Ryo Hazuki
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New difficulty coming:
Wow. That's amazing. They continue to blow away everything else with their support for this game.
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HITMAN |OT| Blood Monthly
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Wow. That's amazing. They continue to blow away everything else with their support for this game.
FrontalMonk
Banned
That was my thought too! Whenever the guards get called, unless there's like one or two I can take out fast I'm done for immediately.
Still, pretty damn excited for this.
MAN! I was trying to do that, but he just walks PAST it rather than over it.
MrCompletely
Member
And just like that, I'm excited for a new mode in last year's game more than any other game on the horizon.
Nice work IOI, you are amazing.
EDIT: "Clean kills are required to take a disguise", what is a clean kill? Is it just a silent kill?
Nice work IOI, you are amazing.
EDIT: "Clean kills are required to take a disguise", what is a clean kill? Is it just a silent kill?
I'd guess body shots or explosions, anything that would leave blood or would mutilate the body/clothing don't count as clean kills.
Choking out or fiber wire would be the simplest. Not sure about headshots.
New difficulty mode sounds exciting. Wonder how each location will be altered.
Yeah, though as someone who save-scums through just about every stealth game, it's appreciated lol.
Yeah, though as someone who save-scums through just about every stealth game, it's appreciated lol.
Interfectum
Member
This is awesome. <3 Hitman
MrCompletely
Member
Makes sense, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the fact that a body shot would spoil the disguise. Brilliant stuff.
FrontalMonk
Banned
The funny thing is because of how the older hitman games worked with saves and difficulty levels, on Pro you didn't get any saves, so it wasn't until more recently that I started using saves at all; I just restarted when shit got bad and redid the steps I had taken. The only times I really felt like I needed to save scum was doing SASO in Colorado.
funkystudent
Member
I wonder how Pro difficulty will factor into elusive targets.
Pro difficulty won't be available for elusive targets and escalations, judging from the pic.
I'm interested in the level tweaks and alterations. Also I can't get it from the wording, but I hope this includes bonus missions.
It won't. A news post on the site says Professional won't be an option for Elusives or Escalations.
Probably for the best, honestly. I worry enough about trying to get SA on Elusives and kind of wish even that didn't matter, so I would hate to see it split out even more with a different difficulty.
Spring-Loaded
Member
Will they bring back area-specific recording locations? (i.e. get spotted on a camera in the Sapienza mansion, have to destroy evidence from inside the mansioncan't go to the lawyer's office and do it there.)
HellforLeather
Member
Finally getting back in this game after putting it down when Sapienza was released....man, I totally suck.
Just finished Marakeesh last night and I see a lot of the opportunities but dont have the equipment or know where any of the disguises are to pull them off.
I ended up beating it by
I had forgotten how big the levels are and how much trial and error they require to figure out the more elaborate kills.
Just finished Marakeesh last night and I see a lot of the opportunities but dont have the equipment or know where any of the disguises are to pull them off.
I ended up beating it by
Turned on the intercom in the school and pushed the general through the hole when he investigated. The other guy I just pushed over the railing in the embassy in the pseudo broadcast room with the green screen.
I had forgotten how big the levels are and how much trial and error they require to figure out the more elaborate kills.
Remembrance
Member
Wait a minute. A few weeks ago Torben Ellert said on Twitter that Hokkaido has 300 NPCs, but some of them only appear depending on which mode you're playing.
The Hokkaido we've seen has about half that number of NPCs.
Is this what he meant? Double the NPC count on professional difficulty?
The Hokkaido we've seen has about half that number of NPCs.
Is this what he meant? Double the NPC count on professional difficulty?
Shit, are they? Not cool. Was hoping to be able to play all future levels in Professional difficulty first
EDIT: Future reminder to myself to actually read stuff in the future.
Craymen Edge
Member
Does the contract specify the knife and fire axe be thrown? Because that wasn't a stipulation for Vinny's run in the Hitsmas video IIRC.
HellforLeather
Member
Can someone clarify the XP levels for me? Can you replay a level repeating the same kills and still get XP to level up? Or do you only get it if you perform the actions listed in the challenges?
You only get XP from each challenge once. Repeating the same challenge will not earn you any XP.
Do Challenges to get XP. Once you complete a challenge you don't get anymore XP for doing that same challenge.
Craymen Edge
Member
You get XP the first time you complete any feat/challenge/objective on a level. There are enough that you don't have to do everything to get mastery lvl 20.
Remembrance
Member
The way that contract creation works right now forces you to specify melee or throw for a specific weapon. It might be a little too specific when sometimes you just want to specify "fire axe".
This is Matt Lees and Quintin Smith's video on Hitman and why they like it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC-muSM6_0g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC-muSM6_0g
PrinceOfWhatever
Banned
Amazing update! I hoped that they got something big up their sleeves and they didn't disappoint me. Not at all.
quick question: Will there be a new OT when the disc version launches?
quick question: Will there be a new OT when the disc version launches?
Craymen Edge
Member
Thanks. I have only played with the contract creatior once, I can't remember how granular the stuff for setting the method gets.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Huh, it does made me realize the game ignores blood pools unlike in BM
bodyofanamerican
Member
Does Professional difficulty extend to user contracts as well?
PrinceOfWhatever
Banned
I hope that on professional difficulty, people will finally notice blood pools.
Intheflorsh
Banned
Man do I fucking love how they keep improving this game.
Barry Burton
Member
Finished up with Hokkaido the other night.
Here's all of my best mission runs from Season 1. Now that I'm done, I figured I'd share 'em with you guys.
Man, what a game. Bravo IO for bringing Hitman back.
Here's all of my best mission runs from Season 1. Now that I'm done, I figured I'd share 'em with you guys.
Man, what a game. Bravo IO for bringing Hitman back.
Riposte
Member
New difficulty coming:
This needs a new thread. Has it been made? I can make it. (EDIT: I see it has)
I'm 100% hyped for this. I chose this game for my GOTY, but even while describing why, I had to rant there wasn't a mode like this, with limited saves.
Greatest Ever
Member
Played a bit more yesterday. The more I play, the more I dislike Hokkaido.
I really have to give credit to IO for this one. They have spent so much time listening to the community feedback and applying changes where needed. Not only that, but the episodic format has really worked in their favour. I will admit I was a little bit sceptical when HITMAN was first announced, but it just works so well. The replayability of this game - with the focus both on on developer-made and community-made missions - is fantastic. Which is why HITMAN got my GOTY.
https://totallyabundant.co.uk/2017/01/01/game-of-the-year-1-hitman/
https://totallyabundant.co.uk/2017/01/01/game-of-the-year-1-hitman/
Remembrance
Member
Speculation as to how each level will be changed for professional? I can think of a few obvious ways:
Paris: The fireworks remote could be moved, harder to get, or not there at all.
Sapienza: The kitchen assistant disguise in Rocco's apartment could be removed, and the path to infiltrate the villa through the kitchen could be guarded.
Bangkok: Ken Morgan could have a new route that allows for more interesting kills, while removing the zero-risk kills (poison and falling light) in the restaurant.
What about the other levels?
Also, I really wonder how they will handle opportunities on professional. Most of them will probably be changed in some way so that you can't just do the same thing as you would on normal. Would some of them have to be removed entirely?
Paris: The fireworks remote could be moved, harder to get, or not there at all.
Sapienza: The kitchen assistant disguise in Rocco's apartment could be removed, and the path to infiltrate the villa through the kitchen could be guarded.
Bangkok: Ken Morgan could have a new route that allows for more interesting kills, while removing the zero-risk kills (poison and falling light) in the restaurant.
What about the other levels?
Also, I really wonder how they will handle opportunities on professional. Most of them will probably be changed in some way so that you can't just do the same thing as you would on normal. Would some of them have to be removed entirely?
Why so?
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Oooooooooo
The game that keeps on giving. Online.
The game that keeps on giving. Online.
Barry Burton
Member
Marrakesh: They'll probably ditch the poison kill opportunity for Zaydan. I could see them also making it tougher to sneak into the Consulate without a disguise.
Colorado: They could make it so you can't pose as an Interpol agent unless disguised as the technician. Being able to do all of that as the point man makes things a lot easier. Also make the elite guard disguise harder to get than being able to change into it in the truck.
Hokkaido: This is the easiest mission, and big part of that is how easy it is to sneak through the Morgue. You can eliminate targets, destroy evidence and escape quickly and easily from there. They could probably make it harder to get the remote control for the curator's meds, and add another NPC or two to that area. Probably near the stem cell containment room.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
What if they reduce the evidence rooms too?