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Posted February 14, 2012
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!
Posted February 15, 2012
@Lodium

The extras aren't nothing to write home about on this game. Wallpapers and avatars are free on the internet anyway if you wanted to download them (Yes it's legal, it's just pictures) that applies for the manual too.

Whining and complaining as you call it has actually got a Blue post on this thread directly related to the pricing of this game so at least he is answering us which you hardly ever see in most other forums. Saying nothing and just not buying it wouldn't help, if someone has concerns they should voice them as long they aren't aggressively attacking other users.

I think someone said earlier in this thread GOG should try to get different price points apart from $5.99 and $9.99. That would be a good idea having 4 choices:

$2.99
$5.99
$7.99
$9.99

Having only 2 stonewall prices doesn't leave much room for negotiation, what if a publisher didn't want to charge $5.99 or $9.99? There is no middle ground price point. The only way is to have 50% off which doesn't happen all that often.

As for people saying it's the same price on other digital sites, It is in certain areas but i'm aware on Gamersgate it's £4.99 ($7.80) so you could always get someone to buy it for you. Not to mention seperartly if they got the other hitman games on GOG the entire collection would cost over $30. On steam and gamersgate they usually sell the entire collection for under $7 and it goes on offer for this price a lot. I think gog should start offering bundles since it's loyalty to one publisher and obviously earning them money all at once.
Post edited February 15, 2012 by ChickenHero
Posted February 15, 2012
Damn, so much whining. I feel like in female elementary school. Guys, grow up a little bit. If you don't like a price then don't buy it, but stop whining so much because it's kinda pathetic :/.
Posted February 15, 2012
I have this one from a CD which was bundled with a gaming mag, so I'll pass.
Posted February 15, 2012
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Aver: Damn, so much whining. I feel like in female elementary school. Guys, grow up a little bit. If you don't like a price then don't buy it, but stop whining so much because it's kinda pathetic :/.
Eh its just a factor of the market - GoG's (ok ok GOG's) prices are budget line and when you market a budget product you hit the cheap end of the market. This is full of people who are limited on funds (a £5 or £10 game is a big investment) and who are also the kind who are hagglers - they'll complain and badger their best on the retailer to lower prices again and again = heck some would even try and convince you to pay them to buy it for nothing ;)

Honestly I wouldn't worry about it - yes people will complain and yes people will compare the price to other vendors and retail options; but one has to remember GOG is offering a specific product. A DRM free version of the game and as such their direct competition is pretty limited - yes Steam sells the same games, but with a client feature (as an example).

If customers want the DRM free version they have to come to GOG - that's the product they offer and the market they serve
Posted February 15, 2012
I happily paid 9.99 for both Hitman games. I own the original, I preordered it after seeing a piece on it's development on a Danish TV show. A local (Danish) game studio was so rare and the game looked so good that I just had to own it. Besides Baldur's Gate 2 it is the only game I ever preordered (well not counting certain indie games).

I do wish that the games came with Jesper Kyd's excellent soundtracks though, he makes the best game music in the business and as a fan it would be a great chance to get to own the original Codename 47 soundtrack which isn't widely available to my knowledge.

Regardless, great release, I am happy with the price and happy to support GOG.
Posted February 15, 2012
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Aver: Damn, so much whining. I feel like in female elementary school. Guys, grow up a little bit. If you don't like a price then don't buy it, but stop whining so much because it's kinda pathetic :/.
Well, if you want to get into the name-calling business, I'm personally sick of all the pandering to GOG simply because because people seem to think they're a needy charity. Reading some of these forums comes across like one of those donate to Africa adverts with starving children covered in flies.
Post edited February 15, 2012 by jamyskis
Posted February 15, 2012
This is not about Hitman only.
When you get into which game is how much where, you can list too many examples. Fallout for example.
Check the developer sites, competitor sites; many titles are cheaper elsewehere even if in bundle form sometime.

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ChickenHero: I think someone said earlier in this thread GOG should try to get different price points apart from $5.99 and $9.99. That would be a good idea having 4 choices:

$2.99
$5.99
$7.99
$9.99

Having only 2 stonewall prices doesn't leave much room for negotiation, what if a publisher didn't want to charge $5.99 or $9.99? There is no middle ground price point. The only way is to have 50% off which doesn't happen all that often.
Yes , I did; thank you for noticing; no one else seems to even though I have proposed it before.
Having only two prices is simple, clean and easy to work with but 5.99 or 9.99 is too steep for some titles.
Posted February 15, 2012
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agogfan: I WISH I COULD BUY DRM FREE MP3 MUSIC FROM AMAZON or ITUNES in SOUTH AFRICA!!!!!!

OK... I'm calm again :)
Can't you just use Amazon.com with a faux adress? You even get the special treatment americans get (cloud storage, etc)
Posted February 15, 2012
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TheEnigmaticT: If you don't believe it's worth ten bucks yourself, well, I'm sorry to hear it. We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. If you're on the fence, though, I'd urge you pick it up. It's buckets of fun. :)
It's difficult to judge if the game is worth the cost. Personally I liked the game but it had terrible controls and an even worse story, they shouldn't have bothered developing the character.

GOG's main customer groups are:

1. People that have played it but no longer own it or have an unusable copy.
2. People that own it but would like a DRM free version or to support GOG
3. People who don't own it. They may or may not know much about it.

Group 1 are slightly less likely to buy it at the higher price point unless they are desperate to play it again and support GOG.
Group 2 are even less likely to buy it as they could get a game they haven't played or get it cheaper elsewhere and
Group 3 will be put off by the higher price unless it's one they've wanted for ages. I've impulse bought a few $5.99 games that I didn't know much about.

Microsoft did this with xbox live arcade games.... there was a period where way too many games were pushed at the higher price point and, as a result, they made a lot less sales (and less overall moolah), now 800 has gone back to being a bit more of a standard. This is most of the issue with introducing new price points too... sooner or later it'll encourage higher price points.
Post edited February 15, 2012 by serpantino
Posted February 15, 2012
Does this mean Hitman: Contracts is next? That's actually the only Hitman I've played and I found it quite good.
Posted February 15, 2012
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somebodys_kid: Does this mean Hitman: Contracts is next? That's actually the only Hitman I've played and I found it quite good.
Yes, and last title too :)

Price is worth for this Good Old Game. No need discuss.
Posted February 15, 2012
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TheEnigmaticT: If you don't believe it's worth ten bucks yourself, well, I'm sorry to hear it. We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. If you're on the fence, though, I'd urge you pick it up. It's buckets of fun. :)
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serpantino: It's difficult to judge if the game is worth the cost. Personally I liked the game but it had terrible controls and an even worse story, they shouldn't have bothered developing the character.

GOG's main customer groups are:

1. People that have played it but no longer own it or have an unusable copy.
2. People that own it but would like a DRM free version or to support GOG
3. People who don't own it. They may or may not know much about it.
4. People who knew about all the games that came out but didn't have the PC to run them at the time.
5. People who knew about the games, but passed on them when they came out.

I fall mostly into category 4 and 5. I couldn't run B-17, Hitman, Alice (not on GOG but could be), Operation Flashpoint or Giants: Citizen Kabuto when they came out. Couldn't run other games like Deus Ex either. Then there's games I skipped out on like Stronghold, Rainbow Six and Ground Control. GOG helps fix those mistakes (still have to get R6 though at some point).
Post edited February 15, 2012 by Kabuto
Posted February 15, 2012

GOG's main customer groups are:

1. People that have played it but no longer own it or have an unusable copy.
2. People that own it but would like a DRM free version or to support GOG
3. People who don't own it. They may or may not know much about it.
I belong to the second category of yours and I´m gonna pass on this one, since I have it in anthology edition (first three of them).
Concerning price: I don´t understand the mumbling from fellow GOG-ers. Same applies for Thief: I know it is possible with little effort to get all 3 games for $9.99, and I have them, but I´m gonna buy them here nevertheless - because I am fan of Thief series (not that much a Hitman fan - that is why I will pass on Hitman games here) and, yes, I wanna support GOG. .And if I doesn´t like the price, well, then I will wait for discount.
But seriously, guys and gals, is the price that much high?
Only flaw I see is missing soundtrack - please, GOG, try to obtain it, as it definitely deserves to be here.
Posted February 15, 2012
The price isn't terrible in my mind because I don't buy many games anyway. :) I hope you guys don't spend 10 bucks (or the equivalent to in your currency) for a movie in a theatre, because you're almost guaranteed to get more entertainment (time-wise) out of any 10 buck game here (if you enjoy the genre).

So imo don't buy it if you don't want to pay that or just aren't interested in the game. No instabuys here, although it's nice to hear about others who do (as long as they don't regret it.) :) However, I'll probably get Deus Ex over spring break, and maybe a Thief. I actually had the demo for Thief from a Tomb Raider 2 demo disc (complete with AOL, remember that? ;) My uncle was into Thief also; maybe I'll gift him it, instead.
Posted February 15, 2012
Comparing prices between stores is good and all, but there's really no reason for shop A to alter their prices because shop B has lower prices other than to possibly try to snag shop B's sales. There's no law against not changing the price nor is there any injustice involved.

Using "you can get the game C much cheaper in another store" as an argument to lower GOG's prices sounds a lot like "I value the GOG version, and there's another version available cheaper, but I apparently do not value it; somehow this means that I should get what I consider valuable cheaper, because the one I don't hold valuable is cheaper". If the customer considered the versions to be of equal value, he'd go for the cheaper one, unless he's some sort of an economy pervert (I have absolutely no evidence or studies to back this up, it's all raw emotion, baby).

Maybe I'm interpreting this wrong. This could be one of those "someone's wrong on the internet, I must rectify it, because (they're asking for too much when reasonably lower prices would make more money and) I know better". That would fall in the same category as most of my messages ever, so that'd mean the people saying it are actually smart and extremely good looking :p
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