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Hitman: Absolution |OT| Police do not suspect Blood Money is involved.
- Thread starter Interfectum
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Red Blaster
Member
dammit wtf, I exited the game and now it went back to pre-load instead of play on Steam
Guess it was a glitch or something
Guess it was a glitch or something
goldsoundz
Member
Uh, how the hell are you guys able to decrypt the pre-load? I've restarted Steam and the game is still stuck on pre-load.
The English Conquistador
Member
Why the hell does 47 walk at an angle, to the left, when pressing the W key? Anyone else getting this?
Edit: Nevermind, my 360 controller was the cuplrit.
Edit: Nevermind, my 360 controller was the cuplrit.
Yeah I was just going to post and tell you not to quit out of the game. The steam forums are reporting this exact thing.
bodyofanamerican
Member
Brilliant. Cannot wait.
paperspace
Member
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I figured. When Play came up for me, it mentioned server capacity, so I restarted. Play turned to Pre-load again. I guess, following your experience, they've simply unpacked the game for users so that at midnight, on the dot, people can play.
Does anyone think they'll patch up the Steam versions to offer trophies too, or will this be a console thing?
Xander51
Member
The game unlocks in the US at midnight eastern.
Raptomex
Member
Does it? Is that the normal time? I've had other games that didn't unlock then. Then again I didn't restart or anything.
XANDER CAGE
Member
The game is gorgeous, here are some of my screens from playing through. These aren't max settings, I had to turn down SSAO and DOF to maintain a solid 60fps, but it still looks great.
EDIT - minor early game spoilers in some of these.
Also, the texture work in this game is insane:
EDIT - minor early game spoilers in some of these.
Also, the texture work in this game is insane:
joeygreco1985
Member
Steam shows the release date as today, does it still unlock at midnight? Downloading now by the way, won't be able to check for another 30 mins
Krappadizzle
Member
I've never seen such a gloriously rendered q ball before. This game is gonna shine on high end software. I can't wait.
joeygreco1985
Member
XANDER CAGE
Member
Max Payne 3 also had great baldy rendering technology. Truly a great year for hair follicles.
edit - beaten!
What's the deal with 47's barcode?
Did anyone try the Contracts mode yet? Does it work with your Steam friends? If so, I'd gladly add anyone who owns the game. My ID is the same as my GAF username.
XANDER CAGE
Member
Oh, good point, early-game spoilers. I'll de-image-tag those ones.
Red Blaster
Member
Hmm that bald shot almost looks like...
The download is only half that, 25gb is the fully installed size
joeygreco1985
Member
Steam version is still locked on my end. I guess I'll just play it tomorrow
After replaying Hitman 2 on expert, I really doubt the AI on expert difficulty in Absolution will feel cheap or overly finicky. In Hitman 2 the AI is brutal to the point of depression, not just in the seeing through your disguise department, but they'll score automatic headshots with 9mm handguns from 70 or 80 yards away. Add in the fact that the AI has peripheral vision that makes their field of vision 180 degrees at times.
The last mission in Hitman 2 makes me feel like Agent 47 is a small boy swimming alongside 30 foot long sharks, instant and repeated sniper shots from point blank range, heat seeking sub-machine gun rounds.
The last mission in Hitman 2 makes me feel like Agent 47 is a small boy swimming alongside 30 foot long sharks, instant and repeated sniper shots from point blank range, heat seeking sub-machine gun rounds.
Enjoy the laughable characters and plot.
toddhunter
Member
I do declare the graphics... somewhat mixed.
Dick Justice
Banned
The AI is incredibly cheap when it comes to disguises. They see through you far too easily, forcing you to play the game like Deus Ex, as well as use instinct to blend in.
If you take it slow and just walk by enemies in a disguise do they still see through the disguise in Absolution?
Dick Justice
Banned
Yep. Even if you're walking in the distance, the AI will quickly grow suspicious, and will blow your cover unless you crouch and hide or some shit. Made a topic about in on Hitmanforum. Really hope the devs fix this shit, because it makes disguises, a core mechanic of the series, fucking useless.
Dick Justice
Banned
I prefer to play a Hitman game like a Hitman game. Y'know, hiding in plain sight rather than being forced to roll between cover due to psychic fucking AI.
While we wait to be able to play, we may as well have a laugh. Tore was on IGN's Up At Noon this week. I always enjoy Up At Noon anyway, although the interview isn't exactly groundbreaking. One interesting thing is that Tore says Dishonored is more old school than Absolution. Funny watch, though. The interview starts at around 6:30.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWH_jOjSKQQ&feature=g-u-u
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWH_jOjSKQQ&feature=g-u-u
That philosophy sort of made Blood Money very boring for me in a lot of the missions.
Dick Justice
Banned
BM may have been too easy, but Absolution is, for me, way too fucking frustrating. The disguise system isn't providing a challenge, its just making things more tedious than they should be.
Messofanego
Banned
Playing on Expert difficulty. Suit Only stealth for the Greenhouse part of Personal Contract is insane. Be sure to always have an object to distract at ready.
I'm liking it so far. Haven't had trouble with disguises on first run of prologue, and then doing suit only run for second try on a mission. Great performance for my laptop (ati 5650 mobile) on medium settings, looks gorgeous.
Off to sleep now. Challenges are addictive.
I'm liking it so far. Haven't had trouble with disguises on first run of prologue, and then doing suit only run for second try on a mission. Great performance for my laptop (ati 5650 mobile) on medium settings, looks gorgeous.
Off to sleep now. Challenges are addictive.
Wondering about this too? Better with a controller?
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
Pretty much
Messofanego
Banned
Other than the size of the levels being smaller for the first few levels, nope. People comparing this to Conviction are smoking some mad stuff.
If you want to play it like a stealth game, that's what Suit Only runs are for. If you want to play it like a Hitman game, the disguises work slightly differently but it's all there.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
If so, good enough for me.
paperspace
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