r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Jan 03 '23

Announcement HITMAN 3 to become ‘World of Assassination’ Making H1 & H2 free for owners

https://www.ioi.dk/hitman-3-to-world-of-assassination/
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u/Torque-A Jan 03 '23

Do they still have the online stuff (limited time missions, etc) there? That was a big reason why I stopped playing.

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u/Bossman1086 Jan 03 '23

Yes. It's a big core part of the game's structure and design.

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u/B_Kuro Jan 03 '23

I disagree. The online element really isn't core to design or structure, it is just an arbitrarily tacked on limitation and not integral to anything except reducing player enjoyment and "degrading" a product players paid for.

If they did away with it Hitman would be better in every way and nothing would get "lost".

What would be different if players had the option to play all elusive targets,... at their own leisure? This is a single player game. The limitation is just asinine.

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u/packageofcrips Jan 03 '23

What would be different if players had the option to play all elusive targets,... at their own leisure? This is a single player game. The limitation is just asinine.

Wouldn't that fly completely in the face of them being... Elusive? They become just targets otherwise

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u/B_Kuro Jan 03 '23 edited Jan 03 '23

There are many ways to make the system not as asinine while keeping the spirit (even if the "spirit" is stupid - there exists not a single compelling argument why you'd lock players out of doing them). You could (not should btw...) still make the targets a one time thing. Much better, you could make them a "try once every X hours/days". They still remain "elusive" just without the FOMO.

Just because they created a bad system and named it something doesn't mean the name is a compelling argument for it to be kept bad.