Hitman - Intro Pack

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3.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 217 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 21 out of 217
  3. Negative: 131 out of 217
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  1. caesarzx
    Mar 12, 2016
    2
    Prepaid for full experience three months ago and now you give me this must-be-online one-mission **** Square Enix, a worse Ubisoft, with disguise. Neat job, 47.
  2. Nanoflex
    Mar 14, 2016
    3
    The fact that they think one mission constitutes an episode is absolutely ridiculous , I personally would expect a 10 mission campaign for every episode. Already refunded do they want us to play one mission 300 times over and over !!!
  3. Protodeus
    Mar 14, 2016
    1
    First of all, this is not a complete game. It's one mission and some training tutorials, so if you want the full thing you need to wait until December when the game is fully released. It is quite possibly one of the strangest video game release decisions I have ever witnessed, because it literally makes no sense. Why are you releasing the game one mission at a time? I would rather justFirst of all, this is not a complete game. It's one mission and some training tutorials, so if you want the full thing you need to wait until December when the game is fully released. It is quite possibly one of the strangest video game release decisions I have ever witnessed, because it literally makes no sense. Why are you releasing the game one mission at a time? I would rather just wait and have a complete game free of bugs than have it released in pieces. Regardless, the game itself, from what I played, is not that bad. It definitely goes back to its Blood Money routes, the location is gorgeous and there are lots of fun ways to kill your targets. So why the low rating?

    - Always online DRM. Yes, after the whole SimCity debacle, companies are still implementing this **** useless feature that punishes the actual people who by the game legally and not the pirates. Absolutely awful idea, mainly because as of right now you can be kicked out of your game very often and have to reload from your last save point. What a stupid feature.

    - Locked graphics options. If you don't have a 4 GB video card, you will not be able to play at certain resolutions or use higher resolution textures. I mean, the game doesn't work or run very well anyways, so I'm not sure why they are punishing PC players here. Another stupid decision.

    - Poor performance overall. Another awful PC port with terrible frame rate drops, especially in crowds.

    - No blood. Yeah, in a game where you kill people you would think that there would actually be blood decals, which they actually implemented in Blood Money, but for some reason that's too much work 10 years later. Killing people is like shooting a bag of sand. Also, people's bodies still collapse into ridiculously unnatural positions once they are killed.

    Overall, I would wait until the game is fully released, and then I would only buy it once the punitive measure against PC players have been removed completely. As for now, the game is a mess on release, because AAA developers don't really seem to care anymore. The game itself is okay, but it is not complete, so I am not going to give it a score based on one mission alone.    … Expand
  4. Dan_F
    Mar 11, 2016
    0
    Doesn't support screen resolution above 1920x1080, for many people graphics settings are locked to low or medium, I couldn't confirm that because when I saw that it didn't support my monitor resolution (1440p) I filed for a refund on steam
  5. EE061003
    Mar 15, 2016
    0
    A complete Fiasco. Useless pile of junk sold in episodes to make money. No creativity ,no respect for old school hitman fans. I pray other companies like R* ,Ubi dont follow this terrible format of episodic gaming . I have never seen such terrible AI in any hitman game other than this episodic junk. Hell lot of technical glitches. Not even worth pirating. Stay Away. Save your money for Good.
  6. ChikatiloZ
    Mar 18, 2016
    0
    Take terrible console port, chop it up into 10 slices, release one slice every 3 months, sell the tutorial for $15, put ball breaking always online DRM all over your single player tutorial.

    0/10 for game and business model
    10/10 for trolling customers
  7. dkeppens
    Mar 18, 2016
    0
    Anyone buying into DLC, microtransactions, episodic releases, season passes and games with restrictive DRM are contributing to enriching these behemoth game publishers and sending them the all clear on bleeding their customers dry in ever more ways for exactly the same content as you got before this whole mess started. Even if you're rich and don't care, you are still an idiot for makingAnyone buying into DLC, microtransactions, episodic releases, season passes and games with restrictive DRM are contributing to enriching these behemoth game publishers and sending them the all clear on bleeding their customers dry in ever more ways for exactly the same content as you got before this whole mess started. Even if you're rich and don't care, you are still an idiot for making sure you'll be paying more for something when it just as easily could've been avoided. That really is the only thing that matters here… Expand
  8. Moo-vies
    Mar 16, 2016
    2
    Square Enix used to make games friendly to the player at one point.
    Well not anymore, joining EA and Ubisoft in the list of publishers I will, as much as I manage, not buy from again.
    I stay on an island, and Internet is patchy sometimes. Nevertheless, playing at a friend's place on the mainland, I got disconnected 2 times in the couple hours I tried this ... thing. Don't believe    Square Enix used to make games friendly to the player at one point.
    Well not anymore, joining EA and Ubisoft in the list of publishers I will, as much as I manage, not buy from again.

    I stay on an island, and Internet is patchy sometimes. Nevertheless, playing at a friend's place on the mainland, I got disconnected 2 times in the couple hours I tried this ... thing.

    Don't believe reviews saying it has anything to do with blood money. It's just professional reviewers being pushers. Sadly, even Rock Paper Shotgun has joined the websites you can not trust anymore despite the talent full writers.

    Besides the always online requirement, the technical port to PC is as is now a tradition to SE a shame with limited resolution and arbitrary restrictions imposed to the user. But who cares about users anyways when you leave people with dumb ideas in position to impose stupid functionalities to the game in your managerial organisation.

    Speaking of ... yes this is just one level. And you may see another one in 6 months from now.
    What a joke.

    Vote with your wallet and avoid this like the plague.    … Expand
  9. danstew
    Mar 16, 2016
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wonder whether this episodic release thingie is some sort of an experiment, or whether they were forced to do it this way, as I cannot think of really convincing reasons otherwise why this wasn't released as a complete product.
    Let's look at the pros:
    The game looks great, and performance was decent on my system (i4790, 16 gigs RAM, GTX960 with 4 gigs, Windows 7). Controls are not bad, I played this with an Xbox controller for Windows.
    The mission (this "intro pack" comes with two tutorial missions, one of them you are required to play twice in different ways). For the actual mission (Paris), it's fun to walk around, explore, gather information that will help you to execute your assassinations etc.
    All that is nice, now for the cons:

    - The DRM requires you to be online at all times while you play. Now, I have a very fast and stable connection, and still, there were connection issues, which really leads me to believe these are problems on the side of the company, like thier server crashing or hiccuping or not being able to cope with all the connections. If you lose connection during a mission, your progress is lost.
    Now, I understand the need for DRM and support it. In some cases, players have themselves to blame for all the trading and ripping games or downloading them without paying. However, if the DRM causes so many issues, I don't think it's the way to go, and it punishes pretty much everyone. The system simply is not stable enough.

    - I am not a hardcore fan of the franchise. I played previous Hitman games, and liked them, but I am not sure whether the average Hitman-player loves to replay missions over and over and over in order to actually find all methods of killing the target and getting all the achievements.
    if you prefer to do that, if you're a true completionist, the episodic release might be just great. You get plenty of time to do everything you possibly can in that first mission, get every achievement, find every secret.
    If you prefer to actually move on in the game, I don't think you'll enjoy the episode-system. I am by no means rushing through the games I play, I often take my sweet time with games, exploring and experimenting.
    but after doing the tutorial (the "final test", which, I was told, was supposed to be a tougher mission than other hitmen have to accomplish, took me about 10-15 min. I snuck in, there were hints at some parachute-test, I found a plane, easily disguised myself as a tech, sabotaged the plane and finished the mission... not that it wasn't fun, but it was not that demanding at all, didn't fail once or got even close, and no, I didn't use the hint-system, which is supposed to make the game a bit easier if you'd prefer that), I jumped into the Paris mission, killed the targets a few times in different ways, and then... I was puzzled at what to do next.

    Again, I am not sure whether I was playing the previous games all wrong. I did take my time with them, tried different approaches, but never tried to be a completionist about it.
    I reckon that you can get anything from 2-6 hours of playtime out of the tutorial and first mission. After that, oyu have two choices:
    - Play the same tutorials and mission over and over and over again, trying to get any challenge done, trying to find each and every method to kill a target.
    - Or wait a couple of weeks for the next level.

    A blogger said that he isn't sure gamers were willing to keep the game installed and return to it a couple of weeks later to play the next part, and I agree. By the time the next levels are ready, I probably will be into another game, and to go back and adjust every time... I dunno.

    So in MY case (your mileage may very much vary), the episodic release is not a good idea, I'd very muich have preferred the whole game all at once.
    The game IS kinda open world, even though the challenges and opportunitites dictate the ways you can kill a target. So if open world, to you, is a level where, if disguided correctly and walk around pretty much the whole level to find one of the methods to complete the mission, then it is open world.

    So to sum it up: Performance and controls are nice. Story and voice-acting are nothing to write home about, and I'd have preferred to experience the whole story, instead of having to wait for the next chapter.
    Missions are nice, great backdrops/settings, lots of details. AI is... ok. Nothing more, nothing less. The episodic release, to me, is a bad decision, and I doubt that I'll upgrade once the next parts are ready, as by then, I'll prolly have moved on to another game, and I don't see the fun in "milking" the one level we got just to pass the time until we get the next part of the game.    … Expand
  10. jl909
    Mar 18, 2016
    2
    The expanded, much less linear level is a refreshing change to what was Hitman Absolution, but like other reviewers have pointed out - It's one mission. Also, this game crashes as much if not more than Absolution did upon its release. I have heard many friends say, "Hitman games get worse with every one" and they have been vindicated; this game is truly not good and their releaseThe expanded, much less linear level is a refreshing change to what was Hitman Absolution, but like other reviewers have pointed out - It's one mission. Also, this game crashes as much if not more than Absolution did upon its release. I have heard many friends say, "Hitman games get worse with every one" and they have been vindicated; this game is truly not good and their release strategy for it is horrible for the user; they've essentially created a nine month beta before the game is complete. I was able to play through the first two training missions and the one, regular one without incident. When I came back to play the challenges where 47 starts in various rooms with different disguises, the game started crashing frequently (updated drivers did not change crash frequency). Overall, I would not recommend anyone to purchase this until the complete game is out.… Expand
  11. cousinit99
    Mar 21, 2016
    2
    Let's see... At this point, a prospective buyer of the full game has two options:

    1) pay $60 upfront for an unfinished game that they'll have to wait months to "episodically" trickle into existence, or 2) incur a $5 penalty/premium by paying $15 for the game content that's actually ready and consumable now, and then another $50 (for an eventual total of $65) at some indefinite    Let's see... At this point, a prospective buyer of the full game has two options:

    1) pay $60 upfront for an unfinished game that they'll have to wait months to "episodically" trickle into existence, or

    2) incur a $5 penalty/premium by paying $15 for the game content that's actually ready and consumable now, and then another $50 (for an eventual total of $65) at some indefinite point in time later this year when the majority of the product they're paying for is *actually* available.

    Square Enix has apparently adopted a policy of punishing their customers. They can either buy the entire, yet-to-be-released game upfront and wait months for Square Enix to deliver it, or wait until there's an actual, consumable product that delivers the content that they paid for and pay more for it.

    Excuse me Square Enix, but I simply can't resist asking: Have you completely lost your god-da.mned mind? This episodic bull-sh¡t is just another way of selling a game that's in pre-order status! The only difference, is that you won't pay MORE for a pre-orderable game that you wait to buy until it goes gold!

    Couple this middle finger with another that basically requires all players to be online just to play, even though there's no multiplayer component or other legitimate reason to justify this (and no, leader boards DO NOT qualify as one). Not only that, but there's apparently no fault tolerance WHATSOEVER, which means that if the game servers go down, the paying customers are the ones who suffer!

    Congratulations, you're all a bunch of focking idiots. I hope all the people who pitched this episodic bullsh¡t and ridiculous online requirement find themselves OUT OF A JOB. In any case however, my refund has been issued.

    The ONLY reason I gave a 2 instead of a 0 is because, surely, there were people who worked on this game whose efforts would have made it a great one if not for the egregious missteps above..    … Expand
  12. sashaCZ1
    Mar 26, 2016
    2
    Unfortunately - awful.

    After they said that there's gonna be an episodic HITMAN, I knew it's screwed. We got 3 missions in the Intro Pack, 2 of which have already been in HITMAN Beta. I can't say it's a reboot. They just took the best from Blood Money and Absolution and added some bullsh*t to it. First of all, DENUVO and MUST-BE-ONLINE-SERVICE. This Online service ruined this game    Unfortunately - awful.

    After they said that there's gonna be an episodic HITMAN, I knew it's screwed. We got 3 missions in the Intro Pack, 2 of which have already been in HITMAN Beta.

    I can't say it's a reboot. They just took the best from Blood Money and Absolution and added some bullsh*t to it. First of all, DENUVO and MUST-BE-ONLINE-SERVICE. This Online service ruined this game completely. It took about 3 or 4 points from the whole Metacritic score. Next, one of the worst optimizations ever. Not even Ubisoft dare release such unfinished and unpolished product. And third, as I've mentioned before.. episodes. Are they joking? Is this Telltale or what? How the hell do they imagine Hitman with an episodic release dates. It'd be fine if there were like 6-10 missions per episode, but 3.. Sorry, but I refund.

    2/10. Worst Hitman ever.    … Expand
  13. MagikarpChicken
    Mar 20, 2016
    0
    This game is bad because the game is just bad I played it and I don't like the story or the gameplay 0/10 so yea this is just point on point bad I don't like how the story go or how the gameplay is like so is it a 0/10
  14. riceycakes
    Mar 23, 2016
    0
    There's not much to say about this game. It's 2016 and they failed on almost every tier. 1 main mission + always online * servers always failing and ending your mission = officially a worse company that EA.
  15. sam0jones0
    Mar 28, 2016
    0
    I protest the release method of this game. Money-grabbing and shady. Another game whereby you'd have a better experience pirating it. Always online punishes the good folk like me who pay for their games.

    If I paid for this I would pirate it right away just to get rid of always online.
  16. Bladowicz
    Jul 18, 2016
    0
    Flattening and streamlining (not in a good way) Hitman even more. Every route you can take, was planted there. There is no place for your own thoughts... I miss first game.
  17. CantPickUsernam
    Mar 14, 2016
    0
    Don't let the hype fool you. DON'T BUY THIS GAME!

    Seriously though IO had to have bribed the big critics, because this game is a travesty. FULL AAA RELEASE PRICE, For a minimal episodic dirge for modern gaming. Always online DRM plus DENUVO. IF you want to do anything other than one mission you HAVE to be online. Good luck though i couldn't manage to stay connected to the servers for    Don't let the hype fool you. DON'T BUY THIS GAME!

    Seriously though IO had to have bribed the big critics, because this game is a travesty.
    FULL AAA RELEASE PRICE, For a minimal episodic dirge for modern gaming.
    Always online DRM plus DENUVO.
    IF you want to do anything other than one mission you HAVE to be online. Good luck though i couldn't manage to stay connected to the servers for longer than 20 minutes, oh and if you disconnect it boots you straight to the menu.
    MIx that in with terribad optimization. Insane load times. Lack of content. And you get quite the stellar piece of ****

    I quit this franchise NEVER AGAIN    … Expand
  18. NerdyJack
    Mar 15, 2016
    0
    Oh look at that, they release a "demo", and ask you 7 dollars for that! How smart! Since when does the game company release a game part by part, and let the users be the beta tester, so that their later releases are more stable? An indi game? Sure. An AAA game? Go fk yerself! This mess must stop.
  19. Crackfarmer
    Mar 13, 2016
    0
    How to create an awful Game :
    Step 1 : Care more for anti piracy than the actual Game content
    Step 2 : Use unfinished/buggy dx12, crappy dx11 engine
    Step 3 : Force online mode
    Step 4 : Split Game in 2 parts to make more money out of a poor built Game
    Step 5 : Be Square Enix

    Have they been on drugs while creating this? Terrible.
  20. kremit
    Mar 30, 2016
    0
    Ripoff!

    They are releasing small chunks of this game every month. This means by the time the next chunk comes out I am already bored with Hitman anyway. This just makes me feel scummy supporting them. They should have marked this as early access.

    They lost a 15 year Hitman player in me because of their scummy release schedule. I can never trust them again.
  21. Type4101
    Mar 20, 2016
    1
    Short review: This game's episodic format ruins it. Wait for actual release of game in a year or two. This is DLC.

    Long review: This revival of the series could have been great. The idea is there...a return to variety and diversity in mission-approach. But the whole thing is ruined by an episodic format that completely wrecks any sense of "epic" gameplay. It feels like you played    Short review: This game's episodic format ruins it. Wait for actual release of game in a year or two. This is DLC.

    Long review: This revival of the series could have been great. The idea is there...a return to variety and diversity in mission-approach. But the whole thing is ruined by an episodic format that completely wrecks any sense of "epic" gameplay. It feels like you played a massively overpriced tutorial and warm-up mission....because that's exactly what happened. It does not bode well for the future of the game, where a handful of scattered missions are planned for a lot of money, and you will already have paid tons of money for small-time, nickel-and-dime DLC before even knowing if the next missions will be awful. Pay now, and wait for the game to be finished and hope it isn't terrible. That is a horrible business model. Give this game a pass until the actual release date....in a year or two.    … Expand
  22. progamerr
    Mar 23, 2016
    0
    worst game at hitman series .

    --badly optimized
    --split sale
    --Terrible episode

    Please don't buy it.Go play 11 year old Hitman:Blood Money.İt's far better than this garbage
  23. Vasot
    Mar 29, 2016
    0
    WORSE HITMAN EVER where to start from this trash 1) Always-Online for a single player title what the heck !! 2) Bugs and unoptimised 3) Small and terrible episode. They should be shamed to release this trash and expect from people to pay 40 Euros (or 40$).
  24. Joe_Friday
    Apr 8, 2016
    0
    An unfinished game that requires you to always be online (even in single player) to satisfy it's DRM. Too bad they didn't spend more time developing the game instead of designing intrusive DRM. No thanks, I'm getting a refund.
  25. geraltorivia
    Mar 22, 2016
    3
    I've played Hitman since the days of Blood Money. I may be in the minority when I say that I could stomach Absolution. It had its moments. And I was really anticipating this new Hitman, which seemed to combine the best of both previous games.
    I was willing to overlook the drip-fed level release because it seemed as though the maps would have enough to do, what with challenges and    I've played Hitman since the days of Blood Money. I may be in the minority when I say that I could stomach Absolution. It had its moments. And I was really anticipating this new Hitman, which seemed to combine the best of both previous games.
    I was willing to overlook the drip-fed level release because it seemed as though the maps would have enough to do, what with challenges and Contracts. And I was right - they do!
    But... There's that 'But'. The requirement to be always online is effectively a dealbreaker. "Sure" they say, "You can play offline, but you can't progress anywhere and we're going to lock out 90% of the game." Yes, yes, because the need to be online all the time is SOOO pressing in a single-player game. There is no kind of frustration quite like the one you feel after taking the (considerable) time to stalk your targets, set up a brilliantly-timed ambush, and making your way discreetly toward the exit when the game kicks you out 10 steps away from the door - losing all your progress as a result.
    IO, I love you guys, and I don't quite believe that the decision for always-online was your idea (because Square Enix is run by gamer-hating corporate morons, as we all know only too well). But I cannot play your lovely new game until this crisis is resolved.    … Expand
  26. Pipemastersven
    Mar 23, 2016
    0
    I haven't even played the game - this review is to emphasize that this style of release is not acceptable - and this is one of the few channels that we consumers can vent on;
    It could be a great game! And I'll amend the review when the 'full game' comes out if needed
  27. OMGmyFACE
    Mar 11, 2016
    5
    As a Hitman game, it's not bad. In fact, it's fun and creative, which is all we wanted after Absolution. However, I can't in good conscience recommend it as it is. the $15 intro and $50 upgrade pack confirm why they've chosen to go this route; they can and will make more money by chopping the game up into pieces and forcing a digital-only model until the disc arrives NEXT year. I don'tAs a Hitman game, it's not bad. In fact, it's fun and creative, which is all we wanted after Absolution. However, I can't in good conscience recommend it as it is. the $15 intro and $50 upgrade pack confirm why they've chosen to go this route; they can and will make more money by chopping the game up into pieces and forcing a digital-only model until the disc arrives NEXT year. I don't abide by this one bit. That $15 intro pack carries with it a single mission, btw. The prologue is simply the beta tutorial. And if the one stage you get, which while lovely is still one map, is that short, the remaining cities 47 is scheduled to visit already seem like not enough for (more than) $60. It's like they said "you wanted Blood Money, well, here's half of that and we'll charge you more for it as we roll out segments." Despicable.… Expand
  28. inkblowout
    Mar 27, 2016
    6
    Damn the hate is real in this game.

    Looking at the Intro pack in a game play standpoint, It's an improvement from Absolution and they've seem to gone back with Blood Money's style of game play. But they have changed a bit. First they have sedating now, where 47 chokes someone unconscious instead of using the anesthetic which does make the game play a lot easier because you don't have to    Damn the hate is real in this game.

    Looking at the Intro pack in a game play standpoint, It's an improvement from Absolution and they've seem to gone back with Blood Money's style of game play. But they have changed a bit. First they have sedating now, where 47 chokes someone unconscious instead of using the anesthetic which does make the game play a lot easier because you don't have to worry about running out of anesthetic which is disappointing but not too much of a downer and they added all these extra features each level which gives a level some replay value. Overall I really enjoy the game play and I look forward to the rest of the game.

    But the problem that everyone complains about the game is the marketing that Square Enix tried to pull off. "Releasing the game by episodes" and "Full release by 2017". And you know what... everyone is right to get pissed off. Because some people actually paid the full 60 or 70 bucks to play this game, and if Square Enix decides to scrap the entire game before the game is finished then those people are screwed. I'm not risking myself and my wallet to buy anymore episodes. I've tried the intro pack for my friends and seeing that it's 15 dollars is a slap in the face.

    So I'm going to wait till the full game is released. I was hyped for the gameplay until I saw the pricetag. What a f**king joke Square Enix.    … Expand
  29. KL987
    Jul 12, 2016
    0
    Really can't believe this kind of sadist game company even has a right publish this kind of program. Developers really should seek for professional help.
  30. kurbonhart
    Apr 5, 2016
    1
    This game's episodic format is awful. Wait for actual release of game in a year or two this is like a demo, i expected more this saga is awesome but this is no the way to go.
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75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. Stevivor
    Jun 23, 2016
    70
    Hitman seems to be having more and more issues with each passing episode — at least on PC — which is a shame considering how much potential it had. Here’s hoping that with three episodes still remaining, Hitman finds its feet again and slays its way into our hearts.
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  2. CD-Action
    May 30, 2016
    75
    Hitman returns to form he presented in brilliant Blood Money, but upon arrival it’s a demo waiting to be expanded with free episodic content. Fortunately the available mission in Paris takes place in a huge area (much bigger than the largest maps from previous instalments) and can be completed in many different ways, so I enjoyed replaying it over and over again. [05/2016, p.48]
  3. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    May 18, 2016
    40
    New Hitman suits its fans and provides an open gameplay. Alas, game it is spoiled by formal errors and broken gameplay. The first episode was disappointing ... [Issue#263]
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