@vrubayka wrote:
I’ve been visiting Hitman threads on gaming imageboards and have been seeing this image posted pretty often. :
Today I even saw it on reddit and although it didn’t gather many likes and had almost no engagement, it shows that either the person behind the image is very stubborn about sharing his views or some people share their opinion.
Now on the left side of the image we see the representation of what “real” Hitman fans want, which is dark, moody weather, more “edge” and a darker, colder overall atmosphere.
On the right we see…the sun, which obviously means that missions take place in sunny, well lit environments, co-op characters, perhaps a poke at the co-op mode which the maker of the image seemingly dislikes or perhaps it’s the look of the characters and its stark difference to how 47 looks. Next we see an artwork from the game “Neighbours from Hell”, where you sneak into your neighbor’s apartment and play crude tricks on him by using every item near your character. Again a poke at how modern Hitman games handle some of the assassination in a similar fashion. The superman image hints at how 47 is now very much a “hero” character compared to a relatively “antihero” image of 47 in earlier games. Snowball and fish perhaps hint at a “weapons” that are a bit “out there”. The US flag one i don’t really get.
What do you think? Do you agree with any of the points? I personally think that the only thing new Hitman games lack is Kyd’s soundtrack which made the games a little “sterile”.
also a .webm video that was being posted regularly with the image is an excerpt from Blood Money Dev Diary: https://youtu.be/IxmtPH27U04
where the devs of BM talk about 47’ origins and the “antihero”, even politically incorrect nature of his character.So, how do you view the evolution of the world of Hitman? Do you see the older games as tryhard and edgy, which admittedly was a trend in gaming at the time, or do you think modern Hitman games have lost the grittiness of the older titles?
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