Hitman: Absolution |OT|

[Salvation]

^Sorry mani bhai! but I will still go with what I said earlier (AI needs a lot of improvement, agent simply walks in and walks out) but it is the pre-beta mode of the game. I hope they will improve in full release.

^^ I hope so.

[manigamer]

^^^ well stealth games are kinda like that, u gotta get in there somehow, give me a game where the stealth isn't like that...

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Hitman: Absolution's 'Contracts' Multiplayer Sounds Pretty Neat


In Hitman: Absolution, players will have the ability to create 'contracts'.

They'll do so by entering the game's 'create' mode, which allows them to replay a level. Once in the level, they'll author a unique set of hits during the replaying of said level, with up to three murders comprising the full 'contract'.

Once the player clears the area, the 'contract' is automatically uploaded to a server for other players to take a shot at (pun alert!).

Here's a bit of context from an example given at Gamescom, via The Verge:

In the example we were shown, Agent 47 created a contract in the Shangri-La level of the game, a section that shows a pot-growing farm preparing for a police raid. To create the contract, the player first has to mark a target and then kill him or her. The way the target is killed, for instance without being spotted, all adds to the requirements of the contract. After killing the first target, Agent 47 moved through the area to find a second target and first mark, then kill a second target. Once a player is finished taking out the targets, the way they exit a level is also factored in to the new contract.

If you can complete these player-created 'contracts' in less time than your competitors, you'll earn more in-game money… which can be used to give you an advantage when starting a given level.

There'll be a trailer of the mode released tomorrow.

The Verge: 'Hitman Absolution' will include player-created 'Contracts'

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Hitman: Absolution gets Steamworks and DX11 support: “Hitman’s suit looks ten times more awesome on PC”

IO Interactive’s Jonas Meyer headed up the presentation. He says that IO “want the game to look as awesome as possible” and promises that “Hitman’s suit looks ten times more awesome on PC.”

Owen was impressed by what he saw, noting the subtle bloom on Agent 47′s bald head and fine details like trickling sweat. “The idea of a secret press briefing dedicated to the monstrous power of the PC is testament to the current state of the console generation,” he notes. “Whether you understand, or care, about anti aliasing levels it’s good to know that Eidos are planning on pushing the PC’s power.”

PC only features:

Increased texture resolution,
Increased gesture resolution
Higher shadow Map resolution.
Full mouse and key support
Optimised PC user interface
Optimised for low and high end PCs
Steam works integration including steam cloud saves which is a massive win

Dx 11 only features:

Global illumination
Bokeh
Tesselation
Eyefinity support
HD3D support

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First Screens, New Details from Hitman: Absolution's 'Contracts' Mode


While you might have already seen our initial post on Side Mission about the all-new Contracts mode that will be featured in the upcoming Hitman: Absolution, I've returned from the reveal event itself here in Cologne, Germany with additional details and the very first screens of the mode in action.

For those who missed our earlier story, Contracts is described as a new online mode that will allow players to create and share their own custom hit challenges within Hitman: Absolution. Basically, players will choose a level, targets, weapons and then set their rules for completing the contract they are creating based on time, style, and witnesses. The mode is devoid of actual game editors or complicated mechanics, it's an asynchronous mode that uses straight up gameplay to create the contracts that are shared online with friends regardless of whether they are online or not when you do your dirty work.

Once you've accepted and completed a contract, you'll be rewarded with contract dollars – the amount of which depending on how skillfully you've performed the terms of the contract. Crafty contract creators will go out of their way to incorporate elaborate setups that require the use of different weapons, disguises, upgrades, and techniques – all of which are unlockable by playing the game's story mode or using your accumulated contract dollars.
The game is going to ship with pre-set contracts conceived by the team at IO Interactive and there will be community-selected contracts featured each week according to the presentation we were given. The goal here is quite simple – to increase the game's replay value while fostering a deeper sense of community and finally giving players the chance to prove who really is the ultimate assassin.

"Contracts was inspired by our loyal and extremely creative fans, many of whom are still finding new and amazing ways of taking out targets in previous Hitman games," said Christian Elverdam, gameplay director on Absolution. "Contracts mode finally delivers a way for Hitman players to fully realize both their creative and competitive nature. Whether they're fighting to shave off a split second form their time or combining elements and timing events to create unprecedented accidental deaths, gamers can now challenge and inspire each other with an endless variety of user-generated contracts."
So, take a look at these brand-new screens of the Contracts mode in action and let us know what you think. Oh, and if you wanna see these screens a bit bigger and get a behind-the-scenes look at the (rather awesome) venue where the presentation took place, you can head to this photo album on the GT Facebook page.

[JAYZZY]

Steam works means user made stuff for game if im not wrong ?

and if thats the case im surely going to buy this game

[Necrokiller]

Steam works means user made stuff for game if im not wrong ?

and if thats the case im surely going to buy this game

Not necessarily.

Steamworks integration in Hitman Absolution features Cloud saves and using Steam for its online activity (multiplayer).

[JAYZZY]

Allright .

this save thing looks good . dont have to manually copy save folder for a game

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Hitman: Absolution Altered Due to Sexy Killer Nuns Controversy


The squadron of leather-clad, weapon wielding nuns that tried to take out Agent 47 in an epic teaser trailer created such a backlash that the studio decided to alter the game a bit.

Tore Blystad, the director of Hitman: Absolution, told Eurogamer at Gamescom that he was floored by the reaction from the trailer that featured Agent 47 killing a group of leggy killer nuns that were trying to take him out for some reason.

"We were surprised by the reaction to it. We've been trying to find out, y'know, how could we not see this happening?"

He hopes they can bring back some of their more sensitive fans by altering the level in which those characters appear. Now, Blystad said they have altered the game "to give these characters some context and some backstory. We're working within the game – within that level – to build these characters up before you meet them."

It's a novel way to approach such a controversy. This would have been more discouraging if they announced they were removing the characters altogether just so they could win the approval of a couple of whiners who will find something else to be offended about down the line anyway.

Eurogamer: Hitman Absolution level changed due to negative nun trailer reaction

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When i red the title i got angry ! as to they might remove it altogether but ITS OK, they are not removing it ahhh

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Hitman: Absolution's Contracts Will Be Cross-Platform… With A Little Hacking


Hitman: Absolution has a new mode allowing user-created levels to be uploaded called "Contracts".

Unfortunately, you won't be able issue any cross-platform contracts. Not officially, at least.


Essentially, you can make the levels you design and challenge your friends with cross-platform. You just need to do a little file hacking.

Each contract is expressed as a string of digits. The first two digits are the platform the contract is available on: 03 for PC, 05 for Xbox 360, and 07 for PS3. The rest of the contract is then expressed in digits.
In short, if you know what you're doing, IO Interactive has made porting those contracts fairly easy to do. The trade-off, of course, is that there's no simple way to get, say, an Xbox 360 contract up on a PS3 without some more work. It also won't carry over challenges or other aspects of Contracts mode; you still won't be able to see statistics cross-platform.

But at least they've thought about it so that for those of us who want to try it out.

Joystiq: Hitman: Absolution Contracts Can't Cross Platforms, But Community Can Crack the Code