You do not have to finish the mission to count as completed or get the XP. Basically what I did is save before killing a target reload then kill them a different way and repeat.
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HITMAN |OT| Blood Monthly
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You do not have to finish the mission to count as completed or get the XP. Basically what I did is save before killing a target reload then kill them a different way and repeat.
Remembrance
Member
I'm going to try the fire alarm. It would make sense for it to get everyone out of the house, at least.
It shouldn't count against silent assassin anymore (as of a patch from a few months ago).
Huh thanks guys. I must have done something else to lose it. Good to know. Not that I mind playing it again!
Remembrance
Member
The achievement icon shows that Giddy Up is an easter egg... and all the easter eggs so far have been insanely obscure. This could take a while.
something about this level with the more 'natural' environment makes judging enemy line of sight a pain.
I ended up manual saving before doing about anything, which i rarely did in the past.
Is there anything else you can do with the
Doesn't seem like you can enter that room.
I ended up manual saving before doing about anything, which i rarely did in the past.
Is there anything else you can do with the
CIA dude besides overdosing him?
Doesn't seem like you can enter that room.
I looked on Hitman forum and
people found four bells to snipe for now. Maybe it's something like the Sapienza easter egg?
kitschykitty
Member
I'm hoping it causes a good ol'fashioned hoedown
Hank Scorpio
Member
Just completed Colorado for the second time. I wish I had a greater appreciation for the wider storyline of this season but it's really just background noise to me atm. Although I'm interested in where they go with the **end level spoilers**
.
Really enjoyed the level. Seems really dense. Loved the little overheard conversations regarding past levels. I like how there is so many groups in the compound - military techs, hackers, spec ops, regular grunts etc.. Still have opportunities turned off with challenges info on minimal. Probably my next favourite after Sapienza and Paris
But it's still early days so we'll see.
Also the mastery unlocks are pretty boring still.
Sniper dude
Really enjoyed the level. Seems really dense. Loved the little overheard conversations regarding past levels. I like how there is so many groups in the compound - military techs, hackers, spec ops, regular grunts etc.. Still have opportunities turned off with challenges info on minimal. Probably my next favourite after Sapienza and Paris
But it's still early days so we'll see.
Also the mastery unlocks are pretty boring still.
Blitzrules240
Banned
(SPECULATION) The challenge Howdy Partner has to do with
the Cowboy statues in Sean Rose's room and a Cowboy bust, but I can't put it all together
i do hope at the very least this 'season' ends decently for the current story arc.
Has the series ever done a good boss fight?
also does anything happen after the
Has the series ever done a good boss fight?
also does anything happen after the
mole opportunity if you let her leave?wonder if her routine changes, but i assume they just want you to stab her there? idk.
Remembrance
Member
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
why can't i share play hitman now?
Telling my friend he can't see it due to it not being released in his country or area yet...but hes in Florida.
Telling my friend he can't see it due to it not being released in his country or area yet...but hes in Florida.
Got to level 20 Mastery for Colorado. The three runs I did today that really maximized my score were:
-A Silent Assassin run combining
-A Sniper Assassin run starting in
That and finding an easy disguise during all the searching.
-An all accidents run where I
I really like this map, maybe better than Bangkok or Marrakesh. Some of the things you can do are awesome. But with the
-A Silent Assassin run combining
poisoning the trainer, the interrogator, and the mole while doing the nitroglycerin opportunity for Rose.
-A Sniper Assassin run starting in
the watertower and then sneaking through to the basement. Getting down from the watertower while the whole place was freaking out over the targets being shot was actually the hardest part.
-An all accidents run where I
blew up Rose's watch while he was talking to the trainer, killing them both; dropping the chandelier in the house on the mole; and killing the interrogator with the lawn mower.
I really like this map, maybe better than Bangkok or Marrakesh. Some of the things you can do are awesome. But with the
story bit forced at the end, once you have the print of Rose's face you can basically rush down to the basement and scan it no matter how many guys are onto you. I had several guys following me down to the basement trying to shoot me, but since the door after the checkpoint can't be opened, I was safe once the cutscene started. Kinda funny.
erotic grandpa
Member
As one of its few fans, why oh why are the hackers playing
Knowing there'll never be a sequel still stings
I'm still kinda terrible at this mission but I'm coming up on level 19 mastery, so. Gotta try my best to pull off an
run.
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days?
I'm still kinda terrible at this mission but I'm coming up on level 19 mastery, so. Gotta try my best to pull off an
OCD Rose
As one of its few fans, why oh why are the hackers playingKnowing there'll never be a sequel still stingsKane & Lynch 2: Dog Days?
I'm still kinda terrible at this mission but I'm coming up on level 19 mastery, so. Gotta try my best to pull off anrun.OCD Rose
I believe you've got the wrong body
Playing this more, I appreciate them making us go to the house, the targets walk so much across the map that it would be too easy if you could just get them outside and leave
Remembrance
Member
I just finally managed to drag the level 2 target physically under the car.
It turns out you can't crush an unconscious person with a falling car.
Inkvoterad
Member
How is this game with Mouse and Keyboard? Been planning to buy this and i might finally cave.
I literally just did this as well and tried the same thing, but I made it work from there.
My (hilariously dumb, sloppy) strategy which involved murdering a bunch of people:
Start as a demo guy, use Emetic Syringe on first target. He goes right by the baler to throw up for an easy takedown/kill.
Turned the radio on, ran into the other room to take out the guy who guys on the couch, then knocked the target unconscious.
I went into the big shed across from this where those guards all stand looking right at the car, went inside and killed the two guys inside, then threw shit around drag the 4 people out there in one by one so I could stab them with a screwdriver and add them to a pile in the corner.
Then went to the car and dropped it on the guy, dragged the target to drop the car and realized that doesn't actually kill him. Sooo I opened the door in the corner and threw some more shit to lure the guard in front of the barn through the door to see the guy on the floor, wake him up and as he was dazed I dropped the car on both.
Turned the radio on, ran into the other room to take out the guy who guys on the couch, then knocked the target unconscious.
I went into the big shed across from this where those guards all stand looking right at the car, went inside and killed the two guys inside, then threw shit around drag the 4 people out there in one by one so I could stab them with a screwdriver and add them to a pile in the corner.
Then went to the car and dropped it on the guy, dragged the target to drop the car and realized that doesn't actually kill him. Sooo I opened the door in the corner and threw some more shit to lure the guard in front of the barn through the door to see the guy on the floor, wake him up and as he was dazed I dropped the car on both.
Jesus. Now level 3 looks like that won't even be possible.
Remembrance
Member
The first guy:
Um... as soon as you start, shoot the fire extinguisher beside him.
The second guy:
If you've gone that far, could you drag him to the red barrel and set it on fire?
Wow, I didn't even see that for the first guy. Though the way I do it is actually super simple and clean once the guy behind you turns.
And yeah, that works for the second guy. Just did it on the third stage. The fourth one...will wait a bit on.
Remembrance
Member
I have found a silent assassin route for levels 2 and 3. You mentioning that there's a weapon box nearby opened new possibilities!
I start with the golden pistol, an audio distraction, and the baton. You will need the emetic syringe like you said from level 3 onwards, since all nearby fire extinguishers and propane tanks are gone.
Get the coin as soon as you start at the demolitions range start position. Go to the generator near the black vans and shoot it to lure the nearby technician over, making sure the target can't see you through the open doorway. Knock him out and dump him in the nearby box when the target is turned away. Get his shotgun.
Throw an audio distraction into the small room attached to the garage and lure the other technician in. Let him try to take it to the weapon box, then knock him out and dump him in the nearby box. Don't take his shotgun yet, since it will stack.
If you were lucky, the stalker was also lured into the small room by the audio distraction, and is momentarily confused since it's no longer there.
Next, deal with the sleeping guy with a coin. You can only lure him into the room with the big table (for convenience) if the stalker is gone. Otherwise you will have to lure him to the nearby box so you can hide his body.
Puncture the red oil drum with your gun.
Drop a shotgun behind the target's back. Drop the other shotgun or your audio distraction (not turned on) right next to the big toolbox over the oil slick, so that no one else can see it. As your target returns from putting the first shotgun away, make him see the weapon you dropped in the oil slick with your coin.
The rest is self-explanatory.
Get the coin as soon as you start at the demolitions range start position. Go to the generator near the black vans and shoot it to lure the nearby technician over, making sure the target can't see you through the open doorway. Knock him out and dump him in the nearby box when the target is turned away. Get his shotgun.
Throw an audio distraction into the small room attached to the garage and lure the other technician in. Let him try to take it to the weapon box, then knock him out and dump him in the nearby box. Don't take his shotgun yet, since it will stack.
If you were lucky, the stalker was also lured into the small room by the audio distraction, and is momentarily confused since it's no longer there.
Next, deal with the sleeping guy with a coin. You can only lure him into the room with the big table (for convenience) if the stalker is gone. Otherwise you will have to lure him to the nearby box so you can hide his body.
Puncture the red oil drum with your gun.
Drop a shotgun behind the target's back. Drop the other shotgun or your audio distraction (not turned on) right next to the big toolbox over the oil slick, so that no one else can see it. As your target returns from putting the first shotgun away, make him see the weapon you dropped in the oil slick with your coin.
The rest is self-explanatory.
I'm liking Colorado. Feels really different from the other maps. Like a boss battle map, MGS ground zeroes style. I think that's the key to this new Hitman, if you're only going to have 6 giant sandbox stages, then you really need to make them all as unique as possible. Which is why it was weak when Bangkok was so similar to Paris. But Colorado feels good. I can see a lot of good missions coming out of this stage.
Remembrance
Member
Playing around with the escalation made me realize that this level flips one huge rule on its head. Weapons are a better distraction than coins when almost everyone is a guard.
You can get NPCs to go to very unusual places. Instead of dragging a body, make them do the walking for you.
The house is very simple: if you time it right,
you need to enter, kill the ex-Ica agent near the clock, hide her body in the nearby box, go upstairs, take off the guard patrolling the corridor, hide his body in the terrace, as soon as the hacker is in the same room of the 3D Print facing a monitor, interact with the 3D print and exit the room. Wait a sec for the dude on returning in the same position, enter and grab the mask again. Now wo in the basement and use the mask. If you already took out the guard, here, there won't be anyone, if not, just stun the only guard and end the mission. Very easy, but you need to time it right.
Sothis Krieg
Member
So i'm going to launch the game for the first time is there any recommandation about the settings ? Like what assistance to disable or not.
I don't like when there is too much info to help me find the target for instance.
I don't like when there is too much info to help me find the target for instance.
Oh, I'm aware, but if you dont use instinct and go at the wrong time it can be a bit tricky
Oh well, of course if you don't use instinct the mission in general is way harder.
Reloaded and old save and discovered what glicthed out my first run where I thought I should have got Silent Assassin.
One of the targets I poisoned; the guards never bodybagged them. The body was just laying there.
There was one guard who was hanging around in that room and about 40% of the time he would notice the body and other times not. Just stand there smoking on top of it. I waited around to see what happened and sometimes he'd never notice. Very weird.
One of the targets I poisoned; the guards never bodybagged them. The body was just laying there.
There was one guard who was hanging around in that room and about 40% of the time he would notice the body and other times not. Just stand there smoking on top of it. I waited around to see what happened and sometimes he'd never notice. Very weird.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Replayed Thailand last night just to get a few new kills, and it re-cemented my position that its a good map who's potential is just not being used right now. All the Jordan Cross stuff is great, but his lawyer is almost an afterthought, and half the map is unused. They really need to roll out some elusives for this thing
Agree. It's very easy to take out the lawyer right away- so its almost a non issue. They def seem to be saving Elusives that take place on later levels. There are so many unused guest rooms in Bangkok just asking to be filled. They probably could have done a Bonus Mission on this stage too.
Moff
Member
what's good about it though? it looks nice? it's half empty, yes, and that's why it's bad compared to the other maps. I'm not sure if it's even better than marrakesh.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Sapienza >> Paris > Colorado > Marrekesh >> Bangkok
Got high hopes for Japan. Don't want Sapeinza being the only great map this season.
Got high hopes for Japan. Don't want Sapeinza being the only great map this season.
That's my ranking too right now. Though I'm happy with everything Marrakesh quality or above.
I was using that
That's incredible.
How many runs of this did you do before you were able to execute this?
bodyofanamerican
Member
I was on the roof with the water tower and overheard a conversation. Is fucking
in this game? What did that guy see in his binoculars?
BIGFOOT
Not as many as I thought, surprisingly. The first three kills are very easy and I found the route very quickly. The main issue was the house itself and bumping into someone there at the wrong time. All in all it probably took me 13 times.
Hank Scorpio
Member
Marrakesh in the bonus episode is actually pretty good.
Remembrance
Member
Speaking of Marrakesh, I realized that the new "stalker" mechanic isn't, strictly speaking, new. In the Marrakesh bazaar it was possible to meet a very persistent merchant who will start following you nonstop if you get close.
After retrying the escalation for hours, it seems like the stalker will home in on your position even without being able to see you if you get into a certain detection radius. But he loses track of you if you get more than a room away.
I really hope this escalation is being used to test this mechanic for prime time.
After retrying the escalation for hours, it seems like the stalker will home in on your position even without being able to see you if you get into a certain detection radius. But he loses track of you if you get more than a room away.
I really hope this escalation is being used to test this mechanic for prime time.
The Mallory Misfortune (the new escalation) is pretty hard. Got through level 4 of it, but the stalker mechanic and the way you have to take out the targets being so specific makes it hard. And level 5 completely changes the rules. Still figuring out level 5.
Stage 1:
Stage 2:
Stage 3-4:
For Stage 5, you have to
Stage 1:
Shoot the fire extinguisher from behind the haybales.
Stage 2:
Fire extinguisher, and for the other guy you have to use the generator to distract the mechanic, take him out, hide his body, wait for someone to take target 1's gun to the box, shoot the barrel by the van to make it leak, drop target 1's gun in front of the door to target 2's room, and after he's already walking back you throw mixtape 47 into the oil spill. When he picks it up, shoot the barrel.
Stage 3-4:
For target 1, the fire extinguisher is now moved so I just threw the ducky. For target 2, basically the same steps as before plus evading the stalker. Keeping out of sight and giving him a wide berth helps.
For Stage 5, you have to
kill target 1 using an old axe and target 2 using an SMG, and take out both of them with the scarecrow. Currently trying to find a good route to take. The best bet is probably to get into the outer perimeter and circle around, but that means evading or taking out a lot of guards.