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"The year is now 2011, and more often than not I find myself thinking, “What the hell has happened?”
"I look at the newest Hitman title, and it’s a cover-based shooter with autosaves and regenerating health.
"I look at any new FPS, and it’s brown with bloom exploding all over the place.
"Our industry has changed throughout this generation; fingers are not being pointed at anyone in particular.
"It’s everyone that’s causing the problem."
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.
Ubisoft has updated their Online Services Masterlist with 8 older titles that will be losing online features as of May 22nd, 2021.
Spot on article.
I can't stand what's happening to good games like Hitman...
XBLA and PSN are full of those great "middle ground" titles that the author fears are going away. Open your mind son.
You know the worst thing is when developers pull the "We're making it more accessible to newcomers" card, What they really mean is "Were going to butcher your favourite franchise in hopes that we can sell more copys " We want innovation not dumbing down.
We as gamers have to support titles beyond MW3 if we want diversity and core gaming. Too often we whinge about those big commercial titles that are there for the mainstream and then we buy it too instead of other more core gamer experiences.