IIRC, the option to turn off the opportunities is there in the standard missions. I didn't mess around too much in the options, but did flip though a few. Might be wrong, but could have sworn there was a toggle for it.
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HITMAN |Beta Thread| The original assassin. [PS4+PC]
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IIRC, the option to turn off the opportunities is there in the standard missions. I didn't mess around too much in the options, but did flip though a few. Might be wrong, but could have sworn there was a toggle for it.
Alkastelca
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Digital Foundry Hitman PS4 Beta Frame-Rate Test [Work in Progress]
It's pretty bad.
Unlocked framerate means the game runs between 22 - 60fps
It's pretty bad.
Unlocked framerate means the game runs between 22 - 60fps
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It's a beta, meaning the build was likely set aside up to a couple of months ago. I'm sure they are aware people don't like unlocked frame rates in general for the final release.
He says the second level hangs at about 55.
Basically, it should have a good life at 30fps in a final build.
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
They still display on your map. It's a bit gross, to be completely honest.
Hoping that's just an oversight.
Static Veins
Member
Just finished playing through the beta for the first time. Really loved it, however is it just me or does it seem that NPCs become really suspicious really fast? Not as bad as Absolution since only certain NPCs become suspicious, but it still seemed a tad excessive. Or maybe I just wasn't being sly enough, who knows.
The English Conquistador
Member
I hope the environments in the full game at least have excellent and thick atmosphere. Some of what I've seen so far is pretty dull, art style-wise. Beautiful but kinda boring.
Distance to "detector" seems to have some effect on how quickly you get made out, and with enough distance even they won't pay attention to you.
Plywood and cardboard made test stages build into old bunker make for tad flat and boring environments, who would have guessed :b Beta really isn't putting best foot forward when it comes to showing off environment designs and graphical prowess.
OdysseusVA
Banned
Yeah, as expected with my short time with it. I deleted the beta within 10-15 minutes of playing due to nausea.
Piku_Ringo
Banned
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4nVA8Xwufw
SE definitely needs to push the release date back a few months. Cause this certainly not worth paying 60 bucks to play.
SE definitely needs to push the release date back a few months. Cause this certainly not worth paying 60 bucks to play.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Technical issues aside, it feels right. Infiltration, dragging bodies, strutting out undetected - they nailed the sensations. The options available seem pretty healthy too. Considering the size of the level, that's no mean feat.
No hyperbole (BM isn't even my favourite): but this is literally what I imagined the sequel to Blood Money to be like. It even retains some of the little janky bits (doors, shooting, some animations etc.) that plagued the earlier games (and just like those games, they're negligible).
Visually, it does lose a lot of the style and grit from Absolution (as Dick Justice pointed out earlier), instead we're back to the crisp, clean lines of the older entries; which, along with the promise of more detailed and open levels, is a fine substitute.
There's flaws but, all in all, I'm pretty impressed.
No hyperbole (BM isn't even my favourite): but this is literally what I imagined the sequel to Blood Money to be like. It even retains some of the little janky bits (doors, shooting, some animations etc.) that plagued the earlier games (and just like those games, they're negligible).
Visually, it does lose a lot of the style and grit from Absolution (as Dick Justice pointed out earlier), instead we're back to the crisp, clean lines of the older entries; which, along with the promise of more detailed and open levels, is a fine substitute.
There's flaws but, all in all, I'm pretty impressed.
Kwansu Dudes
Member
I had an issue earlier. Hopefully it's fixed now.
Goes to show how bad IO/SE has been with the communication of this game. $60 is for the entire "season", you can pay $15 to play the prologue/beta and Paris and $10 for each remaining episode after.
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MMaRsu
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Why not? This is a beta lol. An old build probably
How do I get Knight to go in the jet?
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That video shows a $0 beta
Kwansu Dudes
Member
in the beginning, head to the left and listen to the two mechanics talk about the jet. The should give you the Opportunity popup.
Edit; £÷÷¥%¥
Get wrench.
Become a mechanic.
"Fix" jet.
Go to his office.
Tell him you are ready to do the pre-flight check.
Walk him back to the jet.
Go through the check.
Become a mechanic.
"Fix" jet.
Go to his office.
Tell him you are ready to do the pre-flight check.
Walk him back to the jet.
Go through the check.
The tutorial level that is used as a beta to test network capabilities and is very likely a old build to begin with isn't worth 60 bucks? Well, duh. Good thing they aren't selling the beta for 60$ then.
MMaRsu
Member
Thanks man
That was awesome haha. Ive killed that guy a bunch of times nowI was already in his office as his guard
tearsintherain
Member
Got my key from amazon pre order, I had both regular physical PS4 and CE PS4 and only got one key so it might be CE's only. Inputted the code into the square site, it let me choose PC or PS4 beta key. 4.4 gig download on PS4, playing now.
Good game but not enough for me to want to pay $60 for a digital version that comes in episodes. I'll wait till full release or just buy a cheap PC key (bummed I missed the $15 amazon order).
Good game but not enough for me to want to pay $60 for a digital version that comes in episodes. I'll wait till full release or just buy a cheap PC key (bummed I missed the $15 amazon order).
The English Conquistador
Member
That's why I said "full game".
I know we haven't seen much of the full game but a couple of the levels we've seen so far are beautiful, no doubt, but that's it. I hope there's some seedy shit ala the rest of the series! Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
I notice the frame drops when spinning around and the slow down happens when the door shows on screen and the large crowds
I say lock it to 30 fps
tearsintherain
Member
Oof, for a game that is supposed to release episode 1 very soon this was not... good. No subtitles showed up in cutscenes even though I had them on. Huge frame chop in game and cutscenes. Lots of animation quirks, like bodies I dropped would start flying around all over the place doing the ragdoll dance.
I'm a huge Hitman fan, love all the games, but there is no way I'd pay $60 for the game in the state its in. Maybe by the time they finish all the episodes they will clean it up.
The first demo mission was also a poor choice, since its a training / simulator thing a lot of the visuals are very poorly done.
It definitely feels like a Hitman game, the stealth parts were kinda fun, but mostly made me think about how cool MGS 5 was.
I'm a huge Hitman fan, love all the games, but there is no way I'd pay $60 for the game in the state its in. Maybe by the time they finish all the episodes they will clean it up.
The first demo mission was also a poor choice, since its a training / simulator thing a lot of the visuals are very poorly done.
It definitely feels like a Hitman game, the stealth parts were kinda fun, but mostly made me think about how cool MGS 5 was.
flaxknuckles
Member
companies should stop releasing betas i think
FrontalMonk
Banned
So, spoilers for the first tutorial mission, but has anyone found
or the
? I've been having fun with it, but I haven't gotten myself to the second tutorial mission because I keep fucking around looking to complete all the challenges in the first map.
the lifeboat for the accident kill
generator to distract the guard
More_Badass
Member
Why? This one has a very specific purpose of stress-testing their servers
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
After you pick everything up at the start, go right pass the 2 guards turn left and there's a locked gate there. you should find the generator there
flaxknuckles
Member
Yeah but the people bitching in this thread about the game's technical issues don't know (don't care) about that. It gets annoying.
I think many think this as version that was in existence before gold master was done and locked, which would basically make this demo and accurate representation of release game. I think this beta is quite old build, game has so much obvious glitches and placeholder audio.
darkinstinct
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Why does a singleplayer only game need to stresstest servers? The full game won't even require an internet connection.
With the Intro Pack, you’ll get an introduction to the world of HITMAN, with the Prologue and Paris episode. You’ll get full access to Contracts Mode, Escalation Mode, elusive targets and all other live content.
Basically game will have major online component to it with player and developer made contracts, targets that are around for limited amount of time etc. which will require online connection. It means game needs to have solid networking in place and solid backend to handle load of all players.
tearsintherain
Member
Load times are atrocious on PS4, I'm clocking 28-35 seconds every time on a SSHD system when I load a manual saved game. Anyone try it on a PC?
Nyteshade517
Member
PC Beta is February 19th
Having a wonderful time exploring new avenues to kill, in spite of the horrible technical woes. It just feels fresh even in such a small area. I love Hitman, it's just great to find new opportunities to create amazing hits.
Consider me really excited! Can't wait to compare it to the PC version. It's going to be great to replay hits and create new ones. The disguise system also feels way better than Absolution and it's nice to have the freedom to really plan new strategies. Blood Money, we're back !
Consider me really excited! Can't wait to compare it to the PC version. It's going to be great to replay hits and create new ones. The disguise system also feels way better than Absolution and it's nice to have the freedom to really plan new strategies. Blood Money, we're back !
keltickennedy
Member
You don't have to pay $60 to play.
Kwansu Dudes
Member
Lifeboat is on the 4th floor, the orange barrel looking things.
One of the challenges are glitched (dress up and meet or whatever)
FrontalMonk
Banned
Yeah, I just figured that one out. Sweet. Man, I'm looking forward to Paris.
HassanJamal
Member
Played the beta for a couple of hours now, I'm definitely liking this over Absolution.
Being able to save anytime is great instead of the odd use of checkpoints. The disguise mechanic and detection system is pretty fair and works much better plus makes much more sense compared to Absolution. Some guards will notice while others will believe your cover. There's also so much replayabality to just the 2 beginning missions. So many ways to start and end the mission. I'm also happy to report no more stupid score tracker, freaking annoying in Absolution. It definitely feels much more encourageable to experiment than Absolution.
Controls work well and pleasantly surprised to see the game is running 60FPS on ps4, I expected 30. Its not smooth though, it dips significantly when mirrors or crowds are in play. Oh and the loading time before actually saving and loading is annoyingly slow, like nearly up to 8 seconds, doesnt help that IO decided to have autosave be the first menu you see when loading. Fortunately loading gamesaves is pretty fast.
There's also the odd looking videos while the level loads, they look bad and lipsyncing is way off for most of the video. Still intrigued to see how this new Hitman plays out, hopefully it isnt as OTT as Absolution's story. Also sound mixing is off, guess its just a beta bug?
Overall, I think I may have to buy this in episodes cause what I've played so far is pretty dang fun. Definitely feels like it could be the true successor to Blood Money. Color me hyped.
Being able to save anytime is great instead of the odd use of checkpoints. The disguise mechanic and detection system is pretty fair and works much better plus makes much more sense compared to Absolution. Some guards will notice while others will believe your cover. There's also so much replayabality to just the 2 beginning missions. So many ways to start and end the mission. I'm also happy to report no more stupid score tracker, freaking annoying in Absolution. It definitely feels much more encourageable to experiment than Absolution.
Controls work well and pleasantly surprised to see the game is running 60FPS on ps4, I expected 30. Its not smooth though, it dips significantly when mirrors or crowds are in play. Oh and the loading time before actually saving and loading is annoyingly slow, like nearly up to 8 seconds, doesnt help that IO decided to have autosave be the first menu you see when loading. Fortunately loading gamesaves is pretty fast.
There's also the odd looking videos while the level loads, they look bad and lipsyncing is way off for most of the video. Still intrigued to see how this new Hitman plays out, hopefully it isnt as OTT as Absolution's story. Also sound mixing is off, guess its just a beta bug?
Overall, I think I may have to buy this in episodes cause what I've played so far is pretty dang fun. Definitely feels like it could be the true successor to Blood Money. Color me hyped.
Oh, is it? I just double checked and I have the checkmark for Private Meeting. Hope they iron that out if it's buggy though since going for these challenges is a big appeal for me.
Kwansu Dudes
Member
I saw some people on reddit say they couldn't get it. I tried garroting him in the office, dropping the life boat, drowning, shooting, breaking his neck and it didn't unlock, unfortunately. I have everything done except this specific one.
Edit: I have it unlocked now. Must've been a server issue.
Talked to him numerous times now and tried various things. Definitely buggy :\ Got everything but that.
edit: Just got it. Near as I can tell the one thing that made a difference is
I drowned the guy instead of just knocking him out, and when the heart-beat thing is going on when you're in the room with him I garroted him. Try those things if you're having trouble
Kwansu Dudes
Member
If it helps, the last thing I did was meet him as Norfolk and then garrote him and dropped his body in the office.