HITMAN, the new episodic Hitman - GOTY Edition

[Zombra]

I am just itching to replay events from the near past.

And I like Masters of the Universe. That doesn't mean the series should suddenly be about that.

 

[fantadomat]

IO know better about how mature their audience is

 

[AwesomeButton]

I am just itching to replay events from the near past.

And I like Masters of the Universe. That doesn't mean the series should suddenly be about that.

No shit Sherlock.

IO know better about how mature their audience is

We use forums that our community manager monitor, and we use user research (mostly focus groups and play sessions with feedback for various user groups). And telemetry as you say. And yes, we do listen to all the things that people complain about all over the net. We are listening. A lot of things will be improved.

 

[fantadomat]

I am just itching to replay events from the near past.

And I like Masters of the Universe. That doesn't mean the series should suddenly be about that.

No shit Sherlock.

IO know better about how mature their audience is

We use forums that our community manager monitor, and we use user research (mostly focus groups and play sessions with feedback for various user groups). And telemetry as you say. And yes, we do listen to all the things that people complain about all over the net. We are listening. A lot of things will be improved.

A generic PR respond...don't see your point mate.

 

[AwesomeButton]

That's your usual response when faced with facts. Closing your eyes to anything that contradicts your statements

 

[Zombra]

I am just itching to replay events from the near past.

And I like Masters of the Universe. That doesn't mean the series should suddenly be about that.

No shit Sherlock.

OK. Think real hard now. Can you see the point?

 

[fantadomat]

That's your usual response when faced with facts. Closing your eyes to anything that contradicts your statements

Do you even leave your house?!

Someone giving a statement on the internet is not a fact. You quoting it or posting a picture of it is a fact that the statement exist,it does not make the statement factual.

Don't be that naive mate.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Normal people are able to read and understand written text. That's a prerequisite for having a conversation on a forum.

 

[fantadomat]

Normal people are able to read and understand written text. That's a prerequisite for having a conversation on a forum.

He is not a normal person on a forum,he represents a for profit company in this instant. And he should be taken with bigger grain of salt than the rest of the shitposters. Do you know what is marketing and opinion manipulation?

 

[a cut of domestic sheep prime]

At least put some Ugandan warlords for us,the poor ignorant bigoted racists. It is time to kill some black people.

I think you're looking for MGSV.

Still can't kill the child soldiers though

 

[Jinn]

I don't know if this got addressed earlier in the thread or not, but man do I hope you guys do away with this episodic release format for your next release. Love your games and hope the best for you guys, but damn is it a turn off.

 

[LESS T_T]

I don't know if this got addressed earlier in the thread or not, but man do I hope you guys do away with this episodic release format for your next release. Love your games and hope the best for you guys, but damn is it a turn off.

Probably no hope for that: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/artic...eractive-targets-more-hitman-and-more-control

Beyond independence, the company's other principal goal was to ensure not only that it could keep on working with the Hitman IP, but that it could develop and refine the digital-first, episodic structure it laid out with the 2016 game. We discussed the thinking behind that innovative approach in detail with Io-Interactive in November last year, and Abrak admits that, having learned so much during that first "season" of Hitman, the studio was unwilling to give up before it attempted a second.

"Look, we feel like we're onto a good thing with our latest Hitman game," he says. "We've changed how we work, and as a studio we've never felt more confident and more in control of knowing what we're doing. I think our Game of the Year Edition is a testament to that. We learned so much during the first season of this game, and by the end we felt like a well-oiled machine."

The online, digital-first world is very much where IO intends to stay, too. The studio "lost Kane & Lynch and Mini Ninjas in the 'divorce'" from Square Enix, Abrak says, but it emerged with the rights to Freedom Fighters and Hitman. Right now, the focus is solely on the latter, but Abrak acknowledged that creating universes and characters is "in our blood."

"The AAA digital era is where we all are right now and it made perfect sense for Hitman Season One, " he says. "Being able to create that experience and then continue to add to it has been immensely rewarding for IO Interactive, and we hope for our players too. That journey has not only changed Hitman, it has changed our thinking also, when it comes to creating new universes in the future.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Being an older player with less free time, I'm quite happy with the episodic format. Even missions I wasn't such a fan of grew on me, and I like the exploration and replayability opportunities that the missions offer.

 

[Cadmus]

Being an older player with less free time, I'm quite happy with the episodic format. Even missions I wasn't such a fan of grew on me, and I like the exploration and replayability opportunities that the missions offer.

Being an older player with less free time, I enjoy not being able to play the game at my leisure but instead being forced to fuck around in 1 mission over and over until they release the next one. I love having to wait for an update when starting up the game after a long pause instead of being able to play my game the way I want. Truly a masterful approach to this First Ever Episodic Digital Hitman Adventures Online (TM).

 

[LESS T_T]

Teaser for June 7th:



Probably not one of those re-activated elusive targets, as they already announced the roadmap for that.

 

[AnnoyanceCrime]

This surely has to be season 2, right?



right?

 

[LESS T_T]

Looks like it is. Warner Bros. Games, their publisher for HITMAN retail release, will have announcements in the same day:

 

[Vibalist]

Being an older player with less free time, I'm quite happy with the episodic format. Even missions I wasn't such a fan of grew on me, and I like the exploration and replayability opportunities that the missions offer.

Being an older player with less free time, I enjoy not being able to play the game at my leisure but instead being forced to fuck around in 1 mission over and over until they release the next one. I love having to wait for an update when starting up the game after a long pause instead of being able to play my game the way I want. Truly a masterful approach to this First Ever Episodic Digital Hitman Adventures Online (TM).

Stop whining and buy the whole game when it's out.

Or are you too weak willed to wait for that?

 

[AwesomeButton]

Being an older player with less free time, I'm quite happy with the episodic format. Even missions I wasn't such a fan of grew on me, and I like the exploration and replayability opportunities that the missions offer.

Being an older player with less free time, I enjoy not being able to play the game at my leisure but instead being forced to fuck around in 1 mission over and over until they release the next one. I love having to wait for an update when starting up the game after a long pause instead of being able to play my game the way I want. Truly a masterful approach to this First Ever Episodic Digital Hitman Adventures Online (TM).

Stop whining and buy the whole game when it's out.

Or are you too weak willed to wait for that?

``I'm a spoiled shitstain and I am ENTITLED to having everything NAO, and if I don't like some minor detail it's all LITERALLY SHIT. Game developers are my personal slaves whose only purpose is to amuse me by showering me with all the content even though I don't see more than 5% of it on my first run, because I am so SPECIAL and important. And how dare they charge me money for their stupid games, lol retards.``

Go fuck yourself shithead.

 

[unfairlight]

Alleged Hitman Season 2 leak, found on /v/. Looks pretty legit.

 

[LESS T_T]

Boxed release and "Season Pass" with "3 Expansions" sound like that they ditched the episodic model, if it's legit.

edit: no, looks fake, see copyright info: "HITMAN © 2015-2017" "Square Enix"

 

[Cadmus]

Being an older player with less free time, I'm quite happy with the episodic format. Even missions I wasn't such a fan of grew on me, and I like the exploration and replayability opportunities that the missions offer.

Being an older player with less free time, I enjoy not being able to play the game at my leisure but instead being forced to fuck around in 1 mission over and over until they release the next one. I love having to wait for an update when starting up the game after a long pause instead of being able to play my game the way I want. Truly a masterful approach to this First Ever Episodic Digital Hitman Adventures Online (TM).

Stop whining and buy the whole game when it's out.

Or are you too weak willed to wait for that?

``I'm a spoiled shitstain and I am ENTITLED to having everything NAO, and if I don't like some minor detail it's all LITERALLY SHIT. Game developers are my personal slaves whose only purpose is to amuse me by showering me with all the content even though I don't see more than 5% of it on my first run, because I am so SPECIAL and important. And how dare they charge me money for their stupid games, lol retards.``

Go fuck yourself shithead.

rofl
kalm down, Jose, you'll get a brain aneurysm. Instead, go suck on some game programer cock some more.
With mongrels like you advocating anti-consumer and retarded practices like this, no wonder we keep getting shittier and shittier games.

 

[AwesomeButton]

rofl
kalm down, Jose, you'll get a brain aneurysm. Instead, go suck on some game programer cock some more.
With mongrels like you advocating anti-consumer and retarded practices like this, no wonder we keep getting shittier and shittier games.

Maybe you are comparing to yourself, but for me writing two coherent sentences isn't a cause for exertion.

I'm not advocating anything. Looks like you are tired, go take a rest, and try reading again.

 

[Vibalist]

How are episodic releases anti consumer?

 

[Melcar]

Wait wut? We are now advocating episodic releases?