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So I'm trying to make sense of the whole Hitman 1 and 2 import situation.
I own Hitman 1 on ps4 and Hitman 2 on steam. Will I still be able to import the locations to 3? I'm not decided between buying it on PS5 or Epic Store yet...
I own Hitman 1 on ps4 and Hitman 2 on steam. Will I still be able to import the locations to 3? I'm not decided between buying it on PS5 or Epic Store yet...
You will not be able to do anything on PS5 without owning Hitman 2, in regards to importing locations. As for PC, it seems that the import locations works fine, but progress carryover will be delayed.
This is interesting as the music always felt like the weakest link in Hitman 1 and 2. It was fine, and over time one or two tracks have become embedded in my head, but it had the misfortune of following up the Jesper Kyd soundtracks which are some of the greatest videogame soundtracks of all time.
I'm curious, do you feel like the music in 3 is significantly different or better than that in 1 and 2? Or did you think more highly of those soundtracks than me to begin with?
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It's the other way around on PC. Progression carryover works at launch, but carrying over locations from Steam is not going to be at launch. Hitman 1 Access Pass is free for the first 10 days for everyone anyway, but if existing Steam H2 owners don't want to pay for the H2 access pass, they need to wait until after launch for IOI and Epics solution.
If you buy Hitman 3 that already contains all the trilogy's levels, you will just need to buy 2 access passes, one for each previous game, to unlock the past content. You can buy them through the game menu, so in a way it's much less complicated for people who have never touched the series before. It's not clear how much they're charging for those access passes at the moment though.
I'm not sure whether I should pick this up. I could pick it up on PS5/XSX, but I don't have any of the other Hitmans on those platforms, so feel I'd have to rebuy them.
I do own them all on PC on steam.. but situation seems tricky, not sure whether to wait till it inevitably comes to Steam. I've also yet to beat Hitman 1 or 2, so not sure it makes sense to bother with Hitman 3 day 1, other than being able to play Hitman 1/2 on Hitman 3's engine right?
I do own them all on PC on steam.. but situation seems tricky, not sure whether to wait till it inevitably comes to Steam. I've also yet to beat Hitman 1 or 2, so not sure it makes sense to bother with Hitman 3 day 1, other than being able to play Hitman 1/2 on Hitman 3's engine right?
Interesting. I have 1 and 2 on Xbox but I want to get 3 for PS5 since I haven't used my PS5 much. I assume the PS5 disk won't try and install the PS4 version like the digital seems to be doing?
No, I have the physical PS5 version and according to System Storage, it's the PS5 version. You also get a code in the box for the PS4 version as well to access the PSVR functionality.
For what it's worth they're still sorting out the level access on PC for the Hitman 2 levels. It's expected in the coming weeks but you will be able to receive them for free once done so. Hitman 1 GOTY access pass will be available for free through Hitman 3 for up to 10 days post-release.
No I'm with you, If you watch the video you can see a slight example of it. They do a much better job of integrating story into gameplay, and without strict set pieces due to the games sandbox nature, these moments give the music a chance to breathe and have moments.
I don't feel top to bottom it lives up to Jesper Kyd's old stuff, but I do think it does a better job than the previous two games by quite a bit.
For your situation individually:
If you buy on EGS at launch, you will get the Hitman 1 Access Pass for Free, and you will eventually get Hitman 2 through the system IOI and Epic are putting together.
If you buy on EGS after 10 days from launch, you will eventually get Hitman 2 through the system IOI and Epic are putting together, but you will have to buy the Hitman 1 Access Pass.
If you buy on PS5, you won't be able to get any of the content from either as you don't own Hitman 2 on the Playstation Platform.
Your best option is to buy at launch on the Epic Store.
I thought the music in Hitman 2 was a massive improvement. It was really the main level theme used in Paris, Sapienza and Bangkok that I never liked, it's way too upbeat and rarely seemed to fit.
Strange, I needed to buy the GOTY upgrade for Hitman 1 last night in order to access Patient Zero in Hitman 2.
Hitman 2 was different and they didn't merge the two versions of the first game together. Hitman 3 will handle it differently and treat the non-goty/goty versions the same.
Yes, but make sure it's downloading the right version, lot of people reporting it downloading PS4 versions.
Ah, so I didn't need to buy the GOTY Upgrade after all if I intended to play them in Hitman 3? Oh well, it was only $7.
I feel bad being yet another person asking about some importing/transferring edge case, but boy this stuff is hard to sort.
I played Hitman 1 and Hitman 2 on Steam. I have some things unlocked but not nearly all of them. I'm going to buy Hitman 3 on EGS. It's my understanding that I can transfer my profile from Hitman 2 to Hitman 3 one time. Does that mean that if I transfer, when the Hitman 1/2 levels become playable from Hitman 3 in a couple weeks, it will have detailed information about my progress for the Hitman 1/2 levels? Will I be able to pick up unlocking stuff from Hitman 1/2 in Hitman 3? Or should I try to unlock everything in Hitman 2 before I dump the profile into Hitman 3?
Also, what does transferring a profile from Hitman 2 -> Hitman 3 even mean before Hitman 2 levels are playable out of Hitman 3? Just access to weapons and items?
I played Hitman 1 and Hitman 2 on Steam. I have some things unlocked but not nearly all of them. I'm going to buy Hitman 3 on EGS. It's my understanding that I can transfer my profile from Hitman 2 to Hitman 3 one time. Does that mean that if I transfer, when the Hitman 1/2 levels become playable from Hitman 3 in a couple weeks, it will have detailed information about my progress for the Hitman 1/2 levels? Will I be able to pick up unlocking stuff from Hitman 1/2 in Hitman 3? Or should I try to unlock everything in Hitman 2 before I dump the profile into Hitman 3?
Also, what does transferring a profile from Hitman 2 -> Hitman 3 even mean before Hitman 2 levels are playable out of Hitman 3? Just access to weapons and items?
Yup it's up, I had to manually trigger it. It did seem to add the PS4 version to the queue so make sure to cancel that if you don't need it.
Yep, assuming you mean on console. That would mean you have the legacy pack for Hitman 1, so you'll have access to the GOTY pack in 3 alongside whatever Hitman 2 content you currently have.
Glad I got the Deluxe with the soundtracks on PS5. I wish you could move them off the device to my phone or whatever, but eh, that's fine.
Hitman 1 and 2 levels are playable from launch if you buy the Access Pass. Hitman 1 Access Pass is free at launch. They just can't be imported from the Steam Hitman 2 purchase at launch. Hitman 3 still understands what Hitman 2 is and your progression in those maps will be visible, even if you can't use the weapons and items or play the maps.
When you import progression into Hitman 3 you can pick up where you left off. But without access to the maps, there's not much you could do. Personally, I am just doing the progression carryover on launch day and never touching Hitman 2 (the game) again.
Huh. Contrast seems a lot lower on the Series X than the PS5 in these comparisons..
Thanks, this is very helpful.
So when Hitman 2 unlocks in Hitman 3 (automatically and for free, in a couple weeks?) I'll be able to progress "in Hitman 2" the same as if I played Hitman 2 stuff now, and will have then access to that unlocked-Hitman-2 stuff in Hitman 3? Like, is there anything that is getting left behind in terms of accessible/unlockable content in the move from Hitman2.exe to Hitman3.exe?
One fantastic thing is the levels are tiny, tiny downloads (just keys it seems) in Hitman 3. The base game is 60 gigs on my PS5 preload, and the various levels and deluxe items (costumes, weapons, etc) are just 1-10 meg downloads. I'm pretty sure the base game also includes all the Hitman 1 & 2 levels, probably just will have to download an additional 1 meg pack to key them.
Has anyone heard anything about a website where you save/track progress though? My understanding was that you'd have to login to something to do that, to pick which platform is your "import" choice or whatever. I haven't seen anything about it yet though.
Has anyone heard anything about a website where you save/track progress though? My understanding was that you'd have to login to something to do that, to pick which platform is your "import" choice or whatever. I haven't seen anything about it yet though.
Correct, nothing will be lost.
(except one gadget that was completely broken and they decided to remove it)
To the folks who've now managed to play the full trilogy, how would you say the trilogy stacks up against Blood Money?
Imo it blew that game out the water with the first one in 2016 but I'd be interested to see what other folks think
Imo it blew that game out the water with the first one in 2016 but I'd be interested to see what other folks think
Its the capture. Same shit happened in the previous gens with some comparisons
Ah cool cool, thanks. Was thinking it was odd and hoping some more comparisons would pop up so I could compare. Makes it look off in places, especially in Chongqing with the neon signs.
I think just by the nature of the controls and systems put in place in the new trilogy, they are almost entirely different games. The scope of the new ones is just on an entirely different level than Blood Money.
As someone who didnt play Blood Money until last year, I think its a hard game to go back to after these...
Pretty sure it's going to be through the iOi account system. I don't think it's 100% confirmed, but I don't see another way they do it unless they read saves.
sigh. owning both 1 and 2 on steam im kinda upset about having to get them again on EGS. but i guess ill do it.
No idea, this is so stupid.. same in my country. Its 20 euro cheaper if you buy it on disc. I have no idea why digital is always more expensive..