Ben Kuchera loves the PC version: http://penny-arcade.com/report/edit...-pc-version-of-hitman-absolution-is-just-fine
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Hitman: Absolution |OT| Police do not suspect Blood Money is involved.
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The perfect Dark
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Hah you can kill the "easter eggs" (won't spoil them) in contract mode (as targets). Very cool
keltickennedy
Member
No shit? That is awesome.
What's the issue? If anything, it clearly demonstrates the wall between editorial and advertising.
SlasherJPC
Banned
I know right! Too...F#$KING cool!
Thanks, I'll be using this for a while.
Castor Krieg
Banned
This is quite a strange stance:
AFAIK PC Gamer confirmed the review to be accurate, there is no problem of a blog misquoting or misrepresenting the magazine.
The Wizard
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This article, not the original review. http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/...s-a- mess-gets-torn-apart-in-pc-gamer-review/
Got it yesterday. Love the 10" bobble head 
. Started playing it in last hour and loving it. Big fan of the series and cannot see any probs with it so far. Usual odd bit of clunkiness to get used to it but that's Hitman. Scoring system is fine and you get more points for playing on harder difficulty. Playing on expert at moment but will move up to purist on 2nd play thru.
I'd definetly go for at least hard on this as it makes it more hitman than kill em all job as you get too many clues etc.. Playing on hard Ive only got one save only checkpoints and limited instinct. Yea there's a bit of scripting but it is engrossing.
Definite must buy for Hitman fans. Really cheering me up with year I've had that's for sure!
. Started playing it in last hour and loving it. Big fan of the series and cannot see any probs with it so far. Usual odd bit of clunkiness to get used to it but that's Hitman. Scoring system is fine and you get more points for playing on harder difficulty. Playing on expert at moment but will move up to purist on 2nd play thru.I'd definetly go for at least hard on this as it makes it more hitman than kill em all job as you get too many clues etc.. Playing on hard Ive only got one save only checkpoints and limited instinct. Yea there's a bit of scripting but it is engrossing.
Definite must buy for Hitman fans
. Really cheering me up with year I've had that's for sure!Messofanego
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If it is what I think it is, that is hilarious stuff! Do they do much ambient chatter or interactions?
The perfect Dark
Banned
Hmm, apparently you can kill just one of them (the other one isn't available in this mode or you have to unlock the level, I don't know.)
And yes they talk a lot
And yes they talk a lot
Messofanego
Banned
"47 headshots and it doesn't matter which head you shoot them in!"
Dyni Crippler
Member
I just can't get over how ridicolous the disguise system looks. If it wasn't for that I might've actually been more inclined to buy it.
Also QTEs.
Yes...yes..come over to the good side, RevDM.
At least the QTEs aren't that bad. Compare the QTE takedowns to the clunky fucking mess of melee combat in Blood Money. Melee was supposed to be an early feature as far back as Silent Assassin, but IO's done such a poor job with it that they actually removed it for that game (in pre-release builds, you can punch normally, the final game makes melee a clunky cheat code) only to tiptoe into it until Blood Money.
LabouredSubterfuge
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Dyni Crippler
Member
Yes, well, not saying BM was great, mind you, but QTEs are just pace-breaking. Since they seems to cover a pretty big part of the game they could've made a half-decent combat system.
keltickennedy
Member
You are a trip man....
I NEED SCISSORS
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PC version is by Nixxes. That's all I needed to hear.
It's things like this that make me not want to preorder again
You certainly provide the comic relief that this thread desperately needs.
Dyni Crippler
Member
Well, basically every melee interaction is made by that, plus some stories segments. Seems pretty important to me.
Messofanego
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Anyone know any Youtubers who are really good at Hitman playthroughs?
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL09B5319B34863032&feature=plcp
He plays through Blood Money and gets silent assassin on each level plus he's pretty entertaining.
-tetsuo-
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Only unarmed melee actions require more than one button press. So until you go through a level fist fighting, they hardly ever happen.
Yeah, this guy is great. Really funny too. I can't wait for his inevitable Absolution playthrough.
Dyni Crippler
Member
Depending on your approach, it might be very important. Melee was pretty useful in BM.
Messofanego
Banned
Thanks!
Has the phrase QTE just replaced button presses now? When I think of a QTE I think of scripted events that have a button flash in the middle of the screen, not individual combat moments that are completely triggered by the player. To me this is like saying that any time a button icon appears on the screen it is a QTE.
Dyni Crippler
Member
Yes, but pressing an apparently random sequence of buttons is not a good combat system.
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Deleted member 80556
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It's all part of the plan.
I will now contact IO to tell them the bribe worked. Bwahahaha. Glad you made your choice, Rev!
There's a difference between saying that you don't like the combat system because of the way it is built vs saying that the game is filled with QTEs.
And really, unless you are doing a lot of the fake surrenders/frontal attacks you won't even have to deal with it. The system is a step up from the clunky blood money system, but it could be better than it is now.
Mr.Monitor
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Woah, Rev re-preordered? Neat.
Expect him to cancel it again tomorrow.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Dyni Crippler
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No, it's not a step up because now it actually breaks the pace, while not being any actually harder.
And again, it depends on your playstyle.
As for saying the game is filled with QTEs, I saw two scenes in particular that left me quite... embarassed, let's put it that way. They were basically QTEs, yeah.
It's optional, sure, but it's there, it's important and it should've been done better.
Glass Rebel
Member
I pre-ordered it on GMG and I've been wasting my day playing the Sniper Challenge. 1.6m points and I think I've hit a wall. No multiplier.
yea rite
Red Blaster
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you already got your GMG key? Did you pre-order today or a while back?
Guerrillas in the Mist
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I thought I hit a wall, but then I managed to get it in the high 2 mil range. The moving headshot combo + hidden body bonus is the key. Some of the bodies are bloody difficult to hide though, and require precise timing and a bit of luck.
