Doesn’t the Sapi one give you a Battle Axe, or am I misremembering?
No worries I was not 100% that was the same Easter Egg or not tbh, I just was sure there was some other awkward way of getting the Battle Axe there because it is already a terrible item to spin in Roulette.
My suggestions for potential equipment cards available in the game. I created a quick mock-up of the card design concept in Photoshop and used AI to generate illustrations (to match low-poly style) based on images of the original equipment from Hitman WoA, then matched them to the game’s visual style (red glow effect).
I’m not entirely happy with the fact that some of the equipment simply doesn’t fit:
- Instead of a Baseball Bat: Police/Concealable Baton
- Sieger AR552 and ICA Raptor should be part of the guards’ loadout (red), not ICA equipment
- Instead of “Katana”: ICA Combat Axe
- Instead of “Sieger AR552”: TAC-4 AR Auto
- Instead of “ICA Raptor”: TAC SMG S"
- Instead of “Lil’Flashy”: ICA Flash Device
Better image quiality: https://i.postimg.cc/CSsJ8Zkf/hitman-weapons.jpg
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Didn’t know DLC for board games were a thing but never the less it looks cool. I’m specially in love with the art style. Also, extra points for getting Jane Perry to voice the trailer.
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I’ve decided to back it. I will say, I do think this crowdfunding thing could of been a bit more appetising. I’ve backed a few board/card games on Gamefound and Kickstarter, and the prices here do feel rather stingy, and the stretch goals a bit lacklustre, which is why I’ve just backed the basic, tier 1 version. Still, it looks fun, and I adore the art style, and even the default not “premium” version looks good enough for me.
@v1deost congratulations on the collab and the animation, I laughed hard at it. I like how Knight is just a wee gremlin. It’s definetly canon, noone can say otherwise. Well done.
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| €330 !!! that’s outrageous for a board game … i’m sure they will have a few people buy it, but it will not be falling off the shelves |
€330 is the all in with all packs and extra like mini and such. The base game as it will be on shelf is €60.
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Of course, nobody is forcing anyone to back the game, let alone go All-In. However, the way the creators priced both the base game and the expansions, combined with how little they actually add - not only in terms of gameplay content but also physical components - makes this feel like nothing more than a cash grab.
Anyone who has spent some time in the board game hobby and follows crowdfunding campaigns can clearly see how disproportionately this campaign has been priced. I’m not judging whether this is a lot of money for someone personally, nor whether they enjoy the game or not. I’m evaluating purely the amount of content included, the complexity and variety of the components, the production difficulty, and the overall manufacturing costs involved …as well as its replayability potential and overall complexity.
I’ve personally worked on four board games myself, and I also create fan-made content which I later send to print. I’m very familiar with pricing and production standards in this industry.
And when I look at what this game actually offers inside the box compared to how much it costs, my brain just screams: “For HOW much?!”
From a technical and production standpoint, this game is incredibly simple. It’s basically two boards, a few hundred small cards, simple tokens, standees, and player boards. There’s absolutely no technical finesse here, no particularly complex components, no unusual or advanced printing techniques that would justify even half of this product’s asking price.
The base game is still somewhat defensible price-wise, but the way the expansions were priced is honestly a joke and feels like outright exploitation of backers. Just browse through current crowdfunding campaigns from this year or last year and compare their prices to the amount, variety, and complexity of components they include. The difference is enormous.
An All-In pledge costs close to €400 once tax and shipping are included, yet the amount of content you get is comparable to some standalone base games. For €400, you can buy one of those massive Ameritrash-style games packed with hundreds of plastic miniatures, close to 1000 cards, hundreds of highly detailed and diverse components, all spread across 5–8 large boxes.
The way this game has been priced is simply absurd. Judging by the actual amount of content, the component variety, the manufacturing techniques involved, and the production complexity, this All-In should never exceed €200 including tax and shipping.
On top of that, the creators themselves didn’t seem particularly committed to the source material. The game is designed in a very simplistic way, full of oversimplifications and questionable design decisions that make it feel more like Assassin’s Creed than Hitman. It’s an extremely casual product being sold at the price point of a highly advanced premium game.
I honestly have no idea where they pulled this pricing from, but I only have one word for it: GREED.
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