HITMAN GOTY [OT] Zero Patience for Season 2
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The listing on Steam is weird. The Patient Zero campaign and the new GOTY outfits are spun out into separate DLC's, but it looks like you have to buy them in a bundle together? Patient Zero is listed at $10, I'd rather get that by itself if possible since I don't get into escalations all that much.
Yeah it's a bit weird, but I don't think you can buy it in a different way.
Just bought Patient Zero on steam, ran around a few map and I have to say IOI did deliver a better lighting system and HDR implementation, first thing is you can enable DX12 and HDR at the same time now, thought I'm not sure if it's the Fall creator update or the Hitman update fixed this, previsouly I can only enable HDR in DX11 mode. And the overall implementation of HDR brightness is much better than before, the places should have bright lighting now have proper brightness, and some brightness was too pronounced was brought down to a reasonable level, for example, before the update, somebody's phone screen was too bright and it feels like he's holding a neo light in his hand.
And it could be my imagination, but I feels like the overall performance is worst than the pre-update, some places where I had consistent 60fps now runs at about 50fps, hope someone can do some benchmark to confirm this.
And it could be my imagination, but I feels like the overall performance is worst than the pre-update, some places where I had consistent 60fps now runs at about 50fps, hope someone can do some benchmark to confirm this.
Holy shit I am rusty. Finished the first Patient Zero mission
Grabbed the vodka and killed the main guy, but got impatient on figuring out the lady so I just shot her and ran. Likely a better solution but she seems surrounded by the militia once the leader goes down
They might not have planned on doing this when the decision to do the initial disc was made. I wouldn't be surprised if they only decided on doing this to help bring some money in while season 2 is worked on.
I bought this game when it was on sale around June/July. I have yet to play it. It seems intimidating; as in, there's so much content. I regret not having started to play it when the first mission was released.
The bulk of the content comes through replaying. In reality there's only six and a half 'maps', but with a whole lot of variation and missions.
You can sit down and beat the main story in a few hours and then play around from there. Or just start with Paris until you've mastered it and feel confident to move on.
Yeah, that's the thing. I know I'll want to play missions over and over again to do a bunch of stuff differently.
I guess it's going to be a while before season 2 hits, so I should have plenty of time.
I'm unable to buy the upgrade from the web store because it says I don't own the game. I have the Season 1 disc, and it is installed on my PS4. Shouldn't I be able to buy it? I'm guessing the solution is to buy it directly from my PS4 at home, but I'd really like to have it bought and downloaded for when I get home.
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I've been messing around with Paris today and having a blast. I bought the game last year during one of the $15 sales, and never really gave time to it. There was always something new pushing Hitman down my priority list. I'd watched playthroughs of the missions, like on Giant Bomb, and felt I'd had enough. That was a huge mistake. There is no comparison to the satisfaction of observing your target, planning your attack, and executing it perfectly; or, at times, completely fucking up at the worst possible times, and somehow pulling your ass out of the fire.
I think what I'll do is try and get my mastery up to level 20 for each level before I move on to the next, and try and complete as many challenges on the way. That seems like the best way to play in this sandbox.
I think what I'll do is try and get my mastery up to level 20 for each level before I move on to the next, and try and complete as many challenges on the way. That seems like the best way to play in this sandbox.
It definitely helps to be really familiar with the levels beforehand, and it's almost must if you're going for Silent Assassin rank. Unlocking alternative starting points and equipment is a good goal to set for a level before trying an Elusive Target there.
I also recommend some Escalations as they force you to learn tricks and aspects of levels that are really useful that you might not learn otherwise (especially considering they can all be done with SA).
The early elusives are pretty easy. Remember you can quit the mission and go back in as long as you haven't killed the target so you can scope it out first.
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Is it normal to get some stuttering when walking into a new room or sprinting past large crowds? Just a quick stutter, then back to baseline. I'm playing at 1800p on a i5 3570k/GTX 1060 locked to 30 fps and I get spikes down to 25 fps when doing said things. The average framerate is fine at 30 and frametimes when playing normally are reading a solid 33.3, so I'm not getting regular stuttering.
to clarify, he means RESTART and not quit. quitting will automatically fail the elusive.
How altered are the new bonus maps compared to the prior ones? Closer to the full revamps or mild ones like Christmas in Paris?
Edit - pretty positive you can quit an elusive
Edit - pretty positive you can quit an elusive
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Somewhat of a hybrid. They are not as full revamps as the Summer Bonus maps and you will find reused NPCs on the less relevant areas, but in the area where targets are it is pretty darn different.
I have the first season on PS4 - in the receipt, it was specifically called "Hitman - The Complete First Season (Bundle)" - but the Playstation Store says I can't buy the GOTY upgrade since I don't own the "season pass," and the in-game store listing for the upgrade gives me a "There is no content" error. (The in-game store does show the checkmark for owning all the episodes.) Patch already installed, and I hit 'check for updates' again just to make sure. Anyone else getting this?
Edit: Tried the in-game store again the following morning, and it started working. /shrug
Edit: Tried the in-game store again the following morning, and it started working. /shrug
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Wow this game is incredibly well optimized. DX12 + max settings is giving me consistent 60-75 FPS on an RX 480. Good stuff.
Bought the upgrade last night. Have a few days off work from tomorrow. Can't wait to get stuck into the new campaign.
Calls himself a speed runner...
Calls himself a speed runner...
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Also, a reminder for the previous players that pistol distractions are back to their old glory :D
Played a bunch of the new campaign and it's super strong. 4 new campaign quality missions for twenty bucks plus extras is feeling like a killer tease for season 2. Trying and failing at Difficult is also a treat.
so, I might have created an impossible contract on pc. for those who want to try it's called "whose laughing now" and the ID is 1-03-4695700-77. It took me several tries to create this with the stipulations I want but now I can't even beat the damn thing lol.
There is a way. It's tricky but you can take out the nurse who spreads the infection before she gets infected herself, thus preventing anyone from becoming infected.
Doing 100% challenges in this game is actually pretty enjoyable (and I mean 100% including professional mode)
Except one or two challenges in colorado. Fuck sniper assassin on pro.
I love the music in the new mission. When you go into certain areas it starts playing that piano bit and it instantly changes the mood.
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Didn't see a whole lot of impressions, but is the upgrade pack a Buy if you've put a bunch of hours into Season 1?
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