Just hit Credits.
Honestly, I think it's the worst entry in the trilogy. In a bubble it's a great game, worthy of the praise its getting and more. But when I compare Hitman 3 to Hitman 2016 there's just no comparison. There's less content and the content isn't as deep.
I'm going to play it a tonne more, but I'm dreading replaying Berlin. That could have been such a cool map if the objective wasn't what it was.
Based on the demo, the sound design is going to be intense.
i finished the game last night. I've barely touched the side-gigs. Think I've maybe done like 10 or so. I didn't really understand how to make money so I didn't really buy much. I focused a lot on trying to build up my Crafting so I could craft all my Legendary Iconics. My favourite gun ended up being the one you get from the penthouse at the end of act 1. Having a silencer on it was so nice.
Honestly, I fell pretty much right where Bens review is. The highs are so very high. There are some incredible set-pieces and the writing team has outdone themselves on creating compelling characters.
But I also find the combat to be rather dull at times.
And the bugs are so pervasive it's frustrating. Falling through the world, audio glitching out ruining dramatic highpoints, enemies glitching out and not reacting to you for an entire area.
I'm probably going to jump back in over the weekend just so I can play through one of the other endings, as the one I got was nice but wasn't particularly satisfying.
So yeah, I think Bens review is on the money. It's a strong 7, verging on an 8 if they can sort the game out technically.
Edit:
I forgot to mention that I think when CDPR say that it's the next generation open world, I sort of believe them. In terms of questing and density and the way the world is built, it's really damn cool. But as time has gone on, I can't help but find the world very flat. Anyone who isn't quest related has almost no dialogue, and when you compare that to something like Skyrim, Skyrim's population feels more real as a result. As Ben said, its comically abrupt.
It's the world that will have me recommending the game to people in the next few months, once I have word that the bugs have been worked on and fixed a lot.
Haven't even started the game yet. Spent all day waiting for the Carryover process to get fixed. Don't want to be an armchair developer but was this not obvious? Why was the carryover tool not launched a week ago, avoiding this influx of people.
@ozymandsss The Engine is much improved over Hitman 1 at this point. Also, Hitman 1 progress won’t carry over to 3. As in you’d have to complete all the challenges again. It’s honestly not worth playing through 1 and just playing Season 1 in Hitman 3 if you’re confident you want it. You get all the cutscenes and everything. You’ll also get the GOTY content for free.
When you open Hitman 3, the Hitman 1 Access Pass will be free for you to purchase.
Hitman 2 as a standalone game isn’t coming to EGS but Hitman 3 has a Hitman 2 Access Pass which will be 80% off at launch (I reckon $8 or so). It’ll get you all the content from Hitman 2.
So yeah, it depends how you feel. If you’re loving Hitman 1 and know you want to see the rest of the series, the best option in terms of money and time is to buy Hitman 3 at launch and get both the Access Passes from the In Game Store.
Yeah, I've been reading a few. It's mostly positive, but there are some rumblings about how much trying to make it more story-focused has impacted the mission design. I can't wait regardless. The way some of the mid-game levels have been spoken about as the best missions IOI have ever put together is setting seriously high expectations for tomorrow.
Great to see it get turned around so quickly. It won't be ready for launch but there's more than enough content with the Hitman 3 and Hitman 1 levels to be getting by. Hopefully they get a solution within a couple of weeks after launch.
@bam541 It's a double edged sword though. It's great if you're buying the game at launch, but you have to get in the first 14 days (10 for Hitman 1) otherwise everything is whacked up to full price again.
@dipset Lol, I thought you were talking about the original Pokemon Snap for a second and then I remembered Pokemon Sword and Shield's animation issues.