Hitman, and the Art of Repetition 

You ever play Katana Zero? It's kind of like Hotline Miami but with a sideways view, and when you fail a level it's kinda like how you imagine 47 working: your failed attempts are ways in which the protagonist is planning to go through a level, when you fail there's a screen where he says "...yeah, _that_ wouldn't work", and when you finally succeed, the replay showing your successful attempt is a VHS recording of how you did it and how things _actually_ played out in the end

Yeah, I just imagine him sitting in an all white room, with a blank face for hours, thinking, and then he nods and checks and arranges his weapons, which are in a suitcase next to him.

Ahhh...like how Robert Downey Jr.’s Sherlock Holmes character works out a fight or sees it play through in his head before he attempts it. I like this. ☠️

This idea is really cool. It's like playing chess.

Yeah, I was like whatever until now. This is sick

+pmac139 When does the complete retail version come out?

Yeah. But not with that episodic nonsense... play Hitman 2 instead.

It's a great game imo.

Agreed, but I'll wait till the full game is released.

later: "Mission Failed - Target left bathroom"

The main reason I love Hitman 2 is the huge amount of freedom that comes with it. Like there are so many ways to kill a person, and you never have to follow a set of instructions. And this is the reason why I'm not such a big fan of games like RDR2, for example, if you don't put your horse in an exact spot in a mission, it will fail.

there is still hand-holding though, like the opportunities, but even with an opportunity there is no game over until 47 dies.

So.... Absolution?

People are like "oh yeah you can even ignore the opportunities" if I'm not mistaken, you can completely disable them in settings, still being able to do then without guidance. It's really up to the player.

That line is so engrained in my brain. I played that first level sooo many times. And EVERY TIME you walk through the front door there's that "That, is Viktor Novikov" line! Haha, I love Hitman, so sad that 3 is the end of the "World of Assassination" trilogy! Would love for them too keep going! Really excited for their 007 game though!

Head of sanguine,and ringleader of IAGO,quite the resume.

Would you be so kind as to point out other channels? I really love this channel and more like it would be nice!

There you have it. Ahoy is also one of my favorites. Really cool vids with a lot of effort put into them.

Thanks for sharing hadn't heard of those before :) I would also like to add RagnarRox, ClassicGameJunkie, extracredits/extraplay & GDC. // Not maybe fully like this video but I have personally find them enjoyable. ~

Worldofleveldesign too for, well, level design ;)

also check out ACG and extra credits

+Alex Niedt Gaming aha! I wish they had more of these types of challenges. would like an all-accidents challenge, for example

Yes, accidents only challenges would be nice.

Would love to hear your take on MGS5 changing the need to hide bodies, by allowing you to fulton them away.

+Neil M My take? I think it's a fun mechanic. Silly, but fun.

Alex Niedt Gaming hi Alex!

Amanpreet gill It’s in both Hitman 1 and Hitman 2

Blazing Fire hi , i just bought hitman season 1 and I’ve only played absolution in the series many years ago, is it better turn off the things that make gameplay easier like instincts, etc.? or just play it the way it is?

@what the fuck My first Hitman game was Hitman 1 so I’m probably not the best person to ask but I’ll give my opinion anyways. I personally like playing with instinct on. I feel like having it on makes the game more enjoyable because I have an easier time knowing where the target is which means I don’t have to wander around the level until I find them like I have to in elusive targets. It’s also helpful for when trying to avoid enforcers. I know where they are if they are relatively close to me so it’s never a surprise when I encounter one. It removes the obstacle of knowing where the target/enforces are. I like instinct because I believe that those obstacles hinder my gameplay experience. This is of course just my opinion. There are other people who will dislike instinct for the exact reason I like it. They believe that those obstacles enhance their gameplay experience. They enjoy having to overcome them. I won’t say they they’re wrong and I’m right because it is just simply what they enjoy more. Ultimately instinct was added to enhance the player’s gameplay experience. If you feel like it does, you should keep it on. Otherwise turn it off. You obviously won’t know whether you like it or not until you play so for the first time you play it, I would recommend you play with it on simply because it’s the default option. The fact that it’s the default option tells me that IOI intended for the game to be experienced with instinct on. The levels are built with the assumption that you have instinct. Not to say they are unplayable without instinct. That is most certainly not the case. Just keep that in the back of your mind when making your decision.

@@whatthefuck9703 i am also going to buy hitman 2016 soon didnt play any hitman games before and then hitman 2 but I would say you should beat the game with it on first time or couple more times and as you get knowlage of the maps try to do a no hiud and that x ray vision to fell like real life. Well thats how I will do it when I get hitman 2016 and than hitman 2

Jovan Vukosavljević im at episode 2 now ive completed all the tutorial and paris challenges and escalations and im halfway to finishing sapienza , all i can say is this game is really hard without any knowledge of the map so i always just mess around and explore before i do any assassinations ; having instinct and opportunities off is so impossible if you’re a new player so i always keep them on , overall im loving the game but i hate that you can’t do the elusive targets mission anymore that is stupid they should bring them back for new players cause the rewards is the og suits its a shame you can’t use it if you’re a new player But here’s what i love about this game ,the creative kills are so satisfying and fun, maps are so huge and dense unlike absolution's linear map cause its more story based rather than a sandbox killing playground like the old hitman games i still love absolution tho it doesn’t deserve all the hate it gets

Horrible ? Try 3:09, you can dispose of a body (alive or dead) in a shredder. Or find the acid containers in the lab.

You think that's horrible? You can exploit Silvio's loss of his mother and make him go hysterical and almost lose his mind.

And now you can feed a drug cartel leader to his own pet hippo or just stab him while you're giving him a tattoo

@@user-hx6gs9rq7u :| I forgot about this game. I should give it a shot.

@@rowan8756 Hmm... Might be a good point to check it out.

hello there!

You're another one of the best gaming channels on youtube, just wanted to point that out

My 2 favourite gaming analysts, Snoman and Mark :)

@@enriqueuret General Kenobi

You know each other?

Man, I gotta check Majora's Mask... Any hints? Favourite lets-player maybe?

MajkaSrajka late, but a guy called chuggaaconroy did a pretty gpod 100% lp of it

I feel that. Good point

Bah, I said the same thing, but you said it first and I didn't notice. It clearly has that vibe!

Which is actually why I liked Blood Money more. People had schedules that they adhered to, whether agent 47 was following them or not. Things would happen with or without you, but the things that happened were typically on a loop, that way if you missed it the first time, you could be prepared for trying a second attempt.

Good one. More people should know that movie.

Well at least the people you're killing in this mission are bad guys. In fact, its implied a lot in the series that the government sometimes hires you to take out bad guys that are outside their legal jurisdiction.

GastNdorf There have been decent'ish people you've killed. Usually they're just in a bad situation bu they're not monsters. The amusement park guy and the witness against the mob boss in Hitman: Blood Money both immediately come to mind. Thats not to mention when you're contracted by bad guys. For example, again, in Blood Money, the river steamer mission and the wedding mission you're contracted by the bride to kill her father, her newly married husband and his father so that she inherits the mob business.

Heh they all been involved with gangs or drug deals at some point, enough for me to have justice served. :p

How can you compare thief to hitman

Klarden That's all we need to remember Absolution as. An unfortunate misstep.

Ť3ŘŘÅŅ0VÅ - Don't worry, he's not talking about the shitty reboot.

Ť3ŘŘÅŅ0VÅ - This is so unclear it annoys me. The original run of Thief was phenomenal and is clearly the basis for all stealth games; that and maybe the surprisingly amazing Riddick game (only successful movie->game transition I’m aware of, though it’s more action-stealth). The new Thief is still a lot of fun, but specifically letting you upgrade your blackjack directs you away from intelligently progressing and makes combat more viable, which the early games obviously abhorred and made basically impossible. The newer Hitman games-while yes you just shoot people-do reward that sneaking puzzle element. Are their stories or aesthetics at all similar? No. But they’re both stealth games and it’s clear Hitman is doing well because of the influence of Thief, even if most people haven’t played it. But the element of dropping you with no knowledge into a world with a direct goal, forcing you to be unheard/unseen and saying “figure it out, dumbass” is the obvious comparison.

I know, right? Now, if you've completed the challenge, it's all that matters, you can load back to a previous point to do a very similar challenge (VERY useful for all the poison/drown kills, in which you just change your lethal poison to rat poison).

This Hitman trilogy is one of those series of games that I absolutely will not delete from my SSD to make room for something. I'll randomly get the urge to dive in for hours and I want to have the game ready to go at a moment's notice, and it's insane that everything from all 3 games can be accessed from Hitman 3 and it's only 70gb on my PS5. It's great being able to go from playing Sapienza from H1 and then go straight over to Dartmoor (H3) without having to actually switch from Hitman 1 to Hitman 3.

@@apictureoffunctionI have never been a speed run person but once you master this game you get addicted to that too. I also love grabbing a machine gun and just running through each level killing everyone. Something a beginner would killed immediately for trying to do. But you have to master this game before you can even do that. The more you master this game the more ways you can actually play it. This game never ceases to amaze me.

I would say that ground zeroes is definitely worth around $20. The replayability in that game was insane. People can never imagine a rockstar game with a map that small since the mechanics weren't designed around it.

Krabbymcnabby This. Right here. Perfect. There's a game called Westerado: Double Barreled, it's an extremely short game, took me maybe an hour to complete, but I replayed it about 20 times since then, trying new things to do, and missions I missed.

Well, this is actually my problem. I can't afford replaying a game over an over again when that's a lot of other games on my list waiting to be played. I think the only exception was Skyrim and multiplayer games, where I play more casually.

Trevor Ka'aihue The levels are exactly the same each time.

Mr Ojo64 yes, but how you play them differs. I think he more means levels as in tiers

Hitman was nervous, but on the surface he looked calm and ready.

He doesn't die from eating it, he runs behind the mansion near a cliff so he can vomit. You can eaither kick him off the cliff, but his body will be seen by civilians on the beach below. Or you can slash his throat, strangle him, or shoot him, and hide his body in a garbage container nearby.

To drop golf bombs, but he keeps on forgetting...

That's hitman for you.

ted the commenter If civilians see his body...let’s say it will get spotted but it also won’t get spotted, they will see the body and panic but since it’s an accident then they won’t be THAT suspicious

Well worded. I know people who reset the outposts in Far Cry 4 for a silent take down, or completing Dishonored with certain conditions.

...is not a Hitman experience. I got the joke no R/slash whoos, please.

Thats what I always end up doing after half an hour of playing like a silent assassin. I love my rating of being a psychopath. 😂😂

@@Ender11037 R\WOSH

@@AifakhYormum Except, wosh is a cult.