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The world is going mad. Me? I'm doing fine.
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Garudin posted...
Also does anyone else know if any of the other reviews mention that lots of your kills are through cutscenes?
These guys might be right but I would find it weird if they are the only ones bringing this up as this would be a HUGE change for the Hitman series
And not necessarily a good change, either. Much of the fun is stalking your targets and planning out how you're going to kill them and escape... not figuring out how to open a door and trigger a cutscene. If PC Gamer is telling the truth, then even Dishonored was a better Hitman game than Absolution will be.
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the_dudefather wrote:Hmmmmm, all of that is pretty damning. I actually have this on pre-order as it's been bought as a birthday present but I might cancel and buy something else. The DRM is bad enough but the lack of control over how you execute targets and the poor performance is terrible news.
- Focus on (embarrassingly bad) story over gameplay
- PC performance was awful, they tried out on 3 different PCs - two can run Skyrim smoothly yet get 15fps in Hitman on minimal settings, with occasional freezes of over a second, and load times of over a minute
- A lot of gameplay involves you getting to a door to trigger a cutscene
- The amount of kills you have control over how they're executed is about 25%, even then it's not as expansive as Blood Money
- Equipment system - can't choose weapons in main missions, or carry weapons over between missions
- Guard AI is strange, they will sometimes detect you walking where commando rolling wouldn't get you detected
- "Sneak by covering your face" idea is laughable
- DRM on Contracts mode - can't play any contracts, even your own, offline
zisssou wrote:You mean Codename:47? Cos that actually was crap.
I honestly couldn't care less what reviewers are saying. I can remember the original being panned by a few and I really loved it.
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doctor_fraud wrote:I also really enjoyed Max Payne 3 even though it got luke warm reviews. I like the concept of the Hitman games and remember completing the original pc game and Silent Assassin but I lost interest in pretty quickly in the titles that followed those games.AdamAsunder wrote:Max Payne 3 was really a great game. I don't understand the hate it gets. Yeah the story is non existent, level design isn't as good as the previous MP games and unskippable cutscenes but it had lovely graphics and the best gunplay i've played in a game ever.
I thought Max Payne 3 was easily the best third person shooter I've played so I'll take his opinion with a pinch of salt.
I really want this Hitman to be good but I'm not convinced IO have it in them after the woeful K&L games.
As for Hitman games I enjoyed Blood Money but I have a feeling Hitman absoltion is going to be shit.
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WoodenSpoon wrote:So close to brilliant, and yet so awful.
Have we seen the bit where he kills someone in a Mexican Wrestling QTE yet?
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You can read this ? You've helped ruin the place. 
WoodenSpoon wrote:Oh Dear! Probably made a lot worse the inane narration of the person playing it.
Have we seen the bit where he kills someone in a Mexican Wrestling QTE yet?
Click if you dare.
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WeakOrbit wrote:Awful! It looks crapWoodenSpoon wrote:Oh Dear! Probably made a lot worse the inane narration of the person playing it.
Have we seen the bit where he kills someone in a Mexican Wrestling QTE yet?
Click if you dare.
Never thought I'd see QTE's in a hitman, and the earlier statement about killing through cutscenes rings true now.
I'm sure they wanted to change up the formula a little bit but this seems fairly drastic.
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