Game Title: Hitman 3
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Publisher: IO Interactive
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OpenCritic - -1 average - -1% recommended - 2 reviews
3DNews - Михаил Пономарев - Russian - 7 / 10
Despite the plot flaws and disappointing ending, Hitman 3 remains a fine assassin playground with a huge gameplay variety.
Ars Technica - Sam Machkovech - Unscored
A solid if unambitious expansion pack—and that should …
So, by this, I mean decisions that you can’t understand why you’d choose that choice in your first serious playthrough, y’know, when you’re not just choosing it to see what happens but making a choice to progress the story the way you want. It can be a story option, a way to play the game, any decision really.
What sparked this conversation is Witcher. Back in 2015, I was brand new to Witcher with Witcher 3 and I played through it alongside my SO, who was a big fan of the books, and my housemate, who is a big fan of Witchers 1 & 2, so we had three different viewpoints. And all three of us could just not understand who would pick Triss over Yennefer for Geralt. Not for a second are we saying “if you pick Triss, you’re wrong and an idiot” but we just found Triss to be so bland, boring and just annoying to be around while Yennefer felt like a better character who felt more real with character flaws, an arc and who felt like she truly cared …
In the mid 2010s, stealth games were all the rage. There was Deus Ex HR, Dishonored, Splinter Cell Blacklist, Thief, MGSV, Alien Isolation, Styx, Deus Ex MD, Dishonored 2.
And these were all amazing games. I loved playing stealthily and non lethally. I imagined stealth AI systems would only get more advanced over the years.
But then, for a few years now, nothing. At all. What happened? As far as I can tell, the games were well received by both critics and public alike.
I don’t really know why but it seems like no one is investigating how GOG was going to release Devotion like they had a page and everything. Then out of no where really, GOG says this?!?
How is no one investigating this? Has anyone asked about this and got a response? They never showed anyone asking for the game to be removed…does no one care that this could happen to any indie dev? Am I alone in wanting answers?