That's why Elusive Targets are a thing. It makes finding them and planning a whole new activity, especially considering the rate of error can be permanent.
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HITMAN |OT| Blood Monthly
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That's why Elusive Targets are a thing. It makes finding them and planning a whole new activity, especially considering the rate of error can be permanent.
Spring-Loaded
Member
it's really about mastery imho.
the discovery aspect is good for that first hour-half hour where you don't know the map, but after that it's just a question of doing it in the way that you want to
Here's my silent assassin on Markesh, not that interesting but it got me ranked 35 world wide for speed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSicB6r4EcU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSicB6r4EcU
Yes. The only ones not connected are the four Bonus Episodes, which you can assume take place before the main missions they're set in, but have nothing to do with the main plot.
I've fallen off the game a bit, and I feel really bad for it, because it's great -- but lately I've been skipping elusives. Any general advice fore getting mastery levels up across the maps? I've got like level 17 on Paris and Sapienza, should I just hit up challenges and opportunities for the rest of them?
Look through the challenges to see which ones are easiest to complete.
Make sure you did all the opportunities to completion.
You complete challenges for starting locations and leaving through different exits so make sure you do them.
I would aim for the 5000 point challenges if you are able to do them.
You complete challenges for finishing escalations if you are sick of the regular missions but they can sometimes be quite time consuming.
Remember that you do not have to finish the level to get the points for a challenge. So if you have a bunch of challenges involving killing Dahlia, save when you are near her complete the challenge and then reload and do another challenge.
It's either the best or second best game depending on how you feel about Blood Money.
The largest consensus is that HitmanTM is the best or second best Hitman game.
Thanks guys!
edit: last question, how is performance PC vs PS4? Also if I were to hook up a PS4 controller to my PC to play it, would I see PS4 prompts or X1 prompts?
X1 prompts.
I also can't speak on performance on PC, despite owning both. I don't think my rig can handle it well on PC, but I've always heard others say that the PC port is sincerely mixed because Nixxes didn't do it as they did the last Hitman.
Oh!
I forgot to say that PS4 has an exclusive six mission side campaign, only on that platform.
someone made a nice christmas song to go along with the Christmas Mission .
He kills you when you see him.
He'll axe you in the head.
He'll blow you off the terrace and he'll pump you full of lead.
Oh Jingle Bombs, Jingle Bombs
Christmas' gone awry
Santa's on a killing spree,
And everyone will die.
Oh Jingle Bombs, Jingle Bombs,
Don't call Santa fat.
be a flipping good boy ,
or you are flipping dead
There's blood there in the snow,
And corpses in the bin,
At the fashion show,
Inform the next of kin.
There's a murderer around,
Everybody hide!
Another body found,
It's a Christmas Homicide!
Oh Jingle bombs...
He kills you when you see him.
He'll axe you in the head.
He'll blow you off the terrace and he'll pump you full of lead.
Oh Jingle Bombs, Jingle Bombs
Christmas' gone awry
Santa's on a killing spree,
And everyone will die.
Oh Jingle Bombs, Jingle Bombs,
Don't call Santa fat.
be a flipping good boy ,
or you are flipping dead
There's blood there in the snow,
And corpses in the bin,
At the fashion show,
Inform the next of kin.
There's a murderer around,
Everybody hide!
Another body found,
It's a Christmas Homicide!
Oh Jingle bombs...
Wow. I may get this then. My concern was not having a real narrative to pull me in. I know the primary hook is the sandbox, though.
Revolutionary
Member
Is the Xmas mission here for a limited time only?
They described Season One as a "return to form for 47 and the series" so the direct plot is a bit loose, but starts clicking more towards the end.
There is enough lore and story in the locations that they've created an interesting universe. They've found ways to create a world where even the Elusive Targets make sense. Consider the first "main" location in Paris: the owner of the mansion was the first Elusive Target they put out.
There's a lot under the hood to connect the dots, and they also include references to every mainline Hitman game prior to this.
They haven't said, but I imagine it's available for all permanently.
Never knew about number 3 that was wild
Another option
conceal remote explosives in the waste bin and explode them
There is a very light overarching storyline that is barely taking off during this first season and which starts to get interesting right before the season ends. They've mostly just presented the characters and their goals, with more interesting stuff to come during the second season and onwards. Though even just this far in it's perfectly arguable that they're not doing everything they could with the story and some of the characters. I'm thinking of
Soders, we don't get to see enough of him. The twist that he's a mole and a traitor isn't exactly affecting when we only get to see him being an asshole for barely a couple of minutes during the opening training sandboxes. Had he been more present through the season along with Diana him being the season villain could have been fun and made Hokkaido even better.
There was a confirmation relatively recently that there's gonna be a second season, but to be honest I can't remember if it it was confirmed that'd happen in 2017 indeed. I'm personally counting on it. I'm hoping we'll hear more soon after the physical release of the first season in January. Maybe I'm being delusional expecting things to happen that soon, but if season two premiered in March like the first one did this year that'd be superexciting
MrCompletely
Member
You can throw/melee with blunt objects like wrenches, hammers, crowbars, little propane tanks, etc for silent non lethal takedowns.
Yeah, it was terrible. I understand they wanted to change things up from the usual escalations but that as missed shot for sure.
That's one way.
Or, and people have done this with ETs, is you simply bump into the guard often enough that you create a good distance between the guard and the target.
It's absurd, but it works.
Depends on the guard, but yeah, it can work.
Vlodril
Member
Just got the game and did the prologue and the paris mission. Seems pretty good so far. This is the only game i have played though that makes me feel i was wrong to wait for the game to be finished and i should have gotten it when it came out.
The way the levels are designed and the elusive targets makes it so they are supposed to be replayed from multiple angles.
Runs decent on my machine too so thats good.
The way the levels are designed and the elusive targets makes it so they are supposed to be replayed from multiple angles.
Runs decent on my machine too so thats good.
BarringGaffner
Member
yep. Game was much better for having played it over the year.
But if you can hold back from jumping straight to the next level you can have a better experience. I would suggest getting at least 15/20 mastery before moving on!
Depends on the level, but dropping a gun or throwing a coin or something else is often a good move. Then of course every level has some scripted responses by targets to some stuff that seperate them from their guards. For instance, in the Paris level
if you set off the diorama while Novikov walks past, he will leave his guard behind for a few seconds, enough time to silently knock out his guard while he's catching up.
if you want something to watch
Giant Bomb: Hitsmas
They randomly choose a disguise, weapon and wildcard and have to complete Paris. It seems like a fun spin on the game.
Giant Bomb: Hitsmas
They randomly choose a disguise, weapon and wildcard and have to complete Paris. It seems like a fun spin on the game.
Thanks you guys, gonna try a couple of these to clean up my kill's
Did they use Kotti's randomizer? I believe he made one for HITMAN.
Slightly less low tech, they pull paper out of a hat.
nah they're just picking rules they made out of hat.
LMAO at the Vinny's run. That was amazing!
spindoctor
Member
This is the funniest thing I've seen in such a long time. I was in tears when
the knife went over the balcony.
Ginger Hail
Member
Holy crap, I nearly died laughing during Vinny's run. Was fun to see him try and salvage the mess he made.
bodyofanamerican
Member
As I posted in the GB thread:
"Did you see what Sheik Zanzibar did? That guy's fucking CRAZY!"
I was fucking DYING.
"Did you see what Sheik Zanzibar did? That guy's fucking CRAZY!"
I was fucking DYING.
For those interested, I (re-)created both Vinny's and Jeff's contracts in the PC version of HITMAN. Either search for the terms 'hitsmas' or 'giant bomb'. You'll find them.
Here's Jeff contract speedrun. The contract flows really well, I like it.