I have 20 hours on the Beta alone, I can't imagine the ungodly ammount of hours i'm going to spend in this game lol
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HITMAN |OT| Blood Monthly
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I have 20 hours on the Beta alone, I can't imagine the ungodly ammount of hours i'm going to spend in this game lol
FrontalMonk
Banned
Jesus, I stopped after I got all the challenges/feats because I just knew I was going to do it all again once the game released. I was tempted several times to pick it back up though.
hollerphonix
Neo Member
Shit I'm really tempted to get this but so nervous about it being a episodic sort of release. While I use the previous games the pessimist in me thinks "what if they drop in quality episode to episode?" or "what if the episode release schedule gets pushed further?" And then I get to wait and hope it comes out in full next year. Stoked but super hesitant to be excited about it even with good reviews coming in.
thecosmicfly
Banned
Quick question. Did they take out the ability to take human shields all together or was that only missing from the beta?
gbpackers25
Member
I'm really pumped for this to come out tomorrow! I really enjoyed the beta and Absolution. This series is just pure fun to me. All I need to do is play Blood Money at some point since everyone says it's the best in the series
Holy cow... i just put like 5hrs. I felt compelled to keep playing it tho, but other games called for my attention.
Maybe this episodic format will promote the replay-ability and benefit the game. I certainly hope so. I am really exciting from looking at some sites already saying its back to its Blood Money roots in its freedom of how you do things.
Karak
Member
Yep and there are a ton of contracts from actual devs in there already.
As for different. I am not sure what you mean. It didn't feel different. It records everything you do and then sets it up for the next person with those as the specifics. Is that what you mean?
I now have close to that just in Paris. Paris makes the beta area seem like childs play especially when you take into account the incredible number of challanges and various other aspects that you can mold. Like changing where you start and what you are dressed as. Seems small but playing as a cook instead of walking in as a guest completely changed the pacing of the job and made whole new challenges possible.
The perfect Dark
Banned
The one thing they cannot backpedal on is the "$60 gives you all promised content," which is what is selling the idea of spending full price for a full game. That's been about the only message for Hitman 6 that hasn't changed.
The problem is that they mention six episodes in the description
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Any of my PC price mistake amazon bros get their code yet?
FrontalMonk
Banned
Like, in Absolution's setup you tagged up to 3 targets, and it recorded your outfit/weapon of choice, whether you were seen, whether you changed disguises, and maybe half a dozen other modifiers, then depending on what you did you could set those things you did as extra challenges. So if you finished the contract with a wrench on one guy and silenced pistol on the other guy and didn't change disguises, you could add the modifier that they can't change outfits and they have to kill with these specific weapons, or you could turn those off individually and say you can kill with whatever weapon you want, or you can switch disguises. Keeping with the challenge restrictions gave you extra points while breaking the challenge penalized you.
I was curious to know if they expanded on the kinds of challenges you could set up, the number of NPCs you could tag, things like that, and also what kinds of sharing options there were, like if you could share a contract on PS4 with a PC player.
Kwansu Dudes
Member
My order says they'll send out codes tomorrow so I'm crossing my fingers. Also, I hope they optimized the game cause the game ran worse on my PC (660/3770) than on PS4.
Not yet. My order says the code will be available at 12AM PST on the 11th.
Not really. It's $5 cheaper if you buy it all now instead of one at a time.
The pre-order stuff and PS4 content is available for both the full and intro pack.
Fatal Error
Neo Member
bought the Full Experience for $69.99, it been a while since I paid a price this high for a game, retail versions usually around $50 here. Played the beta and loved it, although I'm worried about content size, other than that I'm really excited!
had the same problem, mine was set to India and I'm from Saudi Arabia, it startled me when I saw the price in thousands.
had the same problem, mine was set to India and I'm from Saudi Arabia, it startled me when I saw the price in thousands.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, I just kept on trying new ways of completing it, self challenges and restrictions, speedruns, etc. I absolutely love the game already and Paris is going to be even better.
I really love how slick and stylish the animations feel on 47. I liked the idea of Contracts in Absolution but never really got into it. I have a feeling it will be something i get into on this one tho. Since the gameplay is so darn good.
It also didn't help that by Absolution's very design, almost no area was an actual sandbox. None of it felt lived in, for it all felt "controlled" as a means of moving forward.
FrontalMonk
Banned
Yeah, the only place that I really felt comfortable doing contracts was in Diana's mansion because it was so controlled and was one of the only spots I ever took the time to really learn all the placements for. Most of the game was too frustrating for me because it got too annoying to explore.
I wasn't going to buy it day one, though i found the steam full version(AMD code) on Ebay for 35$, i had a 10 euro discount code for paypal, so i offered the buyer 25$ and he accepted, in the end with discount and currency exchange i payed about 13 euro for it! Already preloading on Steam, i really liked Absolution, GTX 980 ready to go!!!
Totally... it was very linear and segmented in how to move on to different sections. The game looked amazing, but i rather have open spaces where its up to me, and not the designers linear designs.
The perfect Dark
Banned
Streets of Hope was pretty good imo.
But I'm really looking forward to the contracts in Paris.
I guess so, and that reminds me that i have to download the latest Nvidia drivers for the GTX 980! did Nvidia fixed the issue they had with those driver in the end?
unknownhero
Member
hmmm, any vpn's out there that allows a austraila ip?
I was very peeved that the game assumes a few factors on the player, based on the story. One of which is that you play the whole game in just the suit, never finishing any area in a disguise. In a game that permanently segments off locations in the same level. Terrible. I think the only stage that got around this was the first "sandbox" level, but all of the others demand some kind of weird player logic to get. "I need to get my suit now because I can't get it later" sort of thinking.
People who finished the last few missions suit only and stealthy are bhudda killers, in a sense.
It it can be pre-ordered, I think so.
this is the beta with everything set to low except AA
it looks really damn decent. absolutely constant 60 except in the more crowded area of the boat level
I pre-ordered the game on the amazon price mistake, and now I don't even have the $15 to pay for it tomorrow.
I figured it'd run or look like shit so I didnt care much
but now im feeling it.. shit. Gonna see if I can pony up
I think it might be the best lookin game on Low i've seen? literally everything is set to low or off
it looks really damn decent. absolutely constant 60 except in the more crowded area of the boat level
I pre-ordered the game on the amazon price mistake, and now I don't even have the $15 to pay for it tomorrow.
I figured it'd run or look like shit so I didnt care much
but now im feeling it.. shit. Gonna see if I can pony up
I think it might be the best lookin game on Low i've seen? literally everything is set to low or off
Looks like the PS4 Beta to me.
Absolution was a fucking visual marvel on PC at max, so I feel much of the same will be said here. Image quality will be through the roof.
Looks like the PS4 Beta to me.
Absolution was a fucking visual marvel on PC at max, so I feel much of the same will be said here. Image quality will be through the roof.
funnily enough I could run Absolution at max settings, or almost, at least
this is quite the difference
if I end up getting the game and the difference is too big i'll just lock to 30fps. Too bad they straight up locked Textures to low on 2gb of Vram tho
The beta was not very demanding. I would think you could run the game no problems with that hardware on ultra capped at 30fps.
TheSecondSpitter
Member
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Alpha Phoenix
Member
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I assume there will be a boxed physical edition with all episodes later this year once everything has been released, right?
FrontalMonk
Banned
Early 2017, but yes.
unknownhero
Member
yeah, tried flyvpn but same thing X.X
Ugh, I don't know whether I should take the plunge and get the £45 full experience or if i should get the £12 intro pack. The problem is buying the intro pack and then the upgrade pack costs £49 versus the full experience at £45, I enjoyed the beta but i'm concerned whether future content will be any good or will even come out.
Alpha Phoenix
Member
thx!
A couple pounds should easily be worth the peace of mind.
Bah. Time for bed then.