just finished it and man, [parody]ing the heads of the literal illuminati has never felt more satisfying. yes i know the series has a problem with its portrayal of violence but cmon, taking out a gigantic piece of shit like the stuyvesant asshole in the first mission cannot feel bad to me. anybody else play through it it yet?
Or dropping a toilet on the head of a general trying to stage a military coup
I assume it's mostly just a glorified level pack (and honestly I'm cool with that), but are there any new mechanics or anything? Also do all the weapons have a giant pink number 3 on them?
theres a few new mechanics. Shortcuts that you can unlock that will be available in future playthroughs of the level (not just different starting locations). Theres also a camera gadget that lets you do some stuff that I personally dont give a fuck about. im sure theres some other stuff but i havent played much yet
The signature mark III look involves an actual new model for the item, so they did step that up a notch.
awww i kinda liked the big pink #2 on everything, seemed like a very intentional middle finger to whiny self-serious g*mers
The last level
spoiler
takes place on a moving train and therefore is literally linear, which was everyone's (me included) main complaint about Absolution. That's poetic.
I really disliked that one when I first played it because of the forced ending
I've never played any of the Hitman games but now I vaguely want to. I did play Splinter Cell back in the day, which has a few similarities like stashing bodies so you don't get caught.
Should Hitman 3 be my first entry into the series?
oh yeah, the hitman games are all about murdering degenerate rich people who are twisted by their wealth. There's no bit where you are killing a communist. Its all killing disgusting mega wealthy people.
I think in Hitman 2 you have to kill some guys that are a part of a leftist terrorist group, though.
Time has been kind because I don't remember that. Hitman 2 Silent Assassin or modern Hitman 2? Cause Hitman got cool around Contracts, Blood Money and then nothing happened before nu Hitman
I can't remember much of what happened in Silent Assassin, you fought mafia and then at some point ninjas in a Japanese castle. The game found its groove in the later games
That was a cult and they were planning a terror attack if I'm not mistaken
They were gonna nuke the US I think which is the kind of thing that some people in this website would, rightly or wrongly, regard as a leftist thing.
Yeah because you can (for a price) get all the levels from 1 and 2 in 3.
If you want a taste of the series, the first level of H2 is free:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/hitman-2-free-starter-pack/c2t9s41wvcmf?cid=msft_web_chart&activetab=pivot:overviewtab
That's very good to know, so it'll definitely be 3 if I want to get into the series. Thanks!
Incredibly strong end for the trilogy, Berlin and Argentina might be my favorite maps of the entire series.
Lot of Blood Money throwback vibes with those two in particular.
Yeah the middle section was a lot darker in tone than the rest, really reminded me of the original third game Hitman: Contracts, which makes me think that this is probably not a coincidence lol
I was planning to do the same but then I saw that it was already cracked lmao
Is that what it's about? Sounds cool, I got the first one for free, should it be the next thing I play?
Marrakesh is pretty based though (minor spoilers i guess but I'm pretty sure this is all in the mission briefing), it's a general trying to stage a right-wing military coup with the backing of western financiers, planning to establish martial law in response to false-flag attacks from fake revolutionaries that he's paying (in response to the prison break of a Swedish banker who stole millions from the Moroccan people, which he also staged to piss people off). And you're also employed to murder him by another western corporation who has lucrative contracts with the current government.
I mean it's missing the flashing neon signs saying "The CIA is behind this" but it's otherwise a pretty spot-on assessment of modern-day military coups
I mean it’s missing the flashing neon signs saying “The CIA is behind this”
https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/EqF6ic1fyL.png
not technically a flashing neon sign, idk, that subtitled dialogue could mean anyone.
maybe the culinary institute of america has a lot of explaining to do, okay?
:cia:
What's funny is that there is a CIA guy who recurs throughout the series, often in his underwear and in need of 47's help.
Don’t go in expecting communist politics or anything like that.
If you explore the levels and listen in on NPC conversations, the writing has a clear anti-capitalist angle, but yeah isn't explicitly communist.
