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HITMAN |OT| Blood Monthly
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Remembrance
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With a level like this I hope there are several ways just to get in, like with the Sapienza mansion. You get dropped off at the heavily-guarded front entrance, but you can go around to find a guard hanging out alone, find a tunnel, drop down from above, etc.
And then presumably you can start the level having infiltrated as a chef or whatever.
Really curious how this'll this up to be. The abandoned school section of Marrakesh is perhaps my most disliked portion of the game so far. An entire episode with a similar concept, but at a bigger scale kind of worries me.
If this level uses the ol' cartoon cliche of a farm hidding a large, high-tech military base underground, it may become my favourite episode after all!
If this level uses the ol' cartoon cliche of a farm hidding a large, high-tech military base underground, it may become my favourite episode after all!
Huh, this game's been on my radar for some moment. I really want to buy it since I'm not playing at all on my PS4 lately.
The question is: do I have access to that bonus episode or was that exclusive to those who already had paid for the full game?
Also, other than spending more money, do I lose any content by buying Ep1 + Upgrade pack?
The question is: do I have access to that bonus episode or was that exclusive to those who already had paid for the full game?
Also, other than spending more money, do I lose any content by buying Ep1 + Upgrade pack?
Remembrance
Member
You should get all content (including the bonus missions, but not including past elusive targets) if you buy either the full game or the upgrade pack.
I got to take a look at Colorado at gamescom, and got to speak to Torben from Io about it all - pretty interested by some of the stuff he said!
http://nextgengamingblog.com/blog/hitman-colorado-preview-and-developer-interview
http://nextgengamingblog.com/blog/hitman-colorado-preview-and-developer-interview
Remembrance
Member
I don't think anyone should expect elusive targets to come back after this. He's said exactly what I was thinking - they would lose far more than they gain from letting people replay them.
Think about it: all your runs in the regular missions blend together after a while. You don't even remember what you did your first time killing the story targets anymore. It would be bad if the elusives were the same.
Moff
Member
I agree with this
not to mention, elusives are actually very easy, if you could replay them, even without scores (which most people don't care about), they would be like anything else, just in super easy mode.
plus they'd lose their uniqueness and their value.
although I missed one as well, I'm against bringing them back, I'd rather have only new ones.
not to mention, elusives are actually very easy, if you could replay them, even without scores (which most people don't care about), they would be like anything else, just in super easy mode.
plus they'd lose their uniqueness and their value.
although I missed one as well, I'm against bringing them back, I'd rather have only new ones.
I totally agree, it was a question I'd been asked by someone as they missed the Busey hit and were wondering if the content would be folded back into the main game
I was trying to download the recent update (about 300 MB) and it would just stop downloading at some point. Turns out I didn't have enough free space on my drive because the patching process has to copy the entire game to the download folder. I need at least 45 GB of free space to apply a 300 MB update? That's some bullshit right there.
Yeah, the same happened to me. It's very irritating, and I'm considering to just uninstall the game for now to download it when it will be fully released later one, each patch is a mess.
Golden_Pigeon
Banned
I have read that the game had some technical issue when it was released on PS4, was it fixed ?
BarringGaffner
Member
If I recall it was server load issues (all unlocks depend on connection) and yes that was only an issue at launch.
The game has little bugs but it's also incredibly complex so it's forgiveable!
Golden_Pigeon
Banned
Thanks i am considering getting it. I was waiting for a sale for the starter pack (yes i know, i am cheap) but i guess it won't happen.
BarringGaffner
Member
probably not til long after the 'full' release.
I'd highly suggest even getting the starter pack... tons of content within the first level at this point.
There was a 10% sale, but that's the lowest it's been discounted and the lowest it will be discounted for at least four months. Starter Pack also makes it $5 more expensive in the long run. Full package still the best deal.
Fuuuuck, sounds so good.
Oldest Snake
Member
New Elusive Target 'The Pharmacist' goes live on Friday.
New Elusive Target 'The Pharmacist' goes live on Friday.
Paris? Nice. I know that map by heart, since I spent most of my time with the game in it. I refuse to play the next stage until I'm 100% done with each one. Sapienza felt really tiny and quick, in comparison :O
Should be interesting.
endlessflood
Member
There's a new patch up for the PS4 version. No release notes, just points you to the official web page.
The Janitor
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endlessflood
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Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I'm going to crack on this, I know it.
FarFromAnyGame
Banned
As an intro pack owner, that'll suit me just fine
I wonder if they keep making Paris elusive targets to convince those with the intro pack to upgrade.
FrontalMonk
Banned
So the Episode 4 release brought in Contract lookups and a weapon lookup screen, right? Any details leak about what improvement Episode 5 might release? I'm still hoping for better contract restrictions and the crafting system that they've hinted at since the first episode, but I'm not holding my breath for either.
Remembrance
Member
Multiple difficulties seems unlikely. The game balance still gets tweaked significantly in some patches, so just balancing the base game seems like a lot of work.
This is far from the last Paris elusive, going by the data-mined game files (which are out there if you want to spoil yourself on some upcoming ones).
I didn't expect this many Paris elusives, but now that I think about it it makes sense to front-load more content for intro pack owners.
This is far from the last Paris elusive, going by the data-mined game files (which are out there if you want to spoil yourself on some upcoming ones).
I didn't expect this many Paris elusives, but now that I think about it it makes sense to front-load more content for intro pack owners.
Would you be able to guide me in a direction to look at what's in store? I believe the current build supports 19 ETs, and this would be ET 10. Would 7 of the next 9 also be in Paris?
Excellent idea.
Oldest Snake
Member
Remembrance
Member
The disc release announcement made it pretty explicit that there will be more elusives after the disc release on January 31.
tearsintherain
Member
I'm hoping they put ET's on a constant rotation after season 1 ends, like one every 7 days and it just rotates through all the ones they have created. I know it breaks the "blink and they are gone forever!" idea, but I have a hard time believing they are going to never, ever bring them back. Doesn't really matter to me, I have done all of them so far and will continue to do so, but they are a really cool and fun part of the game and its a bummer most people wouldn't see them.
I'd guess Paris is the biggest ET host since a lot of people only have episode 1. I'd love to see an ET in night time Marrakesh or Sapienza, like a paparrazi who has snuck on set or maybe the son of the general in Marrakesh who is hunting YOU for killing his dad, and you only know one minor detail about him like he wears a certain brand of shoes or something. While I don't think they can program someone to actively hunt you out, they could make an NPC always hostile to you and have him wander far and wide in the maps of Marrakesh.
I'd guess Paris is the biggest ET host since a lot of people only have episode 1. I'd love to see an ET in night time Marrakesh or Sapienza, like a paparrazi who has snuck on set or maybe the son of the general in Marrakesh who is hunting YOU for killing his dad, and you only know one minor detail about him like he wears a certain brand of shoes or something. While I don't think they can program someone to actively hunt you out, they could make an NPC always hostile to you and have him wander far and wide in the maps of Marrakesh.
BibiMaghoo
Member
They made it clear that they would never be repeating them, sadly. The disc version explicitly states that only the ET's from January next year going forward are included. If you missed them, they are gone. I missed most of them.
While it does seem like a waste of $ and resources to never bring back ETs, maybe they look at it from a marketing/promotion perspective. Dole out these ETs and a "big one" like the Busey thing as a way to entice users to buy in digitally/episodically. Busey was Sapienza, which left out intro pack users.
Chance Hale
Member
Restarted the third mission completely and it still crashes inside the interview room when you choose the cameraman route :/ PC
Remembrance
Member
Yeah, one thing that's really missing with this episodic release schedule is hotfixes. Even major bugs don't really get patched until the next actual content release.
Meanwhile the official Twitter is finally announcing the weekly live content ahead of release for once. Tomorrow we get the first escalation in night Marrakesh.
Meanwhile the official Twitter is finally announcing the weekly live content ahead of release for once. Tomorrow we get the first escalation in night Marrakesh.
bodyofanamerican
Member
Spoiler: "Floor 0" of the Colorado map made it onto Hitman Forum.
Can't really tell anything from this image, though. Looks comparable in size to Thailand I think?
Can't really tell anything from this image, though. Looks comparable in size to Thailand I think?
Remembrance
Member
The things that map leaves out are scale and anything that's not a building, wall, or fence. Look at the official screenshots and imagine how much stuff is actually there, and how far you'd have to walk across the whole map.
But it seems like you would bring a lot of guards down on you if you did anything conspicuous, doesn't it?
But it seems like you would bring a lot of guards down on you if you did anything conspicuous, doesn't it?
It looks like the buildings in the pre-release screenshot are the ones I've circled in red. If so, looks like a rather large map!
