This topic is sure to get on some people’s nerves, I apologize for that! Maybe those who don’t like Lucas should just skip this thread 
But after half a year of Hitman 3 I just want to bring that up and get this topic out of my head. I know that I criticize IOI in some parts, but I will keep this criticism constructive. It is not my intention to attack anyone personally!
I would like Lucas Grey to come back, for several reasons.
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I find that his death was far too hasty. Over two games he was introduced and developed as a character. Lucas was the character who got the ball rolling in the first place, without him the games would probably not even exist. In my opinion, it was a bad decision of the authors to kill him in such a rush.
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Lucas Grey’s death was out of character. He would never have killed himself that way. I don’t have a problem with important characters dying and I always had the suspicion that he would die in the end. But I just expected more drama. He and 47 couldn’t take on everyone? Since when? 47 could also rise from the dead in an open room without protection and shoot everyone present. Grey has the same skills as 47, they had protection from various trees. They could have done it for sure. But that Grey was brought into this supposedly inevitable position was already the first mistake, because something like that would not have happened to him. He would have planned a possible betrayal by the constant.
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I understand the thought behind Grey’s death, to get 47 to be on his own. But, the issue of becoming independent could also have taken place without Grey’s untimely death. The whole thing even had real potential and at the ending cutscene in Dubai I even thought that the story would develop in exactly this direction, namely that 47 has to decide between Diana and Grey, between continuing or stopping. He didn’t have to die for that.
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Since Hitman 3 was released, I’ve felt that the whole development team didn’t care about Grey anymore. I’ve already reported for two patches that Grey is missing in the opening sequence of Sgail, but this bug has not been fixed to this day. But this feeling was also conveyed in the game itself. The intention that 47 would carry on Grey’s legacy and fulfill the pact got lost in the game, Grey was only mentioned here and there. Even in 47’s vision in Romania, it was just a side note. I understand that ultimately it’s about 47 and Diana. I also understand that somehow you wanted to go back to the beginning and that many fans asked for it. But it’s just a shame to introduce a character so intensely over such a long period of time, only to then let it secretly disappear from the scene. As if you just wanted to get rid of him. And I think that IOI made a mistake that leads me to point five.
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Grey has great potential! He’s an interesting character, he’s kind of the human version of 47, his emotions, his conscience. Grey would have the potential to carry a whole game as a character, but even a DLC with him would be interesting. You gave him a whole story, a complete past. You could make so much of it! Grey could carry a stealth game like Hitman as well as a first person shooter. There are many ways to illuminate him further as a character, even existing parts from the WOA trilogy - the murders of Cobb and Kamarov, the storming of the Ether headquarters, his time in Haven (he is building a whole camp on his own, what for?) etc. But of course also the time before Hitman, when he worked as a mercenary. There is enough material that could be used.
As I said above, I don’t want to attack anyone personally. It’s just a feeling that I got through playing Hitman over and over in the last few months and of course a certain disappointment that comes with it. I know that IOI has a lot to do, I know that they do a lot for the fans and I think IOI is one of the few development studios that takes time for the fans 
And that’s exactly why I’m writing this post, in the hope that at least a little understanding will arise.
I can also say that I’m really not the only one who likes and misses Grey, even if it often seems like it But in fact, in other communities like Reddit or Tumblr, I keep seeing this tendency that many people would like to see Grey again. Even people who didn’t particularly like him are at least disappointed with the decision to remove him from the game so early. I can also recommend this video by All things Hitman, which also takes a very constructive position on why it was somehow wasted potential to get rid of Grey so early. Or this comic by ellenchain which shows that Lucas even doesn’t necessarily have to be dead 
Of course, I do not expect a response from IOI on this post and I know that I have a very controversial opinion. I would only wish for a small statement at least once in the future. Or if not a statement, please at least bring Grey back to the opening sequence of Sgail so that we don’t continue to have the feeling that you didn’t care about him at all anymore 
To those who took their time reading till the end, thank you for listening
