LordOfLore
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They have 3 seasons planned. 3rd one should be out around the same date as this in 2019. Collected edition later maybe.
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Hitman: The Complete First Season launches January 31
- Thread starter LordOfLore
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They have 3 seasons planned. 3rd one should be out around the same date as this in 2019. Collected edition later maybe.
Crazy Diamond
Member
I see. Not too bad then.
[Agent]ZeroNine
Member
Maybe Hitman should be episodic forever with six - eight month breaks?
If you bought the full package or upgrade package, you will.
If you purchased episodic, SE and IO are laughing at you and will take more of your money.
It's going be more than $75 for episodic, the Requiem Blood Money Pack is paid content for episodic buyers.
Hot Coldman
Banned
That naming makes a second season seem even more inevitable. TGAs announcement I'd guess.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Game is freaking GOTY
Nah. Each season will be a separate game.
Nah. Each season will be a separate game.
Read above. Each Season is a complete game.First Season? What? I want complete game
Game is freaking GOTY
Nah. Each season will be a separate game.
300 hours? Is it open world with side missions or what?
Wasn't the full experience 60$ anyway? So early adopters got robbed by 10$.
One thing is sure: I won't ever support IO/SE by taking Season 2 or 3 in advance, I'll get them later to get the better deal, and also a patched and optimized game if season 1 is indicative.
Yes we knew a third bonus mission was coming at a later date.
Right, thanks
The way they've described it all really hasn't been clear =/
In 2015 the release plan was three episodes at launch and three more monthly but that changed by 2016. Messaging is a confusing mess. Don't let their shitty messaging and shitty treatment of episodic purchasers scare you away though, the game is fantastic if you just buy the complete package.
letmetrythisname
Member
Each episode is like a small sandbox with a few main objectives that rely on improvisation and experimentation to complete. The episodes also have a metric shit-ton of little achievements and unlockables. It's extremely replayable.
(*Please note the HITMAN Requiem Blood Money Pack was a digital pre-order incentive, it will also be available to purchase digitally on January 31st.)
tells me that it will be a pre-order item that goes on sale, not that people who didn't pre-order but own the full season will automatically get it.
LordOfLore
Banned
Here's the GDC thread for people who missed it. Some great stuff.
Sandbox maps with user generated content and amazing core gameplay.
Full experience was $60, but you get everything in the complete first season package listed here which is also $60. If you bought the full experience, you got the best deal, you get all the content and you got it sooner.
See:
LongDongJunon
Member
Patiently waited for killer instinct complete, I'm confident I can do the same here.
??? it is currently $59.99 on Steam, the OP clearly states the PC price of the complete season will be $49.99
yes? and then when it describes the content there is an asterisk by the requiem pack which states:
(*Please note the HITMAN Requiem Blood Money Pack was a digital pre-order incentive, it will also be available to purchase digitally on January 31st.)
unless that is the only extra content that episodic buyers can buy
I know next to nothing about the game so pls educate me. How many hours would it take for an average player to complete all episodes?
LordOfLore
Banned
Btw, the USA trailer is probably dropping during TGS, right?
It says the full package is 50$ on PC, not 60$. 60$ is the price for console version.
Also if you didn't preorder you miss the Requiem Pack, which probably will be sold separately.
So people (if IO adds the making off and soundtrack for free, a thing I honesly doubt because this is SE, they charge 10$ on Japan for Tomb Raider japanese voices pack) will pay 10$ less to get much contents. It's like a reverse early access, considering usually on EA you pay less to get more.
Oh right, PC. I haven't kept up with that. *shrug*
I would say 10-15 hours just to complete the main episodes for a newbie. But the game is insanely replayable and there's lots of content to do, extra missions, user generated missions, challenges to complete that is 100+ hours easily.
AgentOtaku
Member
I have yet to start this, but i bought the 1st episode.
Thinking now I'll just play that and then wait for rest with the steelbook edition
Thinking now I'll just play that and then wait for rest with the steelbook edition
Well, except for the fact that the early buyers had access to more content. We got quite a lot of elusive targets already, and will get a bunch more before the game fully releases.
Glad I locked in at the sub $40 price on Amazon a few weeks ago. Still feel like I'm missing out on the elusive targets though. I would hope that they'd release them all after the season ends and just not 'count' as completed unless you did them during the actual event. Seems like a lot of work to create some unique experiences that are just gone after a few days.
Fuck you to PC players I guess?
PC was the system where the description was clear that there would be seven episodes, so at least you knew to get the full package.
Basically everyone except pre-ordering full package console players got screwed in some way.
well for me forcing this to be online-only in friggin Singleplayer game is unacceptable tradeoff ...even though i can understand some people are fine with it
Patrick Young
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I gave the US$15 version a fair go, but I feel so detached as the player from the target that everything takes too long to occur without following instructions perfectly. Then if I strictly follow the linear path, the open world and freedom becomes waste as a result.
I didn't like Absolution either, and for a similar reason to this game. I just don't feel like I'm in control of the situation presented before me without explicitly following instructions. Hitman is not a series I like.
I was hoping for an open world Splinter Cell Conviction/Blacklist and didn't get it.
I didn't like Absolution either, and for a similar reason to this game. I just don't feel like I'm in control of the situation presented before me without explicitly following instructions. Hitman is not a series I like.
I was hoping for an open world Splinter Cell Conviction/Blacklist and didn't get it.
Crazy Diamond
Member
I fully expect there to be a bundle. As is the case with Metal Gear Solid V. Not anytime soon, but eventually.
erotic grandpa
Member
A little salty about that Blood Money pack and OST - I bought the CE and don't have either of those (though the soundtrack is probably burned into my brain at this point).
For anyone on the fence, this game is fucking fantastic. As someone who usually blows through a game and never replays it, this has pretty much been all I've played for the last month and a half.
I haven't even touched the Escalation missions or the Bonus Episodes yet. Just replaying the story missions over and over, learning NPC routines, experimenting with gadgets, setting up traps, etc., is a delight. I'm pretty sure this has usurped Overwatch as my 2016 GOTY.
And the implications of this release being titled Season One... *chef kissing fingers*
For anyone on the fence, this game is fucking fantastic. As someone who usually blows through a game and never replays it, this has pretty much been all I've played for the last month and a half.
I haven't even touched the Escalation missions or the Bonus Episodes yet. Just replaying the story missions over and over, learning NPC routines, experimenting with gadgets, setting up traps, etc., is a delight. I'm pretty sure this has usurped Overwatch as my 2016 GOTY.
And the implications of this release being titled Season One... *chef kissing fingers*
Okay this is incredibly confusing, but here goes:
- Console preorder players paid $60, get all content, and get it ASAP.
- PC complete release got a price drop, so if you waited on PC you got a discount.
- However if you bought early you got timed content.
- Episodic players were confused by weak messaging, end up paying $75+.
Basically if you pre-ordered on console you got all content at a set price ($60), and you paid the lowest price for your platform. Every other option (episodic or PC or both) had some kind of negative drawback.
If you can't tell, IO/SE had atrocious messaging regarding what content they were getting and what it would cost. Even my reading of the press release, I'm reading it as full package non-preorder buyers getting the DLC pack, but others are interpreting it as them still having to pay. I can't fucking tell.
Well, I'm pretty sure new owners will get elusives too. I mean, I don't consider that a major selling point, considering you play on the same map and only the initial location with the pattern of the objective is different. Not so different from a user generated map, honestly.
I'd say the Elusives are pretty good. They aren't as elaborately designed as the main contracts, the appeal of it is mostly the idea of having a mission that is both limited by a real world clock and having only one attempt to get it right (sort of).
I know IO have said otherwise, but I'm still skeptical that the Elusives won't return in some form. Feels like at lot of work creating unique assets and recording new dialogue for a one-and-done thing.
shinobi602
Member
As a Hitman fan who's played all the games up until this one, I'm still unsure how this game plays out story wise.
Are you just dropped into a sandbox level and given the objective and go or are there cutscenes and narrative set up in each episode? All the previous games still had forms of cutscenes and narrative tied into each mission.
Are you just dropped into a sandbox level and given the objective and go or are there cutscenes and narrative set up in each episode? All the previous games still had forms of cutscenes and narrative tied into each mission.
Kerotan Frog
Member
Scooped up a preorder of this when it was $35 on Amazon a few weeks back. So stoked to try this out in January. I'm glad to hear all the praise for this game. The season distribution method is a better way to go than a 3-4 year wait between games.
InsaneTiger
Member
So would this be the complete edition or is there still more DLC to come after the disc releases?
Just to complete the episodes? Given the time it took me to first complete the first three I'd say 6-7 hours is a much more accurate estimate.
I like some of the elusives, specifically ones that modify parts of the level or have interesting twists.
There is a cutscene at the beginning and end of each episode. Currently it's nonsense.
Learning the story of each location you're in is the real narrative of the game, and it's fantastic. Every location has very rich details you learn over multiple plays.
It takes me an hour or two for each episode, and I'm including the bonus missions in that count. This is with no prior Hitman experience, just this game. Now I can do the missions in a few minutes each, but that's with lots of practice. Exploring and learning the levels takes a while.
There is a cutscene at the beginning and end of each episode. Currently it's nonsense.
Learning the story of each location you're in is the real narrative of the game, and it's fantastic. Every location has very rich details you learn over multiple plays.
It takes me an hour or two for each episode, and I'm including the bonus missions in that count. This is with no prior Hitman experience, just this game. Now I can do the missions in a few minutes each, but that's with lots of practice. Exploring and learning the levels takes a while.