation on.
this is pretty nuts
XANDER CAGE
Member
Ears of the year all years
Not for me. Just restarted. But I'm also in central.
RyanReedyMusic
Banned
Not unlocked on my end. Im on East Coast. WAITING WAITING........CANT STOP
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I'm in Australia and finished preloading probably about an hour ago, and it was unlocked right away. Didn't have to do anything except a first time install.
Yeah wtf is this shit. I'm looking at around 30 if the status bar is correct.
Why do people assume that "stealth" = "hiding?" One thing that made Hitman games good is that they had a totally different approach to stealth. You didn't just have to hide from people; it was just important that you weren't noticed. This game seems to focus more on hiding, and less on other means of disguise or not being noticed, which is disappointing.
One day, I'll have a full-featured stealth game, which involves talking to people to trick them into thinking you're an ally.
Revolutionary
Member
lol @ the benchmark achievement. Pretty damn funny.
Averaged 57 on a single 680, Ultra settings at 1080, but without MSAA. Not bad!
Averaged 57 on a single 680, Ultra settings at 1080, but without MSAA. Not bad!
VibratingDonkey
Member
Played the tutorial on Purist because I could. At the very start it tells you it's going to be absolutely worthless and then proceeds to be.
If you can get into the greenhouse without being detected I'll be impressed.
If you can get into the greenhouse without being detected I'll be impressed.
IcyBlueStrawberry
Member
Not thrilled about the performance if I'm being honest. MSAA cripples the FPS and the game is only using one of my cards.
I got 62 on a single 7970.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Thrilling QTE fights.
jaundicejuice
Member
Crash on initial boot at the second AMD splash screen, awesome. Verifying the local file cache.
I'm getting a "DXGI error device removed" crash after starting the first mission, after walking around for about a minute. I installed the latest Nvidia drivers, and am still getting the crash. No problems in other games.
Ugh....
Also, there is a large inventory cross in the middle of the screen that looks like a large gamepad. It doesn't go away, even when pressing around on the Dpad.
Ugh....
Also, there is a large inventory cross in the middle of the screen that looks like a large gamepad. It doesn't go away, even when pressing around on the Dpad.
soldierblue
Member
So v-sync doesn't work or is it just me?
IcyBlueStrawberry
Member
Vsync works for me.
Krappadizzle
Member
Everything maxed except MSAA. Did the benchmark and it averages 50 fps. GTX 680 i7-920@3.8Ghz/ 6 gbs Ram. Does that seem right? It looks absolutely gorgeous though. Gonna hop into the first mission here in a minute.
soldierblue
Member
I'm on a 680, maybe it's an nVidia thing. Haven't bothered forcing it in the control panel yet.
CheesecakeRecipe
Stormy Grey
My machine am cry, benchmark pretty much makes only a 4 frame difference between High/Ultra and Low/Medium settings. Something doesn't seem right about that, but my rig isn't exactly the best.
...Well, going to try to play this, but I'm not happy about 15FPS. :\ Weird how much the final game chokes when I managed alright on Sniper Challange.
...Well, going to try to play this, but I'm not happy about 15FPS. :\ Weird how much the final game chokes when I managed alright on Sniper Challange.
I just crashed and got the same thing! About to fire it up again- it does indeed look insane. Single 680 here, maxed all and added 4XMSAA- got framerate fluctuating between mid 40's and 52. Wondering if I should just tone the settings down!
krameriffic
Member
Why is this game so fucking big? And bigger apparently that it says it is? I had 31 GB open on my SSD, it said it was around 25 GB, yet it fucking filled my SSD up, so I had to stop the download, move my whole Steam directory over to my storage HDD and restart the download from there. Why did it take 6GB more than it said?
XANDER CAGE
Member
Look at the textures yo. I'd wager that doesn't help the filesize.
It was running really well here too. Everything maxed except no TXAA, 2xMSAA and normal SSAO.
I just tried it again, same crash. Can't get past 1 minute without it crashing.
krameriffic
Member
I'm sure they are fine textures (though certainly not 25GB worth of fine). Doesn't explain why a 25GB game needed more than 31GB to install.
oh god you are right i was worried why my GTX 670 was doing so bad, i was getting around 29 average with MSAA and without it is like 56ish on benchmark
*sigh*
Thrilling QTE fights.
Well, Gamestop just called and let me know that my pre-order will be in tomorrow. Into the breach!
D
Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Wow, MSAA does that much damage? I thought my aging 5870 was just going to have to deal with 25-30fps with maxed settings.
I'll try turning off MSAA next time and hope I get better results.
Anyway, about the game: I just played the first mission.
That felt kind of like Hitman-lite or something. I hope future missions are less linear/hand-holdy.
I'll try turning off MSAA next time and hope I get better results.
Anyway, about the game: I just played the first mission.
That felt kind of like Hitman-lite or something. I hope future missions are less linear/hand-holdy.
IcyBlueStrawberry
Member
So apparently all is well now(?)
I fiddled with CCC a little bit and now the game runs at a locked 60 fps maxed with 8xMSAA. It keeps creating a custom profile for the game regardless of what I set, but for some reason it decided that it was going to run smoother now than it did with no AA before.
I have zero idea what is going on.
I fiddled with CCC a little bit and now the game runs at a locked 60 fps maxed with 8xMSAA. It keeps creating a custom profile for the game regardless of what I set, but for some reason it decided that it was going to run smoother now than it did with no AA before.
I have zero idea what is going on.