Hitman 3 is an absolutely fantastic game – we explained as much in our review – but let’s not beat around the bush: Agent 47 would be disappointed with untidiness of its launch. While it’s awesome that you can import all of the locations from previous games, we got a headache writing out exactly how it all works. And considering the title borderline requires an Internet connection, it’s never acceptable when the servers go up and down all day.
Perhaps the biggest problem of all, however, has pertained to progression carryover from Hitman 2. As opposed to simply pulling your data from the cloud, IO Interactive requires you to visit a webpage so that you can transfer your progress across to the new game. Of course, that website has since completely collapsed, and has been offline most of the day. Some players are beginning to have success with the tool, while others are still waiting.
The issue has been accentuated by the fact that, should you start Hitman 3 while you wait for the website to be fixed, you’ll be forced to wipe any progress you make in the new game when you eventually have the opportunity to transfer your data across. It’s messy stuff, and while we’ve no doubt there are some serious technical challenges involved in unifying three titles like this, we can’t help but feel irked by the untidiness of it all.
Nevertheless, the Danish developer has, to its credit, been extremely communicative on social media all day, responding to the most common fan queries and providing regular updates. At the time of typing, it says that it’s making progress on “fixing server issues” and thanked players for their patience. Obviously this kind of situation is never ideal, but we’re sure all will be resolved promptly once it gets the launch load under control.
[source twitter.com]
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Took me about an hour of trying to get in for it to actually load properly. Once the page loaded i was done in about 5 mins.
Pretty easy to do overall
It’s quite literally a victim of its own success!
Why does it need servers? Isn't it a solo game?
@Everson177 WTF is this *****
My carry over progress seems broken. Partial trophies popped up, I have my player level yet I have no items unlocks, no suits yet it shows challenges completed. Not even the pre-order or deluxe items are showing up..
I'm going to point out, after I transferred my save data (manual save from the middle of a level) from before the transfer was still there, so as long you don't finish a mission, or you leave saves at the end of the mission, you might be able to keep your progress. I can't guarantee it as I didn't test, but it makes sense you earn the unlocks after finishing a level.
Shame to see some people are having trouble, but I managed to mine to transfer. I'm not sure what happened to my pre-order suits though...
New day, same problem.
I spent 8 hours yesterday afternoon and evening and got in at last, started carry-over and it was "no Hitman 2 data found" or something similar to that. I start up Hitman 2 - My online level is 405, but no luck getting that into Hitman 3...
This morning I try again. Now the carry-over server seems totally shut down...
First Cyberbust 2077 and now this! Unacceptable imho.
Can anyone access this article now?
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/01/hitman_3s_servers_tumble_as_sequel_launches_on_ps5_ps4
It just redirects to this article.
Someone replied to a comment I posted in that one but I cant get the article to open.
@SoulChimera nope
Hitman 1 & 2 access passes screwed up too. Reports all over of being unable to transfer the levels to Hitman 3.
Also a lot of issues getting the free next gen upgrade.
@AlanJordanS
I installed Hitman 3 digitally (both PS4 version for VR and the PS5 version) After that I could simply install everything else from the PS Store as "free".
Do you play on PS4 or PS5?
Edit: reading your last sentence again I assume on PS5. If so, just before you start the game from the PS5 menu, scroll down and all add-ons should be listed there for free.
@Zeke68 thanks I'll give it a try. Although, my copy of Hitman 2 is digital, and I'm supposed to claim it first within Hitman 2's game store, then within Hitman 3 but the issue I'm having is it's not free within Hitman 2.
@AlanJordanS
Have you tried selecting Hitman 2 at the PS5 menu (don't start the game !) Press options button on your Dualsense and choose option 2 "Handle gamecontent" or whatever it's callled in english.
That way you should be able to download all free dlc for that title. (Works on all your games the same way btw)
IF that doesn't work I guess it will work then their servers are up and running again. I been "pending" a carry-over for an hour now, so I hope they transfer my progress soon™
It's absolute horseshit that they force you to have a connection to actually play these games. I remember playing Sapienza on Hitman 2016 for a good hour, only to realise at the end that none of my progress was saved due to me having connection issues. It is ***** bollocks they haven't changed the game to work properly offline. I'm all for using servers to add extra stuff into the game, but there's absolutely no reason to not allow a user's progress to be uploaded asynchronously when they do eventually get a connection. Apparently the issue still persists in Hitman 2 even though most of the online stuff like elusive targets are no longer even active!
It sounds like they're going to drop the Hitman series for a while after this, and I really hope they patch out all this nonsense in the future.
It took over 2 hours in transfer queue but now I got my levels transfered and it popped 31 (!!) trophies on top of that !
So it seems to work now in case anyone here wants to retry the transfer.
@VatoLoco47 same here. They are also yet to acknowledge this issue, so think we might be waiting a while for a fix.
I 've been trying but all I get is this:
This page isn’t workingaccount.ioi.dk is currently unable to handle this request.
HTTP ERROR 500
@costa69gr
Try this:
https://profile.hitman.com
That's the one that worked for me (after quite a few tries )
@Zeke68 I tried everything, including what you recommend. According to IO's FAQ page, I'm doing everything correct. I don't know if this is a server issue or just issues with IO in general but there's issues all over for everyone. Glad you finally got yours working.
@AlanJordanS
I guess you need to mail ioi and ask for help solving it then. Unless you try to re-download the game again now that the servers seems more stable. That could solve it if you're lucky
And thanks. I played the dubai level and it's great! Unlocking shortcuts and checking out everything.
Will try silent sniper assassin tomorrow morning 😉
@Zeke68 yeah, I'll just have to wait. Twitter and Reddit is filled with people having all kindz of issues. Thanks for the suggestions, I'm not going to drive myself insane continuously trying. I'll just play what I can for now and wait till they get it sorted it out.
@pinguEVOLVED Mine eventually worked last night so all my profile/content carried across
@VatoLoco47 yeah, mine had all sorted out once I checked this evening (except the mission stories, but I can deal with that!)
@Zeke68
Thanks finally worked from me after several tries
@costa69gr
Glad it worked. Now play the game - it's awesome !!
A did a first completion, the first 5 levels are great but massively disappointed with the last one
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