After a year of Epic exclusivity, the critically acclaimed Hitman 3 released on January 20, 2022 on Steam. But many players who have been eagerly awaiting the release are mercilessly punishing the game in the ratings. This is how one is created more balanced
Rating cut with currently 50 percent positive ratings.
This is in stark contradiction to our Hitman test, or the average press rating of 87 on Metacritic. Even the player ratings, often motivated by business policy, in the controversial Epic release Metacritic are significantly better than on Steam with 7.4 out of 10 points. So what’s the point?
Outright rejection
Also in this case a clear picture emerges that the negative Steam ratings relate to business decisions made by Developer IO Interactive. Numerous users justify their thumbs down with the pricing policy for Hitman 3 and the new Trilogy collection.
By the way, Hitman 3 is far from finished, as the new content for 2022 reveals:
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Hitman 3: Trailer announces tons of new content for 2022
What the players criticize
The Standard Edition of Hitman 3 costs the full price of 60 dollars on Steam. Apparently, many players were expecting a price drop since the game has been out for a year.
Critics also attack the complicated pricing model of Hitman 3 and the newly released Hitman Trilogy, which are available in different editions. It gets really confusing for players who already own one or both of the predecessors and are now scratching their heads wondering what price might be ideal for them. Oh yes, there are also DLCs:
Some players also transparently state that they consider the Hitman titles to be very good games and their negative rating only relates to the business model. For users Flavor Savior
is Hitman one of my favorite brands
, but he criticizes the sales model, the online connection and the complicated transfer process:
[…] If IO Interactive wants to charge the price of a full re-release (or four re-releases) for a title that came out a year ago on another store, that’s their right. In the meantime, prospective customers still have to consult a flowchart to determine what they’re getting with which purchase, grapple with server issues for a single-player game that doesn’t require a constant online connection, and grapple with an unnecessarily cumbersome progress transfer process that’s easy could have been replaced by importing a local save file from Hitman 1/2. […]
Flavor Savior
, Steam reviews of Hitman 3
The author apparently writes from the soul of many players. His review received over 1,000 Helpful
-Reviews and dozens of rewards. That’s an extremely high number for Steam reviews. The total number of all reviews of Hitman 3 is currently 562.
Hitman 3 im Test
Deadly good, but complicated
But at least we can say goodbye to you for the weekend with good news, because if you get through the complicated buying process, you will at least get a very good stealth game in return. Read our Hitman 3 review if you want to know more.
