No new ETs, LOD and shoulder-swap never fixed, no change to ETs at all, no paid DLC like Patient Zero or new locations.
Only escalations, featured contracts, all ETs from Hitman 2 (or less) reactivated.
Maybe Bonus Mission or Special Assignments.
Thats what my money is bet on. When it launches on steam Ill be here and we see who won!
I love this game and IOI really delivered something beautfiul, but after following their patch and post launch support for nearly 4-5 years, you can see a pattern there.
You know, I could live without new ETâs. I mean, unless they give them some reasonable fix, there isnât much about them. But I would very much suggest that IO gives new players opportunities to unlock all location uniqe suits. They couldâve done that by adding them as final reward for reaching full mastery, but it seems theyâve got lazy, or still have faith in them.
I hope in atleast 2 Bonus-like missions that would not look like Special Assigment, and maybe 2 NEW season missions that would later become permanent. Also, HSS and HH shouldâve been added alongside last update, there is literally no reason for holding those back.
I was doing a random Hokkaido contract with the White Ninja suit earlier today. I started at the morgue, and while I noticed I always was on a Hostile Area, I didnât know what to think of it. I thought the suit was hostile on the morgue.
Honestly, it makes an even perfect map even better. I hope itâs not changed.
It is pretty darn dissapointing to see that theyâre holding HH back again, as well as the Hokkaido bonus level (which was a small, if nice surprise we got last time) and thereâs also the missing Halloween escalation.
I get that theyâre probably doing this so they have a guaranteed ânew contentâ slot for those months, but its disappointing to see that thatâs the approach theyâre taking with it. Like a kind of âAnimal Crossingâ-esque style of release so they can add ânewâ content to Hitman 3 that previous entries had much earlier. (This time, thereâs probably going to be an 11-month wait between launch and HH being added.)
It doesnât mean too much to people who already have the Santa suit, but itâs too bad that those who donât will have a lot of waiting until the Winter season.
tbh i can kind of understand this approach. these small bonus missions dont have the player count that the main missions do. being able to advertise them as ânewâ multiple times will only bring in more players to these bonus missions than if they had kept it in the game from the start
in the end itâs probably more of a net positive⌠more people will get to play the mission at the end of the day. and i dont think people are necessarily dying to play HH at the moment
Yeah, I get that this strategy might have some sort of an effect on sales or player numbers, but at the same time it seems like such a small thing to do, why bother?
(Not that Iâm chomping at the bit to play HH or the other bonus levels, but itâs just nice to have them there to play when you want to. At least the fact that theyâve been removed from H3 suddenly makes them more appealing in my headâŚ)
Hopefully theyâll spend a little time during the year to create a proper mission briefing for Holiday Hoarders instead of just the text-only one weâve had for years.
Realistically I donât see it happening, but would be nice to see the mission finally be âcompleteâ since itâs either now or never.
I really doubt they are letting a Steam release dictate their plans considering the two console versions, and the fact PS4/5 will outsell the others by a huge margin. I donât know how many âwait a year for Steam because I loves it soâ people are out there, but I doubt IOI plan their entire business strategy around them.
That said, wouldnât be surprised at all if there is a âcomplete World of Assassinationâ release in a year or so, and thatâs probably our best chance for meaty DLC akin to Patient Zero in Hitmanâs GOTY edition.
I was thinking there would be a full WOA bundle at first too but idk, they seem to really like the idea of having it all under one game, maybe a HITMAN 3 + Season One GOTY Access Pass + Season Two Access Pass bundle, but again idk.
I would guess it would be Hitman 3 upgraded to a âcomplete WoA editionâ rather than a new game, like the GotY edition of Hitman 1. Who knows though, really.
I think maybe there will be still be unlocks for ETâs, but not suits. Maybe the locations-specific suits will be kept as ET rewards but things like the siggy with gloves wonât be, that doesnât really make sense though considering what theyâve done with location suits being mastery level 20 rewards in the new maps.
I just want my siggy with gloves and suburban suit, donât care how, personally I like the ETâs the way they are because it isnât a problem for me, but I can very much see how it would be for others.
