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This time, it's personal...

Agent 47 is continuing his assault on GOG.com’s catalogue: grab the second installment of the Hitman series for only $9.99!

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin continues the story of the genetically-engineered assassin-for-hire Agent 47. Nowadays he tries to distance himself from his twisted past and has become a humble church gardener. He gets entangled into a diabolical plot by a Russian crime boss when his friend, a priest, gets kidnapped. To try and save the innocent priest, Agent 47 finds himself at the beck and call of a dangerous man, and he must find a way to not only fulfill his missions, but also strike back against the gang boss who holds his leash.
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Apart from the obvious grief and the lust for revenge, you'll get what the titular hitman is best known for: a large weapon arsenal at your disposal with multiple special hidden weapons scattered across the open-ended levels. These huge levels, each one designed as a separate sandbox, let you experiment with your approach to killing your targets. No matter how bizarre your disguise or how elaborate your approach, the end goal is simple: eliminate the target.

The Silent Assassin streamlines the gameplay and improves over its predecessor in almost every regard. The AI system has been revamped to develop new patterns and behaviours. For all the completionists and achievement addicts, now at the end of each mission you get a score ranging from a Mass Murderer (achieved for mowing down enemies and just getting the job done) to the Silent Assassin who stealths his way to the target and eliminates him without anyone noticing.

So whether you're a run and gun fanatic or you'd like to compare Agents 47’s sneaking abilities to Garret’s, now is the perfect time to pickup this masterpiece for a mere $9.99!
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wormholewizards: Cheaper at other digital distributors? I checked the price on Gamer's Gate and Steam; 2 of the most popular DD service out there. The price on Steam is $9.99 and Gamer's Gate is $9.95.
Not to mention that those prices are higher for us in the Eurozone. Hitman 2 is €9.99 on Steam, which is more than 13 dollars.

I personally don't think the game is worth the 10 dollar price point, but I would not say that GOG in any way has an unreasonable price. It's too high for me, but it's still what I would expect. And cheaper for me than other digital distribution.
On Steam this game cost 9.99 Euro (for US customers it's 9.99$), so stop whining about price. At least GOG version is DRM free.
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wormholewizards: Cheaper at other digital distributors? I checked the price on Gamer's Gate and Steam; 2 of the most popular DD service out there. The price on Steam is $9.99 and Gamer's Gate is $9.95. So i just don't get it.
And like i mentioned before on TopWare sales; Two Worlds Epic Edition on GOG priced 2x lower than Steam version. But not many people give credit to them for able to tied that deal.
I think you'll find that what was meant are the various sales that Steam and Gamersgate do. Hitman 2 is regularly available for around a euro.
@WormholeWizard (Sorry reply button broken atm for some reason)

On steam it's £5.99 and on Gamersgate it's £4.99 so for some reason UK guys get a great deal, much cheaper than this.

Yes it does equal the same price in dollars as both steam and gamersgate but the fact is, the hitman collection usually goes on sale cheaper than $9.99 and that includes all hitmans games not just Silent Assassin.

My concern is whilst GoG is a really good site for providing these games DRM free, their price points on certain games aren't exactly competitive. I think that's down to publishers though, they know they can get away with charging these prices since most customers here are nostalgic and are willing to pay these prices without too much concern. Whilst it's great to support a title DRM free, if it's going to be in a 75% off bundle in a couple of months (be it steam or gamersgate) what's the point?

Plus the extras leave something to be desired for this game in particular (no soundtrack).
The price problem comes too much from the fact that people keep comparing shop stock clearout prices against new digital distribution prices. A shop can clear its stock out for next to nothing - £2 for a full game is fine when you realise that game has probably been sitting on their stock for months/years without shifting (or was bought as part of a large order from another shop/retailers clearout and thus cost the shop nearly nothing).

Those units were "sold" years ago to the retailers and have devalued - but the digital distributions are (so far as the company selling them) is concerned is a new sale and thus the prices start up at higher points.

In the end you make your choice and take your pick - remembering that buying from GOG sometimes gets you a little more and the service should outlast most hardcopy disks (that are in active and regular use) .
GOG don't have bundle price but they also don't have regional pricing which will benefit plenty user out there. Still, love to see bundle pricing here. Maybe not so sson since GOG is rather small company at the moment.
Post edited February 14, 2012 by wormholewizards
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overread: The price problem comes too much from the fact that people keep comparing shop stock clearout prices against new digital distribution prices. A shop can clear its stock out for next to nothing - £2 for a full game is fine when you realise that game has probably been sitting on their stock for months/years without shifting (or was bought as part of a large order from another shop/retailers clearout and thus cost the shop nearly nothing).

Those units were "sold" years ago to the retailers and have devalued - but the digital distributions are (so far as the company selling them) is concerned is a new sale and thus the prices start up at higher points.

In the end you make your choice and take your pick - remembering that buying from GOG sometimes gets you a little more and the service should outlast most hardcopy disks (that are in active and regular use) .
I take your point but in a situation where the gameing industry is experiencing a fall in sales and the consuming public are suffering the effects of a global economic crisis, insisting on selling older games at higher prices is just bad business.
Post edited February 14, 2012 by drewpants
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Whitewraith: To me $9.99 is a fair price, just like Wormholewizards said same price as Steam and GG. You get DRM free digital download with a separate installer. Why would gog have a price point that's lower? Their also could be other factors to other square enix games not being released, like trouble getting it windows 7 compatible.
I actually do have the game both on CD and on steam and Windows 7 compatibility is not a problem with any of the Hitman games.

However a small note to anyone waiting for The Nomad Soul: That game has huge compatibility issues which as far as I can tell are more tied to the modern graphics card no longer supporting 16-bit Z-buffer (if I recall correctly)... The same thing by the way that causes Dungeon Keeper 2 to be set up to run in software in the gog version... Black squares all over the screen... By the way: Got that game working perfectly on my Asus Eee with intel graphics... Perhaps I should try The Nomad Soul on that as well...
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drewpants: I take your point but in a situation where the game's industry is experiencing a fall in sales and the consuming public are suffering the effects of a global economic crisis, insisting on selling older games at higher prices is just bad business.
Actually I'd rather prefer that they did sell for higher prices. The likes of Steam and online distribution has pushed and pushed for a faster devaluing of the game product. The more this happens and the more we devalue games the harder they become to develop. Games are already pretty much a make or break in their opening months after release - thereafter if the investment hasn't paid off the company folds/moves on - which is a killer for those game franchises that have a smaller market share.

Yes I like cheap -I won't ever say that I don't like buying the same product for less cost -- but on the other side of the coin I don't mind saving a tiny bit longer (£5 to £10 is not a big jump)
It's is just funny how many GOGers complaining about the price. GOG Team don't set them... And before whining about it check Eidos store: £5.99 for Hitman 2 - that is equal to 10-11$ ;)
But in the same moment - Hitman 1 is £5.99 also on Eidos Store and here is half the price , Thief Gold - £9.99 (Eidos) - here 9.99$ ;)

So you are complaining on what exactly?
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jamyskis: (Funnily enough, the abovementioned "Hitman Collection" here in Germany only has three games. The first one is missing due to its being blacklisted).
The "Hitman Collections" in different countries seem to have quite different content.

MobyGames lists "The Hitman Collection" containing first three Hitman games:

http://www.mobygames.com/game/hitman-collection

I have a "Hitman Collection" (bought new from Finland) that has also Blood Money, the white packaging otherwise looks almost exactly the same as the MobyGames entry with only three first games.

The MobyGames lists "Hitman: Ultima Contract" which also includes the four Hitman games, ie. the same as my "Collection".

http://www.mobygames.com/game/hitman-ultimate-contract

Be careful what you get. :)
Nobody is forcing GoG to sell these games.

You are saying GoG don't agree the price, but yes they do by chosing to go ahead with the deal and sell the games for what they are told.

By doing that GoG have made a decision, a decision to get the games and sell them for $9.99.
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Fifeldor: Nice one, but you guys should do something about the pricing of games that are series, EnigmaticT.
You seem to think I'm all-powerful here. Let me assure you that's not the case.
The same can be said to you too. Nobody forcing you to buy the game here. As somebody said before, region pricing. Some people from different region will find the price here much cheaper than any other place.
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Fifeldor: Nice one, but you guys should do something about the pricing of games that are series, EnigmaticT.
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TheEnigmaticT: You seem to think I'm all-powerful here. Let me assure you that's not the case.
Ah you are all powerful ...but always there is someone more powerful out there :) Just don't mind the whining ...and release Hitman 3 on Thursday :)

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mozzington: Nobody is forcing GoG to sell these games.

You are saying GoG don't agree the price, but yes they do by chosing to go ahead with the deal and sell the games for what they are told.

By doing that GoG have made a decision, a decision to get the games and sell them for $9.99.
The price on the publisher webstore is higher and no DRM-Free and you are still whining....
Post edited February 14, 2012 by spinefarm