Forum Posts: 7418 | Comment #1 by Nozza x360a Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 10:39:01 AM | |
| "But is that a good thing?" - No. No it is not! |
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Forum Posts: 391 | Comment #2 by tunaleg Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 10:41:15 AM | |
| And there goes one of the best franchises.. |
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Forum Posts: 135 | Comment #3 by Doric Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 10:47:11 AM | |
Having already got doubts about absolution and holding off buying it just yet, this confirms they're catering it for the 'COD generation'.
RIP one of my favourite series. |
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Forum Posts: 998 | Comment #4 by The Bum-Mobile Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 10:50:42 AM | |
| No, no, no! |
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Forum Posts: 59 | Comment #5 by FuzzMan3000 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 10:50:45 AM | |
| Why do developers think it is a good idea to churn out quantity over quality? One of the reasons people hate COD so much is because they never take their time with it and develop it into something original, please can developers actually start listening to their target audience! |
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Forum Posts: 169 | Comment #6 by O0mix0O Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 10:53:13 AM | |
| These games are few and far between because people take their time to think about it and put in a lot of effort, as does anything Rockstar put their name to and the Elder Scrolls team. This time and thought is what makes their games so amazing and leads to amazing sales figures and fan base. I could guess that a yearly Hitman/GTA/Elder Scrolls would start to feel stale after a while... |
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Forum Posts: 88 | Comment #7 by Creasy47 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 10:57:45 AM | |
| Such a shame. RIP, Hitman. Absolution already feels like a completely different game in the series, so I suppose this was bound to happen. |
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Forum Posts: 388 | Comment #8 by PG_MaxPayne Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 11:02:41 AM | |
| As long as they don't start pumping out a new Hitman each year, this may work. I'll have to see how it pans out. |
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Forum Posts: 217 | Comment #9 by Cinderkin Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 11:05:55 AM | |
| No, No, Just No! |
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Forum Posts: 1689 | Comment #10 by XoNiNjAlEoNoX Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 11:11:34 AM | |
| nope.avi |
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Forum Posts: 436 | Comment #11 by plum Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 11:11:35 AM | |
| Goodbye agent 47 :( |
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Forum Posts: 322 | Comment #12 by Noisy Neighbour Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 11:13:54 AM | |
Love the ability of internet posters to instantly throw up their arms and start preaching the end of days.
As long as they keep a few years between games (3 year minimum) then i cant see how this is going to be a bad thng, surely it can only benefit.
Then again you never know how blind those dollar signs can make you. |
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Forum Posts: 538 | Comment #13 by fresh fish 101 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 11:15:41 AM | |
| just when i was starting to respect IO interactive and what they did with the Hitman franchise, they go and pull this BS! |
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Forum Posts: 450 | Comment #14 by stevedb79 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 11:18:16 AM | |
| Well thats ruined that game then, I know they are in the business of making money etc but when a game becomes more about money than gaming its only a bad thing in my opinion. |
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Forum Posts: 263 | Comment #15 by Saracin Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 11:25:24 AM | |
I would like to see who it is they would like to have work with them. Also this frees up IO to work on other projects instead of just doing Hitman.
And this isn't the first time they were talking about someone else making Hitman games. Originally when Vin Diesel was supposed to star in the Hitman movie his game studio, Tigon Studios, was supposed to make a game as well, but opted to make The Wheelman instead. |
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Forum Posts: 59 | Comment #16 by Ostrowski Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 11:26:20 AM | |
| this might not be a bad thing |
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Forum Posts: 96 | Comment #17 by LeafRaider Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 11:33:42 AM | |
| Who knows, this could turn out to be a good thing. |
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Forum Posts: 1 | Comment #18 by KingLouis51 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 11:39:02 AM | |
Everybody's being so negative! There are so many examples of a different team making interesting decisions that better a franchise... Treyarch with Black Ops, 343 Industries with Halo, Rockstar Vancouver with Max Payne, Ubisoft Montreal with Far Cry, Obsidian Entertainment with Fallout, Criterion Games with Need for Speed... the list goes on.
All this really means is we won't have to wait six years between Hitman games like the wait between Blood Money and Absolution. It doesn't mean the franchise is going annual, and even if that was to happen as long as there are two different teams it shouldn't make any difference to quality -- there were two year gaps between Hitman 1, 2, 3, and 4. |
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Forum Posts: 1 | Comment #19 by hibsta1992 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 11:44:11 AM | |
Depends on how close the games come out from the previously one, if next October a Hitman game comes out, I may rent it, but I certainly won't buy it and have the hype that I had for Absolution. But if the sixth Hitman game comes out in 2014 than I may preorder it. But that's just me.
And FYI to everybody still hesitant about picking up Absolution because the commercials are showing gunfights constantly, in my opinion it's impossible to get more than two shots off and walk away unscathed. This game is still very much a stealth game |
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Forum Posts: 721 | Comment #20 by Axel Desade Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 11:47:39 AM | |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umDr0mPuyQc
This just about sums up my thoughts on the matter. |
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Forum Posts: 356 | Comment #21 by General Boredom Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 11:48:14 AM | |
| Rented Absolution, not really feeling it. |
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Forum Posts: 185 | Comment #22 by DragonessAthena Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 11:54:25 AM | |
| So Hitman gets another sequel already, while Legacy of Kain stays dead? This is why I hate Eidos (and now Square Enix). |
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Forum Posts: 144 | Comment #23 by SmarmySmurf Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 12:08:28 PM | |
| Listen to @18 people! Stop doing your best chicken little impressions and use your brains! Hitman is a very formulaic franchise by its very nature, there's no reason this will have to be a bad thing unless the b-team doesn't get it at all. |
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Forum Posts: 776 | Comment #24 by XxStuartxX 1990 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 12:11:36 PM | |
| Well I can see this been a good thing, if one company goes the route of Absolution with a more story driven linear approach, and the other going the way of old with all the sandbox hit levels, then it'll keep it fresh. |
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Forum Posts: 53 | Comment #25 by ll Dem3nted ll Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 12:21:56 PM | |
| Why do this when Absolution seems to be nothing less than a Hit(no pun intended)? I understand they can't produce more than one in a give period of time but I feel that another company could mess this up for them. |
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Forum Posts: 83 | Comment #26 by shooterking69 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 12:27:16 PM | |
They might as well just kill the series and name it something else.
But out of all the games I would never of thought this one would go.
Its been fun working with you agent 47 |
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Forum Posts: 4 | Comment #27 by PrismSub7 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 12:32:38 PM | |
| It's an good thing. That way, you can skip the games from the lesser developer. You'll still get a good hitman game every 2 years ;) |
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Forum Posts: 161 | Comment #28 by Mad Man Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 12:36:13 PM | |
| Are you serious?! *Sigh* Alright, I won't make statements or opinions until after we see what these two companies can do. |
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Forum Posts: 5564 | Comment #29 by Callum x360a Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 01:03:07 PM | |
| Oh, fuck off! |
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Forum Posts: 1 | Comment #30 by Jaws as Crowns Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 01:05:08 PM | |
| They're saying they're having two teams developing the games. They didn't say a game will come out every year. |
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Forum Posts: 172 | Comment #31 by ktilla23 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 01:14:20 PM | |
| I can't believe they killed one of my favorite game series of all time. First Absolution is a piece of shit and now there going to kill it even more by handing it to other developers? I'm going to play Contracts and Blood Money,not the heavily scripted piece of shit that Absolution was! :( |
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Forum Posts: 153 | Comment #32 by Yourburntstar Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 01:14:22 PM | |
Yeah i must say this is a horrible idea. and it literally proves that game company's MILK the Titles of the games which make the sales. so pretty much just because it says "Hitman" they expect high sales. and same goes for Call of Duty, just because it has that name on the box, they can roughly calculate how much money they will make off of it before its even shipped out the door.
its pathetic what the game industry has become over the last 4 years or so, its been nothing about getting the most $ out of the consumer for the LEAST amount of product/content they can possibly get away with, without people throwing their arms in the air right away and not purchasing it. They have found the right MILKING BALANCE. its very very sad. |
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Forum Posts: 5314 | Comment #33 by JuSt BLaZe Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 01:20:31 PM | |
| Exactly what post #1 said! |
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Forum Posts: 120 | Comment #34 by alklein35 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 01:23:50 PM | |
Is it a good thing? Yes
Will people like it? No
People act like Call of Duty games only get 1 year for concept, development, and release. They seem to think that the games don't get started on until the other developer's game gets released.
I doubt Hitman will be getting yearly releases, but it will be more often than it is now. And that's a good thing, because it doesn't mean less work is going into them. It just means there's more people working on the series, so they can get the same work done in a better timeframe. |
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Forum Posts: 386 | Comment #35 by Bum Commando Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 01:34:18 PM | |
| Cool now slightly tweaked yearly iterations of another game :/. If they can pull it off great! I dont have good expectations however. |
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Forum Posts: 391 | Comment #36 by tunaleg Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 02:24:38 PM | |
| Absolution already feels like it was made by a different studio. |
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Forum Posts: 1689 | Comment #37 by XoNiNjAlEoNoX Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 02:55:18 PM | |
| @36 you were made by a different studio |
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Forum Posts: 181 | Comment #38 by I GameMaster l Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 03:06:57 PM | |
| R.I.P. agent 47, please say hi to Sam Fisher when you're in heaven :( |
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Forum Posts: 3 | Comment #39 by madsammy13 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 03:30:36 PM | |
| it could be good couldbe bad |
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Forum Posts: 518 | Comment #40 by DOPE BOI Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 03:46:48 PM | |
This not what I want to read or hear from one of the greatest franchises to me. I love playing Agent 47, the music and atmosphere. The multitude of ways to approach a target, stealth or berserk.
I don't agree or believe this method will produce good resultsbut I hope it does. After playing Absolution, I hope they have 2 different characters. I could see a different type of gameplay with Victoria. |
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Forum Posts: 391 | Comment #41 by tunaleg Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 03:52:32 PM | |
| @37 sand stuck in your vagina? |
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Forum Posts: 6 | Comment #42 by peace099 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 04:05:07 PM | |
| Oh my god these companies are so stupid! Like Activision, why would they release so many games that make a billion dollars each. They don't know how to run a business!!!! |
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Forum Posts: 1715 | Comment #43 by cheevo360 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 04:05:35 PM | |
No. Please Square Enix do not do it. I understand CoD keeping repeat every years but Hitman is great franchise and need be few years each other of series. Better stick to this. IO is great developers and need good, take time and polishes well and easy to force on that game for long time in developing. :)
Absolution is amazing series of Hitman as I must said and yes of courze it got bit of buggy for Play Style ane few gamers got problem with save corrupted (myself dont have this which is relieved).
I do happy if new developer in developing of Hitman series that fine as long as they release few years each other not every years. One of my worry if Hitman keep every years like CoD then will become another franchise getting bored quickly after one to 3 years if Hitman releases every years. Do not ruin it please, Square Enix and IO. Thank you!! |
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Forum Posts: 54 | Comment #44 by Legend Xz Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 04:08:18 PM | |
| Wow this site is full of a bunch of whiny little girls. Seriously, I have played every hitman and absolution is by FAR the best Hitman title. The levels have way more options then any Hitman before, and many levels are very large. They never said there will be a new game every year. I swear, people hear a game has SOMETHING in common with COD no matter what it may be, and they immediately think the game is going to suck. You have no clue what their plans on so stop acting like you know how the game will turn out. It's not this generation of game developers that have the problem, it is all the so called "gamers" who complain about every little thing, and find something wrong with every game. |
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Forum Posts: 6 | Comment #45 by peace099 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 04:16:16 PM | |
| @44 Only thing I really don't like about Absolution is the whole disguise thing. Makes no sense that every person wearing the same outfit as me would recognize that I'm an imposter. And I just hide my face to get past them. Other than that, I agree it's my favourite one so far. |
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Forum Posts: 54 | Comment #46 by Legend Xz Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 04:21:08 PM | |
| @46 I think it is a good idea when it comes to say a group of mechanics, or just a small group of guys, but I do agree it could use work some work to make it more believable. For instance, if you are dressed as a cop you should not alert EVERY cop in the level, but I like the challenge it provides. |
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Forum Posts: 54 | Comment #47 by Legend Xz Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 04:22:08 PM | |
| oops I the last comment was directed at 45 not 46........... my bad :/ |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #48 by HyperLethalVector Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 04:32:51 PM | |
| This could actually be a good thing. Finished Absolution and to be honest it was too linear and too aimed at action. Maybe another studio would take the less linear traditional style that the franchise used to have? |
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Forum Posts: 6 | Comment #49 by peace099 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 04:41:59 PM | |
| @46 Yes I agree with small groups. But this game is so much fun, people who complain are just doing it for the sake of complaining. |
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Forum Posts: 117 | Comment #50 by The_Truth Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 04:42:07 PM | |
@44 Totally agree.
Having multiple teams work on a franchise is not at all uncommon and calling it the death of a series is misinformed, pathetic and untrue. The idea of Hitman being milked to the extent of CoD is ludicrous, and all this implies is that Square Enix have recognised that it has a dedicated fanbase and wants to make it a somewhat higher priority. Hell will freeze over before it becomes annual. |
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Forum Posts: 809 | Comment #51 by i got squeezed Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 05:11:41 PM | |
| Hitman does not need to change devs. Absolution is flawless |
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Forum Posts: 513 | Comment #52 by Arenazombie Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 05:22:37 PM | |
| god forbit they create new IPs. |
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Forum Posts: 2 | Comment #53 by kman123 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 05:28:03 PM | |
| You know it's a bad idea when they start referring to Infinity Ward/Treyarch |
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Forum Posts: 13 | Comment #54 by Scythe100 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 05:35:03 PM | |
| Here's an idea- If another studio is going to be taking over Hitman for at least one game, that frees IO to get on with Freedom Fighters 2 FINALLY. |
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Forum Posts: 54 | Comment #55 by Legend Xz Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 06:13:54 PM | |
I thought I would add one more thing. Some people are saying this game is more linear then previous titles in the series. Well I have recently played through all the previous games once again, and Hitman Absolution actually gives you the most choices when it comes to how you want to approach something, and most of the levels in the game are at least as large as blood money's, some are even larger. Also while there are one or two levels that are somewhat linear not offering that many approaches, but that fits with the story of the game very well and is necessary. That in no way means the series has been made casual as I have seen a few people say. And once you get to the final mission (MINOR SPOILERS)
You can see agent 47 is going back to his old ways where he is no longer being hunted but is now going back to taking on contracts. Things that were in the previous hitman games, like being able to choose your weapons, detailed target briefings, etc, I don't think they were not included to make the game more streamlined, but rather to fit with agent 47's circumstances in the game. I believe they will come back later on in the series due to what the developers have said, and the approach they chose for absolution made perfect sense. |
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Forum Posts: 154 | Comment #56 by EngagedMetal7 Thursday, November 22, 2012 @ 06:58:34 PM | |
| As it's quality like Call of Duty, who can complain? |
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Forum Posts: 263 | Comment #57 by Saracin Friday, November 23, 2012 @ 01:07:07 AM | |
Not that this matters much, but this is actually not new information. Apparently a year ago when they were setting up the studio they had already said their first game would be a Hitman title. In fact it was 1 year ago today lol.
http://www.hd.square-enix.com/eng/news/2011/html/f59a62fddbf4cff95811a41d5cde6676.html |
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Forum Posts: 5 | Comment #58 by Geoffroman Friday, November 23, 2012 @ 01:32:52 AM | |
| As long as they take their time and put their heart and soul in to each new hitman we should be right. |
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Forum Posts: 147 | Comment #59 by LordBunnyHunter Friday, November 23, 2012 @ 02:29:38 AM | |
An economical decision, I'd guess. If they could just go back to the roots of Hitman and make a game that shines in that aspect that made it unique: performing silent assassinations. Blood Money was a very good game with really tough missions and a lot of ways to secretly get rid of the foes.
The series should stay like that. No "guns blazing"-thing! |
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Forum Posts: 270 | Comment #60 by davhuit Friday, November 23, 2012 @ 04:15:43 AM | |
Let's wait and see, it can't be worst than Absolution :D
The game-engine is great but the linear missions sucks.
I'm looking forward for the HD compilation personally. |
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Forum Posts: 1715 | Comment #61 by cheevo360 Friday, November 23, 2012 @ 08:23:12 AM | |
#60 Linear missions sucks? Play game and missions is amazing. Fewer is shorter but still game allow you choose many ways to end mission either gun blazing, stealths, different ways to kills on enemies and people, exploring around level before complete etc...
Story is great to follows. I want see next Hitman game take levels above from Absolution. I not want to see next Hitman game come with short like original series. I want see next Hitman game come with Absolution's gameplay, linear missions, graphic engines etc.. Because Absolution is best Hitman series in my opinion and new Hitman game in future need close or same to Absolution. :) |
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Forum Posts: 439 | Comment #62 by Daniel55645 Friday, November 23, 2012 @ 10:40:53 AM | |
as long as they dont
1. start shelling these out every year
2. start putting stupid online play on them
3. ruin this amazing series
Then I'll be fine with them doing this. |
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Forum Posts: 202 | Comment #63 by Sanchezz4387 Friday, November 23, 2012 @ 01:44:45 PM | |
| Well they practice this with final fantasy and I assure you it doesn't work. |
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Forum Posts: 199 | Comment #64 by ViNyLek Friday, November 23, 2012 @ 01:46:12 PM | |
| I can understand MP based game releasing new installment every year with few fixed/additions, but almost strict SP game will not last solely on that. Even AC would not be that interesting to me anymore if it had no MP... |
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Forum Posts: 590 | Comment #65 by reaper527 Monday, November 26, 2012 @ 11:03:26 AM | |
after all of those years between titles, why would they want to ruin the franchise with a model that produces annual non-innovative rehashes?
call of duty should be a model franchise in the video gaming world, that being the model of "if cod does this, than you shouldn't because your game will probably suck too if you do". |
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Forum Posts: 12 | Comment #66 by 1000 kittens Tuesday, November 27, 2012 @ 12:37:32 PM | |
| @64 Broken logic on the AC part. |
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Forum Posts: 7 | Comment #67 by stayinfrosty707 Monday, January 14, 2013 @ 02:26:58 PM | |
| yea this kinda blows.....:( |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #68 by Shellman Friday, March 01, 2013 @ 12:20:00 AM | |
To everyone who is.panicing and predicting bad things.. answer this
Is call of duty better than it was pre yearly release? Cod 1 was basic fps, the incremntal changes made after they went to a yearly release got it to where it is today. Im not saying hitman need over saturation. Im saying nothing has been seen about the next game other than screenshots.
All we know the next game could be best in series. Who knows? What hurt CoD is the stale state and many competitors with similar products to make it seem even more stale. Hitman doesnt have that. Look at Assassins Creed.... does the yearly release cycle mean crappy games? No each game has been improving on last. And thats been what 5 games? Going into the 6th game in
ame number of years.
Full disclosure I use to love CoD up tilworld at war. And i do not enjoy AC all that much either, just examples to make points.
Bottom line: let us all wait and see what the next Hitman game is all like before we jump to conclusions.
P.S. I hope 47 gets back to doing more "hits" im half way through Absolution and am tired of getting to the'crosshair' just to find out im doing an escape route mission instead of a hit. I love the story aspect and story driven gameplay but comeone! Put an ear bud back in 47s ear and let him work. |
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