Hopefully Hitman: Absolution Is Nothing Like This Trailer

I thought that was pretty cool. I don't really see the problem, because he's fighting/killing sexy nuns without much stealth?There was some stealth, killed a few of them without being seen, then his skill waned and he acted more like a player, being seen and just going nuts. Or is it just the women that're the problem, should he have fought actual nuns?

I guess he should have been disguised as a nun too though.

@PandaBear: GET A GIRLFRIEND, YOU PIG!! Who are you, King Joffrey?!

(kidding, kidding, please don't get angry!)

It's a trailer, you guys. It's supposed to catch attention.

All I need is some Ave Maria in the game.

And maybe good old Hitman style gameplay mechanics.

Huh, cool No More Heroes 3 is coming out.

Wait...What?

@jackanderson said:

@Winternet Nope, Jesper Kyd is out. As is David Bateson (the original voice of 47) and Diana from Agency (though she has a storyline excuse. Sort of).

Wha...? That sucks. Still, at least I get to kill some sexy sex sex women!! (cue angry "get a girlfriend you pig!!!" responses)

I hope the game is like this.... he was pretty stealthy there for the first part.

@Winternet Nope, Jesper Kyd is out. As is David Bateson (the original voice of 47) and Diana from Agency (though she has a storyline excuse. Sort of).

I figure they made some "rad cg scenes" like this to play inbetween traditional Hitman-ass Hitman gameplay. That's just my guess but that seems the most likely explanation.

So don't freak out. It's 6 months from release.

BTW Who the hell pre-orders a game 6 months from release? Seriously.

@Humanity: Here's the thing. I've watched those gameplay trailers, I've read all of the previews and guess what? I was still worried. I was still worried that it looked nothing like the Hitman I grew up with and fell in love with. The clever, challenging, open stealth game that actively rewarded those who played it without making a single unnecessary kill. This looked like a cross between Batman: Arkham Asylum and Splinter Cell: Conviction. That's fine, but if I wanted to play those games, I'd play those games. I want a Hitman game.

But then, the other day, I popped in Silent Assassin for a play and watched the trailer on disc and that advertised it as an action game with light stealth elements. I checked the trailer for Contracts and that was the same. Blood Money: the same. So, I put my hopes on cautious optimism. After all, the Hitman games had always been mis-marketed, why should this one be any different?

But this... No. I'm out. I cannot excuse this. This was horrible and unbearable to sit through. I can't even pretend that this'll be even good anymore. I... I need a lie down. I'm too angry.

@Rasmoss: That's the worst part of all. They want us to get angry and start screaming and talking about this, because it raises the game's profile and, you know, "There's no such thing as bad publicity!" Somewhere, some marketer is getting a raise because, technically, this is a success Just...

Gor-f*cking-ram it!

@Winternet said:

Those nuns are sexy, you guys.

Also, it's a teaser trailer. What do yous expected? 2 minutes of walking around in a carpenter's outfit?

The real question is: Is Jesper Kyd making the soundtrack for this one as well? I need my Ave Maria and techno-holy music.

The score is being composed by Peter Kyed and Peter Peter

Wikipedia - GameOST

On one hand Hitman killed hot skimpily dressed women assassins plenty of times before.

But on the other they were in those outfits mostly because they were undercover at the time, not dressed like porn actresses just for the hell of it. :/

The trailer is all kinds of dumb from a logical standpoint: the latex, the restrictive outfits, why the disguises, the rocket launcher, the platform porn shoes it all just makes you want to facepalm at these "assassins". Just going after the lowest common denominator. But it is just a CG trailer from an outsourced company most likely.

I think Bo Diddley's song, I'm A Man, would have been a better soundtrack choice, especially after 47 begins taking the assassin nuns down

Blimey, 15 pages of comments for a Hitman trailer. Mission accomplished, I guess.

What the heck..

@Humanity said:

@jackanderson said:

Oh, for fuck'sakes! IO, why don't you just admit that you don't want to make a Hitman game and get the hell out now, whilst you still have some face to save? I'm not even going to talk about the attitudes to women in this video. That's how angry I am, right now.

You have no idea what you're talking about. The gameplay videos that have been shown prove that this will be the best Hitman game to date and stealth is just as important as ever.

@nientkewitz said:

@zudthespud said:

@Space_Sandwich: As someone who has never played a hitman game, this trailer lacks context and seems ridiculous. I could understand the nun disguise, but why the sexy outfits? It's just dumb without any context and it makes us all look bad as people that play games to people on the outside looking in. Above all else it's embarrassing.

This!

With the way women are objectified in all media to a much higher degree than short leather skirts and skintight outfits I doubt anyone would bat an eyebrow at this. I'm sure stories of World of Warcraft about gamers pissing into plastic bottles and taking a shit at their desk because they're unable to rip themselves away from a raid, which have nothing to do with sex or the depiction of women in videogames, make gamers look a thousand times worse than a video of a guy killing a bunch of assassins clad in sexy leather outfits.

In addition, relatively compared to other females in games those weren't even outrageously slutty outfits. You see a little leg with a short skirt and thats about it - no tits flying at your face or lude gestures. No one licked the barrel of a gun or straddled their rifle with mock humping gestures.

To @Humanity's point, may I present to the court, X-Blades, a game that makes this trailer look like Judge Judy's Conservative Variety Hour. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/X-Blades_Cover.jpg

Bad ass trailer, I give them that. But if they're going in a more linear and action focused direction that will be a shame. Hitman is best if you never even need to touch a gun.

Haha, that was silly as shit. Most interested I've ever been in a Hitman game.

Those nuns are sexy, you guys.

Also, it's a teaser trailer. What do yous expected? 2 minutes of walking around in a carpenter's outfit?

The real question is: Is Jesper Kyd making the soundtrack for this one as well? I need my Ave Maria and techno-holy music.

Oh man, it's like a parable for this whole console generation. What a steaming pile of shit.

@jackanderson said:

Oh, for fuck'sakes! IO, why don't you just admit that you don't want to make a Hitman game and get the hell out now, whilst you still have some face to save? I'm not even going to talk about the attitudes to women in this video. That's how angry I am, right now.

You have no idea what you're talking about. The gameplay videos that have been shown prove that this will be the best Hitman game to date and stealth is just as important as ever.

@nientkewitz said:

@zudthespud said:

@Space_Sandwich: As someone who has never played a hitman game, this trailer lacks context and seems ridiculous. I could understand the nun disguise, but why the sexy outfits? It's just dumb without any context and it makes us all look bad as people that play games to people on the outside looking in. Above all else it's embarrassing.

This!

With the way women are objectified in all media to a much higher degree than short leather skirts and skintight outfits I doubt anyone would bat an eyebrow at this. I'm sure stories of World of Warcraft about gamers pissing into plastic bottles and taking a shit at their desk because they're unable to rip themselves away from a raid, which have nothing to do with sex or the depiction of women in videogames, make gamers look a thousand times worse than a video of a guy killing a bunch of assassins clad in sexy leather outfits.

In addition, relatively compared to other females in games those weren't even outrageously slutty outfits. You see a little leg with a short skirt and thats about it - no tits flying at your face or lude gestures. No one licked the barrel of a gun or straddled their rifle with mock humping gestures.

@nientkewitz said:

@zudthespud said:

@Space_Sandwich: As someone who has never played a hitman game, this trailer lacks context and seems ridiculous. I could understand the nun disguise, but why the sexy outfits? It's just dumb without any context and it makes us all look bad as people that play games to people on the outside looking in. Above all else it's embarrassing.

This!

As someone who has played all the Hitman games i also agree.

Looks weird, but i still cant wait though! ;)

OH noes the new game might not be a carbon copy of the old game!

tasteless.

@nientkewitz@zudthespud: Sure, it lacks context to those who are new to the series, but let's not jump to drastic conclusions about our credibility as gamers. There's no reason to feel that this is an embarrassment to the gaming community. If this trailer is an embarrassment, then Postal 2, the GTA series, Manhunt, Saints Row, and so on have some 'splanin to do. Besides, it's not like this will come on during the NBA Finals and make Mom, Dad, and Grandma shake their heads in disappointment at the dinner table. Then again, I may be speaking too soon on that NBA Finals commercial point...

Oh, for fuck'sakes!

IO, why don't you just admit that you don't want to make a Hitman game and get the hell out now, whilst you still have some face to save?

I'm not even going to talk about the attitudes to women in this video. That's how angry I am, right now.

@zudthespud said:

@Space_Sandwich: As someone who has never played a hitman game, this trailer lacks context and seems ridiculous. I could understand the nun disguise, but why the sexy outfits? It's just dumb without any context and it makes us all look bad as people that play games to people on the outside looking in. Above all else it's embarrassing.

This!

A more realistic Hitman trailer would have involved him repeatedly being detected and reloading quick saves over the course of several hours.

Does this trailer even fit into the Hitman universe? I played most of the games and I dont think so...

@Space_Sandwich: As someone who has never played a hitman game, this trailer lacks context and seems ridiculous. I could understand the nun disguise, but why the sexy outfits? It's just dumb without any context and it makes us all look bad as people that play games to people on the outside looking in. Above all else it's embarrassing.

Guys, it's not that big of a deal. Most game developers know that they need to have gun battles to grab the attention of the youth of today, and it can't just be patient stealth like we've come to expect from Hitman games. There will probably be a way where you can be stealthy about taking out the ladies...... hopefully. If there is not a run I can do that is entirely stealth I will not be a happy camper, though.

@Gruff182 said:

Hearing they've cut the openness of the levels and now this?

where do you hear that? I only see people making judgments on the whole game based off a single controlled gameplay demo.

This trailer is just stupid.

Latex fetish? Eh, why not.

@cavemantom: I'll admit the nun costumes were a bit needless. Also, that RPG wasn't really necessary. That said, I still think it fits within the story context I'm making up in my head right now. Time to dissect the trailer!

From what I gathered here, 47's left the International Contract Agency (hence the blood-dripping band-aid over his barcode) and is out on the lam. As a result, the agency is sending out it's biggest guns in the form of various assassin squads to go kill 47 for defecting. I find the Nuns pretty cool mainly because it implies that there's a flavorful variety of assassin teams out working on contracts for the agency, all with their different kinds of flair. Think "The Warriors," but instead of face-painted baseball bat-toting goons, you have a group of beguiling nuns who come packing. I find the prospect of warring assassin teams incredibly cool as opposed to the simple recycled 47-esque clones of past games (bespectacled albino dudes with slicked back hair).

There's nothing wrong with scantily clad ladies rocking big-ass guns, nor do I think this is pandering to the lowest common denominator. Sure, aspects of this trailer are ridiculous, but put into the context of crazy assassin groups, this idea has tons of potential. People need to stop mistaking a sexily dressed woman with over-sexualized objectified female. If the final scene before 47's getaway is any indication, he shows some respect (or, at least more respect than 100% of his past victims) for the final woman by shutting her dead eyes.

Sorry for nerding out, I just love me some Hitman.

The Blood Money trailers were pretty bad, and look how that game turned it. Sick of people judging this game so hard from a CG trailer..

Whelp, that lowered my expectations a bit. Probably a good thing, in the end... still hopeful as far as the game proper goes. What a dumb trailer...

Baller, pre-ordered.

Try putting in a date after 1994, the gag that pops up is kind of neat. At least I thought so.

Not bad, could have been great with better fitting music, imho.

@Flip175 said:

@chrispti said:

I love all the comments of people bashing this trailer. Relax.

Thank you. For everyone saying they'll no longer buy the game because of this trailer; grow a spine.

It's funny because the same kinds of people that would normally shit all over a pre-rendered trailer arguing that it gives no impression of how a game will turn out are the same folks eating this one up and crying foul that it's a sign of the end for Hitman.

While a trailer doesn't always exactly accurately depict a game/gameplay, it can show the direction and audience that the developers were hoping for. What many fans are worried about is that Hitman will become more action and gun focused... which is pretty much the opposite reason why Hitman: Blood Money was loved so much.

Finally. Battle nuns. Just what Hitman needed.

So people know nothing about the franchise they think they like? what what did I say? never mind. This trailer is fine, and oh it's a trailer.

I enjoyed the pulpness to this trailer. this game could be cool (imo, from seeing proper gameplay other places)

shame about the release date, this seems like it would be a nice suprise game in august for.

hahaha, I really hope I can just blame a dumb marketing team for this. I mean why the fuck would trained assassin killers wear fucking stillettos, look like models, and do synchronized walking poses? "hurp derp gamers liek it when women in games are a parody of themselves." Jeff nailed it, lets all hope this is not representative of the game.

Videogames are a mature medium offering far more than just juvenile titillation.

Fetish. Nuns.

Something about this reminds me of Elexis Sinclair and the shitty marketing for SIN. I guess the old saying, "any press is good press" is still ... kind of... accurate? Really makes you wonder about IO Interactive...

Despite this, I'm still [very] interested in Hitman.

dafuq did I just watch

What the fuck did i just watch?