One more thing - Hitman 2016 was free on the epic games store in 2020. 5 years ago it was free to keep (although it wasn’t goty). Paris was given away for free in 2017 - 8 years ago. Paris should really be in the free starter pack permanently and episode sapienza should be removed.
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You can only save on main missions and not on escalations, freelancer, contracts, seasonal content and elusive targets. They really should add more saving compatibility though. (esp the Hokkaido snow fest and Holiday Hoarders)
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Do you not already know the answer to that question after the extensive discussion in the topic Give Newcomers 'n novices a change to play Hitman! that you started?
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I think an actual issue is that you thought that this thread about the Sapienza Pack is an appropriate place to start a completely different conversation topic. Especially when it seems you’ve already had the exact conversation somewhere else on the forum already.
Not really a great way on either front to get people to agree with you.
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IO is getting more and more shameless
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At this point either IOI is stupid or has bad intentions. I’m sorry, there’s no other option. They have placed several supposed content on the catalogue of “games” when all they do is confuse. I myself had to reinstall some stuff a while back and didn’t know which one to download. I never experienced buying a digital Hitman because 2016 came with PS Plus and 2018 and 3 (WoA) are physical. However getting the expansions was equally weird, as H2016 and H2 simply phased into H3 out of nowhere, and the legacy things + special assignments had to be manually put, I guess. Actually it’s been a while so it was very different. Regardless of my past, the present is substantially worse. They are simply artificially putting content, especially on Steam, which is misleading for everyone, new players the most, ‘cause they know nothing. That is possibly troublesome for IOI, given that this Sapienza thing is just a level, I don’t know if they can get reported for misleading content. Unfortunately there isn’t much we can do.
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Please don’t be rude to people.
You didn’t see what I was responding to. It was completely warranted. There’s a reason that post and its user aren’t there anymore.
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My current theory is that they’re all-in on the whole “dark patterns” thing – Deliberately making it all confusing to buy, and offer editions on sale and at similar costs to make one look better than the other.
Using psychological tricks to sell games is a part of business, that’s why sales have the power they do come summertime. However, this is just shameless, short-term profiteering by IO that benefits nobody, not even IO long-term, and certainly not the customer.
I wonder how long the silence will continue on for…
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Forever, probably. I hope not.
They were trying to justify it on stream. The only reason is basically - “it’ a cheap option” which is a bad excuse. Why is it more expensive even on sale than part one was on sale then?
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Here’s the relevant part of the stream:
combatglue literally said “its fun” to make these twisted bundles.
Meanwhile:
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This makes me feel so fustrated watching it again.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/HiTMAN/comments/1idom38/io_streaming_live_on_twitch_right_now_1430_gmt/ My thoughts on the matter:
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Remains an inexcusable decision that they are still trying to excuse. My goodwill towards IOI is gone. Good luck with hitting their Project 007 sales targets, with a target audience who resents them.
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@Combatglue
I don’t know if you check your mentions, but I think all of us would like some sort of response about this - like what you are going to change e.c.t, and not defending this again.
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Unfortunately, he’s being hamstrung by IO themselves to defend the practice. We’re not going to get a straight answer unless the legal team says it’s okay to do so, or if he goes rogue. It’s boilerplate responses from here on out folks!
I like the enthusiasm Samir has for the game, that certainly comes through, but I greatly dislike the rationale given in the stream.
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They’ve addressed it and we have our answer. Now we know that IOI does not give a hoot about how they’re being perceived.
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Or they do and they know that we here are just a vocal minority, and that the casual gamer - their true target audience now that they’re trying to expand - are not gonna care about nuance in game purchases like this. So like any business, they’re less concerned about a few people being upset over their practices, so long as it can be offset by the larger consumer base being happy just having their product.
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