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Hitman 3 Is A Big Technological Leap For The Series Inspired And Driven By PS5, Per Game Director

gamingbolt.com

In an interview with the PlayStation Official Magazine (issue 178, September 2020), Mattias Engström spoke about the game, saying it will be an experimentation of the systems they've had so far. If you recall, the game was originally revealed at the PS5 event last month, and it seems that wasn't a coincidence as the team has really been driven and inspired by the hardware, specifically the SSD that many others have been enamored with.

"Hitman 3 is going to mark yet another big leap forward for our technology, driven and inspired by the capabilities of the PlayStation 5. It's an extraordinarily complex game that has multiple systems running at the same time that support each other constantly, so having more power to play with gives us more options and lets us do significantly more.

Hitman is a game about experimentation. We invite the player into a sandbox, and we let them experiment the way they want,. Therefore, we see the save/load as an important feature to encourage just that. The blitz-fast load times we are seeing on the PS5 makes it the perfect home for the Hitman trilogy, encouraging experimentation more than ever."

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

I will buy Hitman 3

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

They pivoted hard for the current generation. I could not believe how much better Hitman Absolution looked on 360 over the current series

I actually like the Dead Rising look the last two have over motion blur/bloom/chromatic aberration, but Absolution was in an entirely different league. I dont think the PS5 will have that much to do with it if the new game looks upgraded.

 

[genesisblock]

I should really play this series. I heard they went back to form after Blood Money. Is this correct, peoples???

 

[Xaero Gravity]

I should really play this series. I heard they went back to form after Blood Money. Is this correct, peoples???

Yep.

 

[Bryank75]

Excellent and underrated series, I would love them to join Sony 1st party.... PlayStation needs more sandbox titles and the stealth genre doesn't have much going on right now with MGS and Splinter Cell gone.

 

[Stephen Curry]

Excellent and underrated series, I would love them to join Sony 1st party.... PlayStation needs more sandbox titles and the stealth genre doesn't have much going on right now with MGS and Splinter Cell gone.

No

 

[Consumer]

i'll believe it when i see a platinum trophy. cringe these last 2 service-based games have been nonplats. that's a telltale sign of out-of-touch incompetence

 

[FranXico]

Excellent and underrated series, I would love them to join Sony 1st party.... PlayStation needs more sandbox titles and the stealth genre doesn't have much going on right now with MGS and Splinter Cell gone.

Disagreed, they should remain third party.

 

[Yoboman]

Instant retry would be an awesome feature

 

[supernova8]

From the footage we saw the visuals didn't look very next-gen at all. Am I missing something?

 

[The Cockatrice]

From the footage we saw the visuals didn't look very next-gen at all. Am I missing something?

PR talk. The game will most lilely release on PS4 as well.

 

[supernova8]

PR talk. The game will most lilely release on PS4 as well.

Intriguing how people are foaming at the mouth over Halo and yet with Hitman people are like "cool!" when the game director claims "next-gen".

 

[T-Cake]

Instant retry would be an awesome feature

It's one of the things you notice when going from PS4 to PC, the loading a save game is much quicker. Next-gen it should be practically instantaneous.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Intriguing how people are foaming at the mouth over Halo and yet with Hitman people are like "cool!" when the game director claims "next-gen".

To be fair, Hitman does look better even without next-gen features than Halo Infinite. And yes Hitman 3 will probably feature raytracing on the new consoles at launch.

 

[FranXico]

Intriguing how people are foaming at the mouth over Halo and yet with Hitman people are like "cool!" when the game director claims "next-gen".

It's cross-gen. This is just the standard fluff interview.

 

[supernova8]

To be fair, Hitman does look better even without next-gen features than Halo Infinite. And yes Hitman 3 will probably feature raytracing on the new consoles at launch.

Really? From what saw I didn't think it looked that much different from Hitman 2. Probably because Hitman 2 looks really nice.

 

[Jesb]

One of the games I thought would really benefit from the ssd. The menu loading is pretty bad in these games. Wonder if PS5 improves the current gen versions too.

 

[thelastword]

All the devs are enamored with PS5.....He even suggests that the trilogy is best suited to the PS5 because of it's blazing SSD. So it looks like they may be porting the trilogy to PS with enhancements that takes advantage of the hardware....

 

[M1chl]

Excellent and underrated series, I would love them to join Sony 1st party.... PlayStation needs more sandbox titles and the stealth genre doesn't have much going on right now with MGS and Splinter Cell gone.

I am sure it would be smashing success for Playstation /s

Cause too much gameplay.

 

[Jtibh]

From the footage we saw the visuals didn't look very next-gen at all. Am I missing something?

Your glasses

 

[Jtibh]

To be fair, Hitman does look better even without next-gen features than Halo Infinite. And yes Hitman 3 will probably feature raytracing on the new consoles at launch.

Halo and next gen features

Just posted these in another thread. Where is halo compared to this? And yes this is an open world game as well just like halo.
Not here to shit on halo but lets not talk about halo and next gen in the same sentence

 

[DeaDPo0L84]

Is Hitman 3 a timed exclusive to PS5?

 

[Arachnid]

Hitman 1 and 2 were some of the best games this gen, and they were packed with content. 3 is going to be Day 1. It would have been Day 1 if it was Hitman 1.5 like the second game was. The leaps are just icing for me.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Halo and next gen features

Just posted these in another thread. Where is halo compared to this? And yes this is an open world game as well just like halo.
Not here to shit on halo but lets not talk about halo and next gen in the same sentence

I think you misread my post. I never said Halo Infinite looks next gen. I am well aware of how Metro Exodus with RTX looks because I bought a 2080 at launch just for it.

 

[NoviDon]

Good. GOOOOOD! LET THE I/O FLOW THROUGH YOU! Jokes aside, the game looked really pretty from that slice they showed at the reveal. If they can keep that same level of detail in the whole massive map(s) with no load times that's super impressive

 

[Jtibh]

I think you misread my post. I never said Halo Infinite looks next gen. I am well aware of how Metro Exodus with RTX looks because I bought a 2080 at launch just for it.

You said even without next gen features than halo infinite as in like halo infinite?

Halo infinite has zero next gen features even if you apply rt it will still look way way last gen.

If i misunderstood your post i appologize.

Regardless though not my cup of tea hitman 3 will look almost real though animations will stay last gen from what i can tell.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

From the footage we saw the visuals didn't look very next-gen at all. Am I missing something?

It looks better than current gen but maybe its cross gen title. Didn't look too bad to be honest.

 

[Kerotan]

Add them to the long list of devs jizzing themselves over the ps5.

 

[Jtibh]

Add them to the long list of devs jizzing themselves over the ps5.

By the sound of it you are just jealous they get more action than you

 

[Kerotan]

By the sound of it you are just jealous they get more action than you

Funny I fucked my girl about 10 mins ago.

 

[Great Hair]

the franchise peaked during the ps2 era. #unoeyemrite

 

[Jtibh]

Funny I fucked my girl about 10 mins ago.

Funny she will show up pregnant 10 days from now

 

[Kerotan]

Funny she will show up pregnant 10 days from now

She's on the pill.

 

[Elder Legend]

Funny I fucked my girl about 10 mins ago.

Is it the imaginary one you were telling me about in the private messages?

 

[Jtibh]

She's on the pill.

Lets hope so. Or else you will play change the diaper 9 months from now instead of games.

 

[mortal]

I should really play this series. I heard they went back to form after Blood Money. Is this correct, peoples???

You should play them. Really fun and clever level design.

 

[DeaDPo0L84]

Funny I fucked my girl about 10 mins ago.

You only lasted 10 minutes? Oof...

 

[supernova8]

Your glasses

Nah I watched it again and then watched some Hitman 2 footage and it isn't a big jump at all. Sure it's cross-gen, that's what gets me about all these empty hype articles. Wish they would be honest and say "Yeah won't be much different from Hitman 2, but Hitman 4 is gonna be sweeeeeet".

 

[SentientStone]

In the next gen Hitman you play as Hitman on his way to take out all the whistleblowers and vocal victims of the Epstein case.

 

[Shambala]

Can't wait

 

[Jtibh]

Nah I watched it again and then watched some Hitman 2 footage and it isn't a big jump at all. Sure it's cross-gen, that's what gets me about all these empty hype articles. Wish they would be honest and say "Yeah won't be much different from Hitman 2, but Hitman 4 is gonna be sweeeeeet".

Is it actually cross gen? I missed that info

 

[Come On Tars]

Shit looks the same as Hitman 2 which looks the same as 2016. Great games but cmon

 

[Sentenza]

Spoiler: mouth service aside it will run basically the same on all major platforms.

 

[captainraincoat]

Incoming announcement about investment and large cash bags

 

[GaviotaGrande]

Hey Google...

 

[supernova8]

Is it actually cross gen? I missed that info

On the official YouTube video for that trailer, it says:

Agent 47 returns as a ruthless professional for the most important contracts of his entire career in HITMAN 3, the dramatic conclusion to the World of Assassination trilogy. Available in January 2021 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One and PC

So yeah it's definitely cross-gen.

 

[cormack12]

It's listed as PS4? Hitman generally looks great anyway so I wouldn't be concerned about it looking bad

 

[MCplayer]

Intriguing how people are foaming at the mouth over Halo and yet with Hitman people are like "cool!" when the game director claims "next-gen".

Hmmmm... probably because hitman isn't as big of a franchise cultural phenomenon as Halo?

 

[Roufianos]

I thought Hitman 2 looked like ass, maybe it's just me. Looks like an AA game, which is what it is I guess.