Anticipated Hitman Collector's Edition

[Interinactive]

Ordered

I don't want the game, especially not on PS4, but I can't pass up that statue. There's only ever been one other decent Hitman statue, and at this point it's way too expensive to buy.

[Mike1888]

Not feeling it at all. Statue is meh, tie is an already available item, and no disc. Pass!

[MadMan5]

"Digital Game Download - Contains your code to download your copy of the full game" So what does this mean?
Do we just get the first bit and then have to pay for the rest? or is it a season pass as that is what it is looking like to me. This game practise is starting to suck.

[MadMan5]

Originally Posted by Interinactive

Ordered

I don't want the game, especially not on PS4, but I can't pass up that statue. There's only ever been one other decent Hitman statue, and at this point it's way too expensive to buy.

What was it?

[Texas Fire]

Is this going straight to the Square Enix store or will Best Buy/Gamestop get these preorders?

[Mike1888]

Originally Posted by MadMan5

What was it?

I think he's referring to the Sideshow statue

[Interinactive]

Originally Posted by MadMan5

What was it?

This one

The face isn't perfect, but then it rarely is with 47

Edit: Yep, as above. The last I saw it for was around $800 :/

[MadMan5]

Originally Posted by Mike1888

I think he's referring to the Sideshow statue

Thanks for the info.

[Vlad]

This is a tricky one for me, I like the statue, I already have a tie from Absolution, the pin looks like a pathetically cheap one you'd get from China on eBay for less than a pound, the art book might be nice (e.g. Witcher 3) or awful (e.g. Just Cause 3) and I hate the digital code.

But a far larger problem is the release strategy, it sounds like absolutely the shittiest, most horrid plan I've ever seen for a AAA game like this. [Link]

I get that episodic can work for some things like Telltale's things or things where it's a more movie-like experience but for a big AAA game like this it's totally putting me off.
If I play a proper, involved game (not meaning episodic ones aren't just now but there is generally a difference in gameplay) I don't want to get to a certain point just to be stuck until they release more content. (For the thing I'd have already paid full price for if I get the CE.) This would totally kill any momentum for me in my opinion, I couldn't keep up the energy of, 'Oh, I've finished this section, guess I need to wait X weeks/days before I'm allowed to progress further in my game! All whilst it's sitting hogging space on my hard drive for bloody months.

But then to add even further to this it feels like a horrible catch 22, you could wait until you actually get a proper full game but what about all the stuff the devs have talked about with it being some big live world? So you'll miss a ton of stuff and have to catch up once it's all out and hope they're just as good as the first time the events happen? Further still, you've got to dodge spoilers for months too this way.

Then how many times has it changed already? What's to stop them getting part way through and changing it again? I know there will be contracts and everything between them and SE but it still doesn't fill you with great faith when effectively what this feels like is both, 'Shit, we don't have enough time!' and 'Shit, we're running out of money and need a new way of getting it to continue with the game!'


Further to this, I honestly don't quite understand how the game works.
I don't think there's been enough clarity on some aspects such as how exactly it varies from the other games and where the live events and everything fit into it.


Although going by the fan reaction I've seen on various forums, it might be worth getting in some popcorn for the amount of damage control they'll be doing with this.


EDIT: Last thing, no love for the massive Agent 47 from the Absolution CE? (I actually really like mine because it's a little odd to be fair to it.)

[KnightOfTruth]

Not a HUGE fan of the Hitman series, though I do own them, but I think I 100% agree with you Vlad, I just don't think I can support this "new" format of episodic releases - ESPECIALLY for a big title like this one. I also will not support the disc-less CE options. I didn't with Halo 5 (which is still my biggest regret of a CE purchase in about the last decade i think) thanks to their "swap the disc" backup plan, but I just think this will be a complete "pass" for me -- which is sad, because it was the first Hitman game I was going to preorder vs. picking up down the line cheaper.