ITT: What the fuck were they thinking?

ITT: What the fuck were they thinking?

there are acually people who defend this abortion on Sup Forums

Game always ran like shit for me no matter what settings I play on.

list out any flaw in absolution in greentext, hurry!

>it didn't FEEL like a REAL hitman, bro!

you mean aside from instinct shit, disguise or the plot

or no jesper kyd: godtier soundtrack or the fact io people left after bm

they were thinking
> I wonder how we could make hitman an actually fun game?
and then they did it and created literally the best selling game in the franchise by a massive margin

then a small vocal minority whined incessantly and they had to go back on all the progress they made mechanically, and Squeenix was like
>wait seriously? you turned it into a functional game and you want to undo that? alright but we're going to give you 1/6th the budget and it has to be episodic so we can pull the plug on this shit show at a fucking moment's notice

>Kane & Lynch devs: we want the K&L audience
>let's make the game focused on the characters and story

>blood money
>not fun

Honestly.

>can stick any weapon in your coat like it's a fucking wormhole, making smuggling guns too easy and nonsensical
>use magic hitman power to hold your hand up to your face and avoid detection
>people with the same outfit as your disguiese see straight through, as all gardeners on earth know each other
>linear as fuck levels
>poison only exists in context sensitive events, no more syringes
>the underground base with the comatose guys still see you, making a suit only no detection run impossible
green enough for you?

>the plot

is there any k&l reference in the new game ?
also
kek

>literal artificial difficulty

Play on the harder settings and you'll find that the enemies will unload their entire mag on you nonstop and never run out of ammo.

They were trying to make a linear story-driven action game, the kind of game that can justify AAA budgets these days.

In order to make a proper Hitman game next, they had to bend over for the episodic model.

more
any thoughts about the plot and every level?

it's fun in the sense that garry's mod is fun

it's barely defined, a kind of sandbox with a general over-arching theme of being an assassin, but it's a far cry from a full-fledged game with direction and purpose.

>every level
Allow me.

>hallway simulator
>extremely small levels, don't even come close to blood money's size
>each level is just blood money's tutorial
>most assassinations in a level take place IN A CUTSCENE
>checkpoints in levels are broken
>way too many hiding spots (closets, bins, etc)
>level design architecture repeats itself in certain levels
>generally uninteresting

Compared to BM's levels which are
>ranging from large to HUGE
>offer a wide variety of options without guiding the player's hand
>contain a unique setting and backdrop EVERY TIME
>not hallway simulator at all

that's not artificial difficulty
that's enforcing a mechanical rule

"not being realistic" is not artificial difficulty, games have no duty to abide by real-life rules

SO WHAT'S THE STUFF ABOUT AGENT 47 HAVING MUH FEELING

They made an excellent Hitman game that has near-universally positive reviews on Steam. It's better than Blood Money in some ways, worse in others.

Superb atmosphere. Actually has a story.