Hitman III....

Waffling, expletive filled rant incoming.....

 

I was late to the original 2016 Hitman (the negative episodic release thing) but played it to bits once it got a 'full release'. I've a lot of Hitman content about that journey on this blog as well as the YouTube channel for both games(Hitman 1 playlist; Hitman II playlist). 

I really liked the first game. The second is good and great in parts. IO's transition in publishers to self publish and now to Epic store exclusive has been and is a mess(at least in my view). Being concerned that unlocked items and rewards would not carry over is one thing; Bought content not available is another. From H1 to H2 and from H1 within H2 I wasn't happy with the way things went but has in the end been 'ok'; IO made good and smoothed things over for the most part. Good content is good content and improvements made in the second game made replaying the first within the second a 'good experience'. Perhaps at the detriment of the second game due to overall burnout for Hitman content(for more gamers than just me). There are only so many hours in the day after all, no matter how good the content is to repeat.

It's all made me very cynical about the franchise(more than I already was) and any shred of loyalty went down the toilet a long time ago. Hitman iii an Epic exclusive....is another, how can I put this delicately, a 'fúckover'. I've clocked up 700 hours between their previous games, games and content bought and played.  Of course I'm píssed off about not getting the third game at the same time as other platforms. 

IO sold out for cash. That's how I see it. Fúcking over a dedicated playerbase for cash; As if the game wasn't going to sell heaps on Steam! So while available on all platforms except Steam how can it not be a massive IO fúck you to previous Hitman gamers. 

Fúck that. Hitman III can wait, I'll pick it up cheap on some Steam sale down the line, if it's any good. Which I'm sure it will be. Or better still they will sell out some more and be free for me to play through Xbox Ultimate for PC.

The games are good, the consistent real world fúckovers are frustratingly annoying. Especially as they are proven to do so more and more over time. 

Narky rant over....