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Carson123987 
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/20/12 at 1:52 pm to The Dude's Rug)
gonna wait till the price drops a bit first
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sicboy 
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/20/12 at 2:09 pm to Carson123987)
I guess I only notice when you're complaining  
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trillhog
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/20/12 at 2:11 pm to sicboy)
i'm going to get it, and do some murders
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Carson123987
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/20/12 at 2:16 pm to sicboy)
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I guess I only notice when you're complaining
Oh, no, it's cool. I'm very critical and I rarely voice praise for things.
My issues with Absolution are the whole Batman vision thing, the point shooting (mark and execute from SC:C), and some things i read in reviews. Will get once there's a price drop. just not worth $60 to me.
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tehchampion140
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/20/12 at 2:18 pm to Carson123987)
So far through what I've played, there's only been one part with forced gun action, which was the tutorial. It still focuses almost entirely on stealth and making kills look like accidents if that's what you're complaining about. They also added challenges and scores that add a ton of replayability to the game.
ETA: I do think that the point shooting is cheap and should've been kept out, but the "batman vision" is completely optional and can be turned off. Also, every review I've seen is good and every review on Metacritic has it at 80 or above except for one.
This post was edited on 11/20 at 2:22 pm
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Carson123987
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/20/12 at 2:29 pm to tehchampion140)
Thanks for the mini-review. Maybe once I play someone's, I'll go buy it. I'm about to read the GiantBomb review; everyone says it's the best review
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sicboy
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/20/12 at 2:37 pm to Carson123987)
Giant Bomb Quick Look
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Carson123987
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/20/12 at 2:43 pm to sicboy)
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Pilot Tiger 
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/20/12 at 3:14 pm to Dav)
ive never played any of the hitman games but for some reason i felt compelled to pre order this.
Just popped it in my PS3
my wife is out of town, i have plenty of leftover pizza, and 2 12 packs of orange soda
I am a winner
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hg 
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/20/12 at 4:03 pm to Pilot Tiger)
I'm coming over
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Carson123987
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/20/12 at 4:07 pm to Pilot Tiger)
me too
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Pilot Tiger
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/20/12 at 4:35 pm to hg)
come on over bro
just finished the first 2 hits
i killed a shite load of cops in the chinatown mission and stole a SWAT disguise and mowed down about 20 civilians
I think I have a problem
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Scruffy 
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/20/12 at 4:59 pm to Pilot Tiger)
quote:
i killed a shite load of cops in the chinatown mission and stole a SWAT disguise and mowed down about 20 civilians
I think I have a problem
And here I was trying to be all sneaky like.
I haven't killed a civilian yet. 
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tehchampion140
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/22/12 at 2:24 pm to Scruffy)
Just bumping to say this game is incredible so far. I'm really enjoying the story and the levels are so much fun to try to figure out how to do it stealthily. I'd say it's better than Blood Money so far and that game was one of my favorites. The NPC reactions and interactions are really cool.
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Jcorye1
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/22/12 at 2:44 pm to Dav)
How is it?
I usually have ready access to a PC, but the Xbox is hard to get to.
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Black 
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/22/12 at 3:06 pm to tehchampion140)
Agreed. I haven't played too much, just got to the king of Chinatown mission but so far I'm enjoying it. This is the first hitman I purchase, but it sure it pretty too
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tehchampion140
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/22/12 at 3:11 pm to Black)
The Chinese New Year mission is really awesome with the crowds. It reminded me of the Mardi Gras level on Blood Money, except the crowd is way more interactive this time around.
ETA: I'd suggest getting Blood Money for cheap. It's not nearly as pretty since it's 6 years old but it is a ton of fun.
This post was edited on 11/22 at 3:12 pm
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tehchampion140
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/24/12 at 12:41 am to tehchampion140)
Bump. I beat the game and it was a ton of fun to play through. Definitely as good as, if not better than, Blood Money. I'll definitely be playing the levels over again just to try out different approaches. The ending seems to suggest that we haven't seen the end of the franchise, either. 
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hg
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/27/12 at 3:01 pm to Black)
Just started playing it
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Scruffy
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| re: Anyone picking up Hitman Absoultion today? (Posted on 11/27/12 at 3:05 pm to tehchampion140)
I'm on the mission with the Saints right now. Have had a blast with this game.
I have to restart a lot because I am trying to get as many Silent Assassin bonuses as possible. If someone sees me, restart.
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