They appear in a short cutscene when called in to deal with Agent 47 where they murder a tied-up man, then are the targets in the Attack of the Saints level (although seven Saints rather than eight), and that’s it. I have to say that the reaction to the controversy changed nothing, because the Saints remain eye candy for Agent 47 to murder. So, having played and finished Hitman: Absolution, was the controversy worth the attention given what the game really released with? Did the Saints get more character in-game? Square Enix pulled the app and apologised for it pretty quickly after that launched.) (Sidenote 2: The trailer wasn’t even Hitman: Absolution’s most offensive promotional activity – that went to the Facebook app where you could put a ‘hit’ out on people for their “small tits” or “tiny penis”, among other things. (Sidenote 1: This controversy didn’t hurt Hitman: Absolution’s sales at all, with this game shifting 3.6m units worldwide… although publisher Square Enix wanted closer to 5m units shifted.) That way you know what you’re getting and you aren’t put off by them.” We learned from the trailer that we really needed to give these characters some context and some back story,” said Blystad, “We’re working within the game-within that level-to build these characters up before you meet them. One way to go about that level is to in all guns blazing but of course, it’s not the smartest way.

“The Saints trailer is based on a level within the game. Nuns have their own language? Who knew? Also, looking at how these women carry themselves I think they failed their nun deportment lessons.ĭevelopers IO Interactive said they were surprised by the reaction to the trailer but it was based on a level in the game that they were now going to beef up to provide the Saints with more character.

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