I just cannot recommend Hitman 3

While it is the best version to play any of the modern Hitman Levels, it is also a technical and moral disaster.

The pricing is audacious, and the confusing bundles show that IO has not learned from the mistakes of the past two entries in this franchise.

This resistance to learn from their mistakes weaves through everything and culminates in a game with amazing content and gameplay, which is also immensely anti-player.

The way exclusive targets are handled is still punishing for those that cannot schedule their time around this game.

General challenges count towards "destination" completion percentage... why?? They are not tied to the destinations, but make it harder to know which destinations have things left to do.

It has been critized since the first one, and it is still a problem, that the game requires a constant online connection. When your internet connection is somewhat unstable, you will have regular disconnects that negatively impact gameplay of a singleplayer game. And even with a good internet connection you will have regular disconnects. I haven't been able to complete any mission without a least 1 disconnect.

This will have a big impact on the longevity of the series. At some point in the future the servers will go down and then IO has 2 options:

1) Do nothing and Hitman 3 will become unplayable.
2) Make Hitman 3 playable offline

So, why don't they just make it offline playable now? Most people have no interest in leaderboards or any other online components. IO's move to force the game to be always-online is completely anti-consumer and it actively harms the game.

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Things I dislike, which are a matter of taste:
The generic bombast soundtrack lacks the charm that Jesper Kyd brought to the older games.
The menues are overloaded and not nice to navigate.


Things I like:
It looks better, performs better and is also much smaller in file size. (compared to the previous two games)

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The game could redeem itself. None of the points I critize are written in stone.
But I have no hope of the devs ever fixing any of that.

I just cannot recommend Hitman 3 While it is the best version to play any of the modern Hitman Levels, it is also a technical and moral disaster. The pricing is audacious, and the confusing bundles show that IO has not learned from the mistakes of the past two entries in this franchise. This resistance to learn from their mistakes weaves through everything and culminates in a game with amazing content and gameplay, which is also immensely anti-player. The way exclusive targets are handled is still punishing for those that cannot schedule their time around this game. General challenges count towards "destination" completion percentage... why?? They are not tied to the destinations, but make it harder to know which destinations have things left to do. It has been critized since the first one, and it is still a problem, that the game requires a constant online connection. When your internet connection is somewhat unstable, you will have regular disconnects that negatively impact gameplay of a singleplayer game. And even with a good internet connection you will have regular disconnects. I haven't been able to complete any mission without a least 1 disconnect. This will have a big impact on the longevity of the series. At some point in the future the servers will go down and then IO has 2 options: 1) Do nothing and Hitman 3 will become unplayable. 2) Make Hitman 3 playable offline So, why don't they just make it offline playable now? Most people have no interest in leaderboards or any other online components. IO's move to force the game to be always-online is completely anti-consumer and it actively harms the game. --- Things I dislike, which are a matter of taste: The generic bombast soundtrack lacks the charm that Jesper Kyd brought to the older games. The menues are overloaded and not nice to navigate. Things I like: It looks better, performs better and is also much smaller in file size. (compared to the previous two games) --- The game could redeem itself. None of the points I critize are written in stone. But I have no hope of the devs ever fixing any of that.