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HITMAN |OT| Blood Monthly
- Thread starter VE3TRO
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load times on PS4 are apparently terrible
Movalpolos
Banned
It was down for me for around 20 min. Back on now though.
captainnapalm
Member
I love the music that plays just after you press the button and turn in a mission. It always gets cut off though. I want to hear the whole thing.
bodyofanamerican
Member
I'd agree with all of that. H2:SA was a bit of a slog (the first mission at the Italian mansion and the cocktail party were highlights for me), and had super finicky AI. Contracts, while not perfect, definitely upgrades that a bit. I'd agree with your levels (Beldingford Manor and Meat King were highlights), and I loved being able to play some of the C:47 missions (still haven't been able to play it). Traditions of the Trade might be my all time favorite Hitman mission, especially for some of the more er..."spooky" easter eggs you can find.
Any game that is always online should tell customers when there will be downtime. It should be scheduled and planned so that people can plan accordingly.
Regarding contact mode, they absolutely need to create a "mandatory" option so that you need to use a specific uniform or use a specific weapon to perform the kill correctly and get credit for it.
Regarding contact mode, they absolutely need to create a "mandatory" option so that you need to use a specific uniform or use a specific weapon to perform the kill correctly and get credit for it.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Oh, yeah. I'm ecstatic; fucking grinning from ear to ear, me. I couldn't be happier about only being able to play online for a few minutes at a time and having a ton of content locked behind an impenetrable online wall. Christ, I cracked open the fucking Dom Periongne when I found out I could only complete two runs on the Freeform training mission over the last three or four days without getting booted; the Freeform training mission I'd already played to death during the beta.
Dancing, me. Woo.
Don't be a dunce.
I want it to do well. That doesn't mean I think it is.
chalkitdown1
Member
How does a game with such a tiny online element have huge problems like this? This is basic shit, surely?
bodyofanamerican
Member
Side note: Anyone know what the new small red circle on the bottom right of the screen during a mission is? Didn't notice it before the patch.
I noticed that on the xbox version which hasn't had the patch yet. I don't know what it means. I thought it was saving but when it saves it does that in the top right.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Oh, yeah. They were awesome. Also: MINI-GUN.
C:47 was my first. Be thankful you don't have to go through those fucking Jungle missions!
Remembrance
Member
It's been there on PC ever since I started playing. I assume it's indicating times when you can't manually save.
bodyofanamerican
Member
I have heard horror stories. Was it due to shoddy AI, or overall bad design?
Yep, I just checked my menu, and can't save. So I guess it's that (I'm doing a Contract in Paris, btw).
ClosingADoor
Member
I'd get the PC version. Loading a savegame on consoles takes over a minute I read, while PC is much quicker. With a game like Hitman I sometimes reload a dozen times to get things right, so that adds up. Also seems the PC version has less connect issues at the moment I think.
Anyone here know if there is a schedule for those escalations? Are we getting one every week on a set day or is that random? Just finished the current one, pretty cool idea.
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
Sigh.... but that nonsense shouldn't happen. Game sharing is allowed. But I guess in this case it seemed to be offline for everybody. IO really needs to make drastic changes to this.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
The latter mainly. It didn't play to the game's strengths at all.
We're getting one this week, according to the community manager.
FlyingSaucer
Banned
Don't be a dunce.
Just a bit much salty, actually ;D
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Ditto, believe me!
Yeah that and the one that plays while the Paris missions loads and you're getting briefed on the targets.
I hope the soundtrack will be available to buy sometime soon.
ClosingADoor
Member
Thanks. Hope they'll get some schedule going, releasing a new escalation every Friday or so. Would keep me coming back and checking in instead of forgetting about it.
And according to Steam I put 16 hours in this game in 4 days now. That's pretty good for 15 spent. Can't wait for the next one already.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Escalations? Fine. If they start releasing Elusive Targets (real-time sensitive missions with potentially unique rewards) before they fix the server issues, I will be flipping tables.
Blitzrules240
Banned
Weren't we suppose to get a theme with our preorder? My PS4 never downloaded anything, unless it came in an email and I missed it?
I've played about 3ish hours on PC. I will say that I haven't had nearly the same amount of sever disconnect that (I assume) most console players are experiencing. On PC, I've disconnected twice mid-mission which was frustrating but nothing like what others are describing. What platform are y'all playing on? The Load times on PC are much quicker than that on the PS4, after playing the beta extensively on both.
Paris has been incredible. The game really feels like Blood Money on a much grander scale. I'm loving it!
Paris has been incredible. The game really feels like Blood Money on a much grander scale. I'm loving it!
What do you mean by this? What is it lacking or is it too soon to tell?
endlessflood
Member
The theme started automatically downloading for me at the same time as the game.
On PS4 I've only had one mid-match disconnect, which sadly happened right as I was about to finish an escalation (which has saves disabled).
In terms of load times, the beta level (ICA Facility) is almost instantaneous, it's only Paris that takes some time to load. I'm on an SSHD FWIW.
Well, we are getting the first ET either this week or the start of the next.
Maybe the servers will still be so bad then that they realize they have to change something major about it.
MaKTaiL
Member
No, thank you for posting it =D
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Nice one!
VibratingDonkey
Member
The thing I'm most positively surprised by is the incidental dialog. Don't know that I've heard a repeated line yet. Some of it is quite funny too. Wish I'd known how to record when some guy gave this ridiculous description to a guard after he'd seen me strangle some dude. But in lieu of that, I suppose I'll show our new ruler, the Sheik. It's just a reference, but you know, is coo. Also that's one of my favorite things to do in this game. It is quite dumb.
One way of getting the sheik outfit that I accidentally discovered.
Tabbed back to Hitman and it had disconnected me again lol lol
One way of getting the sheik outfit that I accidentally discovered.
Tabbed back to Hitman and it had disconnected me again lol lol
bodyofanamerican
Member
Is the Challenge where you have to snap Dalia's neck glitched? I did exactly that and it didn't pop for me.
Moff
Member
lots of challenges are glitched
sometimes it works after you restart the game, sometimes you need to to it all over again
happened to me on 3 challenges so far and maybe others I didn't even notice
bodyofanamerican
Member
Lame, alright, thanks for the heads up though. Frustrating when you're challenge hunting through the level and have to do it ALL over again.
AWESOME "story" spoiler though:
Hailee,
the one the two women were talking about having been caught is undercover as Dalia's assistant and escapes with an undercover CICADA agent once you fuck the auction up through Dalia's laptop.
SO cool.
For me I was immediately invested into the series from Hitman 2 during the St.Petersburg levels. The atmosphere and music was fantastic and the way I was able to work the assassination so I could snipe one target and have the other try to escape in his car only to realise I had previously planted a bomb on it so it exploded. Took me a while to get that, but it was so satisfying to pull off! What I really like about the concept of Hitman is that not only do you have to plan how to kill your target, but also construct an escape plan as well. I'm not perfect at it, but it's very satisfying.
Really enjoying this one, just messing about with contracts at the minute, really exploring the level in detail. Fingers crossed that the future locations are just as detailed.
Really enjoying this one, just messing about with contracts at the minute, really exploring the level in detail. Fingers crossed that the future locations are just as detailed.
Seems that the briefcase was in the Alpha but IO removed it from the final game for some reason. Why on earth would they remove such a basic feature and limit the sniping gameplay so much?
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Probably so they have something to unlock via mastery for another stage. I refuse to believe they cut the briefcase completely.
So unlockables are universal then? Thought that they were stage specific.
lmaooooo
In paris they just shove all the bodies in this small closet.
Eventually they just went 'fuck it' and left one blocking the door.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmaTLflPgFw
I actually ended up going on a random rampage, recovered and finished the level pretty well afterwards. But man going around with a melee weapon is still hilariously fun. I wish I didn't stop the recording when I did since the guard talking right when it ended actually said
I love the amount of dialog relative to all the outfits.
In paris they just shove all the bodies in this small closet.
Eventually they just went 'fuck it' and left one blocking the door.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmaTLflPgFw
I actually ended up going on a random rampage, recovered and finished the level pretty well afterwards. But man going around with a melee weapon is still hilariously fun. I wish I didn't stop the recording when I did since the guard talking right when it ended actually said
"yeah, be on the lookout. He's dressed...uh...like a...vampire?"
Yeah a dev clarified that they carry across levels.
No way in hell is 47's Silverballers a Paris-only weapon. They're bad enough being an online-only weapon.
PowderedToast
Junior Member
It could be a balance issue. There is a risk/reward to moving around with the sniper because it's so visible. It also reinforces the significance of the dropoff locations.Seems that the briefcase was in the Alpha but IO removed it from the final game for some reason. Why on earth would they remove such a basic feature and limit the sniping gameplay so much?
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Fans shouldn't be blind consumers. They should be critical ones.
MaKTaiL
Member
I have a feeling
they will both show up as "easter eggs" in all the upcoming episodes. 47 will keep messing up with their plans and they will have to flee.
ClosingADoor
Member
OK, done with all the challenges, feats, etc in Paris. Think I'll need a break for a few days now.