Hitman: Absolution

[Majestic81]

This is the song im talking about, it sounds like a real band yet i cant find anything on the web, anyone can recognize the voice?

i cant understand why would they create a song like this just for a small mission...

 

Edited December 25, 2012 by Majestic81

[Mister Pink]

Aw man, I finally got this game and I'm f*cking loving it. The graphics are just gorgeous, no complaints there really. The recognition thing isn't annoying as much as people have said, although its probably because it was fixed up a little? I started playing it on Expert Mode as I wanted the buzz to be like te old games. The killing is fun. The story is Ok so far but I never played Hitman for the story. The conversations you over hear in the game are cool and the missions where there's hundreds of NPC's in them are cool.

 

Not going to go near Contracts until I've done the single player. I'm only at The Orphanage but I keep dying. I don't get so annoyed, I just want to do it right

[Punk-in-Drublic]

Got this game yesterday, only done the first two missions. I loved the one in the mansion, but wasn't much of a fan of the Chinatown one.

[Kalvin]

I got this on Christmas Day (Professional Edition), with the Artbook, DLC, etc.

 

Completed it on the 27th, it's the best game I've played all year.

[Ziggy455]

To be honest I got this yesterday and have made it to Shaving Lenny. I love ALL the Hitman games. I started playing Hitman 2 when I was about thirteen years old and from there I have found each game to be brilliant -including the first. The thing that annoys me is that people go on saying they want the 'Old 47' back with the unique gameplay that made it such a critically acclaimed title.

 

The story is what makes the gameplay relevent. I'm sure that the developers of the next Hitman game will make it more faithful to the game mechanics of Blood Money and the earlier games, but to be honest I love Hitman: Absolution. They were trying to revitalize a game which they did in many ways, but now they can take the feedback from the bad issues of Absolution and get working on a much better game.

 

Hitman: Absolution is still a great game - It's still better than most other games hitting the shelves lately.

 

I'm done.

[OH NO]

Before the patch this was almost unplayable, I got up to Rosewood before thinking, f*ck it. Since patch, very enjoyable. Purist is just challenging enough now, bordering on slightly too easy (although im reacting to situations as I go, if I have clocked most of a mission and an isolated person spots me doing something..furtive..then Ill take them out, as you would imagine. Ill go for silent assassin next playthrough, with the obvious challenges that brings. )

 

 

One strange thing I have now noticed is that I get no target markers..I have to scout around and identify them myself. This a glitch? I quite like it to be honest. Cant ask for realism and then moan about realism, ay.

 

 

[Icarus]

I bought this the other day, because it was half price, and the Hitman series was highly recommended to me by Daz.

 

This is the first Hitman game I've played and I actually enjoyed it; I did it on normal first, just to get a feel for it. I certainly love the aspect of how you can approach each mission: either go in shooting everyone or be more stealthy. I always tried for the latter approach, but sometimes, I just couldn't think outside the box on being stealthy and would usually be spotted.

 

I'm going to try a Purist playthrough soon.

[Wayne Daniels]

Picked up Hitman the other day for 19 quid and it come with the sniper challenge code as well.

 

The guards spotting you when wearing a disguise is even more annoying than i originally thought, they don't even have to look at you and then yellow arrow still fills up. I've been spotted through f*cking objects as well.

 

The best levels so far are the two Chinatown levels as they're more like proper Hitman levels.

One of the main reasons why I stopped playing half way through my second playthrough.

 

I had a yellow chemical suit on with the full mask as well and they still saw through it, fair enough if your around a group of thugs that know eachother and are suspicious to a new face, but seeing through a mask if just ridiculous l.

[RARusk]

If anybody is still playing I have got a couple of contracts you may be interested in:

 

"Mark of The Patriot" - 5-1710-571494-RARU

"Scourge of The Patriot" - 5-0910-757161-RARU

[Doublepulse]

If anybody is still playing I have got a couple of contracts you may be interested in:

 

"Mark of The Patriot" - 5-1710-571494-RARU

"Scourge of The Patriot" - 5-0910-757161-RARU

Yea I am not gonna lie, I am hardly playing this game anymore. Also sucks because I have the PC version. I wish the contracts were cross compatible, then I would check them out

[The N. Bellic Man]

This one was/is pretty good. Although there was some major shortcomings I still enjoyed it. Not as good Blood Money - like it's been clearly stated here, but still it was one of the best I played last year (though I didn't play that many games last year )

[Evil.Tim]

I got the game a few days ago and have gotten to the hotel mission. Unfortunately, I'm not impressed at all. I really, really wanted to enjoy this game, especially because Blood Money is one of my top games ever made, and I tried to keep an open mind about all the changes that have been made, but it's just too much. And I don't mean the changes that make the game different from BM, I mean the ones that just make it worse.

 

This "countdown" mentions almost everything that I didn't like about the game so far.

[Radoonhagaydoon]

Should I get this or HD Hitman Trilogy?

[Doublepulse]

 

Should I get this or HD Hitman Trilogy?

If you can afford it, get them both. That way, you have the whole collection, but if you cannot, I say go with the Trilogy.

 

It is up to you though . Regardless, I hope you have fun with game/s

 

Yea Evil.Tim I read that article. I agree some of those points were accurate, but few of them aren't really the issues why I think the game 'sucks'.

 

My problem is some of the new stuff kind of spoils the series as a whole for me. When I play Absolution, and try playing the older games..For some reason I do not look at older games the same way anymore. It is something that changed with gaming over the years. They develop so many new "cool features" it spoils some people with their expectations and they easily forget that the older games did not have that.

 

Hitman Absolution is kind of the opposite as well, which is ironic. Lot of the old features that made the games so cool are missing. They give you this "Contracts mode" to hopefully make up for it, but it does not. There was something I liked about roleplaying in the older games to get the objective complete. In contracts mode, I don't feel the same kind of role-play..

[The Notorious MOB]

I got this game a couple of weeks ago and I must say I absolutely love it. The story is very immersive (although it is a little bit confusing at first) I really like the cinematic style and think it suits the game a lot. It reminded me very much of a Tarantino movie or rather a two part epic like Kill Bill in terms of characters etc. and I think it's quite possible that this is where IO got some of their inspiration (since it's rumoured that Dexter was to be originally played by Keith's brother David Carradine who plays Bill in the aforementioned series). In saying this I have not played any of the other Hitman games.. but judging by that list three posts up the other games weren't half as good and were a lot less challenging not to mention that most of the reasons given by the author as to why the game "sucked" are actually the things that made it so good. I plan on getting the HD trilogy (if it ever comes out on PS3) so I will likely get to see how the other games in the series stack up but this is definitely one of the best games I've played in a while.

[Doublepulse]

 

I got this game a couple of weeks ago and I must say I absolutely love it. The story is very immersive (although it is a little bit confusing at first) I really like the cinematic style and think it suits the game a lot. It reminded me very much of a Tarantino movie or rather a two part epic like Kill Bill in terms of characters etc. and I think it's quite possible that this is where IO got some of their inspiration (since it's rumoured that Dexter was to be originally played by Keith's brother David Carradine who plays Bill in the aforementioned series). In saying this I have not played any of the other Hitman games.. but judging by that list three posts up the other games weren't half as good and were a lot less challenging not to mention that most of the reasons given by the author as to why the game "sucked" are actually the things that made it so good. I plan on getting the HD trilogy (if it ever comes out on PS3) so I will likely get to see how the other games in the series stack up but this is definitely one of the best games I've played in a while.

 

 

Yea it sucks David Carradine passed away .

[The Notorious MOB]

 

I got this game a couple of weeks ago and I must say I absolutely love it. The story is very immersive (although it is a little bit confusing at first) I really like the cinematic style and think it suits the game a lot. It reminded me very much of a Tarantino movie or rather a two part epic like Kill Bill in terms of characters etc. and I think it's quite possible that this is where IO got some of their inspiration (since it's rumoured that Dexter was to be originally played by Keith's brother David Carradine who plays Bill in the aforementioned series). In saying this I have not played any of the other Hitman games.. but judging by that list three posts up the other games weren't half as good and were a lot less challenging not to mention that most of the reasons given by the author as to why the game "sucked" are actually the things that made it so good. I plan on getting the HD trilogy (if it ever comes out on PS3) so I will likely get to see how the other games in the series stack up but this is definitely one of the best games I've played in a while.

 

 

Yea it sucks David Carradine passed away .

He accidentally killed himself while having a wank.. I can think of a lot of things that are more tragic to be honest.

[Cosmic Gypsy]

Anyone else noticed the TERRIBLE pedestrian AI? In that mission where your at some market place, you can shoot your gun into the crowd and ALL the people will just mindlessly run back and forth infront of you, they could have atleast made the civi AI at LEAST half plausible.

[Mr. Reaper.]

 

He accidentally killed himself while having a wank..

I wonder how many people will think you're bullsh*tin'.

 

Does suck that he has passed though.

He was a great actor.

 

But apparently not that great of a man.

 

 

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I plan on getting the HD trilogy (if it ever comes out on PS3)

It's already out.

 

I've actually just stopped playing it to take a break and check the forums.

 

 

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Anyone else noticed the TERRIBLE pedestrian AI? In that mission where your at some market place, you can shoot your gun into the crowd and ALL the people will just mindlessly run back and forth infront of you, they could have atleast made the civi AI at LEAST half plausible.

Have you updated the game to it's latest version?

Edited February 4, 2013 by Mr. Reaper.

[The Notorious MOB]

 

He accidentally killed himself while having a wank..

 

I wonder how many people will think you're bullsh*tin'.

 

No, seriously that's how he died.

 

 

 

I plan on getting the HD trilogy (if it ever comes out on PS3)

 

It's already out.

 

I've actually just stopped playing it to take a break and check the forums.

On PS3? I thought it had only been released on Xbox 360 so far??

Edited February 4, 2013 by Money Over Bullshit

[Mr. Reaper.]

 

No, seriously that's how he died.

 

I know that's how he died, I'm a fan of his films.

Especially the Tarantino ones.

 

I said I wonder how many people will think you're bullsh*tin' I know it's true.

It was some choking thing, you choke yourself before you shoot or something.

 

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On PS3? I thought it had only been released on Xbox 360 so far??

 

It's on PS3, I brought it today on disc.

 

If you doubt me feel free to send me a Friend Request: THR-MC_PRESIDENT

You can see what I'm playing or, even check my trophies!

[The Notorious MOB]

No, seriously that's how he died.

 

I know that's how he died, I'm a fan of his films.

Especially the Tarantino ones.

 

I said I wonder how many people will think you're bullsh*tin' I know it's true.

It was some choking thing, you choke yourself before you shoot or something.

 

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On PS3? I thought it had only been released on Xbox 360 so far??

 

It's on PS3, I brought it today on disc.

 

If you doubt me feel free to send me a Friend Request: THR-MC_PRESIDENT

You can see what I'm playing or, even check my trophies!

No need for all that mate I believe you.. I went to a couple of places and could only see the 360 version.. I also couldn't find any news pertaining to the PS3 version post release online so I figured it was yet to be released on that platform.

[Algonquin Bridge]

I enjoyed Absolution, but I'm not without my gripes.

 

Cinematic Story Focus

Please, drop it in the next outing. The "cinematic" approach is more harmful to this game than anything else, if you ask me. As a result of this focus, we had far too many levels that were essentially corridors of "Escape the Cops!" in the early part of the game and "Infiltrate this facility!" later on. Not that earlier Hitmans were exempt from this style of level (Graveyard Shift in SA had you sneak around that office complex without having a target to kill), but when the best part of the game is "Escape/Infiltrate", I just don't find it fun. Especially when we have levels like the King of Chinatown, Streets of Hope or Blackwater Penthouse.

 

Have the story unfold in the background, and don't let it have any more bearing on the actual levels and gameplay than it should. It has worked in previous instalments, so please carry on with this from now on.

 

Inventory

Bring back the pre-mission equipment screen. Of course, this links into the story focus, as the circumstances of Absolution often mean you can't choose what weapons you bring to the mission. But seeing as 47 seems to have returned to the good ol', Travis-less Agency at the end of Absolution, hopefully the circumstances won't prevent you from choosing your weapons too.

 

Speaking of equipment...

 

Drop the 3-upgrade limit on weapons

If I've earned enough dough to have Full-Auto Silverballers with Laser Sights, Level 2 Scopes, Level 2 Silencers, Magnum Ammo and an Extended Clip, then I should be able to use that insane pistol in my ventures. It adds a layer of replayability, allowing you to re-try a mission with more beefy equipment, or even just cut loose and go nuts with insanely-powerful guns. Of course, old things such as "No Silencers if you're using the Long Slide" should come into effect, but don't follow the current constricting standard of limiting upgrades.

 

Return the Sedative Syringe and Poison Syringe

Okay, so the Sedative Syringe made an appearance, albeit not as frequent as previous instalments. However, the ability to poison/sedate enemies without having to rely on the level having a bottle of rat poison/fugu fish lying about would be nice. "Why return the sedative syringe when you can subdue anyone hand-to-hand?" Well, H2H makes a fair amount of noise, enough to alert an enemy. Have the sedative act as the silent killing fibre wire, except instead of silently killing them, it silently sedates them.

 

For Contracts mode? Perhaps, as it may make certain Contracts impossible to complete effectively without a fully-upgraded gun.

 

Otherwise, I had a lot of fun. Graphically, Absolution is astounding. The Challenges are fun (though some could use an actual description instead of just "The Boys in Blue meet Little Boy Blue") and add a lot of replay value to the game.

[Mr. Reaper.]

Inventory

Drop the 3-upgrade limit on weapons

Return the Sedative Syringe and Poison Syringe

Yes!

YES!

and

OH f*ck YES!

 

I HATE the lack of inventory options before the missions.

But as you said it's justified by the situation most of the time.

 

 

I HATE the 3 Slot Upgrade Cap, it's feels so much like CoD.

I loved Blood Money having a two Full-Auto, Magnum Round Packed, LongSlides on Blood Money.

Granted I never used them as I went for the Silent Assassin Rank, but there were cool.

I felt the 3 Slots were a step back in the series, also I couldn't find picklock nor armor upgrades..

 

 

I loved poisoning foods, I can think of several missions right now when they would've been great.

Especially being able to sedate people via drinks, or donuts.

[The Notorious MOB]

Is the code for the 30 day Playstation Plus trial not working for anybody else??

[Creed Bratton]

 

Bring back the pre-mission equipment screen. Of course, this links into the story focus, as the circumstances of Absolution often mean you can't choose what weapons you bring to the mission.

This is irrelevant. The story shouldn't have such a negative impact on gameplay. There is nothing wrong with having the ability to customize your loadout regardless of the story. It's a game. It should be fun. And it's a Hitman game. It should allow such freedom. I don't think their decision not to have a loadout selection was based on wanting to make the game "realistic". I think it was just one of gazillion terrible design choices.

[Algonquin Bridge]

GTAvanja, I agree entirely. It just links in with my point about Absolution's story-focus harming the game overall - If they weren't so hell-bent on doing a more "personal contract" with Hitman, involving him selling his equipment and instead relying on unsilenced snub noses to "infiltrate" hotels, then we might've had a lot more fun.

 

A bit of an easier ride? Perhaps. But then again - if you've done well enough to earn enough dough to pimp out your Silverballers, then you've earned the privilege to have a bit of an easier time. If you ask me.

[.dre.]

Just beat it. Not my kind of game. I guess I'm too impatient when it comes to stealth. Story didn't interest me much either and the gameplay felt stale after awhile but I love being in different atmospheres/levsls. But that's about it. 7/10.

[Doublepulse]

GTAvanja, I agree entirely. It just links in with my point about Absolution's story-focus harming the game overall - If they weren't so hell-bent on doing a more "personal contract" with Hitman, involving him selling his equipment and instead relying on unsilenced snub noses to "infiltrate" hotels, then we might've had a lot more fun.

 

A bit of an easier ride? Perhaps. But then again - if you've done well enough to earn enough dough to pimp out your Silverballers, then you've earned the privilege to have a bit of an easier time. If you ask me.

Yea you guys both made great points about the story messing up the gameplay. I feel like the Contracts Mode tried to make up for that, but failed. I feel like because contracts mode was not connecting to the story, yet used in the same environments, it kind of did not live up to my expectations, especially since you can only select 1 weapon! While I love the use of improvise weapons through out the levels, it should not replace your other weapons.

 

That also gets me upset about the inventory management. I loved the old inventory layout and management on the previous games, especially BM and Contracts. Lot of the little things missing from Absolution that were in the old games is a big deal for some reason. And when I think about it, there was not really a good variety of improvise weapons, I feel like the ones they put are good, but they got old really fast because they were improperly placed.

 

But it is still a great game, I am still playing it and trying to get all of the challenges. I think that is one of the better things in the game. Even though it is just a simple score, it still gives some satisfaction from completing them.

[Chukkles]

As a pretty big hit an fan, I have stayed away from this game.

I've played all since silent assassin, unfortunately I never got to play the original.

 

But this just feels like they alienated their major fan base and it sucks.

 

Yes I have not played it, I have no real intention to buy it, and you won't sway me.

I hope they learn from this game who their real fans are and cater to them specifically.

Hitman was never about an easy ride, it was about taking you time and surveying the entire area and all people until you knew what should be done, then putting it into practice.

 

Not doing it all on the fly, I mean no other game has allowed such a method as staking out your target and environment in such a way. As far as I know.