I got suckered in by the "-90% off" at first. Don't be fooled; do your research on this one.
This is the first time I've reviewed a game without giving the gameplay a fair shot, but here goes:
I installed this just to leave a review to tell IOI to go !@#$ themselves for this game's egregious monetization. !@#$ you for making me think I was actually buying most of the game when I guess I just got part ($30 for an inferior version of the game and they want $70 MORE for the full game), !@#$ you for not making it EVEN CLEARER and easy for people to buy/gift and play your game, and more importantly !@#$ you for splitting this into 4 versions plus 13 DLC (half are hidden/buried) plus Deluxe Pack purchases, and most importantly !@#$ you for not listening to your community and making this scummy !@#$ right. Just look at the !@#$ing reviews for nearly every piece of content associated with this game. What the actual !@#$ is with this Part One bull!@#$? Just have three versions of the game and make ALL DLC available to purchase separately. Stop making your returning/loyal/upgrading players pay for content they've already purchased. I've been trying to buy a more-or-less "complete" version of Hitman 3/WoA for years, and I hear amazing things about Freelancer mode, but I couldn't give a !@#$ after this buying experience and seeing what your other customers have to say. I'm sorry to the talented artists and programmers who clearly made a great game sadly buried in overly monetized anti-consumer business practices, making for one of the worst buying experiences in the industry, up there with EA, Ubisoft, and ActiBlizzKing.

The game itself is nigh-perfect and easily one of the best videogames ever created IMO. I've spent hundreds to thousands of hours on it across other platforms. The issue with it lies in the online-only restriction (in a singleplayer game) and the confusing pricing. If you're interested in playing, I would 1. suggest taking the 3 minutes to install the Peacock server, which lets you play on your own offline server (and have complete control over your save data), and 2. buy the standard edition on sale + the Hitman 2 expansion pass. Do not buy the "part 1" edition, even if its on a very cheap sale (like 3 dollars, as of time of writing).

Despite those 2 issues, it's not enough for a negative rating because the sheer love, attention, craft and care into every map, element and system makes it art. I just wish it was a little more consumer-friendly to access.

> buys hitman 3 on sale
> no access to hitman 3
> needs to get a pack full of dlcs to get access to hitman 3
> 75brl on sale, 190brl originally

i bought this because i acquired it on the seas (if you know what i mean) played hitman 2 and 3 story mode, loved it, and wanted to support the developers, because i like this game, but things like this just make me turned off. will be refunding.