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[spindoctor]

Yea it would be interesting if they hit us with a really hard final ET. A target looking to kill you and/or maybe throw in a timed element. Or multiple targets that need to be killed in a specific way within a certain amount of time. They could probably dream up difficult scenarios but I imagine it wouldn't be worth the effort to program the AI for just one hit.

 

[Betty]

Just wanted to say the prologue for this game really is a bad way to reel new players in because after completing every mission it really is the best Hitman since Blood Money.

My only complaint is there being no way to transport the sniper rifle in a briefcase, forcing you to use a guard uniform to carry it.

 

[Remembrance]

My only complaint is there being no way to transport the sniper rifle in a briefcase, forcing you to use a guard uniform to carry it.

You just hit upon the number one feature request for this game. The developers say they just couldn't figure out how to implement it in time for this season.

I've been talking this over with a friend in animation and he thinks this might be a limitation of the Autodesk HumanIK framework that's used for the animations in this game?

For now, though, you can launch the sniper rifle through the air... with an explosion.

 

[jtb]

I love that you can't transport the Sniper Rifle. Makes traveling with it a huge challenge in itself, particularly on maps like Sapienza. Particularly since these maps are so large and expansive (rather than corridor-based), the moment you find one vantage spot, basically all targets are at your whim.

Suit SA'd Sapienza and Hokkaido for the first time. I feel like an assassin god lol. Hokkaido is way too easy, finished it in like 5 minutes. (Didn't even have to use the scramblers)

Tried Colorado Suit only, and it's fucking impossible. I have no idea how to get to Penelope. I've taken down everyone else. And I haven't even begun to figure out how to get back into the tornado shelter.

 

[TheKeyPit]

You just hit upon the number one feature request for this game. The developers say they just couldn't figure out how to implement it in time for this season.

I've been talking this over with a friend in animation and he thinks this might be a limitation of the Autodesk HumanIK framework that's used for the animations in this game?

For now, though, you can launch the sniper rifle through the air... with an explosion.

It's probably a balancing issue.

 

[Remembrance]

Tried Colorado Suit only, and it's fucking impossible. I have no idea how to get to Penelope. I've taken down everyone else. And I haven't even begun to figure out how to get back into the tornado shelter.

Spoiler

Climb up the woodpile behind the house to get in through the upper floor windows. The rest is fairly easy from there.

 

[jtb]

Spoiler

Climb up the woodpile behind the house to get in through the upper floor windows. The rest is fairly easy from there.

yesssss just suit SA'd both Paris and Colorado. (Realized I forgot to distract a guard when doing my first Paris SA Suit run) Just Marrakesh and Bangkok now.

Now I really hope those elusive targets come back because I've almost exhausted all the content in season one. Escalation contracts are fine, but they're pretty uninspired and easy. And really narrow. Seems like most are designed to have one solution only.

 

[Remembrance]

yesssss just suit SA'd both Paris and Colorado. (Realized I forgot to distract a guard when doing my first Paris SA Suit run) Just Marrakesh and Bangkok now.

Now I really hope those elusive targets come back because I've almost exhausted all the content in season one. Escalation contracts are fine, but they're pretty uninspired and easy. And really narrow. Seems like most are designed to have one solution only.

Try The Gladwyn Simulacrum in Sapienza. You really have to think outside the box but the solution is completely open-ended.

 

[Hopeford]

Okay, started Sapienza. Wished I could have earlier but life happened so, yeah.

Spoiler

The man was...strikingly easy. I delivered flowers, he decided to be alone, then I pushed him down a cliff. The woman was more difficult because I didn't stumble upon any opportunities by accident, so I just had a very unclassy maneuver that consisted of tossing a screwdriver around the corner.

I'm truly the master of stealth.

Then I got into the lab and I was like "This...is basically a new level." and then I fucked up because I did not plan for how to sneak in there or even knew where to go like, at all.

What a great level. I loved Paris, but it did feel like it wasn't as good as a sandbox for non-story targets. Playing Sapienza now I'm just thinking about how this is probably an amazing map for those.

...Man. Gonna take a couple runs until I really get the hang of this map.

 

[Boss Doggie]

There's one more this month.

I mean I cheesed on getting the SA rather than doing it legit that's why I feel sad lol

it's the "

Spoiler

poison the middle glass and reset until it works

" strategy

Okay, started Sapienza. Wished I could have earlier but life happened so, yeah.

Spoiler

The man was...strikingly easy. I delivered flowers, he decided to be alone, then I pushed him down a cliff. The woman was more difficult because I didn't stumble upon any opportunities by accident, so I just had a very unclassy maneuver that consisted of tossing a screwdriver around the corner.

I'm truly the master of stealth.

Then I got into the lab and I was like "This...is basically a new level." and then I fucked up because I did not plan for how to sneak in there or even knew where to go like, at all.

What a great level. I loved Paris, but it did feel like it wasn't as good as a sandbox for non-story targets. Playing Sapienza now I'm just thinking about how this is probably an amazing map for those.

...Man. Gonna take a couple runs until I really get the hang of this map.

yeah many agree it's the best map

 

[Hopeford]

Finally finished Sapienza! And by finished, I mean "Beat it once." Barely touched any opportunities though.

Spoiler

I did the lab first. Came out of the lab, saw the cannon. Looked at the target. And I was like "...Yes. YES. YEEEEES." Then for the other target I uh unstealthily tossed a screwdriver, then ran.

...I need to work on a more stylish way of getting the targets.

 

[Remembrance]

Spoiler

I did the lab first. Came out of the lab, saw the cannon. Looked at the target. And I was like "...Yes. YES. YEEEEES." Then for the other target I uh unstealthily tossed a screwdriver, then ran.

...I need to work on a more stylish way of getting the targets.

There's more than one

Spoiler

cannon

.

Spoiler

And they all have different uses.

 

[Hopeford]

There's more than one

Spoiler

cannon

.

Spoiler

And they all have different uses.

Spoiler

I've now used two out of the three cannons. I imagine I need to get someone on a boat/plane to use the last one, so it's a matter of finding out how to use that now.

I admit I was stuck on an opportunity for a while(set to minimal) until I found out that "learn more about X" in this game is code for "punch him out, take his clothes."

 

[Remembrance]

One escalation this month and elusive target 26.

And there's still content of some kind coming for August.

 

[jtb]

Has to be the clown right?

 

[Oldest Snake]

One escalation this month and elusive target 26.

And there's still content of some kind coming for August.

Final Elusive Target for Season 1.

 

[Sevket-Erhat]

Final Elusive Target for Season 1.

That confirms it right ?

 

[MUnited83]

Cinematic Problematic is my contract btw ^^

 

[Mathi]

Oh man I can't fuck this elusive target up, the marrakesh suit is the only one I'm missing. I got every elusive except the Angel of Death...

 

[Jason Frost]

I'm replaying this game on my PS4 and I redo the missions a lot to discover and unlock everything.

So, I was looking at the time I did for the Paris mission, then I see it was under 4 minutes with a 5 stars rating.

I don't even remember when I did that time or how I did the 2 assassinations.

What the fuck?

 

[spindoctor]

I'm replaying this game on my PS4 and I redo the missions a lot to discover and unlock everything.

So, I was looking at the time I did for the Paris mission, then I see it was under 4 minutes with a 5 stars rating.

I don't even remember when I did that time or how I did the 2 assassinations.

What the fuck?

Most probably the one where you push Dahlia onto Viktor from the balcony. Possibly the fastest/easiest SA/SO in the game.

 

[digitaltrance]

Just got this game from the steam sale and holy crap! This game is underrated!

 

[Deleted member 80556]

That confirms it right ?

We always knew. Deep down we knew.

Wonder how long until we hear anything about S2.

 

[MUnited83]

Today I set a new World Record for Suit Only in Paris

 

[TheKeyPit]

Today I set a new World Record for Suit Only in Paris

How many tries?

 

[jtb]

How did the rubber duck kill work? Why is that an accident?

 

[MUnited83]

How many tries?

Not too many actually. I was discussing about old WRs with other speedrunners, went to check the WR at the time (1:00) and this idea came up to my mind. Took perhaps one hour to get it right and get 0:58 (had a bunch of 0:59 meanwhile)

How did the rubber duck kill work? Why is that an accident?

The duck explosion made the chandelier in the room fall, which is what kills Dalia, not the explosion itself.

 

[jtb]

Not too many actually. I was discussing about old WRs with other speedrunners, went to check the WR at the time (1:00) and this idea came up to my mind. Took perhaps one hour to get it right and get 0:58 (had a bunch of 0:59 meanwhile)



The duck explosion made the chandelier in the room fall, which is what kills Dalia, not the explosion itself.

Ah, makes sense. That's what I figured, but wasn't sure how high the explosion reached

 

[Joeku]

Today I set a new World Record for Suit Only in Paris

You're a madman.

 

[xuchu]

Today I set a new World Record for Suit Only in Paris

Mad props.

 

[leng jai]

Is it a bad idea to do the missions out of order?

 

[Oldest Snake]

Is it a bad idea to do the missions out of order?

No real reason not to aside from it knocking the story cutscenes out of order (and even then you only really need to make sure you view the prologue first and the final level last.

Also:

The Entertainer is the next Elusive Target to arrive in HITMAN. This target will be in Marrakesh (Bonus Mission) for 10 days and is the final Elusive Target to be released for the first season of HITMAN! Read on for important details about this target.

 

[Telfo]

so I finally got this game recently and got thru the tutorial... now I am in Paris and trying to disguise myself as this Helmut fellow.... this game is really hard right? or do I just suck? I keep having to reload saves after some shit goes sideways

 

[spindoctor]

so I finally got this game recently and got thru the tutorial... now I am in Paris and trying to disguise myself as this Helmut fellow.... this game is really hard right? or do I just suck? I keep having to reload saves after some shit goes sideways

Shit going sideways is expected when you're new. In fact, recovering from situations like that can be the best experience. Don't worry too much about getting it perfectly right on the first go. You'll naturally get better at the game as you play more and discover the game mechanics and map layouts.

There's even a trailer that explains this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEA2IAJO1as

 

[D4Danger]

so I finally got this game recently and got thru the tutorial... now I am in Paris and trying to disguise myself as this Helmut fellow.... this game is really hard right? or do I just suck? I keep having to reload saves after some shit goes sideways

as you play you'll get better. You'll learn the environment, what people do, where they go, what you can get away with. When you start to get better it'll feel really rewarding.

highly recommend this video for a better explanation

Hitman, and the Art of Repetition | Game Maker's Toolkit

 

[Remembrance]

Based on all the hints we've gotten so far...

Is this last elusive target going to let you win a fighting match to reach the target?

The existing fistfight mechanics seem practically made for that.

 

[fresquito]

This game is amazing.

This is not the first Hitman I play, but this is the first Hitman I'm commited to play. I've tried all Hitman, sans Absolution, but none set my world on fire. I always found the premise interesting, but the execution was lacking in one way or another. Until now. What a game!

In the latest years, I've been coming slowly but surely to the conclusion that most sandbox are wrong: bigger is not better. Deeper is better. And unless you go deep, there's little incentives to go big. Sandbox games have been widening the frontiers to end up offering mostly the same gameplay possibilities in a bigger, emptier, place. I'm glad to find a game that agrees with me.

You go into the level and you are completely lost as to what to do. You find some cues here and there and do a dirty job, unworthy of Agent 47's reputation. Then you replay the level and the scenario gets deeper and deeper. You start discovering little stories, little routines, chained reactions, hidden spots, new routes, new disguise flows. You begin understanding where to go to get what, and as you play more and more, the scenario grows bigger, with more possibilities. Of course the possibilities are limited, but they are so wide, so different, that you eventually forget about a game scenario, you are suddenly in a breathing world full of oportunities to do a nice and tidy job... or not. It's up to you.

 

[Parsnip]

That was an easy to elusive to get an SA in.

 

[DrSlek]

To be sure, he was easy to SA...but I didn't SA. Got caught hiding his body (though I didn't need to with a poison kill), and ended up killing 6 guards.

The second part was pretty easy once I learned who to look for and their behavior pattern.

 

[MadClacker]

I hope this isn't off topic (I know you're all busy with Mr. Giggles) but I can't believe I didn't know about the Mario/Luigi easter egg in Sapienza! This discovery encouraged me to make this short vid. Hope you like it. https://youtu.be/CZ6YoWuvip0

 

[ZeroX03]

Ugh, failed the elusive because right when I was going for a silent takedown they turned around and it became a noisy one instead. Hate when that happens.

 

[Joe Spangle]

Ugh, failed the elusive because right when I was going for a silent takedown they turned around and it became a noisy one instead. Hate when that happens.

Yep. Me too. Only just got the game recently so this was my 2nd ET. Bit annoyed i cant re-try it but i get why.

Though i did just turn the game off in a huff, not sure thats the designers intent.

 

[Meneses]

Wow, the final Elusive Target is on a bonus map?

That's disappointing.

 

[MMarston]

Welp, botched the last ET for season 1. Thought I hid a body in a good blind spot (no available containers around), but the target immediately noticed it and because this was my nth time restarting the mission, I just shot him with a silenced pistol in the face already due to impatience.

Didn't think it would alert all the guards and turn into a John Wick scene though haha

 

[MadClacker]

Where the hell is the bloody guestlist PDA thing on the Elusive Target? I've been running around for what feels like 30 minutes now. Target is down.

 

[D4Danger]

Where the hell is the bloody guestlist PDA thing on the Elusive Target? I've been running around for what feels like 30 minutes now. Target is down.

Spoiler

there's a lady in the cafe. she stops to check her phone near the bathroom and drinks from a champagne glass at the bar.

 

[MadClacker]

Spoiler

there's a lady in the cafe. she stops to check her phone near the bathroom and drinks from a champagne glass at the bar.

I died minutes before you made your post. Oh well, I'll have a second shot on the PS4 version.

 

[spindoctor]

Both targets standing 10 feet away from drinks that can be poisoned. The smaller map meant the actual target could pretty much only be in one spot, and there he was. And they gave him facepaint so that you could identify him easily. This was the complete opposite of the difficult ET I was hoping for

So, which was the most difficult ET anyway?(Without fire extinguisher explosions and such...)

 

[Dangansona]

This will be my first and last Elusive Target. Any tips to help me not fuck this up? Even on how they work in general

 

[Bebpo]

Hadn't played the game in like six months, plus I'm pretty terrible and had never tried Marrakesh at Night stage. Gave the Elusive a shot and over an hour later I somehow beat it. I couldn't find the guy so I just killed everyone I saw with dots over their head from a distance which screwed me up a bunch of times. By the end I'm pretty sure every outfit in the stage was compromised.

I had to cheat at the end and check this thread to see where the hell the guest list was. Snuck into

Spoiler

the bathroom, did my old bathroom penny trick, STILL GOT SEEN, grabbed the list and escaped while being shot at.

I had a bunch of situations that looked like this that I had to get out of. Can't believe I did! But was pretty fun terribly surviving this elusive. I really need to get back to this game.