They could do something similar to Hitman Sniper 2’s story where the agents were deployed “because of 47’s disappearance” (if that plot even came from IO) but here it could be a year before 47 becomes active again and starts Freelancing with Diana
Well since they said it is still the early days of coop, they might be at the stage of building mechanics and figuring out how the gameplay’s going to go
even though they had the idea a long time ago, they probably had minor things done at the time and with the WoA story and content having now evolved, they might be adapting it to that as well
This is what was said in the co-op showcase:
With a chosen part highlighted.
"We want you to team up with a friend and enjoy Hitman in co-op.
So two new playable characters, Stone and Knight, return from their appearance in our Sniper Co-op Mode. To a full blown Hitman co-op experience.
We invite you to play a set of exciting missions across our World of Assassination.
Challenge you to rethink your approach, now that you are going to play as a duo."
I read it as:
- new missions, curated for coop. Not the campaign ones (the video extract shows some map difference, admittedly could be Hitman 2 dev build legacy)
- not all maps
(this is personal speculations, but I wouldn’t be surprised if its freelancer and ghost mode like: select maps changed and ready for co-op, maybe random objectives)
Besides it all.
I think the current main challenge of this mode is technical. Then the question of gameplay design will arrive.
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Yeah with it saying “a set of existing missions” indicates there is only a handful that have been made compatible specifically for Co-Op mode.