Recast him as Chandler to really rub it in. McGregor was way to scared to fight him so the irony would be amazing
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Almost ready to mute this topic. Might as well ask this here. What does âTWâ mean in the topic title?
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Trigger Warning, so that people who are sensitive to that subject can avoid the thread.
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Yeah if people keep complaining then IO should create a challenge requiring purchase of all DLC packs including The Disruptor.
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worth noting that this is also the first time that someone whoâs likeness is featured in the game has been charge in court with SA. this kind of extreme situation demands extreme resolution, IOI canât possibly have given a timeframe of âwe may remove this content in a month due to a courtâs decision so get it now!â and as explained above, to announce its deletion beforehand AFTER the court ruling to give you time to buy would be seen as horribly distasteful by the studio as a chance to cash grab on a terrible situation
as a completionist myself i understand the frustration, but with all the context and circumstances surrounding this please read the room
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having come to the game long after the electrocution phone was added and subsequently removed, i am indeed kicking myself for not being able to have it 
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I still feel that they shouldâve let everything available till December 8, and I didnât expect them to blatantly say âget it now!â either. Just formally announcing the end of their business relationship with McGregor lined up with the then-ongoing ET wouldâve sufficed. And you didnât miss anything if you own Hitman 2 and its New York DLC, it was never removed and you can still unlock the phone. And if youâre talking about the Hitman 3, it was never added to it either so you can rest free without all the kicking and punching. Nobody missed the phone out in H3, like I said above it was never there in the first place. It was strictly exclusive to H2.
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I feel like in the future they should just make the pack and its contents free. I own the pack on PS4/5, but not Xbox, I dont mind essentially having my purchase voided a little bit as I think that itâs a good thing to make the most amount of content possible free for new players. I would be open to even making the H2 DLC levels part of the standard edition of WoA, Iâve supported this game a long time I got to benefit from playing all the content early
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I like your solution, because I think thatâs the only way bringing it back could possibly work (depending on what the contract IOI has with Connor McGregor says). Maybe combine your solution with the solution from other Forum membere to donate money to womenâs shelters to help reduce the PR nightmare of working with McGregor.
This isnât the same thing (and I donât remember the exact details of the case, as it was a long time ago), but there is a game called âToo Humanâ that had an issue that that it violated the copyright of Unreal Engine 3. A judge ruled that all unsold copies had to be recalled and destroyed, and they werenât allowed to make money on the game as a result.
Because of that court ruling, the game was made free digitally on the Xbox 360 Marketplace permanently. While the 360 Marketplace was shut down this year, because the game is Backwards Compatible on the newer Xbox Consoles, the game is still free on the Xbox store to this day.
So, between your solution and the solution other Forum members have made of donating to womenâs shelters, I think making it a free pack is the only way to bring The Disruptor Pack to Hitman World of Assassination back without a massive backlash.
One solution I just came up with to raise money for Womenâs Shelters through a Microtransaction in Hitman WoA would be to make an additional âFundraiser DLC Packâ as an apology for the McGregor situation that adds a variant of Agent 47âs Signature Suit, but with a pink tie. There is very few pink in 47âs wardrobe, and I think it would look nice on him. IOI can also add other pink items to the game, like maybe a briefcase or Safehouse cosmetics (like more flowers for the garden, etc.). Price? Depends on whatâs in the pack and how much IOI would like to raise through sales of that DLC.
I bought the McGregor pack as well, so I would gladly buy a fundraiser pack with cosmetic items for 47/his safehouse.
Just spitballing ideas to add to the conversation after I somewhat changed the subject with âToo Humanâ.
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Iâm a bit late to this, but wanted to share my thoughts.
Spent years watching WOA grow since 2016. Bought all the dlc (except the Conor pack), Unlocked all ET suits etc etc.
After Conorâs announcement trailer, I dropped the game entirely.
Something has been off for a little while in WOA. Garish suits, nonsense fortnite esc items. The franchise has sacrificed quality in order to attract more people (imo).
Conor was the straw that broke the camelâs back. This focus on being overly sensational and lurid just didnât hit right to me.
Maybe my reaction is over the top, but Iâm waiting until a bit more can be done to rectify this. JCVD atleast seems a bit more in the right direction.
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In fairness, attracting more people kind of has to be their priority at this stage in order to be able remain an independent company. We kind of have to look at it as that stage where a young adult who leaves the family home has to sell out and become a drug dealer or prostitute or something in order to support themselves until theyâre at a point where they can stop and do something more dignified.
Doesnât excuse a mistake like McGregor, but you can at least see why theyâre in that desperate-for-money-and-exposure stage when they literally only have Hitman as their current source of income. If it fails at any point before theyâre ready to stand on their feet with the support of the rest of their work, they could become dependent on a parent company again, or go under.
You didnât miss much. Just an OP item that shouldnât have been made.
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Hi, Iâll just leave my opinion here since itâs the closest thing to the right place to communicate with IOI on the matter. Long time player, since Blood Money release, than played retroactively all previous games, then the newer trilogy.
First, let me say I think iOi took the right decision by pulling the content from Steam for now and ending the contract with C.M⌠It was the right move from a business and reputation standpoint.
I think iOi has a great business opportunity on their hands. One upping the retraction of the content, I think they should re-release the pack reworked to remove all references to that person. It feels weird to know that some players still have the content and could stream it with all the references to him. A simple patch could change the voice acting and reskin the character. Then they could relaunch the DLC, which would bring new sales (FOMO players and new ones). Itâs not often that you can relaunch something without a lot of critique, but in this case I think it would even be celebrated.
Of course we do not know what can and canât be done in regards to the legal contract, this is purely speculation. Thanks for reading, happy gaming.
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Removing the Ireland Flag is a weird choice, but sure.
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Removing irish colours? Why? We donât have anything against Ireland. Itâs totally unnecessary. I think they should only reskin The disruptor and change his voice, leaving other things as they are
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Sanchez comes back from the dead and jumps universe
I donât think the irish flag has to be removed, he doesnât own goddamn Ireland. Staff is fine too, fur coat isnât necessarily his trademark either and safehouse furniture is non-descript. Ensuring any identifiable logo/tatoo is removed or replaced, remodeling the problematic character and his voicelines should be enough. If he did any motion capture they should also change that to avoid legal problems.
Just to extrapolate on my previous comment, I think total dissociation is necessary to safeguard reputation. It was already a questionable collab initially, so severing every tie seems to be the most logical choice to me. That implies reskinning the DLC for all, including those who already bought it like me. If they want to play it safe, they could offer a window for refund when relaunching the DLC, saying that if you didnât like the reskin you could just get a refund. I doubt there would be many refund requests, the new sales would probably be higher.
Hitman is a great franchise that has attracted a great fan base, with an unusually high number of perfectionnists amongst them compared to other games. Leaving a permanent unobtainable DLC seems counter intuitive and might irk some people considering this.
Am I mistaken that we have had no further communication on the matter from ioi ? I really didnât expect anything before Xmas, but I would like to know what their plan is regarding this matter somewhere in Q1 2025, ecen if it is to say changes wonât be done before say Q3. And for those saying ioi should wait for the appeal and all, I wholeheartedly disagree, the damage is done no matter the outcome. Itâs not a question of cancel culture, it is a question of safe business practices.