Well, it just goes to show how different our perceptions can be. But with really great writing, you can easily have most of the audience in agreement of its apparent greatness. So even though I like the overall plot of the trilogy, the amount of reactions to specific lines like these just goes to show that some of it could definitely have been better.
Another nomination. After the Game Developers Conference Awards 2022 where we can find Hitman 3 nominated in “Best Technology” category, the latest game from IO Interactive is now nominated by the British Academy Games Awards in “Technical Achievement” category.
Since it was a local award, I hope some of the devs were present. Looking at the twitter of the awards, it was festive. An afterparty, a DJ, seems nice.
(Also is this the first GOTY for Hitman III ? I don’t fully remember)
Hitman III was also nominated in the Nordic Games Awards in the Best Game of the Year, Best Game Design, Best Technology, and Best Audio. The awards will be announced May the 19th.
I guess it fits here (or maybe the Hitman 3 reviews thread would be better?):
Hitman was ranked at #37:
Fraser Brown, Online Editor: A grand tour of exotic locations filled with terrible people waiting to be creatively murdered. I love it so much that I’m willing to wear a suit to work.
Lincoln Carpenter, News Writer: What I deeply love about modern Hitman is how smoothly it transforms you into a sicko. The signposted mission stories don’t just serve up ideal assassination opportunities. They act as a survey course for later lethal experimentation: You might pass by more wrenches, chef’s knives, body dumpsters, and conveniently unattended drinking glasses than you’ll need at the moment, but they’ll be part of your arsenal when you return for future murders.
Lauren Morton, SEO Editor: Ever since Hitman, I’ve viewed the entire real world through a murder sandbox filter. Touring the Kentucky bourbon trail? Agent 47 would totally push someone into a giant fermentation tank. Trip to Disney World? Agent 47 would dress up as staff and sneak through the hidden back halls. Local water park? Oh heck yeah, Agent 47 would skip to the front of the giant slide line dressed like a lifeguard. I can’t unsee the costume-based social engineering and stealth of it all.