Over the course of the past half-decade or so, Hitman’s excellent World of Assassination trilogy has been one of the best-supported series in the industry. Whether it’s full-scale expansions, special assignments, time-limited targets, or additional Escalations and challenge packs, the game has grown immensely.
However, Danish developer IO Interactive has been surprisingly quiet about its post-release plans for Hitman 3, and we’d started to think it may not have any. That’s not the case, fortunately – it just hasn’t decided what it will look like yet. Speaking as part of an interview with The Gamer, executive producer Forest Swartout Large said that the team’s “continuously working on Hitman”.
“We are definitely going to be doing some DLC, but we haven’t defined what that is,” he said. “I think for now we are not looking at new maps like the Bank and the Haven Island. We’re more looking at using existing locations and reimagining them, twisting them. And this time around, we can use the whole trilogy. We can look back at Hitman 2016 maps, Hitman 2 maps – we have all the locations.”
IO Interactive has created missions in the past that use the same general areas, but alter the time of day and your targets. It’s also completely reinvented some scenes, like the movie set in Sapienza or the Halloween Escalation in Hawke’s Bay. We’d definitely like to see more of this kind of stuff, and we reckon it would be fun to bring back all the Elusive Targets permanently, too.
What kind of post-release content would you like to see out of Hitman 3? As Large says, there’s absolutely loads the developer could do, so while we appreciate that it’s primarily focused on Project 007 right now, we hope it adds to the already enormous World of Assassination trilogy for a little while longer yet.
[source thegamer.com]
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I’ve honestly just been playing a whole bunch of Paris inside Hitman 3 and marvelling at the graphics upgrade. I’ll move onto the Hitman 3 levels at some point but I’m having great fun replaying the older levels.
A new mission for every single level but every target is Sean Bean.
Considering we have always had Escalations, elusive targets, special assignments and challenge packs added......I cant imagine what else they could add!
But in honesty nothing beat exploring a new map.
Given the patterns of the previous two games, I suspect that there'll be a resort-themed map.
It's a shame there won't be new maps. Hitman 3 seems kind of short on locales compared to the first 2. But I'm down for dlc that gives new reasons to make the entire trilogy new again! I'm not sure how they can handle that though. If $30 dlc contains new modes for maps you don't own, that's awkward.
I'm ok with this because twisting maps is something i liked and wished they done more off. As long Elusive Targets return and it has new suits and missions i think i shell be with it for a long time, even as a veteran of the past two games with my progress carried over there is still an insane amount of content there. Really is the ultimate HM game, Blood Money will always be incredible but this trilogy is just GOAT for the series.
@nessisonett I know Paris is sort off the very first level but for me its the still best location in the Trilogy and the place i've spent most time in. Its wonderfully detailed, not a single part of it is wasted, its doesn't drag, you explore every inch and room and it really shows off what this Trilogy will be doing. When it was episodic i spent roughly over 20 hours in Paris alone and i expect that's double now if we include HM2 and now HM3.
Reimagined maps would be great. Also would love to see some new targets, preferably without the limited time one shot only restrictions of elusive targets.
Thanks for always reminding us the games we buy day 1 are unfinished and missing important content only to be sold back to us after reviews are out
@2cents I think that's a very pessimistic way of looking at it. It's true that's the case with some games, but with others I think it brings added value. Take God Of War - I loved that game. I thoroughly enjoyed playing through it and obtaining the platinum. Did I ever load it up or even think about it after I completed it? No.
Hitman has never missed any "important" content. Even with the added levels in 2. The story and narrative is so loose and thin that no one is missing out on anything. The added DLC just meant that once I'd done everything I possibly could and I get the urge to play it, months after getting the game, I'd have a reason to. If not for the DLC I'd never touch it again, and it's possibly my favorite franchise.
Probably a side story like Patient Zero
Would appreciate some more Sniper missions added
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