Man, don’t even get me started! (LINK) It is precisely my biggest gripe with Hitman 3. No other issue in Hitman 3 compares in gravity to the inconsistent use of Hitman 3’s Agent 47 3D head mesh/model in Hitman 1 legacy map disguises (and in Sniper Assassin standalone missions (LINK)). It’s fucking bullshit, man. Per Haggmark so clearly put so much effort into 47’s Hitman 3 model, and IOI just mucks it all up in Hitman 1 legacy map disguises (and Sniper Assassin maps); too careless, or perhaps outright too lazy, to make the necessary headpiece adjustments (goggles, glasses, etc.) to fit the Hitman 3 head model (namely the cranial region). A brazen lack of polish and finesse for an AAA developer today.
There are no excuses for this kind of crap in an AAA game of the common era. A fix was applied in the 2021 July patch that remedied precisely the issue I’m bitching about… except only for the affected starting suits, not in-level Hitman 1 legacy map disguises that are so blatantly fucked, or the Sniper Assassin Agent 47 head mesh. What a tragedy.
So, to answer your question specifically, yeah. The “ugly head”/“egg head”/“misshapen would-be Patrick Stewart head” that you’re seeing is a sorta’ Frankenstein of the cranial region from the previous WoA games’ 47 head mesh(es) and the mid-face and lower-third of Hitman 3’s 47 head mesh. It’s nightmarish and why I don’t even play Hitman 1 legacy missions all that much unless I’m doing suit only runs (except Colorado, which I prefer to SASO more often than not anyhow).
Would you believe that this take is something of an unpopular opinion? World’s gone mad, I tell ya’.
What a disgusting thought. Anything drastically deviating from Per Haggmark’s model will almost certainly be worse, just as Absolution’s model was worse than Blood Money’s by miles, because Per Haggmark’s model is already so close to the ideal 47 look, both in terms of general real world aesthetics and in-universe canon.
Is it that his eyes have a “glow” that could actually translate to WoA in-game, or is it because of the insane bloom effect in Absolution?
If I’m nitpicking, his eye color in Hitman 3 is a bit too close to Alexandra Daddario territory; unfortunately not as terrifying and “doom-ish” as his eye color in Absolution overall.
…and the menu UI issues and sedative poison being useless and Professional Mode being unfairly balanced, and no S/A HUD, and so much more I could name here. The game was not perfect.
Oh, and no briefcases. That’s not a world I want to live in.
Sedative poison was changed because it was useless; it had no upside. It broke S/A, so it was no better than melee-ing someone, and any place you could use sedative poison, lethal or emetic poison was better in every way.
Them making sedative poison a part of new equipment is honestly a good way of evolving the sedative mechanic, and it means it was no longer restricted to “place in someone’s food or drink”.
The OP-ness of the Kalmer is…not something I agree with to be honest. The Sieker on the other hand…now that I do think is a little OP because of how well it works, something best exhibited when ETA first came out.
Your first statement seems to conflict with your second and third in a bizarre way.
Agree to disagree here. The ugly yellow attention meter clearly indicates the threat level whereas the original was far too vague with hindsight. To each their own though.
I think they’d be more balanced if they either had less darts and/or less guns and/or the darts weren’t interchangeable.
Luckily, we can all play however we want. If you don’t like an item for whatever reason, don’t use it. If you love an item, feel free to bring it with you. I’m not going to begrudge an item for sitting in my inventory collecting dust (though there are a number of ways IO could clear up some of the menu clutter) or for being “overpowered”. Nothing was a “mistake” for being added and nothing should be removed for “breaking rules”; the only rule of Hitman is player discretion.
Not really, isolation is a much more difficult thing to do than sedation. So luring targets up entire floors with the old audio devices was nothing short of bullshit.
Let me use a simple example, in the kotti paradigm you can either use an form of audio distraction on the floor below while hes on his balcony and he will come down,making the trip up there uninteresting and easy.
While a dartgun would only bring him to an isolated bathroom or sedate his guard
That solve balance issues, doesn’t it? (spoiler: it doesn’t.)
I don’t think the darts being interchangeable was an intended mechanic. The guns’ “ammo” are clearly based on each other in the code, merely swapping the emetic traits for sedative and vice versa. I agree this is dumb, but I don’t really exploit this that much as there are usually better items to take imo.
By default, you have two darts, and you have to account for the drop the darts take as it’s a projectile. The sieker is more unbalanced because of what it lets you do; isolate a target, but even then, the dart being a projectile means you have to be aware of how to aim it, so it’s not skill-less either.
If you don’t know how to do a particular shot, then you need to learn it, which contributes to the games’ learning curve.
You criticize one for efficiency but miss the others for efficiency.
The beauty of the game for me is that you can choose to do whatever you want however you want (unless they remove something, which I would argue they shouldn’t do if only because the player can and should be able to choose whether or not to use it).
That’s to be encouraged and the game even encourages it; if anybody played exactly the same way as anyone else, I’d be stunned and disappointed.
Why? Are you being forced to use “OP” items? (Blink twice if you need help.)
And even then it can be surprisingly hit or miss if they even end up in a bathroom. And to top it all off, the emetic won’t even take effect if the target becomes aware a weapon was discharged.
That isn’t true anymore, and hasn’t been for quite some time. There are cases where they will be sick in plants or specific places (The Food Critic being sick in the kitchens), but that is an exception to the rule, and not nearly as much of a dice roll as it was in H2. I’ve seen NPC’s traverse the entire map to go to a toilet.
No game forces you to play as specific characters, or use specific weapons. Your experience is your own, single or multiplayer. But people do like using meta weapons; the thing that gives them an edge at beating the game or others.
Similarly, if I’m honest, I think I played H2 once before H3 came out; I was happy and relieved they were able to make it but I had no interest.
For main targets, sure, but, unless I missed something (which is entirely possible), for contract targets, it can be a gamble.
Also, I think it is or has been on a timer or something; I’ve seen NPCs just stop and throw up in the middle of a street or hallway if you bump them too many times or for too long. However, I don’t know why anyone would ever intentionally do that or it’s even still possible (again, if I’ve missed a specific patch, my bad).
It’s a single player game; the leaderboards don’t matter. How one person plays has no affect on how anybody else plays.
Somebody put this on the banner on the homepage of the forum, please.
Can somebody please explain just what the hell everyone is talking about when saying something about the game is or is not “balanced?” All the arguments against items like the electric phone and the Molotov seem to revolve around how the affect the game’s balance. Wtf does that even mean? Balanced how? Balanced in what way? Balanced for whom, and by who’s standards?
AFAIK the game doesn’t discriminate between a target and an NPC, it tries its best to get people to toilets, and in some cases, will re-route to toilets that are not being used (even ones that are no longer being used if you KO someone being sick in that toilet). The game is very aggressive about it.
Many. I’ve muted the molotov discussion for this exact reason. Sick and goddamn tired of talking about it.
Not directly, but youtube tutorials and walkthroughs exist, which does influence peoples’ decisions on what they take. If something is powerful enough, and every youtuber is using it, then people will change their loadouts to include it. People like what works, a bonus if it’s not that risky, and that does influence how they play the game. Youtubers and social media people are called “Influencers” for a reason. Social science is fun!
I use the krugermeier primarily because someone on Youtube showed how good it was. I didn’t know its perks until it was shown to me. For the record, this was back in 2016, not recently, and it’s because of that i’ve infrequently used it in my loadouts.
That’s why I like people like OutsideXbox* who just play and have no idea what they’re doing have the time. Personally, I try to avoid tutorials unless it’s a challenge I’ve spent an ungodly amount of time trying to figure out but can’t quite figure out (or for a sniper map because I don’t give a shit ). And I usually don’t watch people play video games I’m interested in until after I get a chance to play myself. I would hope people don’t base their entire play style on the “best” way (and I continue to wish “influencers” would influence in more important ways but that’s another story) or spoil themselves but, alas, people will be people…
*OutsideXbox is the exception. Their 3 Ways to Play got me into Hitman by showcasing how different people could play differently and still get similar levels of enjoyment out of it; thinking on it, they all probably did have an impact on how I play
Completely agree on OutsideXbox. I have watched (I think) every Hitman video they did and the different play styles improve the game for me. From Andy’s obsession with Silent Assassin to Mike’s devil-may-care attitude and hit usual zero star stats, it’s all great stuff and just showcases how adaptable the game is.
). And I usually don’t watch people play video games I’m interested in until after I get a chance to play myself. I would hope people don’t base their entire play style on the “best” way (and I continue to wish “influencers” would influence in more important ways but that’s another story) or spoil themselves but, alas, people will be people…