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HITMAN |OT| Blood Monthly
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Remembrance
Member
I remember red guy from one of the existing sniper featured contracts, where, as I recall, you have to shoot him with the right timing relative to all other NPC loops. Then you run to the exit before anyone loops back and finds the body.
Of course, I failed to find the right timing. At least all the other targets are easy enough!
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Have we gotten confirmation if the physical edition will have different trophies or not? If it does have new ones, I might buy it again...
thisisalan
Member
This is awesome, but I'm having trouble with the two targets inside the mansion. Is there some trick to hitting them from the Church Tower? I've tried shooting out windows and such.
If you figure out who is the person spotting the body, you can influence their route by shooting close enough to them (making them interrupt their routine to check the sound) and have then enough time to reach the exit.
Both of the targets will be visible through the mansion's windows. The guard goes on a circular loop and always enters the room you shoot him in continously. The homekeeper can also be seen through the window when she moves to clean next to a painting. She's harder to see because of the foliage that is a bit in the way but you can indentify her still.
Has anyone done The Szilassi Darkness recently? (Sapienza Escalation) I'm having a bitch of a time trying to get SA, I'm getting bodies found every single time. I always hit the guy on the pier into the water, and try to get the guy in the tower when he's downstairs, but I just can't get it working. I've gone through every sniping spot I can think of but it's the same every time, no idea what I'm doing wrong.
Remembrance
Member
As it happens, the guy in the tower is one of the same guys from BernardoOne's contract above. He should never be found as long as you get him downstairs.
For the guy on the pier, be sure the guy near him isn't randomly looking his way.
Blergh just got really back into the game and doing the Mallory escalation in Colorado. I really liked the first 4 stages. Even not being able to pacify the stalker in lvl 4 was a cool element I thought since you get the perfect item unlock in Colorado to take him out of the game for a while, the emetic syringe.
Lvl 5 is just bullshit though. I tried for like 3 hours and ended up looking at a YouTube guide which is something I absolutely hate when playing Hitman. Not really a fan of these challenges that involve a good portion of luck.
Lvl 5 is just bullshit though. I tried for like 3 hours and ended up looking at a YouTube guide which is something I absolutely hate when playing Hitman. Not really a fan of these challenges that involve a good portion of luck.
spindoctor
Member
Well I went ahead and pre-ordered a physical copy. Counting gifts it's my fourth purchase of this game. Now I need IO to spill the beans on season 2 ASAP.
Remembrance
Member
Okay, I just tried it and it does seem screwed up right now.
The guy in the tower is not a problem, but like you said, no matter where you shoot from you always get "Guards Alerted" from shooting the guy on the pier. I always end up losing "No Bodies Found" and sometimes even lose "No Noticed Kills."
My instinct is that random head-turning by the guy next to him is the problem, but I have no idea how to make sure that guy is looking away while aiming through the scope.
I've tested it around, and it seems the issue is with the guards that hang around the performer dude. For some reason they seem to have super vision.
Remembrance
Member
There's only one other spot: in the grass at the feet of the guard standing in front of the helicopter.
Remembrance
Member
I distracted them with breaching charges, but it doesn't help.
I'm convinced now that it's some civilian down in the square (a couple of people start running as soon as you make the shot). There is no humanly possible way to make sure nobody in the square is looking at the pier when you make the shot!
Jesus, I could barely even see it even with knowing exactly where to look. Thanks for the help.
That's probably my least favorite mechanic for an escalation though.
That's exactly it. My thought is also that it's the guy on the pier, and often for me he's the only person that seems to react, sometime the guards near the performer are alerted, but even when not I lose No Bodies Found despite not getting a message.
That really bugs me as well, or at least it did initially until I got used to it. Would have been a massive improvement to the atmosphere to have regional languages throughout.
EDIT: Just got SA at last. It was definitely the buddy fisherman on the pier causing problems. It took a couple of tries, but I shot the ground to his right to ensure he was distracted before sniping the main target into the water.
Audioboxer
Member
Found this on Reddit, can't stop laughing. ALWAYS HOLSTER YOUR WEAPONS GUYS! PS.: Trump should get rid of his water bottle (or not).
LOL.
All these Hitman photoshops are hilarious.
So I never realised there were Escalations for the ICA Training missions and I tried one of the boat ones, The Einarsson Inception.
Apparently the route I was taking was already the best one, as every added escalation was something that I could easily just do along the way, or didn't really impact me at all.
My level 4 run was 4:45 so I was a little worried about the final escalation, but then I had a dream run and everything lined up.
Apparently the route I was taking was already the best one, as every added escalation was something that I could easily just do along the way, or didn't really impact me at all.
My level 4 run was 4:45 so I was a little worried about the final escalation, but then I had a dream run and everything lined up.
Oldest Snake
Member
The dates on the schedule put out by IO are only to show the week the content will be released. The ET probably won't go up until Friday next week.
This is the opposite of everyone else's experience; how did you do 1-4?
Oh god another Elusive in a week and Gigabyte hasn't even received my broken graphics yet. I waited to send it to them until I finished the last one.
Tried running Hitman on Integrated graphics (Intel HD 530). On absolute minimum settings I'm pretty sure I getting about 10fps. Welp, It was gonna be my winter coat one, too.
Tried running Hitman on Integrated graphics (Intel HD 530). On absolute minimum settings I'm pretty sure I getting about 10fps. Welp, It was gonna be my winter coat one, too.
Remembrance
Member
It's funny that this latest escalation turned into a dexterity challenge in terms of how fast you can hit the equip / holster button. And how well you can anticipate the holstering animation delay so that you don't queue up equip and immediate reholster from mashing the button.
Remember back at launch when there wasn't a holster animation and people complained? And now realistic holstering turns out to be a double-edged sword.
(Not serious, just appreciating the evolution of this game in unexpected ways.)
thisisalan
Member
Ooh, very nice. Congrats. I had a lot of fun with The Einarsson Inception as well they get a lot of mileage out of that relatively simple level.
Sevket-Erhat
Member
Found this on Reddit, can't stop laughing. ALWAYS HOLSTER YOUR WEAPONS GUYS! PS.: Trump should get rid of his water bottle (or not).
Awesome pic
Can someone explain how the challenges/mastery works?
Do I need to finish the mission, since the challenge complete pops up whether I finish or not.
What does increasing mastery do? Is it just a number increasing because numbers increasing feels good, or does it actually do something?
Do I need to finish the mission, since the challenge complete pops up whether I finish or not.
What does increasing mastery do? Is it just a number increasing because numbers increasing feels good, or does it actually do something?
As soon as the challenge icon pops up in the corner of the screen, you've got the challenge, no need to finish the mission to bank it or anything.
Mastery (which maxes out at level 20 for each mission) unlocks new weapons & items and starting points. There will be a tab on each mission planning screen which will show what each mastery level unlocks.
While this wasn't the case when the game launched, any challenges you complete in a run (including restarting or loading saves) get cashed in like XP after finishing a stage. Each of the six stages has a 20 level cap, and at each level you unlock something, be it an alternate starting position, a gadget or weapon, etc. You can find out what that is on the Mastery screen, I believe.
For instance, on Hokkaido, you aren't allowed to bring in any weapons or items when you start. However, once you hit level 20 there, that restriction is lifted.
spindoctor
Member
The challenge is completed when you see the pop up. You don't actually have to complete the mission for it.
Increasing mastery unlocks various new items, new starting locations and disguises at different levels in each mission. And in Hokkaido, reaching mastery 20 allows you to start the mission with weapons and items (which you cannot do prior to that).
Wow, thanks for the great responses, super fast too!
I've just been doing Paris over and over and really like it. Some of the challenges are crazy though, not even sure how I'll go about them. Figuring that stuff out is half the fun though!
I did notice that a bunch of new starting locations unlocked after I finished it once, I guess it's because I levelled up. I thought it was just because I finished.
I've just been doing Paris over and over and really like it. Some of the challenges are crazy though, not even sure how I'll go about them. Figuring that stuff out is half the fun though!
I did notice that a bunch of new starting locations unlocked after I finished it once, I guess it's because I levelled up. I thought it was just because I finished.
Yep, those are useful for timing and setting up hits. Without getting spoilery about why, you should probably have unlocked the ability to start in the basement as a chef's assistant, second floor above the fashion show, and maybe the dressing room as a hair stylist. Starting at any one of those can let you work the level in a different way.
lucebuce12
Member
Bought this game during the Black Friday sale and finally started putting some time into it.
All I can feel right now is anger.... at myself for not having gotten into this game sooner. I knew that the game was closer to Blood Money than Absolution but holy wow, this is just Hitman through and through.
I've just barely scratched the surface right now!! Just cleared Paris' Showstopper for the first time while not killing anyone else or getting detected and it was such a ride and there are SO MANY more challenges!!
When Season 2 drops, I'm gonna be there day one and not make the same mistake of waiting for the entire season to drop before getting into it.
All I can feel right now is anger.... at myself for not having gotten into this game sooner. I knew that the game was closer to Blood Money than Absolution but holy wow, this is just Hitman through and through.
I've just barely scratched the surface right now!! Just cleared Paris' Showstopper for the first time while not killing anyone else or getting detected and it was such a ride and there are SO MANY more challenges!!
When Season 2 drops, I'm gonna be there day one and not make the same mistake of waiting for the entire season to drop before getting into it.
Revolutionary
Member
Speaking of PC controls, am I the only one who thinks they're... not good? It's both drastically different from the previous games and also feels cumbersome because there's just too many keys to keep track of - I constantly feel like I'm bumbling around the keyboard, so eventually I just switch to a controller.
I much prefer the classic Hitman drop-down interaction menu on PC. I wish there was an option to enable it in this game.
I suppose it's just a matter of getting used to it, but after so many Hitman games, it just doesn't feel 'right' in that regard.
Turin Turambar
Member
Not for me.
Ryo Hazuki
Member
Interesting post from the AGDQ thread about the Hitman Blood Money runner using cheat engine and not killing a target.
I don't really care about anyone cheating during one of those live events. It's all about just showing off what the run is like, not about setting WR or anything. He didn't get SA on one of the levels and he didn't bother replaying it because he just wanted to show people the run so if he messed up on the last level and used cheat engine it's w/e to me.
Rexatality
Member
I feel like I'm part of the problem having opportunities on full rather than minimal. On one hand, it does give directions to how execute the opportunities (to the point of being trivial). On the other hand, it feels like the game is holding my hand and I'm not finding it naturally my own. So I'll keep opportunities minimal from now on
And I dunno about you guys, but now that I've gotten Mastery 20 in Paris, I'm not really in the mood to complete the rest of the Paris challenges (Save for the Holiday Hoarders challenges), and I'd rather focus on the next mission challenges as some challenges sound tedious or rather too obscure to finish them (Like the redacted ones).
And I dunno about you guys, but now that I've gotten Mastery 20 in Paris, I'm not really in the mood to complete the rest of the Paris challenges (Save for the Holiday Hoarders challenges), and I'd rather focus on the next mission challenges as some challenges sound tedious or rather too obscure to finish them (Like the redacted ones).
MaKTaiL
Member
That's what I advise most newcomers here. Get Mastery Rank 20 on the map and move on. Once you complete Mastery on all maps you go back and finish the remaining challanges.
Remembrance
Member
I wasn't planning on bringing the AGDQ stuff into this thread, but since we're here:
Of course live events aren't about setting WR - but they are about seeing real backup strategies. All the other runners will show us their plan B for killing a boss or finishing a level when their plan A falls through, why shouldn't this guy?
Paris does have a few too many challenges, in the end - mostly arbitrary stuff like "use a pistol here" that doesn't really add anything and just makes you do something a specific way. All the later levels refocus their assassination challenges on just doing all the unique kill methods, not jumping through hoops so much.
Paris's redacted challenges aren't really anything special, but starting from Sapienza they can be impossible to figure out yourself. A lot of them are still so crazy that they're worth seeing, just with a guide.
zer0blivion
Member
That's exactly what I've been doing. Got 100% on every level except Hokkaido now. The Rep Tires Colorado challenge is amazing.
Because he was doing Silent Assassin. His Plan B would be replaying the mission from the start doing the exact same strategy and hoping he didn't screw up again. Not particularly interesting, it'd just be doing everything the same way once more. Not some elaborate plan B.