A few days before the launch of Hitman 3, IO Interactive is clarifying
the conditions that will allow players to import all levels of the first
two parts into a single executive. Problem: The game’s Epic Games Store
exclusivity poses some challenges for developers.
PC gamers will
have to work their way down before they can import the levels from
Hitman 2 into Hitman 3. As the game is not available on Epic Games, the
only possible solution at this time is ... to repurchase the game as
DLC.
The difficult business of porterage
The IO Interactive business
is as beneficial as it is complex to implement. As a reminder, and this
is the studio's promise: Hitman 3 will be able to integrate all the
content of Hitman 1 & 2 if the players already have them. The result
will be a single executive, allowing you to play all the missions in
the trilogy.
On consoles, no particular problem seems to arise.
With all three games available on the PlayStation and Xbox stores,
player levels and progression can be imported into Hitman 3 without
difficulty. On the PC, however, the exclusive Epic Games Store status of
Hitman 3 is making developers at IO Interactive rack their brains.
The
situation is delicate. In its thick (and exhaustive) launch guide, IO
Interactive explains that importing levels and missions from previous
games can only be done from a copy of Hitman 2 (which, too, can bundle
the missions of the first part). The only opus that is not available on
EGS as of this writing. To put it another way: if you have Hitman 1 on
EGS and Hitman 2 on Steam, you will not be able (for now) to import your
progress and levels on Hitman 3.
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IO Interactive promises that no player will have to buy back previous games
A
fine thorn in the side of the studio, which nevertheless sells us its
latest game as the ultimate Hitman experience. So not to lose face, IO
Interactive has already communicated on certain countermeasures to make
players wait.
Beginning January 20 - the launch date of Hitman 3 -
Hitman First Name will be offered to buyers for 10 days in the form of
an Access Pass (the game in DLC form, roughly speaking). Hitman 2 (also
in Access Pass format) will benefit from an 80% discount for 14 days. An
offer which is intended mainly for newcomers, but which could also act
as a stopgap for those who are most impatient with a solution allowing
them to import the game from another platform.
But the Danish
studio is clear: no owner of a copy of Hitman 2 on PC is obliged to
repurchase the game. IO is actively working on a solution that will
allow owners of the game on Steam to import the content. on Hitman 3.
Quite simply, this will not be possible from January 20th.
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Source : IO Interactive
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