By rebooting Agent 47 as an African American male protagonist.

" By rebooting Agent 47 as an African American male protagonist. "

" By rebooting Agent 47 as an African American male protagonist. "

" Also.. how the fuck can Hitman be darker? "

" By rebooting Agent 47 as an African American male protagonist. "

" By rebooting Agent 47 as an African American male protagonist. "

I couldn't care less about the cutscenes. Just don't fuck up the gameplay, and we're cool.

Why must everything continually get 'darker'? This is all Chris Nolan's fault.

 "Also, it seems IO are taking a very Hollywood approach to the production..."

Might as well stop reading there, as it tells you everything you need to know.  I've never liked hitman games, but this is depressing on so many levels.

" By rebooting Agent 47 as an African American male protagonist. "

How do you plan making Hitman 'darker'? Agent 47 has a Moustache? I'LL BUY THREE

" @akiz_jack said:

" By rebooting Agent 47 as an African American male protagonist. "

OH SNAP DROP A BOMB ON IT "

I never played it but wasn't Hitman 2 suppose to very dark even compared to the others?

" @RoyCampbell said:

" @akiz_jack said:

" By rebooting Agent 47 as an African American male protagonist. "

OH SNAP DROP A BOMB ON IT "

EXCLUSIVE! "

don't see a massive problem with those little details but feel free to flip out on my behalf 

This totally sounds like they're making Max Payne or something.

" @wasteguru said:

" @RoyCampbell said:

" @akiz_jack said:

" By rebooting Agent 47 as an African American male protagonist. "

OH SNAP DROP A BOMB ON IT "

EXCLUSIVE! "

ZING! "

Yeah, that whole part where it's supposed to match up with movie sequel is kinda weird.

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Cover based corridor shooter with regenerating health, an obligatory escort mission and a few dozen shootouts with infinitely respawning enemies that you can't avoid. 

This'll be great.

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"I'm jumping the gun"

" @Khann said:

"I'm jumping the gun"

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That series gets any darker you won't even be able to see it.

" That series gets any darker you won't even be able to see it. "

" @RoyCampbell said:

" @akiz_jack said:

" By rebooting Agent 47 as an African American male protagonist. "

OH SNAP DROP A BOMB ON IT "

EXCLUSIVE! "

" @Jack268 said:

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SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.

Cover based corridor shooter with regenerating health, an obligatory escort mission and a few dozen shootouts with infinitely respawning enemies that you can't avoid. 

This'll be great.

"

woah.. didn't know reading one line of text could crush my spirit like that "

I don't care, just get the game out so I can play it.

@akiz_jack said:

" By rebooting Agent 47 as an African American male protagonist. "

And have hair.

Wasn't Hitman always about the assassinations? They should just have that with a minimal story where 47 gets a text on his phone and goes to murder somebody with a toaster

I love the Hitman series, they better not screw this up.

I'm not worried about it. If IO screws this one up, they won't have much a future and they'll get what they kind of deserve. I'd hate to see such a great series fail, but if that's what it comes to... by now, I'm almost numb from franchises losing what they once were in order to go for the mass market appeal. I hope for both their sake and mine that their marketing terms are just empty buzz words to drum up the more simple-minded crowd.

"A very Hollywood approach", means that this game "won't be good." They could've made a good film, but they ended up releasing a steaming pile of crap.

"A very Hollywood approach", means that this game "won't be good." They could've made a good film, but they ended up releasing a steaming pile of crap.

  How do you plan making Hitman 'darker'?
 
 By rebooting Agent 47 as an African American male protagonist.

I remember thinking the same thing about Blood Money before it came out.
I still think it's too early to tell, and judging by this article. It just looks like they wanna tell a better story.
That all fine by me, just as long as they follow a few simple rules.
1) David Basteson reprises his role to voice 47
2) You can still successfully complete a mission without killing anyone but your target (by choice of course).
3) Keep it classy.
The Hitman franchise was always about choice, from the beginning they only told you the who and where. The rest was up to you to figure out utilizing the skills 47 had available to him.
 
I'm not denying that they might fuck it up. But considering their track record for making badass Hitman games. I'd like to think that we have nothing to worry about.
Fingers crossed!

I saw a gameplay demo at IO Interactive yesterday. I had to sign an NDA so can't really say anything I guess.

What they showed was different from the previous games but it looked pretty cool

I'm keeping the faith in this sequel.