The World of Assassination Tierlist 

Totally agree! I really enjoy the atmosphere in Dartmoor and could just wander in that level for hours.

Probably my favorite little tidbit of story from Dartmoor is when you impersonate the lawyer and go over the targets finances then get to tell her that Edwards has taken everything she had worked so hard to build and maintain, the family fortune, the legacy of her dynasty and even the manor itself.

Just like the uk, gloomy and boring, trust me, I live here 😭😭

Yeah, Dartmoor was my favourite map to do mass murder

​@thatonebananaboi4617 so true. The sky is accurate

Yes, but it lacks a lot of what the previous games had. Atmosphere and character. Almost everyone one of the WOA maps feels kinda lifeless, and even the good ones like Berlin and Isle of Sgail don’t hold a candle to any of the missions in Contracts or Blood Money. I just don’t feel anything while playing WOA now.

It absolutely is peak Hitman in terms of gameplay. The only flaw to me is that I miss the dark, gloomy atmosphere and soundtrack of Contracts. Sure every single level in an entire trilogy of games shouldn't be dark, rainy and depressing because it would get stale but I'm just not a fan of the more wacky, comedic elements in a lot of the WOA maps.

Agreed, by the far the best maps and gameplay. I just wish they brough back the weapon customization and upgrade system from blood money.

@@cartermanjohn7702 that's all changed now though with freelancer out makes every map stand out

Agree but I hate the story, i think it must be as minimalistic as possible, WOA with it's high stakes and places feels more like a spy flick rather than a professional killer one and it spoils some missions mood.

How is it clickbait? The title and thumbnail are pretty basic and they literally just tell you what the video is

@@KrisDreemurr0. kotti said it feels that way in the intro

by the simple measure that this has a pre written script that explains the nuances of your views, instead of just being another asshole in a gaming chair just saying whatever comes to their mind in the heat of the moment, it isn't clickbait. very well reasoned, and it flows nicely, especially with the decision to compare maps like bank and haven to each other at the same time.

Agreed! Click bait is when you put all the effort into a title and blabber on about random things to fill time and then discuss the title at the very end, if at all. You are not click bait and do not feel guilty!!

Your self deprecating humor is lost on these people, TheKotti.

I really like Haven as well. You are not alone.

Everyone is spotting you through every wall so personally I hate it

@@oliverthedum2129 people complain about this so much but I've had this happen like once. People just seem to say this because they've seen it said online.

@@brambleleaves47 it’s happening to me constantly.

Sometimes I just load the map to have 47 relax on the cottage and enjoy the view

That was the whole point of every last mission in the classic Hitman games: Codename, SA, Contracts (somewhat), Blood Money. I think Carpathian Mountains was a great way to continue this legacy.

I didn't notice my target was Arthur Edwards until about halfway down. I thought the goal was to escape, but then I used focus and saw a tiny red dot in the distance, looked in the corner and just had a rush of adrenaline as I saw "Eliminate Arthur Edwards"

Doing Carpathian Mountains SASO (the general way, not the “kill everyone” way) on my first playthrough of the level was such a fun experience. Made it all that more satisfying going for the genocide run on the second playthrough!

i thought it was a weak finale. it just doesn't work where you just shoot a bunch of guys and move on to the next section. there's no tension because you are not constantly under attack, like previous shootout finale missions

@@hey01e5 honestly you make a really good point now I think about it.

Thanks, I knew there was something I forgot to do.

@@TheKotti you didn't mention holiday hoarders or dartmoor garden show. they're more missions then the vector.

Or the hitman 2 side mission on Santa fortuna, Miami and whittleton creek or Hokkaido snow festival or 7 deadly sins (understandable tho)

That’s a very cool idea.

2 snow maps in a row would've been way too repetitive

@Tyler Bruv yeah maybe. Still feel like Colorado was wasted

It's a bit of a problem with having such spectacular maps. Clearly the devs wanted a much less glamorous location for contrast, but anywhere in the world that you put that map people are going to feel like it was slighted by not having the interesting parts of the location highlighted.

@@wintermute5974 true

kinda like how that one guy didn't actually kill himself

@@SpaceMissileAgent 47 got him

The plot of WOA is not unrealistic. I guess its just of weird to hear that everything from the past games somehow connects to it. Dr ortmyer being part of providence for example. it just feels out of place and strange.

With Freelancer I would also chime in on Colorado, which is actually quite tense and a nice change from the rest when you have max. 2 targets. Isle has a few weird quirks in its Freelancer layout, which I either like if it is randomized or dislike if it is a constant. It blocks the main pipe to the glass cube via a constant rotation of 2 council members, which is a real pain.

The big problem with isle of sgail for me is the lack of variance and opportunity in the targets routes. Their ordinary routes alone are bad enough with not enough interesting opportunities to get them alone or for interesting kills, ESPECIALLY for suit only, but all of the interesting kills and ways of manipulating their routes into doing interesting things ALWAYS requires you to use a disguise and knock people out to actively do things. The cloud serpent? Blake nathanial The Phoenix ceremony? You can light the money pit (literally the only way to manipulate a targets route) but you need to actively wear the outfit for it to happen The council meeting? Jebediah Block Entrapping the constant with the poison pill schematics? Need an architect outfit and to get the schematics from the the guy by knocking him out The funeral? Need to wear Janus’s robes (and effectively knock out or kill 3-4 people to put it on The initiates? Need to Don the outfit and collect the tokens yourself None of these opportunities can be done without a disguise, and none of them EVER even move slightly on their own. The NPC’s just stand around waiting forever as if to say “please do something with me” instead of what they are meant to represent, that of: “I’m an actual character who needs to and is going to accomplish something of interest tonight”. There’s no time or physical pressure to do something because you can never miss out on anything or have them get in your way! This is all despite how easily they could have had these opportunities kicked into motion with other ways and how other people were already set up to take the roles 47 does in these anyway! I think they really learned and understood this mistake with Hitman 3 because most, if not all of the opportunities in missions could be done without disguises and by manipulating the environment in other ways. It can be facilitated by a disguise or by setting things up and placing objects. The only notable opportunity where 47 HAS to take the role to truly get things moving is the murder mystery one in Dartmoor, but it’s understandable and preferable to an extent. That, and on top of it all initial infiltration in this map is way too easy, you just step off of a boat and the rich people let you in with open arms. It should have been an experience of having to pass or go around background checks and stations to get into the party proper. It should have given and enforced the purpose of Lucas Grey and Olivia Hall as being characters with actual roles to play rather than the story being and feeling like an entirely separate thing going on. Hall should have been able to forge a background check or bypass their security systems with your physical assistance, Grey could have played an active role being an ACTUAL person you interact with in opportunities and infiltration. It’s all such a waste and if there was one mission I wish had an entire game’s worth of time reworked on it, it would be Isle of Sgail, because the concept alone was so cool yet so wasted due to major time and budget constraints.

I disagree with him on that one. Yes, not every level needs to be the same... But that doesnt change the fact the mission is extremely linear (well thats obvious) and repetitive. Take A New Life for example... Kotti says he considers it the best mission of the series, and I do so as well. So, maps dont need to be massive to be cool, we agree on that.

Yeah, Sgail is the one occasion where I radically disagree with the list! (And Miami is overrated)

I love hitman 2 way too much, and id be playing hitman 3 if it wasn't like 70 bucks?

Fair point about the story. I think I just find it hard to look at it from that perspective since the game frames it as a part of the conspiracy stuff.

You should play them!!

They're both great maps.

@@WaspGenocide They probably are, and honestly my point really is that it's obviously our understanding and impression of the maps that is making us see them differently.

But come on so many of those classic Hitman missions are forgettable or just don’t work. Take off those fogged up nostalgia goggles.

@@thejanitor1057 I recently replayed the classic games after years and it doesn't have anything to do with nostalgia, the games hold up well if you know what to expect. The downsides of the classic games are either completely subjective or don't take away from its strengths at all. Some parts of SA are broken I agree, but that doesn't have anything to do with what I said. The maps aren't forgettable, Silent Assassin has great settings although some levels are too cut up instead of being a big level, but that's because of technical restrictions. Only the Afghanistan levels and Russian Khirov Park meeting are forgettable to me. If you think Contracts or Blood Money has forgettable levels then I don't even know what to say to you.

@@Siruelf what? Who the hell remembers you better watch out and a dance with the devil?

@@thejanitor1057 I do and plenty of others do. Enough for the developers to put the devil costume in the new games lol. Even then, that's just two levels which isn't much. And if those 2 levels represent the lowest standard for Blood Money, then the bar is pretty high.

@@Siruelf na, just you

Almost all of the targets seem evil, which is why Bosco stands out. I get that the targets are terrible people so the players want to kill them, but what a wasted opportunity to not include a target the player does NOT want to kill and explore that angle.

@@TheKotti I feel like that would fit more in the main story, because the end of Hitman has 47 continue killing, but only killing people who are fully bad/evil. Bosco as a side mission is just boring, because when I did the mission, I found myself just killing Bosco and then doing some random things, the Bad Boy (elusive target in the icon) was more fun. But your idea of it is still good!

@@TheKotti erm, then people wouldnt want to play the level