Understanding the buying model...it's still stupid though.

[[DarkmindGames]♟SLIVER]

So why they decided to change the packaging model with the release of Hitman 3 just completely confounds me. I've had some time to really sit and fold through the various editions of this horrendous model for a few days though and I think I get how it works now...at least for the base versions of Hitman 1, Hitman 2, and Hitman 3.

So basically, Hitman 3 IS World of Assassination, or more specifically what will eventually become advertised World of Assassination Part 3 presumably.

So when you buy WoA Part 1, you're really just buying Hitman 1.
When you buy WoA Part 2, you're really just buying Hitman 2.
When you buy WoA at full price (e.g. no part qualifier), you're really just buying Hitman 3. Now, Hitman 3 is backwards compatible for Hitman 1 and 2, but ONLY World of Assassination# > 1 is like this!

REMEMBER: WoA pt. 1 and 2 ARE Hitman 1 and 2.

So, if you only own Hitman 2 and buy WoA Pt. 1, then you will now have Hitman 1 unlocked in WoA, but not Hitman 2.

However, if you own Hitman 1 and then buy WoA Pt. 2 then you will have both Hitman 1 and 2 unlocked in WoA, but not Hitman 3.

Likewise, if you're like me and own both Hitman 1 and Hitman 2, but then buy WoA Pt 1 or 2, you're rebuying what you already own and you should refund immediately. However, if you buy the full price WoA (aka Hitman 3) then you will have ALL content unlocked in WoA for the base games.

It's dumb and personally I think a better alternative model would've been just to sell Hitman 3 as Hitman 3 and then introduce WoA with the freelancer, arcade modes and other DLC features/maps/weapons/whatever. Then in WoA, if players owned the previous games, WoA could've read through the saved files or the IOI profile to unlock the backlogged accomplishments. IOI really dropped the ball on making WoA a great experience that's fully understandable and would be supported by the community, but instead they've done it this way. The extensive, overlapping names in the DLCs also don't help, but I figure the most logical path would be to get the 3 base games and then decide which DLCs to get afterword and will be my direction going forward. It's a really bad practice that IOI have initiated here and it only was done like this for 1 of 2 reasons:

1. They're incompetent and couldn't figure out a less confusing way to organize the marketing of this rebooted franchise
2. They're counting on the confusion to maximize profits of people re-buying games they already have.

So, if you're wanting to get Hitman 3 on sale, wait for World of Assassination (with no part qualifier OR specifically with a "part 3" qualifier) to go on sale, especially if you own the previous two games already. Doing so will give you a singular platform/executable to play all 3 games from.

Again, this is just what I can tell how the franchise model is suppose to work now and honestly, it could've been really great had they not tried to tie in World of Assassination into the Hitman 3 release and just make everything seriously confusing.

[tmwfte]

There is no Part 2. There is no part 3.

Hitman World of Assassination is H1+H2+H3. As one game.

[The_Cinemagician]

So the WoA, on sale for 30$, is it the whole thing, or is it just 3? theres the other parts not on sale, that are both under 30, but its cause those other parts are 1 and 2?

[tmwfte]

Originally posted by The_Cinemagician:

So the WoA, on sale for 30$, is it the whole thing, or is it just 3? theres the other parts not on sale, that are both under 30, but its cause those other parts are 1 and 2?

It's most of it. The standard edition includes H1, H2 standard, and H3.

There's still the H2 Expansion Pass (which has Haven Island & New York) and other DLC on top of it, but the standard edition has the bulk of the H1 through H3 campaigns.

The ONLY part that's sold as a "part" of the game is H1 in Part One.

[TheOrangeBox]

Well the reason is they needed to increase the price of the game and get more revenues on sales.

If you had H1 and H2 you would get these locations for free in H3. So free content for previous owners = no sales.

If you had to buy all three games you would have spent like $250 on the trilogy, not a lot of sales would have been generated on that price tag (unless you had some heavily discount keys somewhere else).

So, they delisted from sales H1 and H2. Renamed the Hitman Trilogy into Hitman World of Assassination, increased the sales price of the single product, added cosmetic DLCs, and lure new players into buying one third of the game with a hide upgrade purchase.

[[DarkmindGames]♟SLIVER]

Originally posted by tmwfte:

There is no Part 2. There is no part 3.

Hitman World of Assassination is H1+H2+H3. As one game.

There most certainly is a part 2, it's currently locked into a Bundle at the moment and it's only purchasable via that bundle. The strife most are upset about is the fact that WoA Pt. 1/Pt. 2 are not clear in what content you're purchasing. So people are buying the Pt 1 part thinking essentially that it's Hitman 3 part 1 instead of it just being Hitman 1.

The bundle is really difficult to find, but here it is with "Part 2" listed at the very end; if they were to market a WoA Part 2, it would be that particular DLC listing:
https://store.steampowered.com/sub/981937/

[tmwfte]

Originally posted by DarkmindGames♟SLIVER:

There most certainly is a part 2, it's currently locked into a Bundle at the moment and it's only purchasable via that bundle. The strife most are upset about is the fact that WoA Pt. 1/Pt. 2 are not clear in what content you're purchasing. So people are buying the Pt 1 part thinking essentially that it's Hitman 3 part 1 instead of it just being Hitman 1.

The bundle is really difficult to find, but here it is with "Part 2" listed at the very end; if they were to market a WoA Part 2, it would be that particular DLC listing:
https://store.steampowered.com/sub/981937/

There is no "Part Two" for sale as "Part Two". That's the upgrade pack to make Part One equivalent to the standard edition. It's only meant to be visible to people who bought part one, hence why it doesn't appear in searches on the store. Lest people be confused further. Also, unlike the "Part One", the rest of H2 standard and H3 are not available as discrete purchases.

[Murcielago]

I want to buy the game, but I am not going to waste my time on trying to understand how to buy it. When I will pay, the company will not need to guess anything about my payment...

I can wait playing other games until entire Hitman 3 will be on sale in the future for almost no money ;) It will be the same product ;) But for almost no money. Take care dear companies because people can also learn this lesson ;) There are too many good games. There are even free decent games... We can wait until your expensive "thing" will be on sale ;)

Play stupid games... win stupid prices...

[HotPepper]

Originally posted by tmwfte:

Originally posted by The_Cinemagician:

So the WoA, on sale for 30$, is it the whole thing, or is it just 3? theres the other parts not on sale, that are both under 30, but its cause those other parts are 1 and 2?

It's most of it. The standard edition includes H1, H2 standard, and H3.

There's still the H2 Expansion Pass (which has Haven Island & New York) and other DLC on top of it, but the standard edition has the bulk of the H1 through H3 campaigns.

The ONLY part that's sold as a "part" of the game is H1 in Part One.

Thank you! out of all the explanations of the breakdown, you made it the most clear. Appreciate it.