And that’s good. That’s what needs to happen. But then, if they do that, that does go back to my original point of: why get rid of the ICA in the first place just to have 47 and Diana recreate it? Why not just make the story occur differently with Providence as the sole enemy, as had been the case all trilogy long, really, and not bother with the story beat of 47 gaining some perceived independence… again? I just think the story could have been serviced well without 47 and ICA turning on each other, making it so IOI has to have them reforge the thing anyway instead of just keeping it around.
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I feel the WoA Trilogy is acting as a closure to the past games. The soft reboot helped unfamiliar players get into the games while the story tries to wrap up 47/Diana/ICA without going the way of a hard reboot and just throwing everything out.
Even the idea of Providence’s introduction and defeat could be seen as a way of rebalancing the stakes of the globe going into the future.
It treads familiar ground and ideas seen in past games, but I wouldn’t be surprised if those things (Diana’s faux betrayal, ICA dissolving) were added to be referential to the past in a way.
The state of Hitman is open enough to take things in a few directions, familiar or new. Again, probably deliberately as they give the franchise time off and think up new ideas.
I speculate that a new ICA-like that Diana might make could translate to a multiplayer game where we play our own agents and tackle contracts together. A request many players had for the WoA Trilogy.
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Actually, I was thinking, since she became the constant and Providence itself, by the time 47 wanted to contact her, she already rebuilt it, or got merged into Providence; despite implying that she destroyed it. Then it’s bussines as usual.
If so, that would make Edwards right in the end: “everyone hates power, until you offer them some”
Diana has already been head of the ICA at the end of Blood Money.
Edwards clearly tried to preserve the ICA as a means of putting 47 to best use, hence their presence on his personal train - presumably after using Providence to undo the damage of the leak and restore the agency.
Hardly Diana’s fault that he left it all gift wrapped like that.
Was she tough?
Because if so, her motivation in Absolution doesn’t make sense (I know it’s a part of hitman that many likes to ignore), since she could’ve just stop the whole project with Victoria and save the headache.
I mean she always referred to the board (at least in WoA triogy) so there must’ve been some kind of higher ups there.
Yes, and there was a lot of things about Absolution that didn’t make sense - however the general handwave way to deal with it is that Diana would have been the interim leader and they would have restructured (particularly once 47 came back, can’t be his handler while you’re managing board meetings after all).
The ICA as Absolution operates off a board of investors, which is really not that unusual for big organizations - particularly if the market or their purpose shifts. In the commercial world, its usually because they take on a bunch of investors… why the ICA did is… probably not interesting enough to put into a story.
Oh, I see.
So even there are investors aka the board, she’s still could be the head of ICA?
That’s… quite interesting; puts things into a different light.
I always viewed ICA a somewhat dark, maybe evilish entity so I wouldn’t mind some explanation or stories, but you’re probably right.
IOI probably destroyed the ICA so that it closes this part of 47’s story with them taking a break from the Hitman franchise for a while. I don’t know I might be wrong? But I’m kinda of intrigued as to how they’ll handle it if indeed the ICA don’t return in any capacity in the next game. To be honest it would kind of remind me of Hitman Contracts if they didn’t return, after all Diana and 47 were the main front runners of that game without real ICA involvement.
Hmmmm very interesting, after all there is a cutscene at the end of Hitman 3 saying a year had passed since the Constant had been killed? 
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I admit, Evil Diana would be a good arc for this series.
It’s really more the combination of the two classic third act plot twists.
- The ICA betrays 47 (Codename 47, Silent Assassin)
- The ICA is destroyed/powerless (Blood Money, Absolution)
Both of which are really just there so that it becomes all about 47 as an individual, rather than as a cog in a machine.
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