First Hitman: Absolution reviews hit
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SlasherJPC
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Is there a competent playthrough as well?
In the one linked the player kills every single guard he comes across. That's not how you play Hitman.
And is the "visibly armed" "near body" etc. crap optional? The only options I saw were "hints on/off", "show tutorial messages on/off", "instinct: show paths on/off" and "instinct: show enemies on/off". Do those messages count as "hint"?
In the one linked the player kills every single guard he comes across. That's not how you play Hitman.
And is the "visibly armed" "near body" etc. crap optional? The only options I saw were "hints on/off", "show tutorial messages on/off", "instinct: show paths on/off" and "instinct: show enemies on/off". Do those messages count as "hint"?
I don't expect those to come out until a few weeks. The dude is just following the tutorial anyway.
The tutorial told him to sneak past the first guard. Instead he killed him :/
He just entered the garden area. The game told him to use instinct to trick the guards, although he was in disguise. Wtf? I thought instinct would be optional?
m( the game told him "kill them or sneak past them, the choice is yours". What does he do? Kill kill kill m(
OMG the point system
He kills 2 guards, -1755 points. Fine. He is a bad player.
But then: he takes a keycard, +6500points. Which makes it +4745 points. He even gets 130points for hiding a body.
And that's the tutorial mission.
keltickennedy
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Any word if there is going to be a save anywhere system on PC. The checkpoint system would be fine, but it seems to reset the AIs placement and some of the progress you made through a level. I will try explaining...
Say I go through a level and have to kill a target, I find an electrical output that I can rewire that will kill the target when he approaches it. I see him approaching the trap, during this time I go to a checkpoint and activivate it. As he walks into a trap and dies, I get spotted by an policeman because I'm not hiding in the right area. So I decide to reload the checkpoint. Now I see that the target is in a completely different place in the environment compared to when I first activated the checkpoint. I also have to now go back to the electrical output and rewire it again.
It can be a minor annoyance. I have no idea why they didn't keep the old system from Blood Money.
Say I go through a level and have to kill a target, I find an electrical output that I can rewire that will kill the target when he approaches it. I see him approaching the trap, during this time I go to a checkpoint and activivate it. As he walks into a trap and dies, I get spotted by an policeman because I'm not hiding in the right area. So I decide to reload the checkpoint. Now I see that the target is in a completely different place in the environment compared to when I first activated the checkpoint. I also have to now go back to the electrical output and rewire it again.
It can be a minor annoyance. I have no idea why they didn't keep the old system from Blood Money.
Yeah, user activated checkpoints were something we knew about, and they're disabled entirely on expert/pro.
Instict is optional but surely a tutorial would explain it.
They give you a lot of modifiers for it.
That's the thing.
He was required to do so to blend in (hand over face). I thought that was another button, but it seems it's instinct as well. I really have to wonder how this is supposed to work on higher difficulties, where instinct is supposed to be completely off. It seems that instinct is several things and the hand-over-face stuff has to be included on higher difficulties as well. If that's the case, the wall-hack and the path-hack seem to be optional in any case via options menu.
Which means theoretically people could still play on normal without wall-hack and path-hack.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Did you get a review copy man?Would be cool if you cover it.
I will be covering the game
The blend is not instinct.
Blend costs Instinct.
I quote:
"Getting into the greenhouse will bring you close to the guard."
"He will get suspicious, but you can use YOUR INSTINCT to trick him."
...
"Keep using INSTINCT until you are safely inside."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4fXW_nrlW8&t=5m19s
And the wall-hack is active when he does it.
Who gives a fuck how he plays?
Red Blaster
Member
Appears that impressions on the final version are starting to pour in
couple people @ Hitmanforum say Absolution is more Silent Assassin than Blood Money which is very encouraging
couple people @ Hitmanforum say Absolution is more Silent Assassin than Blood Money which is very encouraging
LeadenStride
Member
Depends on what regard, but sounds great. SA is my favorite in the series.
Interfectum
Member
"bu bu bu it's even more hardcore than blood money!"
The denial on the hitman forums is almost palpable.
Ravensmash
Member
Watching through that tutorial mission now, it looks really cool - still a big emphasis on stealth and presenting options (I mean, the player went against the tutorial)
I'll happily watch a few walkthroughs though, because a good Hitman game has huge re-playability and I'm curious after hearing the negative impressions from some in here.
I think people may have been over-exaggerating somewhat - look at that Streets of Hope mission, it comes across as pure Hitman. Why would there be so little of that? I've said from the start that I'm not against more linear missions to progress the narrative (as that could help progress the locales anyway) and A New Life is probably my favourite level from Blood Money, and that's pretty damn tiny compared to the others.
That's the beauty of Hitman though, if you want to play it like that then you can. It'd be more telling if he shot the guard in the tutorial and then it restarted and forced him to sneak past tbh.
I'll happily watch a few walkthroughs though, because a good Hitman game has huge re-playability and I'm curious after hearing the negative impressions from some in here.
I think people may have been over-exaggerating somewhat - look at that Streets of Hope mission, it comes across as pure Hitman. Why would there be so little of that? I've said from the start that I'm not against more linear missions to progress the narrative (as that could help progress the locales anyway) and A New Life is probably my favourite level from Blood Money, and that's pretty damn tiny compared to the others.
jimi_dini said:
That's the beauty of Hitman though, if you want to play it like that then you can. It'd be more telling if he shot the guard in the tutorial and then it restarted and forced him to sneak past tbh.
Phanatic8390
Member
Yeah, but it makes the whole playthrough worthless at least to me. You can't really figure out how good/bad stealth works. It looks nice, but I want to know if it plays nice too.
I mean he could have at least tried to play using stealth.
Interfectum
Member
hitman forum poster said:
Linearity in Hitman is now a good thing it seems. lol
We all know that you have these powers, Derrick.
Cherry picking is not helpful.
Ninja edit: Why are people so obsessed with the Hitman Forum?
To be fair, one of the guys saying that has played the full game at IO.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Oh come on these jokers wouldn't even admit that the Hitman movie was hot, steaming garbage either though.
Aren't you?
"This isn't the Hitman you're looking for".
I still think having to use Instinct, or depleting an energy bar just to have 47 cover his face is an idiotic idea.
Dick Justice
Banned
As is the way people are forcing themselves to hate the game over here.
Everyone hated on that film (and rightly so) when it came out. Try and cut down on letting garbage flow from your mouth, okay?
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
I actually like the movie. It's dumb and ridiculous, but Olyphant's awesome, T-Bag's great, and Kurylenko's smoking hot. I always watch it when it comes on TV, haha.
Red Blaster
Member
Silent Assassin had plenty of linear levels
Interfectum
Member
I'm trying to stay optimistic but man that PC Gamer review has really brought my expectations down. Perhaps that's a good thing though.
Me too!
I wish I could trade it in for force lift honestly. But that's because I'm lazy and don't want to get up for the remote.
keltickennedy
Member
It's weird. The disguises can be a hassle at first. But with playing through the game and unlocking more rewards and perks you can make it so blending will drain the instinct meter less and less, depending on how many blending and disguise unlocks you have.
I am finding myself liking the new disguise mechanic more and more. For example wearing a police uniform you can simply walk past any civilian without having to use blend at all. The only group of people who can see through your disguise without using blend are other policemen. Makes sense.
I am finding myself liking the new disguise mechanic more and more. For example wearing a police uniform you can simply walk past any civilian without having to use blend at all. The only group of people who can see through your disguise without using blend are other policemen. Makes sense.
Yeah, it's not the worst video game movie. Sure, it doesn't represent the games terribly well, but that shouldn't be the goal of a movie. It's a perfectly serviceable Bourne-style action movie.
SonicVolcano
Member
Well, to be honest, Silent Assassin is probably the most difficult Hitman to date. Blood Money was a walk in the park, which is why it appealed to so many people.
Having a disguise in SA wasn't enough.
Interfectum
Member
Wrong. The creativity in how you could tackle the hit is why it appealed to so many people.
PSM3 (a UK based Playstation magazine) has given the game a 9.0. Scans are on the Hitman Forum for anybody interested.
Their verdict is:
Feels like a 'proper' Hitman, mixed with new ideas of varying quality. Crucially, it's great fun, and you'll want to play Absolution through more than once.
They also seemed to prefer the Story mode over Contracts.
EDIT: Is this still even a review thread?
Their verdict is:
Feels like a 'proper' Hitman, mixed with new ideas of varying quality. Crucially, it's great fun, and you'll want to play Absolution through more than once.
They also seemed to prefer the Story mode over Contracts.
EDIT: Is this still even a review thread?
SonicVolcano
Member
This freedom was already in SA and Contracts. BM introduced accidents, though.
Interfectum
Member
BM took what they learned in SA and Contracts and almost perfected it.
Ravensmash
Member
I believe they also said that while the hub/sandbox levels are smaller than before, they are more densely packed - which is good.
SA is a decade old and the worst of the Hitman games IMO.
Dyni Crippler
Member
To be fair, most hits in SA felt limited to a number of ways. You didn't have the liberty of BM.
Contracts was closer, but the first missions felt especially limited.
It's also wrong to limit BM's innovations to the accidents. Bombs were a GREAT addition, and 47 was way more flexible.
Worse than the original?
You never played Codename 47, hm?
Interfectum
Member
I need to use the bathroom.
SonicVolcano
Member
In SA you had car bombs in some missions, which was great.
Anyway, it's just a matter of preference.
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Silent Assassin is amazing. I prefer it to Blood Money in a lot of ways. Blood Money is my most played game on Steam, but that's because it's such a sandbox. The narrative is almost incidental. It's just a framing device. Silent Assassin plays much more like a whole, cohesive experience driven by a solid narrative. I honestly can't jump into a level at a random point in the game because it's feels out of context. I have to replay the whole game.
If Absolution is more Silent Assassin than Blood Money, then that's fine by me.