It's free on Steam

>>381308543
What's wrong with episodic release? It's not like the game is more expensive because of it. It costs the same as any full priced game.

>>381308779
Is this post a joke? You got one level of the game per month.
No, your autistic ability to replay the same level over and over doesn't invalidate that.

>>381308868
Okay? I'm not following you. What the fuck is the problem there?
So lets say I buy an episode of that game and don't want to replay levels, which would make me a complete dumbass for buying it in the first place because that game doesn't work if you only play a level once, and then I play the one level a month... What is the problem here?

What exactly is the advantage of playing the levels of Hitman one after another? I'm not seeing it.

I mean I get it if you don't like the game at all, it's a pretty niche title and has plenty of flaws, but there is nothing wrong with the fact that it's release model is episodic.

>>381309337
Not him but don't play this angle, hitman is anything but niche

>>381308543
2/10 bait OP put some more effort in next time

>>381309502
The only mainstream title in the Hitman series is Absolution.

Pretty sure the game hasn't been cracked anyways.

>>381309502
>>381309628

Hitman is a niche, mainly because proper gameplay of the game is difficult and most people crumble when trying to play something like this.

I still can't believe they added the instict mode, I'm playing the game with all HUD elements off just to have a better experience.

People are too fucking retarded to learn a game these days.

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Sure, I'll try the demo, maybe that'll push me into getting it. What they really ought to do next is remove the always online component and make the elusive target stuff replayable. I really like the look of the game, but fuck that pointless bullshit.

>>381308543

But all the episodes are out. The episodic thing is now a void point. Anyone new introduced to the game won't have your stance on it.
And what is this claim that IOI is at fault?
Square Enix is the one pulling the strings. IOI just made the best of it.

>>381309791
Yea I played it with the noob mode off too, it's much better that way. Only had it on for the first tutorial. It's their attempt to attract the normalfags, but I don't think it worked.

>>381309770
https://crackwatch.com/ it has been cracked.

>>381308543
The reasons people hated it are still there.

How fucking out of touch are these idiots.

>>381309894
Replayable elusive targets would be the most pointless thing ever

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=dok4wJ4pqo0

this goes out to all Hitman fans who think they'll ever get another good hitman game

>>381309770
Pretty sure you're a dumbass.

>>381308543
When will their exclusive contract with AMD end so they can patch out their NVidia anti-optimization and let half of their target demographic play at over 20fps?

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>>381309791
>Hitman is a niche
>Hitman 2 sold 3.7 million
>Contracts sold 2 million
>Blood Money sold 2.1 million
>Absolution sold 3.6 million
>got a film adaption in 2007 and reboot in 2015
>Hitman is niche

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, the games are not even hard either so don't know who you fooling

>>381310207

So you're cool with game content only being accessible once and then it's just gone forever? I mean they're not major additions or anything, but there has to be a better way of keeping elusive targets "elusive." than that.

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Always-online DRM. You shouldn't want this.

Wait, is it really online-only? So I couldn't play this if my internet is out or anything? That's fucking retarded.

>>381310620
you can play it offline but you won't unlock challenges and mastery levels, its a dick move but i don't get why everyone blames IO for it, SE were the ones how wanted that shit

>>381310620
No it's fucking not, you can play single player just fine on ps4 at least
>>381310074
How so? You get all the episodes as one package and the online portion isn't mandatory.

>>381309337
A lot of people decided to just wait until they could get all the episodes together as a complete package and then over time many forgot it even existed. The episodic model doesn't work if people don't buy the episodes as they release.

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>>381310620
>Wait, is it really online-only?
Yes and no. You can play offline, however playing offline locks ALL further level mastery and gear progression, meaning you can not unlock anything new unless you're connected online.

Playing online also has its share of issues. If there's server problems it's pretty much gg and even when they are working fine, if you're doing anything else with your internet like downloading something all the in-game menus get massive slowdowns.

>>381311008
>SE were the ones how wanted that shit
source?

>>381308543
>After their episodic blunder Paris should of been free
No. Paris alone is like 20 hours of content.
Tutorial levels are a great introduction to the game with a free final level for you to unleash all your tools and creativity. Offering them for free is basically like offering a demo.

>>381311029
SINGLE PLAYER GAME
ALWAYS ONLINE FOR NO FUCKING REASON AT ALL
FREE DEMO
PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT ARE HAVING ISSUES CONNECTING BECAUSE OF FREE USERS

How about you kys?

>>381311574
y u heff to b med is just a game

It's not always online, you can play offline too.

Telling someone to kill themselves over opinion on a video game is kinda dumb.

>>381311340
Just look at Deus Ex, just look at ff7.

>>381311669
They punish you for playing an offline game offline.

kys

>>381308868
You won't get full game earlier you dumbass, just instead of waiting for full release you have choice to wait or play episode every month.

>>381311910
Punish you how?
By removing content that you would not be able to get offline anyway?
What's wrong with playing online? How often does you internet drop for it to become an issue?

>>381308543
Doesnt it also include the russian air hanger level?

>>381311981
>Punish you how?
You can't unlock anything new unless you're connected to online servers. Stop playing dumb and defending a "feature" that serves as nothing but as an unnecessary hurdle in a fucking single player game.

>>381311849
That's not a source.

>>381308543

Blunder? They made their money back then some.

Someone explain to me how the latest hitman is a blunder outside of "I didn't like it waaaaa"

>>381308543
I'm hoping that they'll change the game to be a regular single-player experience since they have full control now. But maybe this was their stupid idea all along and plan to keep it.

Are we living in 2001 or something? Why would anyone cry about always online in this day and age? Because you are always online anyway

>>381312185
>Blunder? They made their money back then some.

The whole reason SE dropped IO is because they were hemorrhaging money. Hitman was a flop.

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>>381311981
Because there is no reason for it to be always online at all, I have a fibre connection but there is no reason for it to be this way. There is no valid reason for what they are doing outside of DRM.

Piracy is not a big deal to game sales and hackers can remove the always online anyway, so it just fucking punishes people who buy your game for no benefit.

If the servers go down you can't play, if there is issues connecting due to overloading (like free players having to connect too) then you can't play the game as it was intended.

>>381311304

>>381312078
>You can't unlock anything new unless you're connected to online servers.
For real? Oh shit that is pretty bad, I retract my statement.

>>381312226
Have you never witnessed the release of any always online game ever? There's always problems. Even if your own internet is absolutely 100% always perfect, there will be server-side issues. There's no reason for a single-player game to have always online, it's not an MMO. It's basically glorified DRM.

>>381312226
>internet goes down for ANY reason
>well tough shit bro

Are you serious?

>it's free
>not even 1k people playing

There are other games with always online too but they at least have a large online portion of the game. This is a pure offline game.

>>381312406
>internet goes down
Never happens to me
Stop living in a third world country

>>381311241
Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't. That's not for me to decide, but I did buy it after all the eps were together and I bought it at sale.

>>381311340
Think about, SE are the publishers right? That means they have the say on how the game is distributed and published eg. an episodic format. If they wanted to they could have funded IO until the whole thing was finished but they didn't.
They're also doing a similar thing with the FF7 remake plus the severs the game used were SE severs, it blatantly asks you to make an SE online account when you play it for the first time.

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>>381312185
>Someone explain to me how the latest hitman is a blunder
Square Enix not willing to continue with Hitman? Have you been living under a rock or do you have brain problems and are actually assuming a publisher would let them go if IO were bringing in "their money back and then some"?

>>381312447
>works for me :^)

>>381312406
>power goes out for ANY reason
>well tough shit bro
REEEEEEE FUCKING IO SHIT CUNTS

>>381312226
>game servers go down
>game servers lagging
>ddos attack
>steam servers are down
>internet provider has backbone issues
>router / modem fails
>lose your job, can't pay the internet access bill
>workmen are fixing something and your internet access is offline (recently had this happen and had no net access for a day)

None of these things should be an issue for an offline game, for Overwatch or something fine but not an offline only game.

>>381312247
how does a digital product hemorrhage money? It's not like you have to feed it.

>>381312185
Square Enix dropped them like a dripping shit, that should say it all. A company doesn't drop a developer if it's making them money.

they just canned Deus Ex for bad sales too.

>>381310408
>game content
The ETs arent even that special. It's the same maps but with a few replaced AI and pure suit cosmetics as rewards. You are technically not missing out on anything special at all to be honest.

>>381312674
But if I miss the Gary Busey ET then I'll have to kill him in real life

>>381312813
>Gary Busey ET
That ET was pretty shit though

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You aren't locked out of any content if you torrent this game, right?

>>381313246
User created contracts, elusive targets and all the other shit you need to be online for.

>>381312618
Then why did Konami sack Kojima even though MGSV made back its production costs and then some?

>>381313331
How much of the game is that?

>>381313374
Because Kojima doesn't make pachinko machines.

>>381313386
You won't be able to unlock and spawn with sniper rifles and new equipment and shit. That's the only difference with real impact.

Hopefully after Denuvo, they're going to remove Online DRM

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>>381308543
>arguably the best Hitman game to date
>it's shit because you can pay $5 for levels now or wait a year and buy it all for $60
The online shit had no place in a single player game, but anyone who genuinely thinks Hitman deserved to die off after being the only game to pull off episodic well is the lowest functioning autist.

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>>381308868
>>381311937
Exactly this, I'm getting sick and tired of dumb retards like you that don't understand that the game doesn't get delayed just because it's fucking episodic, it just means we get episodes whenever they're done. If your autism gets triggered, feel free to wait until all content has been released before playing the game, you fucking mongoloid.

>>381309628
Hitman 2 and Blood Money were mainstream

Episodic content doesn't work at all aside of telltale games which are glorified walking simulator nongames anyway.

How's the episode 3 going?

>>381313878
>implying anything is better than contracts

>>381312406
>>381312447
>Stop living in a third world country

Come on dude, I personally don't give a shit about always-online shit, but even I have had situations where my ISP has problems or my router has shat itself, don't act like these things don't happen. You're just being a dickbag.

There's no legitimate reason for single player games to be always-online, simple as that.

>>381313972
But it doesn't work for Telltale and does work for Hitman.

>>381313546
So how do you know Hitman didn't make back its money? Make Squeenix had different reasons to drop this franchise and its devs.

>>381313386
By now, I'd say you're missing out on easily 25% worthwhile content by pirating it, 50% if you count every single contract uploaded by every fuckwad down the block.

>>381313972
But in TellTale games, you're left waiting until the next episode comes out to continue the plot, and that was often two months inbetween. Hitman follows the same route as Blood Money where missions plots are self contained but connect to an overarching plot that's shown after the cutscene, leaving it there and important, but didn't drag on the wait till the next episode dropped the next month.

>>381313331
Elusive targets are time exlucisve though aren't they? Hasn't everyone without the game already missed out on a years worth of their content?

>>381314454
Yep, have heard rumors that they might do a "re-run" of them for people that missed out but I wouldn't bet on it.

>still no season 2 announcement
>half way through the year and they're suppose to be releasing episodes on a yearly basis

>>381314626
They never said that.

>>381314726
sorry guess I got mixed up.
Have they said anything?

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>>381308543
>should of

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>>381308543
Having the new hitman be a "platform" for content rather than a game in the traditional sense was a great decision that suffered from stigma that episodic games rightfully deserve.
But going autistic over it when it's been proven that it works perfectly is just ridiculous.
Hitman works best in self contained levels with lots to play around with, and that's exactly what we're getting.

They could have released the first season all at once as a single game to keep idiots from complaining about "muh episodes", but then they'd complain about any further releases as "muh dlc jewery" regardless, so they were upfront about the business plan.

I really can't fucking wait for the second season.

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>>381314615
Yeah fuck that. I'm just going to pirate it if they are going to be such cunts about content.

>>381315337
Its a good game
Play it either way

>only 66% off, no 1st episode

Id wait for some offline crack that unlocks all that stuff or 80% off whichever comes first, all that demo population crashing their server today is a good reason to not buy it

>>381314210
Because it's obvious

Online only and episodic content didn't sit well with the general mass public and the studio was producing flop after flop with other titles

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>>381310394
>Absolution is the #2 best selling Hitman game
JUST

>>381315601
So you don't know.

>>381313374
Konami decided they were done with Kojimbo before the game launched, probably because they were fed up with his shit and having to step in and drag the game out of development hell themselves.

>>381312247
Unless you have the actual investor details, I find it hard to believe that the newest Hitman was a loss. I feel like it sold well but they probably set absurd expectations so they could have a reason to sell it off along with the devs not being Japanese. They have very prominent developers that gobble up a ton of money and are not generating active cash flow at all times but they're Japanese so it's ok. It's like when you hear a game was a disappointment for selling only 5 million copies, some Hollywood accounting at work.

/v/ cucks supporting trash business models with their money

main topic of basically every thread posted on this shit board

>>381315601
>Because it's obvious
Imagine being this much of a fucking retard.

>>381316208
Then why join with Eidos in the first place?

>>381318152
This may shock you, but digital distribution didn't always exist.

>>381315337
Right, the elusive targets are the reason you're pirating it.

>>381316376
How exactly is it a trash model?

>Tutorial levels are free
WOW ITS FUCKING NOTHING

Might as well pirate the entire damn thing.

>>381313246
you miss unlocking certain spawn points and upgrades and rating system.

episodic is the worst shit. they had good consistency with levels with BM, I don't understand why can't they do the same with a full game release with all the levels.

>inb4 "they can tweak the next levels if they get enough input from the players!"

yeah like day 1 fucking patches?

>>381318896
They've done a full game release.

Anyone who's played Hitman 2016 knows it is a great game hampered by the Always Online. You can blame Squeenix for that for not having faith in IOI to give them enough budget for a bigger release.

>>381319104
>full game release
does it have these elusive missions?

>>381319427
>You can blame Squeenix for that
so they have removed always online now that square enix has fucked off?

>>381308868
It's fun, you play with others and discuss what's coming up, you all really get good at a level experienced nce all what you can and move on.
That said the price is stupid it should be like 5 bucks a level.

>>381308543
Didn't they remove denuvo? desu the game's a fucking steal with that 60% off right now.

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>>381319782
>they managed to get out of square enix's claws with their IP still but lost members in the process
>expect them to immediately start working on phasing out the always online and be finished already with it

These things take fucking time you fucking shit for brains retarded autist. I'm surprised you don't choke on your own saliva. Fuckin' Christ.

>>381312447

What if the game servers go down and it's locked thanks to online DRM?

>Darkspore

>>381315672
To be fair, it regularly goes on sale for like a dollar or two.

>>381312447
>die
>load save
>"CONNECTING TO HITMAN SERVERS"
>check internet
>I'm online
>literally can't load a save because of always online bullshit even though MY internet is fine

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>>381312226
>want to go back and replay the game in a few years time
>can't because the servers have been shutdown
The consumer gains literally nothing from always online and only stands to suffer losses.

>>381308543
Ya they should just give their game away for free lol WTF!!!!
They are gonnna go bankrupt if they don't give me their game for free XD fuckin idiots!

>>381312571
How is that a similar situation at all? I love the game to bits myself but always online is always cancer. The game doesn't benefit at all from it nor do the customers. It's just an artificial barrier in the way between the player and enjoying the game. When it works, it's fine. When it doesn't, the best its supporters can do is shrug their shoulders. It's unnecessary bullshit.

>>381308543
Call me whe they release a full game with all the content offline again, until then fuck off and die filthy kikes.

I like the idea of elusive targets, but it should be unlocked after a season or something. Even without the skins, just the missions, since they actually have unique content in it, be it as simple as soundbytes.

>>381320345
well they better hurry up

they should remove always online and unlock elusive missions and then maybe i will start considering to think of potentially buying the game.

>>381312571
>classic single player franchise
>always online for almost everything
What did he mean by this?

>>381310360
how's it feel? :^)

>>381310360
What are you talking about? I'm playing at 4k60fps on Ultra just fine with a 1080. What specs are you running?

>>381310360
1070 here
Works fine

>>381320345
>These things take fucking time
yet Denuvo was immediately removed
kys

>>381310207
>Whole appeal of HM is replayability for creative purposes
>Lock most of the games content behind a time sensitive, one time release

No wonder these clowns went bankrupt.

>>381323216
>Lock most of the games content behind a time sensitive
I dont even bother with them because there arent new opportunities added to kill them in special ways
Its pretty much a gimmick

>>381308543
>should of
>of
Why can't Burgers spell?

>>381323201
You think it is easy removing the always online system that has been built around the game?

no, YOU kys, you fucking retard

>>381323664
IO defense force are funny

>>381324046
Anti-IO force is funnier.

>check it out
>its just a free demo instead of the full game

>>381323664
>You think it is easy removing the always online system that has been built around the game?
Like it was for Sim City?

>>381324208
You could have just read the OP and found that out.

>>381324368
Didn't it take them almost a year to do so?

>>381308779
>It's not like the game is more expensive because of it.
But it is

>>381324046
what do you mean defense force? This is common sense. stop being so retarded

>Pirated Hitman
>FPS is not as good as I wanted it to be
>"Alright, it's a good thing I haven't bou..."
>"HITMAN™ is already in your Steam library"
>Don't remember buying it at all
I think I'm losing it.