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Hitman 2: HITMAN Season 1 missions will be updated and playable
- Thread starter Bunkles
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Based on this, does that mean the plan of using the same executable is basically still on?
So, whatever you own from Season 1 will be updated to work with the new mechanics when you get Hitman 2. If you only have the Paris episode, that should be updated.
I doubt it. HITMAN seemed to be designed with a "modular" approach in mind, and IO once stated they wanted to get games out at a faster rate, so HITMAN was probably designed early on as a "platform" and less as a standalone game.
Approaches like these only confirm that they didn't scrap that approach despite the change in content flow for the follow up.
They've confirmed six levels, which is on par with Hitman 1 minus the tutorial missions.
I don't really see why it would be much to worry about. They've been actively updating Hitman 1 like this for a long time and that work was all carried over to 2 as well.
Phew, thank you.
It's six plus two via DLC, which also include Sniper Assassin maps. That's at least 10 levels.
Yeah just going by content in the base game at launch. The future support planned always seemed solid.
Hitman 2 will be one executable that can launch all content from Hitman 2016. All episodes from 2016 will be treated as new DLC so that it can be launched from this executable (with new mechanics retrofitted). Hitman 2016 will still have its own executable as well.
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Wonder how big Hitman 2 plus DLC plus Legacy Content will be? I don't mind a 100GB game, but hoo boy it'll be fun to see just how huge it can get.
Unlikely. The base game has the same number of locations as the first season. 2 more locations confirmed as expansion. And Miami looks freaking huge.
That's great news. This will work with physical copies as well?
I;d imagine you'll still need to own the game, the Hitman 1 missions are all DLC for the client.
Fortunately a bunch have them have been made free as digital puchases and the 1st game is on game pass.
Hitman 2016 old version will also be updated yes? Your previous statement makes me think so but the wording is a bit unclear :P
Wow, this is amazing. Have this ever been done before with another franchise? Updating a past game within a sequel with all the new features of the sequel?
Closet thing I can think of is Rockband where you could add your previous songs, cheeky beggars charged for those songs unlocks though whereas IO are gifting this to us for free.
That sounds more like the Hitman 1 missins are being retooled for the sequel. Like an old map from an FPS might get remade/ported across to a sequel.
They are treated as new DLC downloads for hitman 2.
That's how I read it anyway.
Hitman 2016 will only get updated for players who get hold of Hitman 2. We where not able to get around that, unfortunately.
So if I boot Hitman Season 1 that will be updated
But I'll also be able to boot them via Hitman 2?
Or just Via Hitman 2 and the first executable remains as it is?
The wording was in addition to that system. It seems that Season 1 indeed will also get a separate update, though it still requires Hitman 2 purchase.
If you own Hitman 2016 and Hitman 2:
You launch Hitman 2016 and play it in the state it is in now, without being retrofitted.
If you launch Hitman 2, then you can download 2016 episodes (if you own them) as new DLC and play them with new retrofitted mechanics.
This will be the same if you own the disc version of Hitman 2016.
There are plenty of games that have updated old content and incorporated it into the new game but I can't think of many which have updated the entire original game for the new one. Well, there's the typical range of fighting, sports and racing games that tend to update a lot of their content but even they tend to pick and choose what content to update.
Pefect, thankyou. That should clear it up for a lot of people.
Will this work for people that have purchased either or both of the games on disc?
Thanks for all these clarifications- really appreciated. I own the Hitman Complete First Season steelbook. If I buy Hitman 2 digitally, will i still need to put my disc in every time I want to play the DLC versions of Season 1 in Hitman 2? I would love to be able to buy Hitman 2 digitally and just do everything in there from now on.
This is great but honestly it's how I envisioned this game would be when they went the episodic route, where Hitman is just a platform to constantly update with new content and missions.
So while we're not doing episodic anymore it's good to know some form of the vision is still there.
So while we're not doing episodic anymore it's good to know some form of the vision is still there.
Plenty of people bought it like that. I'm sure you'll be fine.
jfc how hard to you have to try to sour grapes this announcement.
Yes.
Yes, you will download the 2016 episodes again and launch them digitally from the Hitman 2 executable.
Holy fuck, yes.
That said, what IO is doing here is going above and beyond.
It makes sense that you had to pay a little for the exports, they were basically relicensing the songs to have them available as downloadable songs (since they were specifically licensed as on-disc songs). They were hardly being greedy about it. You didn't have to pay extra to move already downloaded songs into your existing library.
That said, what IO is doing here is going above and beyond.
you are my heroes. preordering Hitman 2 Gold immediately.
Great gesture! They didn't need to do it but damn am I thankful they did. Have actually been playing more of Season 1 in anticipation so this is great news.
A lot of the new mechanics need content fixes, which meant we had to go back and redesign and retrofit all the older levels to work as they should. This was not an easy thing and it reminded us how big season 1 actually is. That said, Hitman 2 is probably bigger.
Doubt it. The last Hitman wasn't, even with only 6 levels. Tons of replay value on the already designed and given assassinations, then added new targets, challenges, unlockables, elusives, custom targets and parameters....not worried about content.
The design was sublime and while people apparently didn't like the episodic format I enjoyed it and was never without a ton to play with while waiting for the next episode.
