IGN writes: We’re all used to a bit of tasteless violence in videogames. It happens all the time. We’re also used to attention-seeking trailers. The latest Hitman Absolution trailer, though, pairs gratuitous violence with sexualised imagery to create the most troubling piece of marketing material I think I’ve ever seen. It’s obviously designed to shock, but the effect isn’t thought-provoking or emotional – it leaves you feeling uncomfortable, mildly disgusted, and wondering what kind of warped conception Hitman’s marketing team has of what gamers want to see.
When Hitman 3 recently changed its name to Hitman World of Assassination, fans had no idea how meaningful the moment was. On the outside it looked like a simple thing: Hitman 3 would now be known by this name and include levels from Hitman 2 and 3 - the trilogy would all be in one place. But on the inside, at IO Interactive, much more was going on.
You mean destroyed it with this tethered single-player campaign BS... And only the first few levels of the third modern game were on the disc! I'll never support this crap at any price-point! They've lost me as a customer.
The last 10 years of Hitman have been full of highs and lows. And David Bateson and Jane Perry have been there with the series through this eventful decade.
Hitman is, and has been, a remarkable series developed by some of the best. Some are better than others, but every Hitman is challenging and fun.
Sure, there have been some stumbles and fumbles, but always in pursuit of the perfect Hitman game. The most recent trilogy is a masterclass in level design.
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women mercenaries dressed like some dudes fantasy fetishes!
what a joke!
A woman wrote this article...figures.
EDIT: Trailer was awesome IMO btw. Loved the brutality. Doesn't matter if its woman, nuns, or the pope himself. If anyone is trying to take you out, you take them out first. Thats what an assassin does. Period.
"It’s as if the marketing people figured out that showing Agent 47 brutalising a bunch of women would probably be a bit hard to stomach, so decided to dress them up as slutty nuns to… what, make it OK?"
Wrong again. Sexuality is the very thing that would make a female assassin just as dangerous, maybe even more dangerous than a male assassin. The slutty nun outfit is meant to disguise the true beast underneath. How many movies have we seen of female assassins using their looks to seduce men and subsequently kill them? If anything, the trailer prides the notion of woman having the ability to be dangerous instead of the run of the mill damsel in distress.
"Hitman is about a silent assassin, about plotting kills and assassinations and disappearing without a trace, not hand-to-hand fights and explosions."
Wrong once again. THIS Hitman game is about giving gamers the choice to be a silent assassin or a full on predator. Ever see the PAX demo. Devs played through a level twice to show how both styles of combat would play out.
"We’re also used to attention-seeking trailers."
We’re also used to attention-seeking articles.
Hot nuns: coolest entrance, lamest deaths
other than the fact that i see no reason for the girls to be dressed as nuns, i dont see anything wrong with the trailer, at least not compared to most other trailers