HITMAN 3 | First impressions (after 50 hours)

[@Janfon1]

If there's one person whose opinion on Hitman I wait for, it's you Kotti. Thanks for the info

[@johnhein2539]

Correct. Berlin was like a Hitman Contracts mission in it’s seediness. And I think Hitman works better as noirish vs having gadget spy elements.

[@IoFoxdale]

God I'd kill for a version of this trilogy that was offline, with elusives not time limited and a store to buy things to bring into the next mission over the mastery dictating random equipment unlocks.

[@GreenEyedDazzler]

Would make the game maybe the best in the seriees

[@systemrecords9708]

the base game can be played offline now. theres even a mod called offline elusives that lets you play elusive targets offline.

[@systemrecords9708]

@Tiber Septim it's true, check out the offline elusives mod in nexus mods. It let's you play elusive missions offline like the name suggests

[@cnoland810]

I feel like features like the camera are there just for IO to say they added something.

[@nejinaji]

There are what, 2 missions that use it, and one of them is optional

[@chuckwagonbillchuckwagonbi7296]

Reminds me of the camera from James bond games. Absolutely useless.

[@7ylerD]

I was waiting on this. I literally didn’t care about any other review. I wish IOI would see this video. Some of these issues could honestly be solved with a patch.

[@dizzyroach]

One thing I like about the keypads is that inputting codes while speedrunning makes you feel like a menuing god.

[@chaserseven2886]

the first point you made is something i didn't ever think of

[@chaserseven2886]

@Jim Bianco I haven't brought hitman 3 I got 1 and 2 for free

[@borismuller86]

The removal of the shoulder switching was supposedly because of casual players accidentally switching it by mistake, and apparently it makes lining up specific things hard for the devs. Seems to me like making it a toggle option in the menus would be the ideal compromise.

[@Janfon1]

Can't you just remove the hotkey for it or change it to a key you never use?

[@stinnetbennet]

played the game for 5 years and never once did the camera accidentally switch up on me

[@Jartran72]

@@richdude0059 yes thats tge whole problem!!

[@bruceturnbull4219]

@@stinnetbennet It's happened to me all the time. I'm sure it's happened to many others.

[@sanduha1]

Impossible to have this problem on PC though and now I feel that combat controls which wasn't so smooth is now made even clunkier. Switching sides was so handy when taking cover :(

[@JustAJAG]

The reasoning for not being able to change camera shoulder is weak to say the least, and it's the change that bugs me the most. Never even felt like something depended on the camera angle, aside from my OCD :p Watch my muscle memory still furiously tap V whenever I want to get a better angle. Great video! I agree, the game is far from flawless, but it's enjoyable.

[@rRevilo64]

I agree. It makes throwing things around corners harder too as if you need to look over the left shoulder to throw something you are now forced to either stand in the middle room to throw it where you want or take cover. Then there is the problem with pre-lining up your shots now being harder to do if you have to aim over the left

[@UtsavChaudhury]

@@rRevilo64 qpqpp

[@kur5ula]

Good to have this kind of video from true expert

[@TheKotti]

Glad you liked it

[@gtshawn]

Hey there Kotti, long time appreciator of your Hitman work. I am very glad that you give your impressions on this one. It means a lot to us.

[@FortunateJuice]

I've been waiting for this video.

[@the2042]

I think my least favorite thing is the fact that you simply cannot use items for a melee attack on stairs, it automatically does an unarmed attack.

[@nejinaji]

I really hope these games don't stay online only. Would suck to have them as rentals basically.

[@caden6305]

They really shouldn’t have removed dual silverballers it’s too iconic to agent 47. Also why can you not garrote someone when they are sitting down and why can you not drown someone in a sink?? Idk there are many good things but I feel like they are still missing what should be core mechanics :/

[@cnoland810]

Can't you can strangle and garrote sitting people? Special animation and everything. There was a bit in Romania where it didn't work though.

[@Jartran72]

@@cnoland810 No you can't. You can subdue some of the people sitting and therefor also break their necks but you can never strangle someone

[@jasonsheridan8331]

You can't do human shields either which really sucks

[@naKuhito]

@@Jartran72 you could in blood money, that’s a downgrade

[@sanduha1]

@@Jartran72 It's dissapointing that you can't garrote or neck snap sitting people in this game, also you can't garrote or subdue NPC when it's walking on stairs. Idk why they never corrected those isues :(

[@tacticalwoodenspoon708]

You discussing the monotonous mastery unlocks and the lack of unlocks for challenges, maybe they should of put some of the mastery unlocks as challenge unlocks instead, love the content dude :)

[@TheKotti]

That would've been the best approach. Combine challenge based unlocks with actually challenging challenges and even a crappy assault rifle might start to feel like a better reward when you have to work to earn it.

[@TheGodQuac]

I miss the rewards tho , it inspired me to do challenges and unlock cool stuff

[@CraigSteelyard]

@@TheGodQuac Some of the 5 level Escalations are not worth playing, if there are no rewards.

[@maydaymemer4660]

@@TheKotti they did that in hitman 2 and you still complained

[@navigator_g]

should have*

[@Randomstuffs261]

Making a single player game online only is the weirdest gaming trend

[@Cozzamanini]

As someone who played Hitman 2 just before Hitman 3 released, the level focus really made H3 play better. Some of the maps in H2 feel bloated to the point where exploration was overwhelming or a chore. The humour throughout H3 was on point too, especially the NPCs in Dartmoor. Also, does anyone know why the game will sometimes just crash to desktop? There's no error message or anything, the game just locks up and quits. I think it's sometimes a "too much going on" situation, but there's no indication from my PC that anything is topping out.

[@TheKotti]

I had a ton of crashing issues, but left it out of the video as it felt like updating GPU drivers did something. Still can't say for sure if it did or if I've just been getting fewer crashes.

[@machinimaaddict7680]

I hope they will be bringing back the ghost mode from Hitman 2. It was fun to play with others in Hitman and try to beat each other.

[@yoavmend1909]

@Jim Bianco i dont see why not add it

[@itsdavidpogromsky]

it was an interesting version of hitman experience but some things were broken, like how the item drops weren’t the same for both of you and the map choice was extremely limited. I wanted ghost mode in the new york bank but that never happened :(

[@nmokeyryab]

thanks for your interesting points! i hadn't even considered a lot of these.

[@triangularfish6487]

I think the keypads are interesting ways of persistent shortcuts. Normally the shortcuts are shortcuts from farther in the level to the beginning and vice versa, and usually are very convenient. I think the keypads take this further, as no longer do you need to find a key in a level more than once. The busy-work is gone and you can just go and unlock the door straight away, and I appreciate that.

[@TheKotti]

I do mostly agree, with a different presentation of the same mechanic I think I'd easily list them as a positive.

[@tenbeat]

The keypads are similar to persistent shortcuts, in a way.

[@TheKotti]

In a way, yes. Mostly it's down to how it's perceived, the shortcuts definitely feel more like a learning tool for first playthroughs.

[@thedamntrain3467]

It's really shame how bad IOI continues to manage their IP because it's actually a good game. 90 euros for an always online singleplayer experience (60€ for the base game, 30€ for the deluxe for the escalations) with epic exclusivity thrown on top so they really couldn't have ticked more of the "I don't give a fuck about you, just give me your money" boxes if they tried with how blatantly anti-consumer they went with H3. Maybe this would have been an easier pill to swallow IF they didn't also fuck up the progress/H2 ownership matter but, alas. It's actually hilarious that I can't play my Sniper Assassin maps because I apparently don't have the mode unlocked due to "not owning" H2 even though I have unlocked masteries in them. I think it's the best modern stealth game there is yet I wouldn't recommend it to anybody right now unless they take a step back and someone tells their upper management to stop trying to tank the IP because they're acting as if each new title they release is the last one they'll make and they're just trying to squeeze some fast buck out of it.

[@jackb5384]

I think hitman 3 had the best consistency of maps out of the trilogy. Not one of the maps I would consider bad, which I can't say about the first two games

[@seba-nw3qz]

Which are maps you find bad?

[@thejanrodrigo]

Hitman 1 had the best maps at least they all were 6 full maps.

[@cnoland810]

@@thejanrodrigo They were full maps but Bangkok is F tier and Marrakech has all the worst bits of WOA design in one map imo. Way too big, wasted space, isolated targets and environments, etc

[@thejanrodrigo]

@@cnoland810 i agree with marakesh but i kinda liked bangkok just because Jordan Cross is one of the most interesting targets.

[@jackb5384]

@@thejanrodrigo hitman 1 has Colorado and Bangkok

[@tacticalgaming6574]

Great FI video ! Agreed on all your points! Keep up the good work !

[@juliend10LP]

Just a few minutes ago, they announced importing locations will be rolled out before the end of february.

[@TheKotti]

Literally the same minute I made this public.

[@TheIrishGamerGuy]

Where was this announcement made. Nothing on their IO or HITMAN twitter about and nothing on the official IOI website. It's like their burry these "announcements" to the point only the 0.0001% will ever see it.

[@juliend10LP]

@@TheIrishGamerGuy On the official discord

[@Mr_Mike227]

@@TheIrishGamerGuy They've updated the Player Guide with the new information. I am surprised they haven't at least mentioned it on Twitter though, as not everyone checks the player guide on a daily basis.

[@richdude0059]

@@TheIrishGamerGuy Announced by Travis (community manager) on HITMANFORUM.

[@Hubris1998]

something that I noticed pretty much instantly is how much performance has improved in comparison to the previous game. all the framerate issues that I had in crowded areas (e. g. Makarresh's marketplace) are now gone and everything feels much smoother overall. ditching directx11 was a great decission. signing an exclusivity deal on the other hand...

[@TheKotti]

This is good to hear, couldn't comment on it myself as I've upgraded my GPU since playing H2 actively.

[@P9HL2BETA]

*Shhh, here's the Lockpick Mk III. No need to mention all those negative aspect of the game ;)* - _Hakan Abrak_

[@wutdafuq9802]

dude is that a real quote or just a joke?

[@abohachuk4765]

That's Evil. And Genius.

[@redphoenix2m101]

I think that the elusive target suits for each map should be just mastery lvl 20 reward like it is with the newer maps. Elusive Targets could reward some other suits like blood money, absolution, etc.

[@III_Ed_B_III]

I can’t help but feel this trilogy reached its peak with 2016 and has gradually deteriorated in quality despite its rise in popularity. 2016 had a lot of love poured into it - despite online, the rebrand and episodic move was bold, and some of the maps (specifically Sapienza) were perfectly brought to life. By comparison, H2 felt like a cheap recoup powered by a lot of hot air/bullshit aimed at potential new customers : more of the same, and brought out to keep money coming in to steady the tide after the split from Squeenix. H3 is playable - but for the most part it again seems rushed and more of the same. Did they want to just get this done to move on to 007 and as an exploitative cash cow to get the most out of a very loyal community? On some of the new maps, I got a strong feeling they were using H3 as a testing ground to see what could work in the new project, rather than concentrating on the evolution of this trilogy. I mean the actual story/narrative/script complexity is very poor; I feel sorry for anyone that invested in it, thinking it would develop into something substantial after 2016. Anyway, thank you for continuing to analyse and criticise the decision making and content in this game - it’s rare and appreciated.

[@maydaymemer4660]

^ Boomer gamer screeds at company for… having to get stuff out on deadlines to make money to pay its employees?

[@ValyaSallow]

All great points!!

[@brendan722002]

I look forward to seeing this in the next anthology.

[@DylanLey]

I really hope there are good changes for the ETs. On one hand, the H3 suits are unlocked in mastery, meaning that H3 ETs could be different. On the other hand, The Deceivers ET has a limited time frame as usual. I personally just want all ETs to become special assignments that you can play anytime. They don't even need to their own challenge packs like the current special assignments, as long as they are always available, I'll be happy.

[@NickelCanvas]

Good video! As always.

[@stinnetbennet]

the keypads are kinda immersive destroying. a swipepad is better and still offers the same barrier. it also makes no sense that emps dont work on them

[@CameronM47]

"You need a mint, twat." I'm dead.

[@tralphstreet]

Hitman Antology speedrun with this new game included when?

[@DarthDimmadome]

Oh wow a hitman 3 video!

[@SpicyChickenGodAJ]

I'm just going to wait until the full release on Steam, I didn't really get that into Hitman 2 because I felt like I already played the game enough in 2016. But hey I reinstalled Hitman 2016 Pt. 2 so I'll get my fix through that.

[@CryingMG]

Hitman just needs level builder so the community can produce new levels. I mean 60 euro game for 6 missions is just..... empty.

[@b4krr]

Nitpicks of my own: Romania SASO is unreasonably difficult (at best) from default starting location. Try it yourself Kotti. The timer HUD is intrusively big and sorta distracting when turned on Claw hammer wasn't reassigned an unlock. So if you didn't have it from h2, you no longer can acquire it. I was genuinely expecting Birdie, Victoria, Or Cosmo Faulkner from Absolution to have a cameo at the end, but that cliff hanger from 8 years ago is still there Requiem pack still isn't in my inventory Ica facility location was never revealed which bothers me

[@triangularfish6487]

Something I thought of was that if there were challenges with starting locations and weapon unlocks and whatnot, that it would be pretty cool if they were unlocked through mastery. Like if you hit level 11, you can now do two hard challenges to unlock, say, a starting location and a smuggle spot. Perhaps they’d throw in an item for free for that mastery tier so you don’t HAVE to do the challenges to actually unlock something for that mastery tier, but I think this would encourage more replayability, possibly offer more interesting or incentivizing challenges, encourage people to interact with the other challenges, and, since they’re tied to a mastery tier, iOi doesn’t have to worry about players not knowing a level enough to do a difficult challenge, and can create a nice difficulty curve with the challenges. A bit complex, but I think this would be a cool system.

[@normalguycap]

Your complaints were incredibly important and I appreciate them. It's easy to give praise but much harder and far more valuable to explain why something is bad.

[@sammydepresso]

Also the soundtrack and artbook download was broken at release and still hasn't been fixed for all platforms

[@Badguy292]

I'm still waiting for the Golden Shashka 33 from Santa Fortuna and the Goldenballer from Mendoza to be challenge unlocks.

[@KorboQ]

I feel like having missions you can't do all the time is a good idea, but time-limited missions aren't the way. They should just have a selection of missions available every week. You can do the missions as many times as you like to practice, then you get one real attempt for score. Then after a week it rotates to new set, so after a month or two you've had a chance to play all of the missions and it rotates back to the first set again. When they're adding new elusive targets they'd just slot them into one of the sets and that's where they'd show up again in the rotation.

[@TylerThomas]

I can’t agree more. My favorite game was Contracts and I was hoping H3 would be closer to that. The Berlin level reminded me of The Meat King’s Party and the British Chateau one sounded like my favorite level of all the Hitman games: Beldingford Manor So of course I was interested, but really nailed my criticisms.

[@MovingThePicture]

I will wait for steam release.

[@Dennis-ws7tv]

Thank you :) I feel completely the same and I haven't even bought H3 yet. After seeing and hearing so much I decided i wouldn't go for a third version of the same thing with all the trouble it comes with. I would even add some things to the negatives (even though I am a fan of the series) but it would take a long time... Appreciate your work!

[@TheKotti]

You're so welcome!

[@Dennis-ws7tv]

@@TheKotti I'll be honest, been watching u for a long time and really appreciate your work but never subscribed. Let's change that.

[@marcuseverett1642]

Damn... they named a whole Escalation after you... and you still can't recommend the game.

[@richardtickler8555]

some people cant be bought and those are the ones i listen to before buying

[@maydaymemer4660]

@@richardtickler8555 or some people are addicted to ranting because theyre mentally stunted children who play video games all day to get a one second faster time

[@robpreston712]

Great evaluation! I agree with most of the things you say here. One way they really outdone themselves is the load times, they REALLY bugged me in the other games, especially Hitman 2. That with the file size, it's crazy how much IO has improved things that I thought couldn't be improved l!

[@rockerfella0373]

Which are the best missions in the anthology and in the world of assassination trilogy for you ?

[@JizzyF83]

I wish they remove the getting spotted ruining your SA system, especially for escalations where you’re likely to rush through and get caught easy. Also being able to save would make life easier

[@gilless429]

A change that can seem small that I really didn't like is having to hold the button to put a body away. Being able to just tap the button was comfortable and easy and made some last-second things possible that now are way more tricky, especially since the prompt only needed to show up for a moment to be used, whereas now if the game decides the prompt to hide the body shouldn't be shown or work for more than a moment, because of another prompt or because of looking away, you're screwed. You have to keep looking at the place you wanna stash the body, and hope the game shows the prompt and keeps it there, and hold the button. It's small, but it creates issues where I had none before, which is pretty disappointing for a new game in the series.

[@giga.s.o.p]

I'm so spiteful about it being always online, I''ll keep my distance until it's cracked

[@newtonisaacma]

Hitman 3 got cracked Day 0 bruh

[@giga.s.o.p]

@@newtonisaacma I know but the online unlockables aren't available in the cracked version IIRC since it's just the offline version (i.e. castrated version).

[@Jartran72]

@@giga.s.o.p I torrented hitman 1 just weeks before h2 was released and you also could not use unlocks. Seems they are hare coded into the accounts being online or something

[@Behdad47]

This was absolutely on point. Now you should add the studio's abomination of a DLC that costs $30. I can't believe how we came from four extra maps in Hitman 2 to 7 escalation contracts in Hitman 3. It's just unbelievable.

[@amelie-3429]

i haven't played hitman 3 but i really do hope ioi realised that bigger levels don't mean more fun

[@762]

If there was just a way to remove bloom effect, the game would be x10 times nicer! Hitman 2016 at 5:10 looks much better in both shots.

[@systemrecords9708]

this game isnt online only anymore. you can totally play it single player, offline only. no worries there. its good that IO made that decision, sure somet hings are tied to online play but you can deff play the base game offline.

[@stealthninja1352]

It’s finally here

[@analysts888]

I would get it if it was on steam

[@etourdie]

Apparently the import issue should be fixed by late February. Also, those who got the game in the first ten days got the GOTY Hitman 1 pass for free

[@HotRossBuns]

They can take a bunch of sony's and Tencent's money but can't deliver on promised features on time? Shameful

[@TheGodQuac]

Can you speedrun hitman 1 , 2 and 3 at the same time? (Talking about the new games tho)

[@vuk1527]

What's your fav Hitman game

[@oreo7259]

The worst part for me is that they removed challenge packs, WHY!?

[@MBarnett]

They were too lazy to add new items for doing the featured contract and escalation challenges. Instead, they scrapped the challenge packs and moved the items unlocked within them, to the escalation and contract challenges. Lame.

[@samuelantoniocastillomeza5034]

Mastery, challenges and ETs have to overgrow their original purpose, but H3 as a whole is amazing. Berlin definetly is of the best we have seen in the franchise.

[@thebossman222]

I can't remember the name of the level, but the one from Hitman 2016 at the hotel with the rockstar target and the lawyer Ken something, in the Hitman 3 version of that level, just stand outside on the Dock and witness the boats going past, apparently they like to turn upside down, and freak out, nice testing job IO.

[@AlexNiedtGaming]

Wow, I thought I needed to re-keybind shoulder switching. Didn't realize it just doesn't work. Agreed that the camera/hacking feels like a useless, tedious gimmick. The key codes are tedious to me, as well. I think there's just too much of that stuff, and I might appreciate it more if it was dialed back like 50%.

[@TheKotti]

I don't find the keycodes tedious, but it does feel a bit wrong that I now have a list of codes on a piece of paper out when I play.

[@AlexNiedtGaming]

@@TheKotti That's kinda what I mean, though. It's dull to have a list of codes. Either change them every time and make that an interesting aspect of gameplay or just let us use keycard scramblers. 🤷‍♂️

[@Bredmirror]

Hitman VR does not meet quality standards for "Normal" VR headsets, that is why it will never be released on them.

[@Dougjmart]

I wish I was able to play H2 locations on H3 on pc, I wasn’t able to fully play and unlock everything on H2 I’d love to go back and replay but it is still bugged right now

[@twistedoperator4422]

Been a Hitman fan my whole life. It's too bad I can't support I.O by buying 2 and 3 after what I experienced with 1. It's a great game and series.

[@Wickednessdude]

I value your opinion Kotti HITMAN 3 didn't really match my expectations few missions were cool i enjoyed them but nothing really felt like the first world of assassination installment like Sapienza for example, hitman 3 locations didn't have that depth in story and challenges

[@maydaymemer4660]

What about Berlin?

[@Khakiasp]

very nice

[@Jerrycrazywheels]

You need to increase the controller settings to.

[@necromech_]

solid points, sorry to just add to the echo chamber, but you really hit all the major features and issues in this game.

[@TreeFrogOnATree]

pray for pc hm3 vr :O

[@BrandonEmery_]

I have the problem with the access passes on Xbox. It's annoying how you can transfer all your progress from the two games, but then it will tell you that you don't own either of them. When I went looking through the Xbox store to see if there was a add-on hiding somewhere, it said I have the access passes installed... But I still can't play any previous maps on Hitman 3. Hope this is rectified on other platforms too, otherwise they really expect people pay £50 for each game again I know you could just go on to the other games easily enough, but just seems counterintuitive for them to say you can play the previous games on the latest one, but only if you pay another £50

[@captaincraboo]

Had this problem on xbox, fixed it by going to Microsoft Store page on my PC, manually finding the access pass there, clicking "install on my device" and selecting my console. Afaik that worked for a lot of people with the same issue, so you should definitely try that (kudos for this method to some guy from twitter)

[@BrandonEmery_]

@@captaincraboo thank you! Will give this a try. I managed get Hitman 1 installed. Tried do the same method with Hitman 2, but nothing! Will give this a try thank you again

[@carlwheezer2766]

i'm going to sound like a little bitch here but, why is the camera so bright, if I play chongqing at night it really hurts my eyes, the flash when hacking anything gets really annoying and lights up my entire room also apparently we will get the Hitman 2 maps imported to 3 by the end of february at the latest

[@crafty989]

You're awesome.

[@richardtickler8555]

guess ill wait a few months then

[@Vic-14]

Still can't play the game since there is no way to disable this useless lighting features they added which is not supported by my GPU. (Hitman 2 runs just fine).

[@RealQwaqa]

Hey, Kotti, I just wanted to say that you were right. I’ve been following your stuff since 2018 and while I thought that you were overly critical of H2 at the time, I now came around and have to agree with pretty much everything you’ve been saying for the last few years. But I would probably argue that your point about proximity based wine drinking is more than just a minor nitpick. It is indicative of the general design philosophy of this trilogy and the only bad thing about these games that is at the core of the gameplay (and not ancillary BS that we all got used to by now). I remember people complaining about stuff like this as far back as the 2016 beta. And yet, here we are, five years and three games later, still dealing with the same issues.

[@TheKotti]

The thing is, there is no ideal solution to how the proximity stuff should work. If the target always does the full loop regardless of proximity, it's going to slow the game down a lot needlessly. If some things happen only based on proximity, it's not going to feel organic. I don't usually criticize it as I don't have a better idea on how to do it and usually the balance has been pretty decent, but this one instance was a really rough one.

[@RealQwaqa]

@@TheKotti It’s not just the loops, though. There’s a lot of hidden under the hood stuff that affects the game state, in Mendoza in particular. And the frustrating thing is that it all exists for the benefit of the player, but it can also screw the player over because it is hidden. Perhaps, it would have been better to embrace the clockwork nature of these games and instead give players more information/control over the passage of time. But that’s water under the bridge. This trilogy is what it is, and it is mostly excellent. Maybe they’ll figure out better solutions in the future.

[@hanbill]

imagine game being for solo player relies on being online to play the game. Total meme

[@CallOfCutie69]

Hitman 2016 levels were huge, a lot of challenges, excellent writing of side stories and rare dialogues. I could explore them for weeks. Hitman 3 levels are small, less NPCs, less area, and you can complete like 1/3 or 1/4 challenges and discovery in the first run. Also kills via mission stories are way too easy, every time at the end of them the target will stay near a ledge and these stories don't feel genuine, well written or natural. H2016 is still the better of new Hitmans for me.

[@maydaymemer4660]

I cant believe they couldnt make country sized maps on a lower budget. How dare they! They should be arrested!

[@annedavis3340]

I hope they listen to you, I really do. Your ideas are always objectively good

[@MrCa2pac]

Basic things from other hitman games : - double silverballers - people that speak the language they supposed to 😂 - gun variety - so yeah i think the game is good but they could have just paid a dude to play the old games and give ideas and the game would be 100% better - im not even talking about the import of levels from hitman 2 on pc because LOL io are such amateurs

[@MrCa2pac]

@Jim Bianco yeah man i forgot about human shields. And yeah its a joke that there is no revolver at all but theres like 10 different skins of the same single baller 😂 someone doesnt like his job at io and we get the pain 😂 oh also to add insult to injury, there was a revolver in the intro of hitman 1, ans they added dual ballers in hitman 2 for a silent assasin icon. I could go on lol io have made some pretty epic bad decisions

[@MrCa2pac]

@Jim Bianco pun not intended btw lol

[@den1sv]

Love u kotti

[@teazqt812]

Once everything is unlocked is there really any reason to play in online mode? Aside from leaderboards ofc.

[@TheKotti]

Ratings, escalations. Plus, that "everything" is the entire progression system so I find the point pretty irrelevant.

[@AIexanime]

I hate IQI removed many challenges in "Hitman 3" from "Hitman 2" and "Hitman". It's ok they removed some. But they removed the awards too. Many suits and tools are gone. I can't unlock them, because it's only possible in Hitman 2 and I transfered my account. I can only do it one time soo this option is gone too. 🙃

[@hey01e5]

i felt kind of disappointed in the direction the hitman series was going. hitman 2016 had its flaws (the lack of accents, the james bond theme), but i believed it was the best game IOI ever made. it took the smooth controls and gameplay from absolution, and combined them with the classic hitman gameplay of blood money. hitman 2 is basically hitman 2016 with more maps, a few minor tweaks, a few new features (like being able to hide in bushes and crowds), and a lot more bugs. bugs that never got fixed. at least ghost mode was brilliant, but then they gave up on that too. i didn't enjoy sniper assassin, it's not fun to see guards raising the alarm on a freaking accident kill. diana constantly blabbering about whatever and infantilizing you is very irritating and now it seems like hitman 3 is basically the same thing with more maps. it's a bit disappointing. it feels like they haven't done anything to fundamentally change the hitman formula. it's just the same game. and they STILL don't have a solution for online-only i'm not getting hitman 3 until it is on steam with a big discount. i was gonna get the super duper deluxe gold edition, but the unfixed H2 bugs, the cutting of ghost mode, and the EGS deal really disappointed me.

[@akcsegamedev]

The thing is they toned down the ai a bit since hitman 2 was released even on master difficulty it is far easier than professional difficulty of hitman 2016. In that game when you destroy a camera nearby security will go take a look at that. When you crouch run people will hear from good distance and when you jump in a trespassing area if anyone caught a glimpse of you it will be considered as caught trespassing but in hitman 2 these things were toned way down and the camera view on ground shouldn't be visible like at all it is unrealistic to not even look at camera's position and just avoid it by seeing it's traces projected on ground. It's disappointing to see such a good game like 2016 get worse when played in new games. And the new games could've been done a lot better

[@maydaymemer4660]

@@akcsegamedev People bitched about pro mode in 2016 and then when they change it people bitch

[@HarryBondInc]

unfortunately doesn’t look great on my xbox one x

[@loza87]

Is after 50 hours a first impression? 😂

[@twitcherus3257]

thänkz

[@monsieursp00ky44]

can't stand epic games store and the always online three times in a god damn row it could be GOTYAY and those two reasons are enough for me to skip it forever

[@Bale4Bond]

The story is way too "Bondian" and lacks in general, compared to the other ones in the current trilogy. Seems a bit uninspired, despite delivering from a gameplay perspective. I seriously don't get why it is behing heralded as some 10/10 game, when it should probably be a 7 or 8 out of 10.

[@thejanrodrigo]

Who said it was 10/10 ? From the reviews i've seen so far it's 9/10

[@chaserseven2886]

well they are making a James bond game so maybe they wanted to see if they could do one maybe thats why

[@Bale4Bond]

@@chaserseven2886 Problem being: this is still supposed to be a Hitman-game and therefore experience. From the 2016 Hitman onwards it was already evident that IO had a huge hard-on for a 007-concept game.

[@Bale4Bond]

@Jim Bianco it also lacks much of the nihilism that was present in the original games up until Blood Money. They felt like you were operating in a visious, uncaring world.

[@lm9029]

I think you know the trilogy better than IO does.

[@mikewarner5583]

The lack of gore and bullet damage really brings this game way down for me!!! Nothing like blowing up a target with a exploding golf ball only for them to get tossed up 80ft in air and land without a scratch on them!!! Think of how cool it would be if arms and legs were blown off!

[@fxexile]

Hi Kotti

[@thedeadguy2456]

Dude i disagree with a lot of your points

[@TheKotti]

Great, can you be more specific?

[@thedeadguy2456]

@@TheKotti i dont want to be hater but i just feel that 1) Mastery unlocks are fine as is, they do the job of allowing you to use new starting locations and basic gear. 2) I personally felt that challeges are supposed to be a checklist and a sort of hint system, the biggest indication of this is the fact that you can disable them in the menu. 3) Vr i feel was a waste of resources and shows ioi main problem, a lack of focus. Like its cool but 99% of players cant experience it. They should have used that money to improve the main game and things like animations and what not. Its something new sure, but even at that its not executed all that well, you cant even use the move controllers. I get it there arent enough buttons but maybe that shows that vr wasnt the best idea. 4) The hole point of elusive targets its that they are time gated, but the solution isnt to add them permantly to the game, but just put them on a rotation and let us play them offline(btw the entire game should be offline, i dont think anyone doesnt agree on that). Other than that a lot of your critique was spot on, especialy the always online.

[@TheKotti]

Thanks for elaborating, I do appreciate hearing disagreeing views. 1) Fair, but I think the same could be accomplished better by linking gear and locations to specific, fitting challenges. Kill the Berlin sniper with his own rifle? Unlock his rifle. Open a shortcut in a map? Unlock a starting location near the shortcut. 2) Somewhat agree, but I think some of the challenges should also be, you know, challenging. I've been wishing for some kind of "expert challenge pack" for 5 years now because the default ones offer no challenge. 3) I agree, but as VR is what they went for that's what I'll criticize. 4) I'd prefer a compromise where ETs are cycled through on a weekly basis and you get one shot at whichever one is active at the time, regardless of whether you've done it before. Freely and permanently replayable ETs would still be better than the FOMO crap they do now, but not great.

[@thedeadguy2456]

@@TheKotti you make some good points lets hope ioi listens, as most of this stuff can be fixed post launch

[@slawek382]

I'm so glad i abandoned this series after H2016.