OK so HITMAN 3 is coming out on the 20th of YANVAR.
I have HITMAN 1 and 2. I played a little of HITMAN 1 and liked it a lot. I spent like 100 bucks on HITMAN 2 and never played it because I wanted to finish HITMAN 1 first and didn't. I have HITMAN 1 and 2 on the PC.
So now HITMAN 3 is coming out and I'm thinking of buying it for the PS5 rather than the PC because I have PSVR and because I think the DualSense triggers may add a lot of immersiveness to the game.
Question I have is: How does the HITMAN 1 and 2 levels import into HITMAN 3? Anyone know? How did that work with HITMAN 2 into HITMAN 1? If I want to get all the content for the first two games into HITMAN 3, is it just a matter of buying the base game of each for the PS4 and then it should unlock it all in HITMAN 3? Does that mean I can just skip those two games and then play all that content through HITMAN 3?
OK so HITMAN 3 is coming out on the 20th of YANVAR.
I have HITMAN 1 and 2. I played a little of HITMAN 1 and liked it a lot. I spent like 100 bucks on HITMAN 2 and never played it because I wanted to finish HITMAN 1 first and didn't. I have HITMAN 1 and 2 on the PC.
So now HITMAN 3 is coming out and I'm thinking of buying it for the PS5 rather than the PC because I have PSVR and because I think the DualSense triggers may add a lot of immersiveness to the game.
Question I have is: How does the HITMAN 1 and 2 levels import into HITMAN 3? Anyone know? How did that work with HITMAN 2 into HITMAN 1? If I want to get all the content for the first two games into HITMAN 3, is it just a matter of buying the base game of each for the PS4 and then it should unlock it all in HITMAN 3? Does that mean I can just skip those two games and then play all that content through HITMAN 3?
It should be better (It was pretty bad), they promised linking from steam to EGS, and also vastly reduced HDD size (around 100gb for the 1/2/3 + season passes mega pack)
Unlocked items should also transfer.
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With the 1->2 transfer, once you logged into 2 it saw you had 1 on the same steam account and then downloaded all the content into 2 (as separate stuff, you couldn't cheat and copy the folders) then you could just delete 1 and go to town, except you needed to go unlock all your cool stuff again. Fortunately IOI say that unlocks will carry over this time around, but they've not released details on how the linking will work. Though the safe bet is via an ioi account.
Regarding console versions, I *think* there's a bumper version of 2 that includes 1 that might be a bit cheaper but I have no idea. I don't know how transfers worked on console but I would be willing to bet that it was a massive pain the arse.
Did any of the addons have levels or whatever that I would need?
Yeah, they released two levels for Hitman 2 later on. One's a bank in New York and the other's an island resort. I think they were both pretty good levels and they're worth getting.
Are unlocks also linked on the console versions of the game, or is that for PC/Steam only?
I *think* so, have to check but I don't see why not.
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so it seems like it is limited by platform which makes sense tbh
Progression/Content exists solely within the family of platform you have chosen to play this trilogy of Hitman games. Example: Hitman (2016) Progression/Content On PS4 can be carried over into the later games Hitman 2 and Hitman 3 on that console as well as the family of consoles including the upcoming PS5, but not the Xbox One or Xbox Series X. Same goes for PC/Windows users.
I can't find the source of this quote but the actual Hitman pages don't make any mention of consoles being excluded so I would expect this to be accurate.
This is pretty interesting, I'd heard that IOI had managed to shrink things but it seems that they managed to do an even better job of it that initial reports
Last minute change-up for PC players, turns out EGS isn't going to play nice if you own the Steam versions after all. So in order to import the Hitman 1 and 2 levels, you need to actually own them on EGS. To remedy this, Hitman 1 is being given away for free for a limited time if you purchase Hitman 3, and Hitman 2 is being discounted by 80% for a limited time.
I was going to wait a year for the Steam release anyways (though they better not screw me out of any limited time content), but figured others might need to know.
Last minute change-up for PC players, turns out EGS isn't going to play nice if you own the Steam versions after all. So in order to import the Hitman 1 and 2 levels, you need to actually own them on EGS. To remedy this, Hitman 1 is being given away for free for a limited time if you purchase Hitman 3, and Hitman 2 is being discounted by 80% for a limited time.
I was going to wait a year for the Steam release anyways (though they better not screw me out of any limited time content), but figured others might need to know.
The fuck?
Do your unlocks and shit at least transfer?
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Last minute change-up for PC players, turns out EGS isn't going to play nice if you own the Steam versions after all. So in order to import the Hitman 1 and 2 levels, you need to actually own them on EGS. To remedy this, Hitman 1 is being given away for free for a limited time if you purchase Hitman 3, and Hitman 2 is being discounted by 80% for a limited time.
I was going to wait a year for the Steam release anyways (though they better not screw me out of any limited time content), but figured others might need to know.
Which suggests that progress does carry over from steam via the IOI account.
Further down, where the confusion is coming from, they are talking about the Access Pass. Which is a thing you need to buy if you don't own the previous games.
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IOI is saying it's "out of their control", sort of like how Control not getting a free upgrade was "out of their control" until they accidentally did it anyway
The worst thing is they've been so late in announcing these things, like 5 days before release. All these details would absolutely have been factors in people's pre-orders. And all this is after they'd explicitly stated that content could be imported from Hitman 1 and 2 for existing owners at no additional cost.
i know io is independent now, but does square still have any kind of financial interest in hitman '16?
if so wrangling things between three publishers and two platform holders sounds like a real big headache. doesn't excuse the bad messaging about it but it's very easy to imagine how that turns into a shitshow.
Hitman 3 has no upper limit for what it thinks its Mission Stories are capable of in the game. One of the most publicized things about this game pre-release was its “murder mystery” about a family of wealthy elite, which conceptually seems to liberally borrow from Knives Out and its genre ilk. Conceptually, it’s quite neat. Agent 47 becomes an investigator, and the level transforms into an adventure game rather than a Hitman level. You run around and look for clues, then you try to solve the mystery. The problem is that Hitman 3 is not an adventure game. Without spoiling any of this, I can say that you can’t attempt to “solve” the mystery without finding all of the clues in several locations and speaking to all of the suspects, meaning that this mystery feels way more like trivial exercise in walking around and hitting buttons than it does solving a mystery. It doesn’t help that it is painfully obvious who committed the murder after you find just a few of the clues, meaning that the bulk of the mission really is just a painful, plodding exercise in walking around and picking things up to “prove” what you know. There are a few other “in depth” Mission Stories like this spread through the game, and I found them all to be about as compelling as that one. They take you down very strict roads that don’t have a lot of room to maneuver, and they’re all very standard genre fare with few surprises.
still, sounds like it might not be as bad if you're just sorta free-styling and not trying to follow the mission stories?[/spoilers]
Hitman 3 has no upper limit for what it thinks its Mission Stories are capable of in the game. One of the most publicized things about this game pre-release was its “murder mystery” about a family of wealthy elite, which conceptually seems to liberally borrow from Knives Out and its genre ilk. Conceptually, it’s quite neat. Agent 47 becomes an investigator, and the level transforms into an adventure game rather than a Hitman level. You run around and look for clues, then you try to solve the mystery. The problem is that Hitman 3 is not an adventure game. Without spoiling any of this, I can say that you can’t attempt to “solve” the mystery without finding all of the clues in several locations and speaking to all of the suspects, meaning that this mystery feels way more like trivial exercise in walking around and hitting buttons than it does solving a mystery. It doesn’t help that it is painfully obvious who committed the murder after you find just a few of the clues, meaning that the bulk of the mission really is just a painful, plodding exercise in walking around and picking things up to “prove” what you know. There are a few other “in depth” Mission Stories like this spread through the game, and I found them all to be about as compelling as that one. They take you down very strict roads that don’t have a lot of room to maneuver, and they’re all very standard genre fare with few surprises.
still, sounds like it might not be as bad if you're just sorta free-styling and not trying to follow the mission stories?[/spoilers]
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I was fine with the storytelling objectives in the suburbs, Mumbai, and castle levels. If Hitman 3 goes even deeper on those, I can imagine how those might feel restrictive.
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I'm already on board with the very silly story enough to be railroaded my first couple runs through a level but that review is good for people who are not
I'm already on board with the very silly story enough to be railroaded my first couple runs through a level but that review is good for people who are not
Yeah, my first time or two through a mission I actually enjoy being guided through the special setpieces they've made.
I've seen some reviewer who said that the story for 1 and 2 just existed and they regarded it as white noise to get them to the next playground, and in this one they actually care about it. So I guess they're doing something right?
Last minute change-up for PC players, turns out EGS isn't going to play nice if you own the Steam versions after all. So in order to import the Hitman 1 and 2 levels, you need to actually own them on EGS. To remedy this, Hitman 1 is being given away for free for a limited time if you purchase Hitman 3, and Hitman 2 is being discounted by 80% for a limited time.
I was going to wait a year for the Steam release anyways (though they better not screw me out of any limited time content), but figured others might need to know.
I am looking on EGS and it doesn't look like you can even buy Hitman 2
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I’m fine with some of the story-driven stuff, I find it fun and compelling to get to the end of one and see just what goofy way I’m going to end this target this time
I’m also cool with missions being more tightly structured around the broader overarching narrative, and the wrinkles those include from time to time
But I must admit, some of the most fun I’ve had in these new generation of Hitman games is in being given a briefing, dropped off at a big location, and just being told “kill these people.” I rarely enjoy the additional objectives like “destroy the virus” or “find the evidence” or “get to this location” because those feel constricting and funnel me into the one or two ways I figured out how to do them
But it’s okay, because thanks to the contracts feature, I can still play those maps with user made targets! So it’s kind of a wash
Last minute change-up for PC players, turns out EGS isn't going to play nice if you own the Steam versions after all. So in order to import the Hitman 1 and 2 levels, you need to actually own them on EGS. To remedy this, Hitman 1 is being given away for free for a limited time if you purchase Hitman 3, and Hitman 2 is being discounted by 80% for a limited time.
I was going to wait a year for the Steam release anyways (though they better not screw me out of any limited time content), but figured others might need to know.
I am looking on EGS and it doesn't look like you can even buy Hitman 2
Last minute change-up for PC players, turns out EGS isn't going to play nice if you own the Steam versions after all. So in order to import the Hitman 1 and 2 levels, you need to actually own them on EGS. To remedy this, Hitman 1 is being given away for free for a limited time if you purchase Hitman 3, and Hitman 2 is being discounted by 80% for a limited time.
I was going to wait a year for the Steam release anyways (though they better not screw me out of any limited time content), but figured others might need to know.
I am looking on EGS and it doesn't look like you can even buy Hitman 2
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I have HITMAN 1 and 2. I played a little of HITMAN 1 and liked it a lot. I spent like 100 bucks on HITMAN 2 and never played it because I wanted to finish HITMAN 1 first and didn't. I have HITMAN 1 and 2 on the PC.
So now HITMAN 3 is coming out and I'm thinking of buying it for the PS5 rather than the PC because I have PSVR and because I think the DualSense triggers may add a lot of immersiveness to the game.
Question I have is: How does the HITMAN 1 and 2 levels import into HITMAN 3? Anyone know? How did that work with HITMAN 2 into HITMAN 1? If I want to get all the content for the first two games into HITMAN 3, is it just a matter of buying the base game of each for the PS4 and then it should unlock it all in HITMAN 3? Does that mean I can just skip those two games and then play all that content through HITMAN 3?
It should be better (It was pretty bad), they promised linking from steam to EGS, and also vastly reduced HDD size (around 100gb for the 1/2/3 + season passes mega pack)
Unlocked items should also transfer.
Regarding console versions, I *think* there's a bumper version of 2 that includes 1 that might be a bit cheaper but I have no idea. I don't know how transfers worked on console but I would be willing to bet that it was a massive pain the arse.
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Did any of the addons have levels or whatever that I would need?
Yeah, they released two levels for Hitman 2 later on. One's a bank in New York and the other's an island resort. I think they were both pretty good levels and they're worth getting.
I *think* so, have to check but I don't see why not.
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so it seems like it is limited by platform which makes sense tbh I can't find the source of this quote but the actual Hitman pages don't make any mention of consoles being excluded so I would expect this to be accurate.
This is pretty interesting, I'd heard that IOI had managed to shrink things but it seems that they managed to do an even better job of it that initial reports
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I was going to wait a year for the Steam release anyways (though they better not screw me out of any limited time content), but figured others might need to know.
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Dog, the game is out in a few days.
And this is the best they could do?
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I blame WB for this tbh, they're probably why Hitman the second isn't in the Epic database to allow the hook up, given they published that one.
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The fuck?
Do your unlocks and shit at least transfer?
There's a web page for that apparently https://www.ioi.dk/hitman-3-pre-launch-guide/
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On that page they say
Which suggests that progress does carry over from steam via the IOI account.
Further down, where the confusion is coming from, they are talking about the Access Pass. Which is a thing you need to buy if you don't own the previous games.
Content does not and that's the catch
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Really poor start to 3 all around so far.
so is this IOI's or Epic's fault? No one knows :rotate:
if so wrangling things between three publishers and two platform holders sounds like a real big headache. doesn't excuse the bad messaging about it but it's very easy to imagine how that turns into a shitshow.
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But Warner Brothers owns the right to sell Hitman 2.
GOOD NEWS!
still, sounds like it might not be as bad if you're just sorta free-styling and not trying to follow the mission stories?[/spoilers]
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Good reviews in general!
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Polygon apparently really liked the stories, so waypoint/vice seems like an outlier.
I love their commentary but rarely agree with their reviews.
Yeah, my first time or two through a mission I actually enjoy being guided through the special setpieces they've made.
I am looking on EGS and it doesn't look like you can even buy Hitman 2
I’m also cool with missions being more tightly structured around the broader overarching narrative, and the wrinkles those include from time to time
But I must admit, some of the most fun I’ve had in these new generation of Hitman games is in being given a briefing, dropped off at a big location, and just being told “kill these people.” I rarely enjoy the additional objectives like “destroy the virus” or “find the evidence” or “get to this location” because those feel constricting and funnel me into the one or two ways I figured out how to do them
But it’s okay, because thanks to the contracts feature, I can still play those maps with user made targets! So it’s kind of a wash
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A even laster minute update says "We can guarantee that players will NOT need to repurchase the games.".
Hitman 2's levels will be available in hitman 3 if you don't own it anywhere through a dlc "Access Pass"
If you do own Hitman 2 on steam, you don't need to pay for that access pass but it's gonna be a bit before it's available for free.