HITMAN 3 WON'T LET ME PLAY THE MISSIONS

[LA PARCA]

I bought Hitman World of Assassination for approximately 22 dollars, thinking that it was going to give me the missions of HITMAN 1,2 and 3, because I played Hitman 1 and I loved it, but when I opened the game, it turned out that only the missions were available to me of hitman 1, and not those of 2 and 3, mainly those of 3, since if I am buying HITMAN 3, the logical thing would be that they give me HITMAN 3, not 1. If anyone knows how I can solve this, let me Please advise before refunding.

[TheOrangeBox]

Ask for a refund and buy the correct package: 'Hitman World of Assassination'
https://store.steampowered.com/sub/672746/

[LA PARCA]

Originally posted by TheOrangeBox:

Ask for a refund and buy the correct package: 'Hitman World of Assassination'
https://store.steampowered.com/sub/672746/

Yeah, but I have to pay 30 bucks more just to play the game i bought, no sense

[Lady Neravin]

Originally posted by alefleuu-:

Originally posted by TheOrangeBox:

Ask for a refund and buy the correct package: 'Hitman World of Assassination'
https://store.steampowered.com/sub/672746/

Yeah, but I have to pay 30 bucks more just to play the game i bought, no sense

But you didn't buy WOA, you bought WOA PART ONE, wich is only the content of the first game.

[Osmium]

There's been dozens of people here in exactly your situation. That $30 thing is a trap to make you buy the upgrade in-game and avoid any potential Steam discounts. Just get a refund.

If you had bought the game over the weekend you could have gotten the deluxe edition on sale for $45. The $30 bundle is only a dressed up version of Hitman 1 from 2016. The $70 WoA bundle is the trilogy and what you thought you were buying in the first place. That used to be the only thing on the store to avoid confusion, but the company got greedy and started to obfuscate things.

The deluxe edition has most (but not all) of the DLC. It has all the DLC that matters plus some that don't. I'd suggest waiting on the next sale. A few weeks ago during the winter sale it was even cheaper, I think.

It's a good game, but with terrible marketing practices. The more customers that refund the Part 1 bundle, the more likely they are to take it off the store and stop misleading people.

[Lady Neravin]

Originally posted by Osmium:

There's been dozens of people here in exactly your situation. That $30 thing is a trap to make you buy the upgrade in-game and avoid any potential Steam discounts. Just get a refund.

If you had bought the game over the weekend you could have gotten the deluxe edition on sale for $45. The $30 bundle is only a dressed up version of Hitman 1 from 2016. The $70 WoA bundle is the trilogy and what you thought you were buying in the first place. That used to be the only thing on the store to avoid confusion, but the company got greedy and started to obfuscate things.

The deluxe edition has most (but not all) of the DLC. It has all the DLC that matters plus some that don't. I'd suggest waiting on the next sale. A few weeks ago during the winter sale it was even cheaper, I think.

It's a good game, but with terrible marketing practices. The more customers that refund the Part 1 bundle, the more likely they are to take it off the store and stop misleading people.

You are so incredible annoying at making IOI out to be THE EVIL. It was never a trap, how would it be if you can just get a refund? Do you even think about anything you say, or is it to much fun to paint everything as pure evil?

[Osmium]

Originally posted by Lady Neravin:

You are so incredible annoying at making IOI out to be THE EVIL. It was never a trap, how would it be if you can just get a refund? Do you even think about anything you say, or is it to much fun to paint everything as pure evil?

It's a trap because the company knows that not everyone is going to go through the effort of refunding or they won't realize what they bought in time to qualify for a refund. Also, not everyone knows how to do a refund. My Steam account is almost 20 years old and I only refunded for the first time last year. IOI loses a tiny amount of money on each refund due to processing fees, but they gain it all back and then some when someone falls for it. It's all a numbers game and if it's profitable then they'll do it unless stopped, regardless of the ethics.

Someone could put 20 hours into the Hitman 1 maps, be ready to move onto the next part of the trilogy that they thought they owned, only to find out they don't own anything else. If IO made it clear that WoA Part 1 was just Hitman 1 with Hitman 3's UI, then the majority of people who bought it wouldn't have.

This one particular business practice IS evil and I'm baffled that I have to explain why. Information that should be readily and clearly shown to the customer is being hidden so they'll buy something they otherwise wouldn't have. This is harmful to the consumers by wasting their time and sometimes money if they can't get a refund. It's clogging up these forums with endless people coming in and asking where the hell the rest of their trilogy is instead of talking about the game. I know you think they're all idiots, but the fact is that all this confusion and wasted money could be avoided with a few lines of text on the store page and/or the removal of this problematic bundle.

Predatory business practices are nothing new. People have to speak out about it or stuff that is unthinkable today will become the new standard in 5 years.

[Lady Neravin]

Originally posted by Osmium:

Originally posted by Lady Neravin:

You are so incredible annoying at making IOI out to be THE EVIL. It was never a trap, how would it be if you can just get a refund? Do you even think about anything you say, or is it to much fun to paint everything as pure evil?

It's a trap because the company knows that not everyone is going to go through the effort of refunding or they won't realize what they bought in time to qualify for a refund. Also, not everyone knows how to do a refund. My Steam account is almost 20 years old and I only refunded for the first time last year. IOI loses a tiny amount of money on each refund due to processing fees, but they gain it all back and then some when someone falls for it. It's all a numbers game and if it's profitable then they'll do it unless stopped, regardless of the ethics.

Someone could put 20 hours into the Hitman 1 maps, be ready to move onto the next part of the trilogy that they thought they owned, only to find out they don't own anything else. If IO made it clear that WoA Part 1 was just Hitman 1 with Hitman 3's UI, then the majority of people who bought it wouldn't have.

This one particular business practice IS evil and I'm baffled that I have to explain why. Information that should be readily and clearly shown to the customer is being hidden so they'll buy something they otherwise wouldn't have. This is harmful to the consumers by wasting their time and sometimes money if they can't get a refund. It's clogging up these forums with endless people coming in and asking where the hell the rest of their trilogy is instead of talking about the game. I know you think they're all idiots, but the fact is that all this confusion and wasted money could be avoided with a few lines of text on the store page and/or the removal of this problematic bundle.

Predatory business practices are nothing new. People have to speak out about it or stuff that is unthinkable today will become the new standard in 5 years.

They gave out refunds to people with more then 2 h playtime. You are just so wrong about all of this

[Osmium]

Originally posted by Lady Neravin:

They gave out refunds to people with more then 2 h playtime. You are just so wrong about all of this

To SOME of them. Even if 19 out of 20 people got refunds, they can still profit off the 20th person. You've also inconvenienced 19 people and hoodwinked one. That's not a good thing.

This sort of mistake that all these new customers are making should not be possible in the first place. The only reason it is, is because it's making them money. Otherwise, this business practice would be costing them money by driving away customers and they would have fixed it right away. Public awareness of this issue can warn people to watch out for it before they buy in the first place.

[Lady Neravin]

Originally posted by Osmium:

Originally posted by Lady Neravin:

They gave out refunds to people with more then 2 h playtime. You are just so wrong about all of this

To SOME of them. Even if 19 out of 20 people got refunds, they can still profit off the 20th person. You've also inconvenienced 19 people and hoodwinked one. That's not a good thing.

This sort of mistake that all these new customers are making should not be possible in the first place. The only reason it is, is because it's making them money. Otherwise, this business practice would be costing them money by driving away customers and they would have fixed it right away. Public awareness of this issue can warn people to watch out for it before they buy in the first place.

So you actually think, the few people responsible for this sat down and activley decided to screw people over? You are delusional.

[Osmium]

Originally posted by Lady Neravin:

So you actually think, the few people responsible for this sat down and activley decided to screw people over? You are delusional.

Wait, hold up. I'm not mad anymore, I'm genuinely curious. Do you... not know that sometimes corporations screw people over in order to increase profits? Pursuing profit isn't evil, but motivates many evil things they do. Making money is what keeps them alive and they do whatever they can within the law (and sometimes outside it) to fund current and future projects. In this case, IOI is squeezing extra money out of an 8 year old game that people otherwise wouldn't be buying.

[TheOrangeBox]

Stay tuned, iOi will release Hitman Part Two and Hitman Part Three -

[Lady Neravin]

Originally posted by Osmium:

Originally posted by Lady Neravin:

So you actually think, the few people responsible for this sat down and activley decided to screw people over? You are delusional.

Wait, hold up. I'm not mad anymore, I'm genuinely curious. Do you... not know that sometimes corporations screw people over in order to increase profits? This itself isn't evil, but motivates many evil things they do. Making money is what keeps them alive and they do whatever they can within the law (and sometimes outside it) to fund current and future projects. In this case, IOI is squeezing extra money out of an 8 year old game that people otherwise wouldn't be buying.

I am basicly a communist from a US perspective, so yes, please tell me more, I never heard about companies doing absolutly disgusting things to make 2 cents more.

IOI is not the best at this packaging/pricing stuff, but also by far not the worst, and they actually change thing because of the community.

I have to admit, that I don't understand why the location import was turned off, but I don't work at steam or IOI, so I won't judge. Plus every conent anyone has boght can still be played in the older games.

And I disagree, screwing people over to increase profit IS evil, but profit alone isn't always evil.

[Sgt. Osiris]

Originally posted by Lady Neravin:

Originally posted by Osmium:

To SOME of them. Even if 19 out of 20 people got refunds, they can still profit off the 20th person. You've also inconvenienced 19 people and hoodwinked one. That's not a good thing.

This sort of mistake that all these new customers are making should not be possible in the first place. The only reason it is, is because it's making them money. Otherwise, this business practice would be costing them money by driving away customers and they would have fixed it right away. Public awareness of this issue can warn people to watch out for it before they buy in the first place.

So you actually think, the few people responsible for this sat down and activley decided to screw people over? You are delusional.

If you had been paying attention to how IOI has been marketing Hitman you would not be asking this question. Part One is 100% a trap. The person who has been coming up with these packages has probably been promoted several times over. Its an easy way to pump out cash and requires no development input.

They could have easily pumped out suit and weapon cosmetics and make good money, but that would have required development time. I'm sure majority of the developers are on Project 007 and there is a skeleton crew on Hitman.

[Osmium]

Originally posted by Lady Neravin:

I am basicly a communist from a US perspective, so yes, please tell me more, I never heard about companies doing absolutly disgusting things to make 2 cents more.

IOI is not the best at this packaging/pricing stuff, but also by far not the worst, and they actually change thing because of the community.

I have to admit, that I don't understand why the location import was turned off, but I don't work at steam or IOI, so I won't judge. Plus every conent anyone has boght can still be played in the older games.

And I disagree, screwing people over to increase profit IS evil, but profit alone isn't always evil.

I had a whole post typed up about the Ford Pinto that caused thousands of avoidable deaths because the company wanted to save money and avoid claiming responsibility. You seem like you get it, though. It's not too far fetched that some executive in the marketing department pulled rank on the rest of the team and made them put in this bundle, knowing full well that it would be a net harm to the customers but would pull in some extra profit. Reaching this conclusion doesn't make me a tin-foil hat conspiracy theorist. It doesn't have to be the whole company's opinion, just some person at the top making the decisions. The developers and PR people seem pretty chill.

I disagree with the second point in that they are one of the worst in this pricing stuff I've ever seen outside of parasitic Free-to-Play games, at least on Steam. I have over 1,500 games in my library and I've never been in the position where I could buy the entirely wrong game on accident.

I don't mind the import being disabled. I get why people are mad, but despite being personally effected and needing to rebuy DLC myself, I don't hold it against IOI. Owning content in another game or another platform doesn't entitle me to getting a copy of it in some future game. I even wrote a review for the Hitman 2 expansion pass DLC defending IOI.

I'm not a hater of the company, I hate this one thing they do to new customers. I despise this one thing. It's like having a family member who is awesome in every way except they also scam old people out of their money over the phone.

You're right in your last sentence. I misspoke. I meant pursuing profit isn't evil, but drives evil actions. Screwing people over is pretty much evil by default. It can potentially serve some greater good (usually doesn't), but the action itself is still evil.

[Lady Neravin]

Originally posted by Osmium:

Originally posted by Lady Neravin:

I am basicly a communist from a US perspective, so yes, please tell me more, I never heard about companies doing absolutly disgusting things to make 2 cents more.

IOI is not the best at this packaging/pricing stuff, but also by far not the worst, and they actually change thing because of the community.

I have to admit, that I don't understand why the location import was turned off, but I don't work at steam or IOI, so I won't judge. Plus every conent anyone has boght can still be played in the older games.

And I disagree, screwing people over to increase profit IS evil, but profit alone isn't always evil.

I had a whole post typed up about the Ford Pinto that caused thousands of avoidable deaths because the company wanted to save money and avoid claiming responsibility. You seem like you get it, though. It's not too far fetched that some executive in the marketing department pulled rank on the rest of the team and made them put in this bundle, knowing full well that it would be a net harm to the customers but would pull in some extra profit. Reaching this conclusion doesn't make me a tin-foil hat conspiracy theorist. It doesn't have to be the whole company's opinion, just some person at the top making the decisions. The developers and PR people seem pretty chill.

I disagree with the second point in that they are one of the worst in this pricing stuff I've ever seen outside of parasitic Free-to-Play games, at least on Steam. I have over 1,500 games in my library and I've never been in the position where I could buy the entirely wrong game on accident.

I don't mind the import being disabled. I get why people are mad, but despite being personally effected and needing to rebuy DLC myself, I don't hold it against IOI. Owning content in another game or another platform doesn't entitle me to getting a copy of it in some future game. I even wrote a review for the Hitman 2 expansion pass DLC defending IOI.

I'm not a hater of the company, I hate this one thing they do to new customers. I despise this one thing. It's like having a family member who is awesome in every way except they also scam old people out of their money over the phone.

You're right in your last sentence. I misspoke. I meant pursuing profit isn't evil, but drives evil actions. Screwing people over is pretty much evil by default. It can potentially serve some greater good (usually doesn't), but the action itself is still evil.

So we are not agreeing on everything, but at least we are on the same side and understand each other.