Well, I think, with 47 being a top-tiered assassin, the kind of feat that point shooting is should be a natural ability for him. I know some people wouldn’t like it - so that’s why I gave the poll option of it being a specific-weapon perk. Maybe they think it doesn’t fit, or that it’s implementing an ‘Easy Mode’… Sort of like how the Electrocution Phone was. This way, players would have the choice to take it on a mission with them.
And with all these ‘Kill `Em All’ contracts being made as of late - a point shooting ability would make these a… blast to play.
I agree that it would fit in the game as something that 47 is naturally able to do, and certainly would be utilizable during shootouts. And there are at least two situations in the game which are genuinely begging for it (the Berlin office meeting and the private meeting with Vidal in the cinema).
I feel like, Wrath not withstanding, the game isn’t about combat the way that a Red Dead Redemption is. That said, since HItman is actually a relatively poor combat game (no health buffs, no armor, “flimsy” 47, etc.), I’ve always argued that if you’re in a firefight, you’ve sort of already lost. To put mechanics in that would make it a “better” shooter doesn’t make sense to me.
Despite the plethora of guns in the game, the focus was never on shooting the bad guy - it was social stealth and being a “silent assassin”. Point shooting doesn’t have a place in that type of game (to me.)
I would like point shooting, but I doubt I’d use it very much.
I think it could work if it was limited to once per mission, zero on master. I’d love to use it in Berlin after meeting with Montgomery, and it would be fun/useful if I ever got pinned down by some guards, as I very rarely restart, improvisation is part of the fun
Mostly, the sequence of point shooting is plain awesome, and I’d rather have it than not, same thing goes for human shields
Compound questions like this are tough. Do I think IOI would be a great company to work for? Yes, absolutely. But would I want to move to Europe to work for them? No, I like my life here in Canada.
Chanukkah is very early this year relative to Christmas. It’s actually going on right now, so it’s full swing festiveness in my house and then there will be a lull and then spool up again for Christmas.
I forced myself to decorate the tree before Thanksgiving, got myself to decorate outside my house, and I’m not feeling the festiveness of the season yet. I’m guessing it’s because of me being at work all day and not having time or energy to “stop and smell the roses”.
If a game get pulled from official stores, would it be ethically fair to download a pirated version giving that the payment for second hand copies won’t reach the devs themselves?