I did really like to go back and play 2016 and 2 after 3 and I gained an appreciation for how the trilogy evolved and improved over the years. However, I would be fine with the other two games going the way of the dodo if and only if they bring back all the content from those games into Hitman 3. That means bringing back the 38 escalations from 2016’s levels that are missing, bringing back the 111 Content Rich challenges from 2016’s and 2’s locations, and bringing back the ICA Electrocution Phone in all its “OP” glory.
I still maintain that the phone was not OP on anything but Elusive Targets, however they’re likely going to be done with the normal ETs after the ET Galore (I really doubt they’ll bother with Year 4 versions yet) so why not bring it back once they’re done?