Review: HITMAN (Season 1)
Вставка
- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- A week spent with gaming's most robust weirdo simulator.
HITMAN's on Steam at store.steampowe...
Last week on the TOVG cast, Jirard joined on to talk about the Nintendo Switcheroo and Skylight Pizza: www.thatonevide...
"can you even believe there hasn't been a 007 stealth game this whole time?"
*smiles Bondly*
Love the reviews and editorials on this channel. The funny thing is I don't even play or buy the majority of the games that channels like yours cover, I just enjoy watching the videos about them - and your style of analysis is really compelling for me to listen to. Keep it up :)
Owen Macdonald same here
Silvio Grijalva I binge watched a fair few of his videos the other day, he's got a really engaging narration style and analytical approach to his videos.
I only really play FIFA, GTA, and then a small handful of other smaller games but I watch quite a range of video game reviewers and since I've discovered this guy he's climbed my rankings for who's videos I look forward to the most. Only Innuendo Studios comes to mind for who I'd place ahead of him right now!
Watch his In-dept review of MGS3. truly a journalisim masterpiece
Exactly
+Owen Macdonald Have you ever seen any of Matthewmatosis content? If not then I highly recommend him as well.
Going between George's and Matthew's videos back to back is a good binge day.
The marketing people behind the game deserve shame for ruining the state of the game. A very well-polished game covered with dirt. Man...
That's square Enix for ya
WolfyzP0W nah they are actually listening to their fans on twitter and keep patching the game
Makes me feel bad for all the quality devs who are subject to Squeenix.
"A very *well-polished* game *covered with dirt*."
Nice oxymoron.
I'm new here, but these are the best reviews I have found in my time here on UA-cam. Sincerely, these are truly amazing. The writing is witty, sharp, but also I can clearly digest every single sentiment put forward. Keep up the fantastic work, its incredible.
I agree. this and total biscuit are only reviewers I really enjoy watching.
Try Joseph Anderson as well. similarly competent reviews with no hint of pretension.
Stay as far away from Noah-Cadwell Gervais as possible. The guy eats a thesaurus every time he writes, it's so cringey.
Those are a bit... Dated...
noah cadwell gervais pwns u noob
Watch the MGS2 review, it will blow your mind
after all these years I still remember you comment how hitman was the James Bond game the game industry never had the guts to make and today of all days it feels wholeheartedly appropriate with IO's announcement that they are actually making a James Bond game hehehe looks like you were a few years ahead of the curve
I just can't get past the fact that this many games in, no one has thought to put up a big sign in every city saying "IF YOU SEE A BALD GUY WITH A TATTOO ON HIS HEAD WHO NEVER SMILES HE IS GONNA KILL YOU"
But that would ruin the fun. It would be like the Templars in the AssCreed games saying to their goons 'Shoot anyone in a hood ON SIGHT.'
yes, but as an excuse to have Agent 47 elude them by putting on a terrible wig and awkward grimace
That's funny, but I'm sure you can see how that could lead down a dodgy path...we've plenty of analogues to this already in the real world. Instead of "No blacks, no dogs, no Irish", it'd be "No bald guys with head tattoos". Slippery slope!
They have put them signs up. Hitman replaces them with ads for the hitman game
Well, in canon, 47 have never been seen by anyone other than The ICA, The Five Fathers (dead), The Franchise (dead), Mark Parchezzi III (dead) , Alexander Cayne (dead) Jordan Cross (canon because its said he was found riddeled with bullet holes, that means that 47 shooting him while the tape of Cross killing Highmore was the canon kill) and i think thats it, correct me if i am wrong. And suit only is canon.
Why are you knocking the graphics ? The game looks great. People really expect way too much out of games visually,to the point of exhausting developers.
HeelPower200 Right. The level of detail and level design makes up for any perceived short comings.
Graphics are the least important thing! As long as the game is easy to look at it’s fine. Graphics are just an appetizer.
@@nuv2987 here casing hitman, for the epic store release , :)
Dear George,
If you want to see someone who is trying to fight this Online Only Game industry, you should go check out Ross Scott at Accursed Farms and watch Ross's Game Dungeon. He's the guy who made "Freeman's Mind" in an 8 year run which began on Machinima and eventually became he own personal mission to complete it. In some of his Game Dungeon episodes, he addresses how online games are allowed to die and he rallied his subscribers to address this problem. You might find it impressive, or amusing, or a fruitless rebellion, but I thought I'd at least suggest his channel to you.
IIrc from twitter he already knows him.
He's talked about the game dungeon on TOVG podcast before.
That a thing he's done on multiple occasions, or in one specific one? If the latter, remember which episode? Interested in George's perspective.
George did call that Bond game 4 years ago... damn
So let me get this straight. The game istelf is great but all the higher up bullshit almost ruins it? Thanks again Square.
Square Enix sure hasn't ruined the game for me. I've got 200+ hours on the game in the 7 months it has been out. I genuinely want you to explain how the game is so dramatically ruined for you.
Rockman Duderino The always online DRM?
"I genuinely want you to explain how the game is so dramatically ruined for you." Has online only drm has made this game unplayable? It sure hasn't for me. It plays great. I would you like to explain it to me how the game is "RUINED" instead of just repeating the buzz word.
Rockman Duderino Buzzword? Trying living in a third world country, where the Internet is expensive and trying to play the game without it disconnecting from the servers every hour or so. Then tell me how DRM 'enhances' your experience.
Hell I love Hitman 2016 but the always online is hurting the game.
I can tell you this, people in rural areas with shitty internet connections aren't going to be happy.
For those who don't know, in the certain areas of the United States the fastest internet speed you can get is 15 Mbps with a 50 GB data cap. And that's the best plan money can buy.
Edit: Realized that I didn't mention what country I was referring to.
DSL just doesn't cut it these days :/
Stephen Weston yep.
I don't think their system is data intensive, it just requires a connection. It's likely watching one 1080p video on youtube would be orders higher than a couple of play sessions of hitman. (speculating)
15mbps is fine. But data caps should be illegal. I'll stick to 6mbps unlimited data.
Holo Considering Doom 2016 is a whopping 80 GB download, AAA games only keep getting bigger.
It's such a shame.....I would buy the hell out of this game if it wasn't for this always online BS.....Shame, a real shame. It seems that the publisher doesn't really trust or believe in the quality of their own studio. It basically an offense for those studios.
That's exactly my sentiment about the situation.
Which is a shame because Brad and Dan from Giant Bomb have been raving about this game for a while.
Jeffrey Herkk it might end always online when disc version comes out, who knows
Portugal i hope for that.
Portugal Don't bet on it.
A lot of games with a "disc" is just a game with a Steam code. Look at MGS 5 and Civilization 5.
just pirate the game like i did to piss these people off xD
As things stand this in contention for my GOTY. A fantastic game.
I mean it is eggcellent . . . .
I just started playing this, after getting it on sale. Wow, the game is FANTASTIC. I genuinely love that they were able to take the 2016 levels and do them with the 2018 improvements.
It blows my mind how much detail is in these games. How many random rooms there are, how many little stories you can follow. I really appreciate that it's got a forgiving stealth system as well. I don't feel as frantic or anxious sneaking around or improvising. If the stealth was more finicky or difficult, I wouldn't feel as incentivized to go off the beaten path. But as it stands, I'm fine improvising in levels because I feel like I can get away with it.
I literally just sat down with a cup of tea and a snack, nice timing, George!
"it's the James Bond game that the games industry never had the guts to make"
Well well well
Well, this still sounds very encouraging, I'll have see if I can pick it up in a sale somet-
"It's always online"
_Nope_
How about the devs getting creative and implement something that doesn't hamper the customer? We have online authentication for years now, and it has done little to nothing to stop or even reduce piracy. They should give people incentives to buy a game, not ones not to buy them. Maybe piracy wouldn't be such a big issue then. To be honest, the online only aspect and the weird episodic release model made me not buy it, even though I love the Hitman series. But now that it's out and seeing that it's apparently pretty solid makes me reconsider.
Bleeters I know right? I never buy games with expiration dates, and since "online only" means "plays until company stops paying for it", I'm out.
外人KUSH definitely buy it if it comes out on disc maybe then they'll fix that online only crap and you won't have to be online
I agree. Unless they patch it it's just not worth it.
Richard I've played it and it is worth u just need a good connection there's way more value in this game than most of the stuff that's out now
I wouldn't touch it anyway.
I don't care how good a game is if the practices are bad.
Stephen Lynx Your loss.
My internet sucks shit so this would really suck for me.
enjoy a your tasty but rotten fruit while you can.
BrokenMikrofone
First, it forces you to be connected to a game exclusively single player.
Seconds, it removes content for the single purpose of making you buy without waiting for reviews or the whole game to be released.
Then I will never, ever going to give these people money.
I am not saying what other people should do, I am stating what I do.
by the way Super Bunnyhop, Absolution is actually a very good game, the reason us hitman fans were dissapointed with it is that it didn't feel like a hitman game with the linear structure and that you're mainly up against armies of mercs and disguises aren't worth much and were never very useful, add to that agent 47 spends half the game being outwitted by an inbred downs syndrome victim and the story just goes totally science fiction and becomes unbelievable. aside from that.... Good game.
you should play it deffinately.
As a Hitman fan I really hated Absolution. Not because it didn't feel like a Hitman game (for the most part), but because I think it's a very bad stealth game itself. So I couldn't disagree more.
darkrage6
how silly the story was aside, i was talking about the gameplay personally. might as well have been playing generic stealth game #82 for most of it. hide behind cover, wait for them to pass, strangle em, rinse repeat. i should probably mention i was playing on the hardest difficulty (either professional or hitman, can't remember how its called) where they see your disguise in about a literal second. maybe on lesser difficulties more "conventional" hitman tactics could have worked, but then again if that's the case, that's just poor game design imo.
Off topic, but you should do a retro review of Thief 1 and/or 2.
and the new Thief as an example of what not to do
And as a bonus T2X: Shadows of Metal Age.
It had some genius moments.
+Arnas Sirvydas First one had too much action (damn catacombs).
After first you start really appreciate great level design of second Thief.
Good Lord, I adore "Life of the Party" mission from second game.
id totally watch that. love those games
Seems pretty on topic to me.
I agree with the game being excellent and think that the online only part is just baffling and I'll be surprised if it doesn't get removed eventually either officially or unofficially. However I very much disagree on a few things mentioned.
In Absolution Instinct was dreadful but here it's mostly used to see objects that can be interacted with and keeping an eye on NPCs. If the minimap is fine for that, what's the problem with a feature that does essentially the same thing, but doesn't look nearly as ugly?
And Marrakesh being among the best levels in the series? I'm fairly sure it's regarded as the worst main mission in the game by most people as the important locations are just average compared to areas in other levels and the bazaar in between only wastes your time as you replay the mission over and over.
The words "working save system" also caught my attention as it definitely isn't all that working, saving can often influence AI in nasty ways like making them get stuck on a loop or otherwise screw up their behavior. Saves breaking isn't the only technical flaw like that, there's a fair number of glitches and problems that can get really annoying like NPCs having viewcones so big that they can see behind themselves or them seeing 47 through solid walls.
The point about challenges is very good and I'd add that the way challenges and unlocks work, the difficulty curve is a bit backwards. It doesn't actually become a problem until Hokkaido, where inventory slots are locked behind a ton of challenges. I like how the challenges encourage different approaches, but I hope they're thought over a bit more before the second season.
Still, as a long time Hitman fan who has been playing this since release I think it's a really damn good game, but it's easy to see how it could be even better.
hi
Sounds nitpicky to me. Yea it could be better. But honestly, I'm happy with this game.
I wasn't expecting much after Absolution, so I only bought the first 2 episodes, but was blown away. This is easily the second best in the series, possibly the best.
Jack Caboose
Too bad it's tied up in a lot of bullshit.
Nathan Cassidy Yeah, it is. I really want to know what they're planning to do when they shut the servers down, because it'd be a shame to lose such a great game.
It works offline just fine.
asdasd123qweqtr If by fine you mean without any equipment or unlocks (You can't even use the silverballers without being online!), then yeah, I guess it *technically* works.
asdasd123qweqtr
"It works offline just fine."
Sure, without 90% of the content that was promised.
Always online = Never Purchased.
I don't believe in $60 "rentals".
And now IO is making an actual James Bond game - gotta pat yourself on the back for that one
Why? It'll be worse than these Games in every regard except graphics.
I'm probably 100-200 hours in on Hitman 2016 and I am about halfway through mastering Sapienza with 4-5 other levels untouched. This is a game best played as silent assassin where the goal is no bodies found / not spotted. I have not experienced a game that provides me the same sense of accomplishment as Hitman 2016. The beautiful part is that I enjoy the game the more I play. It's the Hamlet of video games in my opinion.
You have no idea how happy I am you made this review. I did not start the video yet, but I want to thank you, this game goes so under the radar, only public discussion it raises are people bashing the episodic release, not giving a fuck about the game itself.
HITMAN is my personal GOTY for this year.
George, we don't care how badly you mispronounce our names.
Sincerely, a Danish fan.
Not enough noodles being levitated by chopsticks. 0/10.
Seriously though, good review.
Remember when you could sit down, put a game disc/cartridge into your console, and play it. No hour-long day-1 patches, no network issues, all your friends didn't know you were currently playing a game, no one could hack your account and prevent you from accessing your games, etc etc...
Maybe I'm being nostalgic, but I miss 100-percent offline gaming.
yeah but don't be so sad, you don't have to buy those games, if this one is so good, for exemple, it may be hacked, maybe, at least you gotta keep hoping, and NOT BUY !
Most of your money won't go to the devs anyway, it will go to the publisher who will try to screw you even more next time.
There is plenty of great games this days ! Don't be so sad.
It's already old for you maybe but take a look at Shadow of mordor, now even a stupid assassin's creed rip off can be Amazing ! and played 100% offline even with dlcs.
Look at gog.com and all the great games there.
etc..
We need to face the big evil corporations and step up. Just "not buying" is an act of resistance and it is benefical for the industry, 'cause even if that hurt good games, it will force the publishers to follow the devs more, so they can make a profit. You're not helping the good devs by bying their games.
Stupid comparison : you don't help the slaves by bying a lot of cotton to slavers, you only encourage them to buy more slaves and ruin more lives and games.
BigC60 This reads like a parody and I wish it was.
Welp... I was gonna buy this game... then I found out its always online. I will never support those games unless its an MMO... because there is zero excuse for that.
the whole DRM bussiness of "allways online" just makes Piracy look good in comparison...
yeah i said it, sue me. xD
Pirate the game, donate to the developer, fuck the publisher. It is sad that this is literally how I live my gaming life now because it's the only way I can justify using the products.
ImBarryScottCSS I only pirate games that I want to try before I purchase to see if its worth the money. Right now I am playing a pirated version of Stellaris. Some games I will not pirate because I know they will be good anyways.
+voiceofreason467 I highly recommend getting a version with the Leviathan story pack, then!
Erhart I'm already sold on the game due to my first Alien encounter... closed the border on me because I violated its sacred Traveler's space sarcophagus after it greeted me fairly friendly like and I apologized. Although I can't purchase it until after sometime latter next year (gonna be getting a Christmas present and am purchasing some upgrades for my ORIGIN Genesis OEM sop its gonna take awhile), so I'm gonna fuck around with the game until I can purchase it. I noticed something called the Kennedy Update on the page so I'm gonna be keeping an eye out for that.
I think the episodic structure is actually better for the consumer when the game is first released. Don't have enough money to pay 60 dollars up front? Well, pay for a 6th of the game for 10. And, after all the episodes are released, they could pack it all into one package. Then, the price will go as a regular game. Unless they start making the system more bullshit like charging the same 60 dollar amount for each episode, then I don't think it's bad at all. Potentially, it could be good for marketers and consumers since it basically lets the consumer pay for a paid demo of some sorts.
Darth Hole
While I don't disagree with the model in principle, the way that they are handling the release of content like the "elusive contracts" is complete bullshit and downright predatory.
In a year where we have No Man's Sky and Bethesda trying to market a game on trust, people shouldn't be rewarding what I would call cowardly behavior.
Plus it's pretty exclusive to regions that don't have great bandwidth. I can tell you for a fact that the rural areas of the US that only get access to satellite internet where the fastest speed you can get is 15 Mbps. And that's before you account for the data cap.
Nathan Cassidy You act like 15mbps is slow lol. The UK average is like 18mbps... Rural areas "here" get 13mbps. Be lucky you don't live in Northern Ireland because rural speed maximum is like 8mbps.
honestly, the folks saying "no one cares about online DRM" are the same people who don't have to worry about reliable internet access. I guarantee you when Square shutters the DRM servers in a few years and no one can play the game that sentiment will change.
I'mma jump into this conversation and wave my suffering dick around.
Rural Canada. Until I moved out of the town I lived in, the best speed you could get was 1mbps that was actually more like a third of that because the ISP in the area didn't give a shit about the quality of their service when they had the monopoly.
More to the point, while I've grown increasingly skeptical of the Episodic release structure of games, it looks like it worked fine for this game so I can give it a solid thumbs up.
The Always Online bullshit and the apparent retardation of advertising entire streams of event style content for a single player game that can only be played once within a specific time frame and then never again despite the game being single player is just mindbogglingly stupid though.
as a german i have 0.6 mb/ps so that sucks. thats quite normal for german rural areas btw.
Another online only single player game? I refuse to buy those just on principle no matter how good the game is. Consumers should stand up against such practices.
the idiots shouting "NO ONE CARES ABOUT ONLINE DRM" couldn't be more wrong. Online DRM is a fucking cancerous plague. These people don't have limited internet access. These folks don't have data caps, satellite only access etc. they have decent cable and it's stable. well, fuckfaces, that doesn't exist everywhere.
It's not even just that. What happens for these games that connect to a dedicated server when that server inevitably gets taken down? It doesn't matter whether or not you have a good internet connection or data cap at that point, you're never gonna get the full experience anyway.
Yes, but if it doesn't affect us, why would we care? As in why should I care about them.
*Playing devil's advocate here, before y'all grab the pitchforks.
Strideo1 and the shitty thing is if no one buys the game because of a horrible business practice, the developer would probably receive lay offs and the franchise would be seen as having "not that much interest among consumers".
It doesn’t affect us until it does. And when you realize it does, it’s too late, it’s in every game.
13:35 what is going on here?
I was wondering the same, it looks like a youtube glitch.
Yeah pretty weird stuff.
Editing glitch
it should of been the ramen noodle machine
I assumed it was something that only made sense to people who play Hitman. No?
The hop is such an underrated channel, yet you give better more unbiased reviews on games and even your criticisms are well thought out.I guess people dont have enough of an attention span to appreciate this content, because its some of the best gaming content on the site.
Dear George, I watch your show because you are one of the most engaging and trust-inspiring reviewers/critics I know of, not because of your ability to pronounce the names of my countrymen :D
Besides, you did pretty well on Jesper Kyd's first name. As for the surname, well, I'd never expect an American to be able to pronounce the Danish Y.
It's not really the Y that's the problem. At least not for the Americans I have spoken with. It's the flat D at the end, which is entirely unique to Danish and a nightmare for most foreigners.
Silver Hawkins Really? Are we talking about the same consonant here? Isn't it just a soft D? The kind that's pronounced the same as an unvoiced TH, as in the English words 'the' or 'there'.
Yeah, the very same. The Danish Y is pronounced the same as the French U. The English "th" is similar to the "soft" D but substantially different, in that it leads into a vowel. There's a reason the sentence "rød grød med fløde" is notorious, and it's not just the Ø (which is pronounced the same as a French E).
I've tutored Danish to English speakers and that was really the biggest hurdle they had to overcome in regards to pronunciation.
I had no idea. That's very interesting. Our Y is of course also the same as the German Y, but I've never heard native English speakers be able to pronounce that vowel in either German, French, or any Scandinavian language. I'm surprised that the Americans you've talked to didn't have problems with that. I certainly didn't know that soft D was a problem, but I see your point with the lack of a subsequent vowel.
That last point really is a deal-breaker for me. So, thank you but no thank you.
Danish viewer here. I'm not going anywhere! I actually liked Absolution for the most part. The disguise system was absolute shit though, and the last level was hell. I'm glad to see you enjoyed this game because I had lost all hope when they made it episodic. And I personally think all that online and timed bullshit is the work of Square Enix.... A shame. And yeah... Jesper Kyd is dearly missed.
Thanks a lot for letting us know that we can turn off instinct mode and opportunities! I'm certainly going to turn off the minimap as well to focus more on observing the surroundings.
Thank you for mentioning Jysper Kyd, I thought I was the only one who really missed his musical flair in the game. Really miss this composer.
"The Blood Money 2 you always wanted" FUCKING SOLD
Watching first half of the review: "I really should buy this game."
Watching second half of the review: "I will never buy this game."
You called the James Bond thing early! Well done.
I hate it when a single-player game is destroyed by its DRM. I bought GTA IV and I can't play it. I love Hitman series but this "always on-line" DRM is appalling. It's a shame that future generation won't be able to experience the fruit of hard work and creativity of so many people due to short-sightedness and greed of publishers/investors/whomever. I hope they choke on their money and die.
We can hope that they remove it at some later time.
You still can play gta4, mp as well.
GOG without DRM, or we'll end up waiting for a pirate repack with plenty handled locally to ensure we'll have a working game later.
Sadly, GOG doesn't get everything. I always check back on them before I buy anything on Steam. But the Big publishers mostly release old stuff, like the original Crysis a few weeks back.
I think that a way to play it offline is playing it on console maybe. Ofc the graphics would be worse and you get less controls so it ain't a true fix, but afaik all console games are working offline on your primary console in PS4
3 things I don;t like about HITMAN are:
- You can;t turn on restricted amount save files like in previous games.
- You need internet connection to play it properly.
- I think that instead of Mastery Levels and shit like that I think thye should do it like in Blood Money. You get certain amount of cash for each finished contract, depending on if you retrived your suit, if you killed anybody but the target, if anybody seen you. Later you can spent that money for equipement mission starting points and stuff. But you don;t buy them once. You have to pay each time you need to . You can buy certain amount of rubber ducks for example. And when it's about starting points on each map you pay every time you start over a contract from the main menu.
4:00 your comments on Hitman as 007 have aged very very well now that IOI is officially making a Bond game
It's such a treat when I see a new video from you, especially reviews.
Spy games?
How about *No One Lives Forever*?
Of course, this game also hadn't social part of spy life.
Demien C Oh, I love NOLF games, perfect spy games ever made. Personally, I consider first nolf best fps ever
Super Bunnyhop : That was one awesome review. Very Detailed and gave the viewer (me) exactly what I was looking for: A complete picture that helps me decide if I should spend for this game.
Thank you!
This will be amazing when the full version is released.
Neoshenlong Umm, the full version did already release.
I have not seen a physical version for PS4 anywhere. Maybe it is not available in my country yet.
Neoshenlong Well the physical copies aren't out yet, but you can buy the full game digitally now. I'm sure the physical copies will come out soon.
Victor Cardena Yeah that's what I meant, physical copies, sorry it was my bad, I wasn't clear enough haha The problem is the PS Store does not has support for the local coin, so I need to pay in US dollars and the change of coin makes everything expensive as fuck. So I need to buy physical. I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy the heck out of this game when it is released as a full physical version.
Neoshenlong Oh haha that sucks. But trust me the game is worth every penny. In fact, I'm playing it right now!
With the ioi 007 announcement I had to tell a few James bonds fans about hitman 2016. Your James Bond segment was perfect
This dude called the IO bond game before they even knew it existed
"What do you do when you hate the marketing, but love the GAME they're marketing."
Deus Ex Mankind Divided fits this bill so well. Absolutely stunning game, totaly got fucked by Square's marketing. The shortened to game to make a sequel faster, fucked with preorder bonuses, fucked with DLC, and overall just went out of their way to wring every last cent out of the IP they could.
Grinds my gears.
4:08 Given the recent news...
Only been subscribed to superbunnyhop for about a week but im already a huge fan. Already binge watched a ton of your old vids and i gotta say its easily some of the best games reviews and analysis on youtube!
Was considering a purchase till the negatives now all I can think is fuck that game
It's so fucking great that an employee will think you're lost instead of satan.
Well George because of that "expiration date" problem and episodic release system I didn't buy Hitman. Also I added Square Enix to my long list of publishers I boycott (EA and Ubisoft) yeah it sucks but sometimes you have to make a stand.
Hey man, as probably the only dane that watches you, i just wanted to say you'll never lose me. For better or worse...
Love it!! I wish you had mentioned the lack of local languages though. I find it hard to truly immerse myself when Im supposed to be in Italy and everyone is American or British.
I love the way the videos always fade out to gameplay SFX for the last 10 seconds
when 7.5 is considered a bad review you know theres something wrong with the way we review games.
"His perspective is a cockpit for video game players to fully immerse themselves into." that's the kind of writing you almost never see in games journalism. A fanfrickentastic video review.
Season 1 is currently on half price for £21.99 on PS Store!
ITHADchannel im strongly considering it
ITHADchannel its free now on playstation store, im currently downloading it.
Laughs in
Hitman 1 & 2 for free
Tomb Raider 1-3 for free
Tons of more great games FOR FREE
One just has to wait
thank you for the "turning off the opportunities and instinct options" changed the game for me.. love your reviews.
I actually love the opportunities system because so much of previous Hitman games was just wandering around trying to figure out what arbitrary series of things you had to do to trigger the "correct" way to do the kill. That's always been a real limit on my enjoyment of the series, so I'm really glad the option is there now to just have the game say "hey, here's the cool shit you can do in this level"
pathetic. there is nothing arbitrary. It needs logic. I doubt you have that so by all means turn your opportunities on.
To answer George's question in the end of the review:
No. I'm not buying this game. The moment I heard that they have this DRM feature for a single player game, I call bull.
I urge others not to buy it too, despite how good the game is. The game's lifeline is in their hands and if they decide pull the plug, you'll be missing out on a lot that this game has to offer.
This sort of practice I simply cannot tolerate. Give me options or I will look elsewhere. I don't care how good your game is.
Yeah, I always wanted Hitman to go a little darker and cynical. The marketing always showed the game as an edgy assassin simulator which it kinda was but Hitman for some reason only kills awful people. But the ads were nothing like it!!! Remember "Beautifuly Executed"? Or that famous image of 47 holding a toaster just about to throw it in a bathtub with a guy in it? It was so bad that in one of the trailers for BM they showed 47 aiming at a politician giving a speech and it looked so cool and then the original had you actually protecting the guy. Instead of all this we got a Bond-like spy action. It doesn't even fit the cold, nordic and sociopathic nature of 47. I guess the closest we got is the first tutorial mission in Blood Money where we had to kill the owner of an amusement park where an accident happened. The guy was forced to work with drug dealers and then he actually begs 47 to let him go. But unfortunately the rest of the game had you kill pedophiles, drug-dealers and white supremacists. No ex-wifes or corrupt politicians.
I have always loved Hitman for not going the edgy shades of grey route. It feels like you're death incarnate preying on the scum of the earth, putting them down in a catarthic execution of bad karma coming to get you. Hitman stories also have never been great or even very present so I don't know if the minimalistic storytelling style would fit heavier themes without coming off as juvenile
3 years late, but, assassins even close to as deadly as Agent 47 would be pretty overkill for targets whose sole backstory and reason for being targeted is being an ex-spouse.
Also I hope you remembered during this time that Blood Money's final assassination has you kill the would-be assassin of the US President, as well as the corrupt Vice-President who hired him. And later in 2015's Bangkok you kill a celebrity who pushed the client's daughter off a high place and the lawyer who got him away with it, so that should please you.
What a rollercoaster ride of a review - first I wasn't sold on the game, then I wanted to buy it, then I didn't want to buy it again.
If it wasn't 'always online' I'd totally buy this game so I think I'll just stick to Blood Money.
You're missing out mate. It's irritating but shouldn't stop you from enjoying Hitman at its new peak.
I just bought HITMAN and R6: Siege for $50 on PSN after your awesome reviews. Thanks for the fun, George!
If you think Hitman is a different, easier game with X-ray vision and markers telling you where everything, play MGSV without markers or x-ray vision, it's drastically different in the same way.
My god. You so eloquently elucidated:
- what I loved about the old games
- why absolution was bad
- the truly unique nature of hitman games and why the new one is so good.
- how to play the new game (with saves, but without helper mode) to get the maximum experience and why
You managed to do all that while simultaneously not allowing your passion for the game cloud your judgment regarding how its marketed and what that should mean to a prospective consumer. Well done. You earned a subscriber.
No noodles? Boooooo
Comrade Yui the noodles are actually just hiding really well
Don't worry, Lazy Game Reviews lastest vid has it covered :P
Comrade Yui What the fuck are you doing outside the containment board.
Change your account picture
RagingPheonix says the guy with default profile pic
I really appreciate your reviews. I can have a drink, play a game, and as I grind, I listin to people like you, yatzhee, guru larry etc. You always bring a fresh and honest perspective, and you always phrase your thoughts very eloquently, but its not forced. good stuff
I am danish and enjoyed this very much :)
Excellent review. I very much enjoy how in depth and detailed your videos are, you have a way of speaking and formulating sentences that allows me to really take in everything you say and think about the things as you go. Keep it up.
Well, your problem, Bunnyhop, is that you don't see other human beings as nothing more than sentient wallets to slake your indomitable greed. From that perspective, Square Enix is a beautiful flower that strives to make the world a better place by making itself as rich as possible, and game critics are evil little goblins that keep trying to stop those sentient wallets from puking money at publishers. Really, you're the villain here, Bunnyhop, so just stop and let Square Enix rob us and our families blind like their divine right allows them to.
the simple reason i love super bunny hop: he hs the quality and integrity of totalbiscuit, but he actually finishes the games, so unlike WTF is, you can get a heads up if the ending is bullshit, or straight up missing like in mgsv: the phantom plot
Season 2 needs:
more realistic acting AI,
better DX12 performance,
Vulcan support,
offline mode
voice actors...
Considering this is selling relatively well they will put some money back into the franchise.
can't people agree on just one comment instead of repeating the same thing over and over.
I agree with this comment
MetalSupporter95 Yeah, can't people just agree on one comment instead of repeating it over and over?
I hate when people repeat the same thing over and over, wish they could just agree on one comment.
...
CC
I was actually gonna put this game on my wishlist, being very excited by the idea that it's the social stealth side of the MGS coin. Then you mentioned the always-online shit and their zero plans to release the Elusive Target shit later and now I don't even wanna look at it. Why does Eidos think it can pull itself out of the slump by being really aggressive towards its customers?
Because it worked
For anyone that watches Aussie Gamer they've known the greatness of Hitman for awhile.
Ken Reels he even made a reference to aussie (maybe unintentionally) by saying Sky high.
Hitman Absolution is not really bad. It's just different than blood money. Its basically if Hitman and Splinter Cell had a crossover. And being a splinter cell fan as well. I really enjoyed it for what it was.
Don't worry George, it's not like I ever think you have good taste in stealth games anyway. Your moral integrity is safe with me.
To anyone interested, PSN currently has a bananas-level Black Friday discount on the first season of Hitman.
is it worth getting for 30 dollars?
I figure your first time through the game's missions will be at least 10+ hours. The huge (and more importantly, satisfying) replayability easily gives it another 30-100 hours. I figure that's a pretty good value for $30, if you like stealth games.
I love learning about game design through your channel by learning from other developers mistakes and things done right
This is a wonderful game for sure, but the always online thing concerns me. It would be seriously anti-consumer to have them eventually shut down the servers and render this game nigh-unplayable because you're forced to play it in offline mode. I hope they'd at least release a patch that restores offline functionality before that happens.
Two things: 1) Hitman's organization has always been one that's recognized by many western nations, even as far back as the first game IIRC. They also have an unspoken agreement that the organization can never take a contract to kill an elected official of a western nation unless there is clear reason to (ie. one politician is planning to kill another in a coup). 2) This is one of your best reviews, if just for your evocative language in describing the game.
How does it feel knowing you predicted IO's next project years ago?
I just got the full season, and thankfully, all progress can be made on, or offline now, glad they fixed this problem. 🙂
Umm...you can't unlock any challenges, gain exp/mastery points or get any rating whatsoever if you play in offline mode.
Your unlocks from online can be carried over to offline but nothing beyond that. Just stating it so that potential readers aren't confused.
I am not going to buy this game despite seeing it as a great stealth game until an offline mode is put in it.
same here.my Internet is really unreliable in my area and beeing forced to be looged online in a single player game is just plain stupid.
do people seriously still complain about this shit? it's 2016..
Hurt Kobain Dude, online only means that they will shut off the game someday and it will never work again.
Zaph Ior they can add a easy patch to fix that...and that won't happen at least 5 year down the road..by that time i'll be finished with the game and on to other things
Hurt Kobain 1. Why would they add a patch for it when they already decided that they aren't getting any more money from it? 2. How does that make it any better for the consumer? 3. They already decided that it's okay to just drop content from the game so the precedent is there. 4. Shady practices have already resulted from stuff like this, just last week people got banned from Origin and their bought games due to nationality. 5. Laptops exist. 6. This also means some people will get barely any time to play the game if they come late. 7. The whole point of games like this is replay value so removing the ability to replay makes it pointless. 9. What if they decide to kill the game permanently so that the sequel has to compete against it. 8. It's a practice toxic to consumers and the sentiment "they will probably be nice and let me keep my stuff" shows that too much power is held here. 9 Ultimately this assumes that the company will be able to have control of it above the more toxic publisher, who has already implemented 1984 style gameplay recording into Deus Ex, and will be able and willing to devote resources to something they clearly don't think there is money in. 10. Also assumes that the company that has had financial trouble before won't continue to have financial trouble so that they could burn money on the game.
DAMNIT GEORGE I thought you were gonna answer the question at the end because I really want this game now.
Almost went and bought it until the always on part
ya man me too fuken asso these company.
My first time seeing one of your videos, must say this is one of the best reviews I’ve seen!
Hitman: Season 1.... SEASON 1?!?!?!
yup you're right. Season 2 will come next year(most probably)
There's no love lost between me and modern games' trend of flashing constant UI prompts all over the screen, but as long as it's customisable, this installment looks like a return to form. Very thorough review, and I agree that it looks much better and closer to the series essence than whatever the hell Absolution was trying.
Agreed on the "Always Online" and "exclusive" shenanigans, though.
Absolution was not good? That's the first I heard of it, I watched a Let's Play of it, and it was a bloody fantastic game, so beautiful and interesting gameplay mechanics, the story was so-so, but besides that, it looked great. Oh, and don't worry, you won't lose your only Danish viewer :P
Absolution was trash.
SilentTree 2edgy4me
I've played every Hitman game and I'd have to say that Absolution is a pile of shit and probably the worst game in the series.
It definitely didn't understand what made Hitman, Hitman.
Absolution isn't bad, gameplay wise.
Zaziuma (Patrick Jensen) blood money is so much better than absolution
Finally it took ten years, but we got another blood money.
I'm very sad seeing all the negative comments and claims of not buying the game because of episodes /online. I mean I understand these complains but it still makes me sad, because I'm a huge hitman fan and I'm genuinely afraid that this game and franchise will wither and die... this game is fantastic.
You should be sad that they decided to use anti-consummer practices in order to try to force purchases. The response to those ridiculous actions is appropriate and it should make you happy that people don't support marketing bs.
iroveashe i understand this. I don't know whose idea was it to do online and episodes but I'll tell you this, episodic format really works for the game like Hitman.
And I don't understand why anyone sane would think that these things will push sales, they were bound to disappoint people and refuse the purchase. I don't think that was their intention no.
I don't think I have an opinion towards the episodic format as a means of delivering a story and content, not a strong one at least, but that's not the issue. If you could buy the season when it's all out and just play it offline whenever and wherever you want that would be fine. The problem is the online drm, even if the game wasn't episodic. Heck even if it wasn't always online, and it was just denuvo, I'd not buy it.
What? What denuvo has to do with this? Is it anti-consumer in any way? Never heard of it at least.
As for the online, well, you CAN play offline... barely. You can play just story missions and you don't have the access to challenges and unlocks, you just have your barebones story missions and that's it. Not much, not nearly enough, but yeah, technically, you can play offline. It's not an excuse though, I'm just elaborating on the issue.
I'm actually ok with the episodic structure. As you said, it makes sense in a game like Hitman (where replayability is a must if you want to experience the game as it was intended). But yes, the online aspect is such a bummer. It is one of my top 5 games of 2016 and I still had to give it a negative review on Steam just because that "always online" bullshit. It's such a shame.
Never played any Hitman game, but you convinced me to try this one, despite the bullshit of always online and expirable missions...