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To my mind it's more the comms surrounding this than the actual impact. Putting this out a few days before release just isn't a great look.
Plus there was something super convenient about being able to play the H1 levels in H2 with the gameplay improvements as well, even with the mastery reset.
WOW, I literally just posted about buying this to support IOI but F that. I guess I will play it in a year then.
Bluntly, I can't imagine it's impossible since they've got their Io accounts (which they'll be using for the save transfer). It'll be a situation where it should be possible to link a Steam account and an EGS account to the same Io account, and it should be possible to check if the Steam account has relevant Hitman purchases, and to grant relevant Access Passes to the EGS account.
For me it's all cheaper on EGS but it's the fact that I would have to spend more than I planned - plus the fact I bought H2 already on Steam for this purpose.
Bah, I might just go play H2 and forget about 3 for now...
That's likely last thing it could possibly be. Indie studios have figured it out. Gog does it all the time. It's seems pretty easy to do.
I'll wait even longer for a steep discount at this point. If I'm waiting, may as well wait properly.
as soon as they decided to sign the deal with epic for exclusivity, they decided to fuck their customers over.
Hitman 2 with Hitman 1 levels is 150 GB whereas Hitman 3 (with all the H1/2 content!) is said to take up only 60-70 GB due to higher asset compression, so this approach would be basically "wasting" 150 GB of storage space, which is quite a bit, imo
And now I'm just remembering all the other stupid timed bullshit they were always putting in these games. Preorder bonuses and elusives. Granted they'll probably rerun them like they usually do, but it's all just so stupid that people will miss out on this stuff.
Who'd have thought that Epic balkanizing the PC platform with exclusivity would fuck customers over?
But it's just another launcher, right?
I was going to buy this a year later on Steam's release day but I don't like scummy shit like this. If I can wait a year, what's a bit longer? This game is in bundle or deep discount territory for me now.
But it's just another launcher, right?
I was going to buy this a year later on Steam's release day but I don't like scummy shit like this. If I can wait a year, what's a bit longer? This game is in bundle or deep discount territory for me now.
The fun part about these games is that each title combines with the previous one, with anything unlocked in Hitman 1 or 2 transferring over to Hitman 3 and vice versa. Doing this would split your save files and keep you from using all those hard-won suits and gadgets on the new levels.
True, it would have been nice if we had been told sooner, BUT perhaps they were still trying to make it work until the nth hour. That's kind of what their blog post implies.
The issue is they got paid for exclusvitiy, promised something else and than went back on the promise. It's screwing your customers multiple times. That's what keeps happening with exclusivity on the egs store.
Steam version will more than likely have all the DLC off the bat, similar to Control.
Except for the fact that Griftlansds is not an EGS timed exclusive.
Fuck, easily my most anticipated game and even I'm seriously thinking of waiting for the Steam release now.
How do you not communicate this sooner? It's obvious they wanted the pre-orders before they announced this.
How do you not communicate this sooner? It's obvious they wanted the pre-orders before they announced this.
Honestly, the whole thing is crazy to me. 2 publishers dropped them after not meeting expectations and they're pulling this shit. no VR on PC, no purchase transfer. Fuck em.
Was the first game I love enough to finally buy on Epic and not anymore.
Was the first game I love enough to finally buy on Epic and not anymore.
OP is not strictly true: they are making all of Hitman 2's levels available as DLC - for 80% off
I think it was only like $20 at launch when they did it last time
So best case scenario it is around $4
Worst case is it's $12 (assuming they some for bizarre reason they charge $60 for it - which would be not normal)
They are including all of the Hitman 1 maps for everyone for the first 10 days, regardless of whether you have purchased previously or not.
I think it was only like $20 at launch when they did it last time
So best case scenario it is around $4
Worst case is it's $12 (assuming they some for bizarre reason they charge $60 for it - which would be not normal)
They are including all of the Hitman 1 maps for everyone for the first 10 days, regardless of whether you have purchased previously or not.
I fully expect the Hitman 2 Gold pass to be $80 or $90, so that would make it $18-$20 to get all the levels after the 80% off sale.
What part of the OP is not "strictly true"
I'm no math expert, but neither $4 nor $12 are equal to $0
How is that "screwing their customers multiple times"? The way you're phrasing it, you're making it sound like they knew all along they couldn't deliver on their promise, and I don't believe that's the case. They thought they could, then they couldn't. It happens.
To be clear again, I think they could do more to "make good" on this. Really, they should offer vouchers for a free copy of Hitman 2 on EGS to those who own the game on Steam.
It's not just that it's too late; IO literally confirmed on their website that players would be able to import their Steam progression of Hitman 2 into Hitman 3 on EGS.
Man, I feel so shitty for getting so many people to buy the game with my thread. What the fuck, man.
Almost seems like some agreements fell through... it's incredible that the Hitman IP always runs into these issues.
You aren't repurchasing the game, because you aren't buying a standalone Hitman 2, you are buying DLC for H3 :P
They signed exclusivity with a shitty storefront which screws their customers, them going back on this promise is another screwing your customers. it's a poor look.
Seems more believable to me than Epic shooting themselves in the foot.
GOG hasn't done it in years.
It does not matter in the slightest
People were promised something for $0, $4 is not $0, $12 is not $0. It's really that simple.
Hitman III is already $80 here, and a ridiculous $120 for the deluxe edition. Add an extra $15 here for Hitman 2, which i already own and you have yourself an old fashioned rip off.
Care to wait a month or so for sales on H3 and suddenly Hitman 1 dlc isnt free and H2 isnt on sale anymore.
Its fucking scummy.
Hitman 3 on EGS hasn't been on sale, and the coupons didn't apply to a pre-order of it, believe me, I checked frequently
looks like the last gog connect was 8 months ago
anyway the fact that they did it for years, even years ago, still shows it's most likely not on steams end. why would they even give a shit
epic shoots themselves in the foot like every day are you paying attention?
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