MonsterVine: "It’s been quite a while since we last saw a proper Hitman game, 10 years to be exact with Blood Money. Absolution was a decent stealth game, but a Hitman game it was not. IO Interactive seems to have heard the complaints and have refocused their strategy with the latest Hitman game being set in much larger, sandbox environments similar to the original games."
The month of October is going to be filled with excitement as the Hitman franchise is commemorating its 25 years of being in the business.
It’s the 25th anniversary this year?
I’d have assumed it would have gotten something like a remastered trilogy of the original games or a remake of the first game. Something for a 25th celebration.
Super lacklustre
Cultured Vultures: With the World of Assassination Trilogy wrapped up, here's our thoughts on the best and the worst in the series.
From PSU: "Ten years ago, the Hitman franchise was in a transitory state. Blood Money had become something of a classic and with Hitman Absolution there was a clear decision to push IO Interactive’s assassination sim series to a whole new level. That experimental, often divisive, entry turned out to be pivotal in what would follow.
Elements of Absolution, such as its accessibility and player-created content, would be mixed with the more traditional Hitman games’ sense of murderous creativity to birth the Hitman Trilogy 0f 2016-2021. A series that would take its creators on a turbulent journey of publisher changes, independence, and the eventual triumph of being handed the tantalizing 007 license."
That was my fear watching streams of the beta. I've hated this 'bat vision' since day damn one. I've called it "cheater's vision" for a reason. 20 years ago this cheater's vision would've been something you used a game genie to unlock for kicks. Now it's standard practice. It sucks the fun out of a game. There's something so fun about exploration and finding things you may have missed and not always knowing what's around the next corner (and thus needing to be prepared and on your toes). Now games let you see everything to the point that it just becomes totally mindless.