Hitman Absolution Teaser Trailer

Tom84 · 10 Oct 2011 at 22:55

Looking very good!!

peterattheboro · 11 Oct 2011 at 02:08

Looking very very good. Glad you linked it because I was just going to mention its up cos I'm posting from my phone!

TurnipHead · 11 Oct 2011 at 14:18

Mother of god. Going to watch this now.

MoNkeE · 11 Oct 2011 at 15:27

That was a BRILLIANT trailer

Tom84 · 11 Oct 2011 at 15:54

My only problem with this is going to be that when a game forces you to play it a certain way if I don't nail it 100% I won't want to progress any further until I've done just that so I can see myself spending 30-40 minutes on any one section and so my problem is going to be if the game ends up getting a boring due to the over reliance on stealth and sneaking about :/

peterattheboro · 11 Oct 2011 at 16:07

Blood Money had a variety of ways of completing your mission. You could either kill everyone or go for silent assassin.

TheVoice · 11 Oct 2011 at 16:13

Watched that last night, I'm not entirely convinced. I like that more of the terrain is traversable now compared to previous games, and the dialogue from the NPCs was good and felt realistic and as if their behaviour actually changes, rather than them repeating the same old stuff over and over (ala Splinter Cell Conviction). I also liked that getting into a firefight didn't compromise the ability to leave the level undetected.

I didn't like the cinematic approach or the slow-motion action scenes, they just didn't sit right. Could do without the noob-vision mode that tells you where to go and where NPCs will walk, but I can understand it's there for people who found the previous games too hard. Didn't like the OTT soundtrack at times either, I desperately hope they've got Jesper Kyd back again working his magic, otherwise it's not going to feel like a Hitman game at all.

Shamikebab · 12 Oct 2011 at 22:34

Anyone seen the full gameplay trailer? 16mins here:

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-demo-hitman-absolution/722132

Looks very good, getting a feeling they really liked Arkham Asylum and the latest Splinter Cell

Tom84 · 13 Oct 2011 at 00:36

7 posts above yours Shami

K1LLSW1TCH · 13 Oct 2011 at 00:42

That's clearly a heavily scripted level and doesn't even involve a hit, we've seen levels like this before so I'm not concerned at all. The graphics look great and the animations look much improved as well. I expect that noob vision will be disabled on the higher difficulties, much like the map only offered a tiny amount of information on Professional difficulty. Can't wait for it.

nikeair94 · 13 Oct 2011 at 00:43

Can't wait, haven't played a Hitman game in over 6 years. Will be a breath of fresh air to play one again.

Shamikebab · 13 Oct 2011 at 07:26

Tom84 said:
7 posts above yours Shami

Fail

K1LLSW1TCH said:
That's clearly a heavily scripted level and doesn't even involve a hit, we've seen levels like this before so I'm not concerned at all. The graphics look great and the animations look much improved as well. I expect that noob vision will be disabled on the higher difficulties, much like the map only offered a tiny amount of information on Professional difficulty. Can't wait for it.

Yeah it was very scripted, a bit like the Bioshock Infinite trailer we had.

Not quite sure how they're going to explain the noob vision, I mean at least Batman has the gadgets to explain it

K1LLSW1TCH · 13 Oct 2011 at 10:09

Shamikebab said:
Yeah it was very scripted, a bit like the Bioshock Infinite trailer we had.

Yeah it looks a little bit like the opening level from Hitman: Contracts.

Shamikebab said:
Not quite sure how they're going to explain the noob vision, I mean at least Batman has the gadgets to explain it

They're probably going to palm it off as your "instinct" or something silly like that, personally I'll never use it as it would feel like a massive cheat. It's one thing highlighting enemies and objects but it's another thing showing enemies exact paths, it would completely spoil the game for me and I hope they haven't removed the map.

Shamikebab · 13 Oct 2011 at 10:55

It also needs a max distance, he was seeing everyone in the building!

K1LLSW1TCH · 13 Oct 2011 at 11:25

Shamikebab said:
It also needs a max distance, he was seeing everyone in the building!

DAIR · 15 Dec 2011 at 13:05

You guys seen the most recent gameplay vid (weighs in at a little over 16mins). Some great footage!

Overmostheads · 15 Dec 2011 at 17:22

Seeing through walls? A cover system?

Truly a disgrace to genre. Looks like Hitman Blood Money was a last good game in this series.

Deathjumps · 15 Dec 2011 at 17:57

Overmostheads said:
Seeing through walls? A cover system?

Truly a disgrace to genre. Looks like Hitman Blood Money was a last good game in this series.

I can see your point with seeing through walls, not realistic really, but the cover system is something I think was needed.
Grabbing dudes from behind walls ect, I like that idea, it will only add to 47's stealth tactics

A cover system with the ability to see through walls will just make it too easy and take away from the whole effect imo.

Tom84 · 15 Dec 2011 at 18:02

I'm sure the eagle eye is an optional thing, if you boys don't like it you can always ignore it

TheVoice · 15 Dec 2011 at 18:03

I believe they've said before that features like that will be disabled for harder difficulty levels, so hopefully there is a way to get a more 'true' Hitman experience. That said, from what I've seen so far in terms of them making the next game more story-driven, as well as no Jesper Kyd providing the soundtrack, I do doubt it'll have the same atmosphere as the previous games.