Hitman: Absolution dev says game limited by current gen - Report

@carolino its just his way of telling if you are disappointed with the game, its because of the hardware limitation and not the game itself. ;P

Of course the game will be limited. Short of grunt power from all machines and memory is laughable. And yet people will come on this site and say their machines are still ok....

Seems to me like its a promotion move. He is trying to say it could have been better. I assume most of you haven't played the sniper challenge so you think this game is a fail- fact is this game is gonna be epic.

Wow, people are getting so defensive. All he's saying is they had ideas that the current tech wouldn't fully allow them to implement, and it could be as simple a reason as a lack of memory size. I've been playing the game and it's great, but I'd be willing to bet the mission structure came about because of the limitations of the resources on offer. You should actually be happy a dev is talking like this; he's already thinking about what new gameplay he can create with more power, not just thinking about how whizzy he can make a current gen game design look with next-gen visuals.

This is BS PS3/360 are powerful look Halo 4 or Gears Of War 3 or Uncharted Killzone Heavy Rain The Last Of Us Beyond Two Souls Metal Gear Solid 4 even Kojima will release new gen game to PS3/360 Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes

How about pc? Or do you they just port the "limited" console version?

hitman is probably my favorite franchise of all time but i cant help but feel theres a little exadurating going on here

Rockstar and Naughty Dog devs are probably thinking, "bitch please".

This is complete bullhunky. Limited by "current gen consoles"? Have these people played Uncharted or Killzone? Consoles are not limiting in any sense. You work with what you have. Look at GTA V. That game is going to have a huge map and it's graphics are beautiful! Obviously these devs can't see the potential that current gen consoles have...

All games, EVER, will be limited by the hardware. Devs need to quit whining.

I think they just want better graphics to make it more immersive, Hitman is a game that relies on atmosphere alot. Considering Hitman looks great anyway, I admire the developers ambition. Consoles will always be at a disadvantage over pc's in argubly all respects, but I still prefer consoles by far.

When was Hitman famous of having a good looking-graphic ?

And taking about "limitations of the current technology" I think the he should focus more on optimization, level design and animation.

Make the game for PC then downscale it where needed to fit console limitations. Can't use consoles as an excuse for lack of features.

Then make it like in the good old times with superior PC version and graphicly dumbed down console version. I am guessing that the game is pretty mediocore on all platforms and now they are bringing the excuses.

@Elann2008 My words exactly.

Consoles limit all from graphics to AI, number of objects, number of possible interaction with the level invirement and physics.And ofc, making a game work with just a console controller lemits gameplay too, tho it has nothing to do with the power-limitation :)

Better graphics isn't mean better game or gameplay, is there a crappy story and crappy gameplay the game will sucks, no matter how good the graphics are.

Most of gamers think that next gen = better graphic. Yes that is true but graphic is not only thing that is limited because of current gen. Today developers need to balance between graphic, physics, gameplay and AI because they have limited hardware resources. So to make better graphic they need to cut some things from AI and gameplay for example. And when they need to balance they can't express their creativity. That's why today are more and more console games with problem in framerate, pop-up, low res textures etc. because they want to put more content but console hardware can't process it.

just make a fun game thats all we want

Another lazy dev with another lame excuse. Their competitors have and will continue to show them just how powerful current gen tech is.

Sound like an excuse to me since I can still see graphic improvement in current gen on many other studios such as: Konami in Metal Gear Solid 4(fox engine); Square Enix in Agni's Philosophy (Real-time tech); EA in Battlefield 3 or Medal of Honor - Warfighter(Frostbite engine); Quantic Dream in Beyond - Two souls, or Kara tech demo; Naughty Dog in Uncharted 3, or The Last of Us; Rockstar in LA. Noire; etc.

More than likely inconsequential things, at least as far as gameplay goes. Visually the game looks fine, I haven't seen anything yet to feel that its lacking on that front. Saying you wanted to put a washer and dryer in car, but ran out space, doesn't really mean much.

Some folks here have read and understood his point. Some other's are failing in their reading comprehension (or hardly read the actual - short article, at all). I'd wager the remainder are off base.

Comments like "then develop it for PC", well thank you for your remark. Unfortunately, this guy is the art director, and he does not have the authority to make that decision. It's like saying a corporate store shift manager should drop prices to whatever he/she wants if they feel they costs are too high, despite the products being subject to the listed prices handed down from the division in charge. He or she would be liable to be fired for performing such an action, without proper authorization.

Comments that "he's just making excuses" (insert negative tone in quote) are relatively inane at a basic level. Do you think if the developer in charge of art in Super Mario World had a vision to the level of Mario Galaxy, back when the SNES was released, that he wasn't held back from that vision by the tech of the time? It does remotely imply that Super Mario World will be or was a bad game. But it's definitively true that he was held back, from a technological standpoint. Excuse this art director for answering a question honestly.

The title of this article is catchy, but it's best to read the words within it. For the best context, it's best to locate the actual interview. This is made to fuel views, but it's also apparently making some appear ignorant. Relax.

PS - I, and many other people I know rarely ever actually complete an entire game. We are older. We don't have the most free time to spend on video games. We have a thick enough library to segment out attention to different things. So for those whom wish to bring up the prior comment, from someone else, about people not finishing the game -- it's based on data. Comments like those are rarely made ex nihilo. There are polls, and there is hard data from the implemented trophy/achievement system across the board to track this. Furthermore, it doesn't suggest they don't want you to complete it, or they don't want to try their damnedest to make the best product possible to keep your attention - as they have been doing for years. They aren't complaints, they're perspectives. They are noting a welcome challenge. Sometimes I feel like a few of the users here are quick to anger or hate language - it's unnecessary.

TL:DR - R.I.F. (Reading is Fundamental)

Didn't they have a second team on the PC version? Seeing the PC isn't limited like the consoles and still superior to the first next-gen console (Wii U) in terms of hardware, the PC version should be a lot better? Right?

Well atleast they are being honest about it....

Why not just wait? Next gen is rumored for late next year anyway, right?

Damn, they are already doing damage control for their game.

develop for PC then port to consoles like BF3 and the witcher 2 did.

problem solved

Hm, does this news apply for the pc version? Sure hope not, I don't even care about the graphics anyway. As long as the game is fun and addicting, who cares about it?

Just develop for the always up to date platform called PC first and then dumb it down to whatever aged console hardware is out there at the moment.

Problem solved, no more whining about current tech limiting your ingenious ideas.

Thank me later, devs ...