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 What is Hitman? Hitman is a series of Stealth/Action games developed by IO Interactive. The series follows the exploits of a man known only as 47, as he works as an assassin for the International Contract Agency, a.k.a. The Agency. The series is known for its multitude of ways to dispatch your targets, and the ability for 47 to disguise himself as nearly any other character in the mission. What's the deal with this LP? Due to the very open nature of the Hitman series, it is nearly impossible for one person to show off everything in the game. Therefore I have enlisted the aid of some friends and together we will attempt to show off the games of the series in multiple runs: The Blind Run: Captain Flame Guy has never played the Hitman games before, and will be showing how a first time player approaches the game. The Silent Assassin Run: I will attempt to obtain a Silent Assassin rating in every level and probably go insane long before we are finished. Why not start with the first game? While Hitman: Codename 47 was an innovative game, it was also a very terrible game. Hbomberguy and Clever Spambot did a fantastic LP of that horrible game. Hitman 2 is where the series began to show its true potential, as well as introducing the rating system, which graded players on their performance based on a number of factors (shots fired, enemies/civilians killed, alarms raised, etc.) What about thread participation and spoiler rules? If anyone has any methods of assassination they would like to see shown off, feel free to ask, or if you would like to make your own videos to show them off, please feel free. All I ask is that you do not show levels that have not been covered in the LP so far. Also, please use spoiler tags if you are discussing something that has not been covered yet!  The Gontranno Sanctuary St. Petersburg Stakeout Kirov Park Meeting Tubeway Torpedo Invitation to a Party Tracking Hayamoto Hidden Valley  Mission 1: Anathema Mission 2: St Petersburg Stakeout  Mission 3: Kirov Park Meeting Mission 4: Tubeway Torpedo Mission 5: Invitation to a Party  Mission 1: Anathema Mission 2: St. Petersburg Stakeout Mission 3: Kirov Park Meeting Mission 4: Tubeway Torpedo Mission 5: Invitation to a Party Mission 6: Tracking Hayamoto Mission 7: Hidden Valley Mission 8: At The Gates Bonus Stuff Stuff We Missed: Missions 1-5 Soundtrack Main Title Theme Waiting for Action Action Begins 47 Makes a Decision The Penthouse 47 in St. Petersburg Trouble in Russia Slow Ambiance Fast Ambiance H2 Exploration H2 Action Iron Chitlin fucked around with this message at May 17, 2013 around 21:41 |
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| # ? May 25, 2013 03:46 |
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God speed, Iron Chitlin. I remember some of the later missions being really lovely for Silent Assassin. Look forward to more!
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| # ? Mar 2, 2013 00:55 |
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I enjoyed the Silent run, but I felt the blind run had to many people commentating over it. Also introductions of the LPers would be nice. I have no idea who any of the people are.
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| # ? Mar 2, 2013 01:31 |
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Heh, good to hear some voices I recognize, mostly I'm just looking forward to the blind runs, can't wait to see if instant grat catches on some of the danish easter eggs that I told him about and some of them I possibly haven't. Heh. I do get the feeling though that the blind runs going to turn into the mass murder runs.
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| # ? Mar 5, 2013 11:35 |
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Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: The Hitman 2 experience! Mission 2: St. Petersburg Stakeout (Blind)
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| # ? Mar 10, 2013 05:01 |
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Captain Flame Guy posted:Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: The Hitman 2 experience! Is this the real life
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| # ? Mar 10, 2013 15:03 |
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Planning? Patience? Minimal casualties? That ain't how 47 rolls. He'll cap every Russian he sees from subway to sewer. Shootin' his AK at any dude who happens to be standing in front of a window, he don't give no fucks.
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| # ? Mar 10, 2013 15:47 |
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You were using an aimbotting program, weren't you?
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| # ? Mar 10, 2013 15:52 |
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 I am seriously doubting that is a real blind run. This is some kind of elaborate troll.
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| # ? Mar 10, 2013 17:53 |
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Oh god, that awkward staredown between 47 and that Russian soldier on these stairs was priceless. I guess that when 47 doesn't know what to say, he pulls a Beretta? Also, I remember how climatic that sniping scene was when I played the game, with me just sitting there and wondering who to shoot. You just ran up to the window and magdumped in there. Magical  Can't wait to see you handle the Japan levels.
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| # ? Mar 10, 2013 19:49 |
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How in Christ's name did you pull that off? I can't even kill the right guy in that level with the sniper rifle, every clue from Diana, and five reloads.
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| # ? Mar 10, 2013 22:53 |
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I hated the Russian levels and the Japan levels. But after that it's pretty fun. God speed, Chitlin.
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| # ? Mar 11, 2013 06:25 |
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Well the blind run lacks a certain kind of finesse, but it is oddly effective. Well enjoy the new Silent Assassin run to see how the mission looks when it is done with a bit more subtlety. St. Petersburg Stakeout(now with 100% less bullshit)
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| # ? Mar 11, 2013 06:49 |
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Iron Chitlin posted:Well the blind run lacks a certain kind of finesse, but it is oddly effective. Well enjoy the new Silent Assassin run to see how the mission looks when it is done with a bit more subtlety. ..But why bother lugging around that giant sniper rifle? I really don't understand you, Iron Chitlin! 
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| # ? Mar 11, 2013 19:42 |
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Because he's a scrub without preternatural luck with firing seven shots into that room and hitting only your target.
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| # ? Mar 11, 2013 20:00 |
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I am so glad you guys are playing through this game, because I couldn't bring myself to suffer through it. I really like Contracts and Blood Money, though. Also holy crap Captain Flame Guy. That's That's now how this game is supposed to work. That was amazing.
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| # ? Mar 11, 2013 22:38 |
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Chitlin, I just watched the two Silent Assassin runs. (incredibly minor spoiler) How did you strangle that guard without it counting towards Silent Assassin?
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| # ? Mar 11, 2013 22:59 |
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Magnetic North posted:Chitlin, I just watched the two Silent Assassin runs. (incredibly minor spoiler) How did you strangle that guard without it counting towards Silent Assassin? He didn't fire a single bullet. IIRC, when going for Silent Assassin, you can either kill one non-target (but not an innocent, must be a guard or something along these lines), or fire a single shot and still qualify.
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| # ? Mar 11, 2013 23:20 |
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Magnetic North posted:Chitlin, I just watched the two Silent Assassin runs. (incredibly minor spoiler) How did you strangle that guard without it counting towards Silent Assassin? The rating system is a strange thing. Nearly everything that you do to affect the world will push your rating lower, however there is always some leeway before you hit the threshold for losing a Silent Assassin. Generally speaking killing one guard will not lower the rating, but you must also look at the ways in which a score will go down:  Nearly all of these statistics will determine your rating, with the exception of Head Shots, Difficulty , and Saves. The threshold for a Silent Assassin rating will vary from mission to mission, but in general killing one guard is within safe parameters, so long as no one discovers the body, or no alarms are sounded(in case you were wondering, the guards finding the mafia don's body does not count as an alert, not entirely sure why). Killing an enemy hurts your score, but it also matters how you did it; a fiber wire kill will be less of a hit than a shot from a gun, in fact killing an enemy with a single head shot, will usually put you exactly on the edge of Silent Assassin and Professional. Killing civilians in most missions will really hurt your rating, but there are a few missions where you can get away with it, outside of those however, you will need to either avoid them entirely or hit them with a dose of anesthetic. I will detail the use of anesthetic at a later date. In short, you are able to get away with a little bit and still get the Silent Assassin, but exactly how much you are able to get away with is determined by the mission you are on. In general killing one guard and firing a single shot will still get you the rating, but anything beyond that(alerts, close calls) will lock you out of it.
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| # ? Mar 12, 2013 03:04 |
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Captain Flame Guy posted:Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you: The Hitman 2 experience!  **Great Moments in LP**
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| # ? Mar 13, 2013 08:16 |
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Nimmy posted:
Indeed, seriously, what the hell!? That's like a one in a million shot. I've never done this without the sniper rifle, and this is just the most lucky shot ever. If I recall, I forget his name, but the guy in the black coat was right in front of the window too, so how he didn't get shot in the back, I have no idea.
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| # ? Mar 13, 2013 08:21 |
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Time to continue onwards into our Silent Assassin run. This time we are visiting the lovely Kirov Park. Mission Briefing Kirov Park Meeting
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| # ? Mar 14, 2013 15:07 |
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Oh yeah, I remember this one. I hope the blind run does things the way I did when I played this mission (or better).
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| # ? Mar 15, 2013 00:17 |
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Iron Chitlin posted:Time to continue onwards into our Silent Assassin run. This time we are visiting the lovely Kirov Park. I ended up doing it slightly.. differently.  Mission 3: Kirov Park Meeting (Blind) Commentators: Captain Flame Guy, Iron Chitlin, Instant Grat, FutureFriend and Ragny. The next recording session will probably have less commentators in it, since it's kind of hard to avoid talking over each other like this.
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| # ? Mar 17, 2013 02:55 |
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Again?! Holy poo poo dude (I found this LP through subscribing to your LoZ walkthrough) ... I look forward to more "AK Sniping: Let's play Hitman" (should be renamed to that because seriously wtf)
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| # ? Mar 17, 2013 03:12 |
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Captain Flame Guy posted:So that's what the car bombs and sewers were for.. I take a small measure of comfort in that fact that there is no possible way to AK snipe the target in the next mission... right? 
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| # ? Mar 17, 2013 03:22 |
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I love the contrast between these two runs. Its might be the yin and yang of LP. Its just extremely satisfying about watching Captain Flame Guy bumble his way through these missions guns ablaze after watching the proper and efficient way of doing everything.
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| # ? Mar 17, 2013 03:46 |
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Captain Flame Guy posted:So that's what the car bombs and sewers were for.. you motherfucker
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Captain Flame Guy posted:So that's what the car bombs and sewers were for.. I hate you Captain. I loving hate you.
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| # ? Mar 17, 2013 04:20 |
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As if sniping someone with the ak wasn't enough, you take down a plethora of guards using pistols
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Well now the LP has a gimmick. CFG must complete as many missions as humanly possible by means of AK sniping.
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| # ? Mar 17, 2013 05:06 |
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I vaguely remember getting silent assassin on this mission by going up into the cathedral and positioning myself such that I could shoot both men dead with the same bullet. Am I mis-remembering things?
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Captain Flame Guy posted:So that's what the car bombs and sewers were for.. Join us next time when Captain Flame Guy takes down a tank using only a slingshot, a fork, and a copy of the Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book. Seriously though how do you do this, are you secretly Deadshot?
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GenHavoc posted:I vaguely remember getting silent assassin on this mission by going up into the cathedral and positioning myself such that I could shoot both men dead with the same bullet. Am I mis-remembering things? This is possible, though a bit fiddly. You have to get a sniper rifle up to the tower (which is difficult since you can't conceal those) and then wait for the one exact moment when both targets' heads line up with the angle you're shooting from. IIRC they briefly hug eachother at the start of the meeting. If you do all that, and manage to actually line up the shot with 47's surprisingly unstable aim, you can kill them both with one shot. In fact, you should be able to get Silent Assassin that way since it's just one shot, if you can avoid killing anyone else. Maybe.
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| # ? Mar 17, 2013 15:27 |
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Captain Flame Guy posted:So that's what the car bombs and sewers were for.. This is everything I could have wanted out of your run of this mission. Beautiful.
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| # ? Mar 18, 2013 00:25 |
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I've been playing these games all wrong for years!
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| # ? Mar 18, 2013 23:58 |
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Let's continue our subterranean tour of St. Petersburg! Mission Briefing Mission 4: Tubeway Torpedo
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| # ? Mar 21, 2013 18:23 |
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Never before have I been so anticipating an escort mission! How will he AK snipe through this? How will he manage to kill everyone in his path without alerting the guards? Will he find Solid Snake and stop global annihilation?
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Elevators!!  Mission 4: Tubeway Torpedo (Blind) Just a quick note: During this recording session FRAPS didn't want to co-operate with my laptop at all for some reason, despite working completely fine and dandy during the first recording session. Fortunately because of the setup we're using I was able to recover the videos afterwards, albeit at a loss of video quality.
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| # ? May 25, 2013 03:46 |
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These videos are both informative and hilarious, thanks a lot guys for making this thread!
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