Probably because we needed a extremely awesome game to compare Hitman: Absolution to.
First Hitman: Absolution reviews hit
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Probably because we needed a extremely awesome game to compare Hitman: Absolution to.
Relaxed Muscle
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And now Binary Domain's insulted.
And Vanquish.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I ended up really liking Max Payne 3, once I accepted that no, it was not in fact, Max Payne 2 like I wanted it to be. So many cutscenes means I'll only play it once, though. Fun rental.
Hardly destroy the game? They are CONSTANT, they are UNSKIPPABLE and they make you NOT WANT TO REPLAY THE GAME and they are also infesting the peripheral points modes.
Yes, they destroyed the game. I loved the gameplay but I haven't touched the game since I struggled my way through the game's million cutscenes to complete it and I'll never touch it again purely because of the cutscenes.
If that's not destroying a game I don't know what is.
Sentenza
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Does not compute.
I don't trust this review even remotely.
Sounds like written by someone who doesn't know better.
Replayed 3 times already. ;-)
MuddyDonut
Member
But...Max Payne was..
If this game was in any way comparable to max payne 3 then IO would deserve to be shut down.
Good for you.
The RPS hands-on preview already gives a good indication as to what to expect. Areas and missions featuring solid Hitman gameplay broken up with shitty action sequences to feed the mindless.
Messofanego
Banned
Whaaaa?
I don't know how this thread turned into a derail about Max Payne 3 but they're not even remotely comparable.
Max Payne 3 is a straight shooter, Hitman Absolution is a stealth action game where you can shoot but it isn't the main gameplay.
No it wasn't.
Wasn´t comparing the game mechanics, just the awesomeness.
Uno Venova
Banned
It really, really wasn't.
MDSLKTR
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...the best goddamn action game ever made. There's no contest to be had here really.
Can't wait for the neogaf goty awards to see how far it ranks and to prove me how everyone is bipolar here.
Ciastek3214
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Gunplay is good, that's for sure, but what's ruining the overall gameplay is the horrible movement, and stupid design choices. Also the setting, and the character of Max.
Sentenza
Member
It will be visceral and cinematic.
Jason's Ultimatum
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Can't believe the MP3 hate. Only on GAF. The gunplay, graphics, and audio were damn amazing. Only fault is the game dragged on way too long.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Just like The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly!
Ugh I fuckung hope not.
Sentenza
Member
But with a worse gameplay.
Messofanego
Banned
Are you done with your derail?
rosaceadude2112
Member
Little bit of column A, bit of column B...
I felt the same way until I saw that my time played on Steam after I beat it was only 8 hours. I think that says everything about how I felt on the game if I thought 8 hours felt like 20.
MagicWithEarvin
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So, we were going out to eat tonight and we randomly saw a Hitman party bus and decided to check it out.
They had huge HDTVs set up with the PS3 versions on demo. Played it for about 10 minutes so I can't really make a detailed impression. I don't know about being able to have this "vision" where you hold R1 and you can see everything within your vicinity. Wouldn't that make the game too easy?
They gave us some swag after, I'll post pics in a bit. It's a cool little Agent 47 chibi figure.
They had huge HDTVs set up with the PS3 versions on demo. Played it for about 10 minutes so I can't really make a detailed impression. I don't know about being able to have this "vision" where you hold R1 and you can see everything within your vicinity. Wouldn't that make the game too easy?
They gave us some swag after, I'll post pics in a bit. It's a cool little Agent 47 chibi figure.
A game can't be good when you can unload an entire clip into someones back, they get back up and kill you with one hit.
The game relied way WAY to much on every shot you fire being a head shot.
On normal difficulty, there is no way you can unload a clip into someones body and they'll still be alive. You're obviously talking about body armor, in which case, of course you'll have to aim elsewhere. It's a way to add variety and difficulty later on and i prefer it over some of the end game cheapness in the first game.
No it didn't. It's inherently the most effective way to quickly take someone out when you have so much time to aim in slow motion. Experiment with different body shots and you'd see it doesn't take much to down a guy, unless he's armored, of course.
Pop On Arrival
Banned
Game always looked good imo. It was just the shitty way eidos wanted to present the game that drew the ire of most ppl.
bigboss370
Member
i thought the cutscenes were skippable? or is that only in arcade mode?
It's not even in Arcade Mode, unfortunately. They help mask loading times. It sucks.
Dick Justice
Banned
They're not. So if, say, you want to do the stadium level again in arcade mode, you have to sit through the cutscenes of Max and Passos getting into the elevator, Max watching Passos on the cctv footage for fucking years, Max and Passos seeing one of the enemies get executed, etc. I loved the game, but that was a stupid fucking design choice. Seriously, they had to have unskippable little scenes of someone walking down a fucking hallway, because they clearly couldn't just do that in gameplay.
Guerrillas in the Mist
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It replaces the map mode from previous games, which on all but the higher difficulties let you see where everyone was. If I remember correctly, the instinct see-through walls ability is disabled on the highest difficulty.
Yup and that's why it's so important to play on the difficulty that turns it off. I still can't believe they chose to do this after complaints in games like batman.
There's nothing wrong having it for lower difficulties, although in the highest one,it shouldn't even be possible to activate it in the options.
So they were showing PS3 demos, wonder how it will perform. PS3 was lead platform right?
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
I literally don't see the problem, the map in previous games was no cheaper, and if it's disabled on higher difficulties, problem solved.
The map was actually cheaper because it was infinite use. The vision is off a resource that you can't drain forever, and is also tied into the new mechanics of disguise blending. Spend too long watching people through a wall and you can't effectively use the disguises now.
MagicWithEarvin
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Here's that chibi figure they gave out at the party bus event:
bigboss370
Member
i could swear i could skip cutscenes. maybe its possible only on PC?
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
this is so good
Nope, they aren't skippable, not even in arcade mode on PC.
