Elusive Targets Arcade mode is definitely super buggy, it feels like if the game has any problem connecting to the server it triggers a fail state but it vanishes when you force a connect again. I completed 2/3 of the stages of one, automatically got into a "failed state" when it started loading into the third stage, but it worked and let me finish 3/3 when I just backed out and reloaded ET arcade mode. Finished it without too much an issue for the reward of a gun variant I already have and almost never use.
IO has lost a lot of goodwill from me, between
- the 7 Deadly Sins was really lame, especially compared to H2 DLC. $30 or $40 is a JOKE for it. I still don't own it and have no interest.
- The release of outfits, guns, etc for Y1 of H3 was really slim compared to H2
- Elusive Targets in H3 wasn't good. Not worse than H2, but not better, and there are 20+ things I can think of that should have been improved.
- The start of Y3 of Hitman trilogy has been an disaster. From the insane price on steam to the bizarre cost of the extra content (+$60 for H1 & H2 DLC, 7 Deadly sins NOT included in that package, the Hitman 3 trilogy not including any DLC but also $100?) to the really weird way its been packaged on xbox/psn its hard to tell anyone who asks "oh you should totally buy Hitman Trilogy!"
I don't know how much of it is in IOs hands and how much is WB pushing money issues but man its heartbreaking to see a dev and franchise I hold in such high regard seem like they are destroying their goodwill by bizarre moves.
It feels like very WB moves but man it sucks because people WILL remember this when it comes time for James Bond.
