How Cruel can Hitman Freelancer really be?

[@asais44]

A good way to collect all the weapons is to buy the cheapest ones from the stores, so that in the rewards you'd always get the expensive ones.

[@bigMooney06]

I'll keep that in mind. Cheers bud.

[@noahjones8213]

Holy crap that’s so smart

[@phantomfire5013]

Similar vein, but the boxes you get when you complete a mission contain 1 thing from each of the 3 equipment boxes (explosives, tools and poisons) If you fail a campaign and want to get your dart gun back, you can force it by only picking poisons.

[@cormacmccoy1]

Can't believe I didn't think of this!!! HAHA

[@RecluseBootsy]

That's just consumerism.

[@ReZpawner]

Here's a useful tip: You can select the order you do the missions in. This means that you can select what map you want to do the final targets on - an even more useful tip: Don't select one that is alerted for the final mission.

[@lilpain520]

I like to do the allerted ones as final, because if you fail an alerted one you fail the campain anyways… so its one less chance to fail ig

[@phantomfire5013]

@@lilpain520 Suspects become enforcers if alerted though, making checking for tells more difficult.

[@alec1430]

Simple, just grab your sniper and have the showdown be Mendoza. All the targets 90 percent of the time are in the general population of the event there, and all you need to do is go to the start of the map by the first exit, then just snipe away. A little cheesy, but if you don't want to fail it's the best way

[@ajytabbott2004]

I usually choose a map I'm most familiar with for showdowns, makes things a lot easier when you know where all of the exits and bins are when things go bad

[@redchili6927]

Another tip, if Colorado is one of the maps they want you to use, avoid it like it's the plague.

[@diegeticfridge9167]

Most people: *Struggling to finish one leader mission let alone 2* This legend: “I guess we might finish a campaign today”

[@Iggy_Dogg]

uh buddy I think that's a you issue

[@maddlarkin]

Ambushing is the way forward I've found, for example, clear out the Paris attic (carefully there can be look outs in there) then go deal with an isolated suspect to get a phone off and lure them to the farthest room where the vampire outfit is. Really cuts down on the risk factor for me although it's pretty time consuming, but at the higher campaign levels with 9 suspects and lots of lookouts and assassin's it's just easier

[@the_dim_6713]

@maddlarkin also just snipers and explosives. Sometimes simple solutions are the best

[@diegeticfridge9167]

@@Iggy_Dogg uh buddy, I just watch streamers 💀

[@DuduDruidDotCom]

I don't really struggle with them myself. I usually just try to make sure that showdown is on my favourite maps (Miami, Berlin, Marrakesh, Paris, or Whittleton Creak) and I do try to make sure that it is not on high alert. At that point, it just becomes a map knowledge thing where you pick and choose where it is the best place to strike.

[@ascanbe3321]

A few tips BigMooney! - If a suspect has a tell other than the two Diana mentions, they're not the target. Also, use the camera to study the suspects (sometimes tattoos and earrings are almost unnoticeable) - Sieker and Kalmer count as firearms (edit: not exactly; more in comments) - "Headshot kills only" just means IF you use guns, you have to headshot them. You can kill people by other means - Silent takedown condition means using a nonlethal melee to KO them - "No combat" is imo broken, or is at least really unclear: it usually fails for me whenever any guard aggros. This means if you shoot anyone without killing them with the first shot, this fails (even if they never saw you or drew their weapon) Thanks for the video, good job man 👍

[@RomanSnow]

This is a great list of tips, but did you mean to say Sieker and Kalmer **don't** count as firearms? I just completed a "Silent Assassin - No Firearms" prestige objective using the Sieker.

[@abraxocleaner3345]

"no combat" fails at any gunfight. I shot an unurmaed civilian in the head and I lost it.

[@KegOfMeat]

I think I had no combat last night when i was playing in Mendoza and caused a distraction by the cave exit so I could shoot both guys in the head but maybe it was don’t compromise disguise. I fucking lost a No combat one because I tried shooting a guard in the head and hit everything around his head.

[@ascanbe3321]

@@RomanSnow I might be misremembering. You're probably right, but it's possible that the "firearms" label applies inconsistently (meaning that Siekers and Kalmers count for some challenges and not others). I'll have to experiment with this!

[@tbone9051]

@@RomanSnow it’s very weird. They do count as firearms but only if you miss. So if you hit all your shots with them you can still get that objective.

[@phantomfire5013]

Just as an FYI, in the showdown missions your camera lets you get a better look at the smaller details on targets (earrings, necklace etc.), and lets you mark them as prime suspects or not suspects.

[@maddlarkin]

It can be a bit inconsistent though, had more than a few targets who've lacked the tattoos or earnings they are meant to have, hats, glasses and tells seem to be pretty consistent though

[@a_catfish5180]

@@maddlarkin small things can be so Hard to see and sometimes they only have an earring on one ear some tattoos are almost entirely covered

[@hansschmid5639]

alt+f2 master race

[@superscatboy]

@@maddlarkin I had a mission where the tells were smoker, sweet tooth and dehydrated. One suspect smoked and read a book, so I ruled her out, but of the other three targets one smoked and drank and the other two only smoked. The actual target was one of those two. TL;DR tells can be pretty inconsistent sometimes.

[@steved1135]

@@maddlarkin Yup. It's brutal. I spent over an hour in Mendoza trying to figure out which of 4 were the target and none of them fir the correct description, and it was impossible to get close enough to use the camera, as the y are all enforcers, with enforcer guards. Campaign fail. Really starting to get annoying.

[@ordo_draigo_assault_ham]

I love the unapologetic “you’re supposed to lose a whole lot,” feel.

[@RageQuitPros]

Yea u lose EVERYTHING and u have to start over I've played this a few times, it's challenging but it's fun

[@UrbanAgent423]

@Rage Quit Pro you keep all the weapons still on your walls. I was initially annoyed at losing all your tools after you fail a campaign, but considering how useful they are amd the supply crate between every mission, it doesn't bug me anymore

[@RageQuitPros]

@@UrbanAgent423 yea but starting over is a pain in the ass, well I meant the weapons you bring my bad

[@UrbanAgent423]

@Rage Quit Pro fair fair I failed my first campaign on the very last syndicate leader after I killed them by getting greedy and trying to get an assassins pistol which I lost the mission prior. On my frustrated speedrun through my next one I found out if you close the game mid mission, it doesn't count as a failure and nearly everything stays the same. Same objectives, same prestige objectives, same targets (even syndicate leader), safes, I think same couriers. Only difference I noticed is the salesman has different stock. So I abused the hell out of that to get though faster, no idea of itll end up getting patched out somehow

[@RageQuitPros]

@@UrbanAgent423 I thought I was the only one who did that, I abuse that shit as well, because hitman can be unpredictable at times as we seen from Big Mooney lol

[@elusivepotato7922]

It can be very cruel, or easy. There was a showdown in colarado that ended in under 10 seconds because the leader spawned in front of the battering ram in the barn. Freelancer giveth, and freelance r taketh

[@Sirshillus3507]

isn't that the truth

[@KegOfMeat]

I ended up spawning on the water tower and was dead within about a minute because I climbed down too quickly and got spotted.

[@a8f235]

The Colorado map by default is buggy, so I just avoid it completely in the Freelancer mode, also because there is so little good loot there as well. Way too high risk for very little reward. Guards see through so much walls and stuff that I just hate that map. One slight mistake and the whole wasp nest is on fire in no time. Best advice I can give at that point is to pause immediatly, to think about where the nearest escape route actually is.

[@bcordone]

@@a8f235 Better advice is don't play colorado period. Nothing good can come from playing that map.

[@cardboardhawks6783]

Freelancer very specifically taketh the freelancer tools you didn’t bring with you on the mission you failed

[@campingcosmo2237]

I'm definitely in the camp that just adores Freelancer, especially since it rewards using knowledge of the more obscure mechanics of the game, like being able to explode leaking propane tanks with the Big One flare, or a magnesium pouch. It's also very forgiving of mistakes if you know how to get out of dodge ASAP, which hey, doing Kill Everyone Challenges on the main game does prepare you for. There's also some patches planned for the future, which hopefully will fix the few bugs people have run into, including the really bad one where a Syndicate Showdown on Colorado just fucks your game entirely and refuses to even load in. A few tips: - As far as I remember, while basic item placements have been changed from the main game, they will be the same across all modes of Freelancer, whether the map is normal, an Alerted Territory, or a Hardcore Mode Alerted Territory. The only interactable items that will change between missions is the stash crates (which are randomly drawn from a set list of spawn points for them) and safes (depends on whether the mission spawns a safe or not). - It's still worth memorising where certain resources are in which maps. For example, you can find propane tanks at the food stalls in the race area in Miami, in a building behind Caruso's mansion where 2 gardeners are talking, and there is only one propane tank to be found in all of Chongqing, on some scaffolding on Hush's building. But if you need an accident collateral, sometimes it's more reliable to just drag them to an overflowing sink and electrocute them with a car battery, or drop a chandelier on them. Fun fact: Miami has no car batteries to be found on the map, except what stash crates might give you. - To identify leaders, the icon above their heads will change when they're performing a tell, and you can match that to the icons in your intel list. Every suspect only has 2 tells and 1 meeting agenda, so the moment you see a suspect performing a tell other than what your intel says, you know it's not the target. I once did a final showdown where my final 2 suspects shared 6 identifiers, and it came down to the type of meeting they had. - Each suspect on the showdown is sorted into networks based on their respective agendas: Secret, Business, or Handover. They'll only ever have one type of meeting, so a Secret suspect won't ever meet up with a Business or Handover suspect. If you spook a suspect into fleeing, I believe only their particular network will flee with them, but seeing a fleeing NPC might spook suspects of other networks into running too, so it could have a domino effect. - A good way to rule out suspects is to just pacify one suspect (either in a secluded area or sedative poison/slipping on a banana or grape, and grab their phone, which will tell you which agenda they have. If it doesn't match the leader's agenda, you can still plant the phone in an empty room. see which suspects it lures, and rule them out 1 by 1. If it matches, then just plant it and wait for your target to show up. - On the later syndicates of your campaign, I'd recommend knocking Alerted Territories out first, then saving non-alerted missions for later, or at the very least decide which non-alerted territory you want to have the syndicate showdown in. Having completed a Hardcore Mode campaign, an alerted showdown just gets frustrating. - Speaking of Hardcore Mode, if you ever want to crack into that, I'd seriously recommend waiting until at least level 38 of Freelancer Mastery, which gives you the second upgrade for your infirmary, and allows you to turn whatever poison you have into syringes that you can put in your tools. At a minimum, this means you're guaranteed to be able to restock your sedative syringe every time you come back to the safehouse, and either your emetic or lethal syringe depending on what you choose.

[@bigMooney06]

Cheers for the info man. There seems to be a lot more layers to this Freelancer business than I thought haha.

[@joakimhwrenkler]

What grade did you get on this essay? 😅 Just kidding, good advise! 👍

[@Saint_Muel]

Also, if you’ve unlocked the outside area there are emetic mushrooms on the way to the helicopter/helipad area and either a rusty crowbar or a rusty old nail as well - you can easily find these with instinct

[@noahhamilton9004]

HOW ARE THERE NO CAR BATTERIES IN MIAMI!?! What, does no one believe in having spares?

[@jiggycalzone8585]

:O As if I needed another reason to hate the Colorado Map

[@RealWeaponXI]

The reason you died so quickly is it was an assassin shooting you, and they'll merc you in 2 hits. They're easy to spot though as they're always dressed as civilians, following a suspect, and have guard voice lines (they also count as guards for kills!)

[@dr.chungusphd108]

First man to ever bring a banana to a gun fight. Way to go mate.

[@Subjectivity13]

I really wasn’t expecting that Money Plane reference. I actually cried laughing at that. Mooney is 100% my kind of guy.

[@guitarluva90]

Little tip Mooney, the assassins have the thicker white outlines in instinct modes that guards have. You can see at 5:22 the supplier has the regular thin outline whereas the assassin has the thicker one like the guards have. Edit: ah he realised it later

[@KegOfMeat]

Can also drop a weapon in the path of the assassin as they’ll get rid of it like a normal guard

[@CassidyCope]

Lucky you with all your silenced rifles; I once got an HWK21 (the terrible unsilenced handgun that you used to get for free back in H1) for finishing a Level 3 Syndicate.

[@waaromniet3468]

Hey I really like your Facts and features series :D

[@RG001100]

Good luck on SASO RDO!

[@tastychunks]

SASOHO when casi?

[@miika2k]

I felt that end. I lost the golden sniper rifle, silenced pistol and some other nice things in a very similar way lately. Nice video 🤘

[@thebaronlouis8619]

In the showdown you can knock out a fake suspect that wanders off on their own and pick up their phone to arrange a meeting. Wherever you activate it, 47 just sets it down right there and it summons every suspect with the same type of meeting. So if you go to the farthest most isolated corner of the map and activated it, you could lure your target over there and at most you'd only have one assassin and one fake suspect to knock out as potential witnesses.

[@redchili6927]

This 100%, makes getting targets that are constantly surrounded by people much easier to get.

[@ItsKevin183]

Hey Mooney, heres a tip for freelancer: Don't choose an alerted area as the last mission and try to get it out early on. Sucks with what happened in Bangkok, had something simular happen to me. Was in Sapienza and a lookout guy spawned behind my starting location (bench) and spotted me instantly, very annoying.

[@arthuredwardsbad]

As far as the kalmer and sieker go, it's a little weird. For the silent assassin no firearms challenge they don't count as a firearm and you are able to use them. However, for the base challenge no firearms they count as firearms and you can't use them

[@ReySkywalker2]

Just to let you know, Mooney, these consistent uploads are incredible.

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

ew

[@NintendoBlackCrisis]

Freelancer is so fun. Already got all the items but I'm still wanting to go back in and play more!

[@redchili6927]

Sure, until you get spotted by a guy through a wall, or get seen by a guy who has their back turned towards you when choking a guy out...or until you go to Colorado.

[@thebaronlouis8619]

46:09 "There's gotta be at least one bloody propane flask lying around somewhere." he said with the only propane flask in the entire map on screen RIP.

[@Ryperiordon]

The rare melee weapon has to be a non-lethal.

[@quinndales3184]

IO Make it so that certain item are guaranteed to spawn Fire extinguishers Fire axes Wine bottle Sodas Split the items up into world based items that are always there because the map demands it Also make a secondary list that all maps pull from This is your tools explosives poisons muffins even Create something that choosing if that item is gonna spawn in THIS LOAD CYCLE and if so WHERE This way there's always certain items that are there and can be used if wanted Although this makes other items that are more wanted then world items Noth harder to find but also rewarding too

[@antynomity]

I love the game mode but I really exposed my numerous skill issues as a hitman player.

[@redchili6927]

Me too, me too lol. I always seem to either panic, or get impatient.

[@brambleleaves47]

Never let the showdown be on an alerted territory!

[@vilgot2803]

Why not?

[@brambleleaves47]

@@vilgot2803 more assassins, lookouts, guards, everything.more enforcers too.

[@undeathghost5627]

@@brambleleaves47 and perhaps *MOST* importantly... it makes your suspects all enforcers of every disguise. Which is annoying for finding their tells/checking their appearance.

[@RageQuitPros]

It's low-key fun to use the target's phones to set up meetings it's the best way to get them in one place

[@KegOfMeat]

Just make sure some dickhead won’t walk into the meeting area and find unconscious or dead bodies.

[@RageQuitPros]

@@KegOfMeat 😭😂, that has happened like wtf. I've never been spotted through walls until this update

[@hal3667]

In my last showdown I spawned in the morgue in Hokkaido with 8 potential targets scattered around the map and an assassin stuck looking at me at spawn so as soon as I moved i was spotted and all the targets ranaway.

[@gfanikf]

The weird dude in Dubai is an art critic. Richard Voltaire Richard Voltaire is one of the guests in the balcony bar of the Burj Al-Ghazali. He is a world-renowned art critic and is there to inspect Lucy Philips' cubical art installation in the nearby corridors. Lucy is terrified of him because of his famously scathing reviews, so she is hiding from him with Cornelia Stuyvesant in the private bar area, annoying Cornelia to no end. Omar Al-Ghazali also feels apprehensive about Voltaire and his harsh reviews, and in conversations with him, Al-Ghazali tauntingly brings up Voltaire's past as a punk rock magazine writer who worked under a different name.

[@soupcangaming662]

"freelancer mode is just different" *instantly spotted and killed in the showdown as it starts*

[@walnzell9328]

Silent takedown is a pacification. I learned that the hard way.

[@thebaronlouis8619]

I find that trying to lure suspects with distracting sounds never works. They seem to be willing to send people from miles away to go investigate the sound on their behalf. Coins still work though if they see them.

[@haobo_zhang]

Just got to mastery 100 today and it is a huge grind, still 70 campaigns from the challenge left

[@couchpotato-jl9ud]

I actually love the freelancer series so far, interesting concept that seems fun

[@O.LEO.N]

Tip 1: Always know, that the target suspect HAS to have every single piece of intel. Every bit of appearence, every tell, and every agenda HAS to match the information. Tip 2: it does not matter if they only have one earing or have what looks like a dog necklace, if they have anything that resembles what you think, it counts.

[@lone1316]

Hey! Im not sure if anybody else has said this but Collectors items are worth investing. They are often tools you can use, but unlike all other tools, Collectors items are not lost when you fail the campaign

[@The_Queen_Chrysalis]

That audio glitch at 1:40 spooked me.

[@221Prohunter]

26:45 if you ever see an item with a rarity in the crate, it’s always worth grabbing since you can bring those back with ya. And “target takedown” unfortunately means non-lethal melee. The QuickDraw does count as a melee weapon, but it’s because it killed her that it didn’t count. And “crime noticed” doesn’t necessarily mean they saw you do something, it just means they saw a crime happen. Someone saw the explosion killing the people, they didn’t see you shoot it though.

[@savagemessiah.]

NGL my main takeaway from playing freelancer is that I want 47's house. It doesn't even need to have the secret basement full of guns!

[@Meatlove]

A new Hitman video. I haven't seen it yet. But I already know it deserves a wee thumbs up!

[@Luffydaman91]

@29:20 I did the same thing for the "Silent takedown." They mean Pacify like it says for the guards literally one above it. They mean like a baseball bat or crowbar with rare qualities. Again, I didn't get it either until the second time around. Also different meetings are happening in the showdown, like handoff, secret meeting, business meeting, etc. Keep an eye on icon because that will help you rule out who is and isn't your target. Also using the camera is a much quicker way to get the info, at least in my opinion. Maybe my game just loads the pause menu to slow for my system.

[@colored_lonely]

29:30 silent takedown means pacify with rare melee, not kill with rare melee.

[@himynameisfin]

Late watching but the remote emp charge might be my favourite item, for those that don't know there's just so many things you can do with them. You can disable cameras, doors, security systems, some latops and mission computers. It works through walls. If you place them targets will pick them up and carry them. You can then detonate to trigger shock in water, or fire kills. After use it can still be used as a coin. I pretty much always take this underrated item.

[@strodey123]

I had my big final showdown in Japan, 9 targets, starting in the Morgue. I couldnt move for being spotted, died and not played since lmao

[@tacofingerz7247]

I swear. Had Japan as my final last night and I didnt realize I left Hokkaido for last being an Alerted one, I felt like I couldnt move at all with all those extra 100+ cameras and enforcers. Felt like a mission impossible thing with all those lasers around me lol

[@Its-moon4u]

Tip 1: Alerted territories are essentially switching from professional to master mode on any map so if you don't know the master mode of an alerted territory then be prepared. Tip 2: if you ever need to restart a mission but don't want to fail, close your game completely and reopen it. You should have the mission available to start again. Tip 3: A way to get all weapons faster and easier: buy the cheapest ones first so that way you can unlock the expensive and harder-to-get items in crates. (you can see them in suppliers but it won't be the cheapest). Hope these were helpful tips :)

[@redchili6927]

Tip 2: if you ever need to restart a mission but don't want to fail, close your game completely and reopen it. You should have the mission available to start again. Right, but be careful, if the "You failed" text pops up, it's too late to quit out, it WILL fail you then.

[@Its-moon4u]

@@redchili6927 That is what I said

[@jonasquinn7977]

I think my biggest issue it’s this game mode is that sometimes it does feel like the randomness really fucks you over. That being said I’m really likings these videos on it

[@jtpotts617]

In my experience so far, the silent assassin prestige objectives are stricter than silent assassin in the normal game.

[@maxxeeplays1704]

just wanted to say I'm loving this change in tactics. because you know hitman so well at this point its nice to see you gotta adapt with the random challenges and item removal (even if the game tries its best to ruin your run)

[@7DB97]

"Crime noticed" doesn't necessarily mean you've been caught. it just means the action was noticed.

[@CloudsleyShovel]

I'm enjoying this mode and looking forward to more! I feel like the randomized objectives promote shenanigans, and that is always a good thing.

[@VelmaGrindsetOfficial]

Once I was on Bangkok and I had to get a collateral kill - accident. One of my targets was the drummer guy (Abel de Silva). I managed to get a cheeky emetic dart on him in the hall and he decided to vomit in 47's suite. I took the opportunity and called room service to get subjects for the collateral. When maids came I knocked both of them out and dragged all three people into a pile in the middle of the suite. Once they were all in a close pile I pulled out the jerry can of gasoline I brought with me and began pouring it over them. It was at this moment I realized this was arguably the most fucked up thing I had ever chosen to do without being specifically asked to do by a game. I only had an unsilenced pistol so I had to book it as soon as I lit them up. Easiest $2,500 I ever made.

[@robinhossack6362]

Omg I love all this Mooney content we've been getting!! Love your content man!

[@fpszombie1]

I lost a campaign in a similar way earlier on in mendoza. The lookout just walked into me in the general area of a suspect.

[@abraxocleaner3345]

Most "fun" way to lose: Colorado as an alert mission, where the game put you an impossible starting location, with guards everywhere, trying to sneak out, get spotted almost immidiately, and gunned down by a dozen enemy.

[@tollieman5750]

Or be me playing a showdown in Chongching. The mission's already done but I'm going after a safe in the ICA base. To get past the frisk point I pop into the side room to drop all my illegal stuff, not thinking about much about it. Of course, the one item I happen to drop is a proximity explosive...

[@mwilliams9058]

Twice I've got to the very last mission and twice I messed it up.. I feel your pain..!!!

[@TheFizio]

17:15 It's not a starting location, Freelancer has many starting points that aren't selectable in missions, like in Bangkok where you can start at the bar past reception and the intro is this cool camera moving from the statue over to you

[@bigwatermelon4487]

51:12 The food decided it was time to bounce, after seeing the chef getting killed.

[@darkbum1510]

A bunch of tips for Freelancer (I haven't watched the video yet, but if you find something interesting, feel free to use it, alternatively, every reader is of course free to use them at their leisure): 1: The banana is indeed a good object to take, especially if you have the objective of "Make your Target slip" OR if there's Couriers on the map. That way you can make Couriers slip, which makes them drop their Mercers on the floor for you to pick up. (Always intercept Couriers, it'll be worth it) 2: If you don't have a good silenced pistol yet (the Hackl has atrocious aim, so I'm not counting that), it might be worth it to locate an Assassin in a showdown mission (they have the thicker and brighter "guard" outline in instinct and they follow the suspects around) and either kill them or make them slip on a banana. Don't just incapacitate them and leave them lying around, they'll be found and then the target will run. Anyway, they'll drop a very good pistol (which I used up until I collected the ICA19) 3: If you're about to lose a mission or die, feel free to just go Alt+F4 or interrupt the internet connection. That'll reset your mission, so you don't fail your campaigns and lose your items/Mercers all the time. 4: On Mercers: Don't play the stock market (just like in real life), and when you're on New York, check for the bank vault in the basement. It'll contain a varying but hefty amount of Mercers (up to 10.000) when you remove the data core and from the 3 coins that sit around in the right hand cell. When you're in Mendoza, check Yates' safe in the wine tasting room (not the one in the basement wih the rare wine, but the one in which you can do that story mission with 47 as the sommelier). The keypad code is "1945" and it contains Mercers aswell, ontop of those you can find in mission-bound safes. Thanks for that tip go to MrFreeze2244, actually, I didn't know about that one either and I haven't found other natural Mercer locations yet, feel free to add to that, lads. (Always open safes, it'll be worth it too) 5: If you're committed to Alt+F4-ing your missions anyway, and a Showdown mission really pisses you off (because it's on Colorado or Bangkok in Alerted mode or something), you can just run up to a suspect and shoot them in the head, then you'll know if you have the target (alternatively, you can spook them with silent gunshots near their feet or something. When a suspect flees, Diana will say nothing, if your target flees, Diana will notify you) 6: Don't take your high-end gear because it "looks cool". Yeah, I know, you're happy because you unlocked the Silverballer. But if you lose it again (sometimes you just die too quickly to end the mission) and then you get a Prestige Objective of "Silenced Pistol Kill - Epic/Legendary", and you don't have an epic or legendary silenced pistol, you just waste that. Don't gamble your assets, play with cheap, replacable items that you can get your hands on easily (for example don't bring an explosive if you know where to find an explosive on the map). 7: Don't sweat yourself so much about Silent Assassin. It's more important to keep your head out of the firing line and your disguise clean, than to hide a body if that means an excessive risk. 8: Don't play Hardcore mode. Seriously, just don't. 9: If you're out for Challenge hunting, try to do the "Sometimes Maybe Good. Sometimes Maybe Shit", "Let the Chips Fall Where They May" and "Cold Feet" Challenges early on. Yes, you'll lose a lot of Mercers, but that's better than doing these Challenges when you have banked 500k Mercers. On top of that, do the "Bad Taste" and "Cheesing It" Challenges early on aswell, and preferably on a Level 1 showdown. Only 4 suspects to kill means only 3000 Mercers lost. (Edit: Of course you could also combine that with the "Let the Chips Fall Where They May" Challenge, but that's one I noticed too late) Lastly, do the "A Worthy Sacrifice" Challenge, when you have just a little over 100k Mercers to minimize your loss. 10: Do missions on "Alerted Territory" first, when facing a new Syndicate. Don't try to postpone the inevitable, and especially don't wait for a Showdown mission on Alerted Territory. You'll hate it, 9 suspects running around with an Assassin each and Lookouts all over the place, all of them enforcers, and then you're on Bangkok. You'll rip your hair out. (Edit: Only exception is the "Living On The Edge" Challenge, but that's only 5 Showdowns in Alerted Mode, thankfully) 11: Mendoza is one of the if not the best mission for Showdowns. So if you see it, keep it for last. 12: On Showdowns: The suspect that doesn't match the description is *never* the target, Mooney. Don't waste your time on a brunette chick when the description says "black hair". Also, if a suspect performs a Tell that's not among the ones you're looking for, it's also *never* the target (coughing is the "Allergy" Tell, smoking is the "Smoker" tell). That includes two suspects meeting up and having the wrong symbol over their head (question mark or envelope, if you're looking for the handshake and vice versa). You can also look at these descriptions and Tells when you take out your camera and film the suspects. They'll be shown on the camera HUD in Showdown missions. Don't rush yourself, take your time ;) 13: "Collateral Kill - Accident" or "Collateral Kill - Explosion" are best achieved by taking a propane flask and a Breaching Charge, then go up to the target when they stand around with another NPC (NOT a guard!), then go into the inventory and drop the Breaching Charge (this will drop the propane flask aswell). Run a few steps and detonate the Charge, resulting an accident explosion that kills both. Alright, that should be enough for now. Though, if I find more tips, I might just update this comment. Have fun freelancing! :D

[@FailcopterWes]

Great vid on a great game mode. Long videos work really well for Freelancer with how varied it is. One thing I would say about the collateral damage accidents that might help is that they don't need to be conscious to do it. If people aren't in a good position next to explodable things I sometimes just bonk them on the head, drag them to where I need them and pile them up. Works for the firearms variant as well. Friction burns will be the last of the victim's worries in a moment, after all.

[@JaceMorley]

The best tactic I've found for showdowns is to kill the first suspect that gives you the opportunity, then use the burner phone to lure them to a kill room where you can pop and hide them as they arrive.

[@Sirshillus3507]

I do relate to when you did forget to bring a gun because I have done that as well.

[@xSilentVeterenx]

Doing showdowns in alerted territories(basically Master mode difficulty from the normal game) is a pain in the ass which is why I try and get those done first so as to not deal with said pain in the ass. Another thing of note as well the assassins that follow targets will kill you in 2 shots, and dying in an alerted territory fails the Campaign. As always I enjoy the content. Have a good one Mooney.

[@ThatsOneNiceKitty]

*Level requires a poison kill and an explosion kill *Grabs the concussion duck and not the poison

[@Deadener]

There's only one propane flask on Chongqing, and it's on the second to the top balcony of Hush's building (same level as the satellite), behind the scaffolding.

[@djhutchison]

Since the Assassins class as guards, I'm assuming that when the Leader's body was found, all guards in the vicinity were alerted.

[@Dwarfmp]

I've noticed accident kills are fine, I've thrown lookouts over balconies in front of suspects and they didn't freak out, but yeah they'll go crazy when they see foul play.

[@guitarluva90]

31:00 the poison dart guns do not count as a firearm but they will fail the "perfect shooter" prestige objective if you miss a shot.

[@adamb2954]

I think when you killed the chef that thing flying away could have been his soul 51:19 leaving the drug lords place.

[@AJ-qs4vw]

Yayy! More freelancer with Mooneys touch of humor!

[@alanlawson245]

"How Cruel can Hitman Freelancer really be? As someone who's been playing it since it's release, very, VERY cruel! It really is that simple.

[@slendersoviet9354]

I've been playing freelancer for a couple of days now, and I absolutely am enjoying the hell out of it, it makes me play hitman in a way different way than usual. Plus, don't need to give a damn about silent assassin as much as I do normally. Hope to see more of this from you mate! Have been here for years and you still always upload amazing content!

[@ozone8163]

Great moment = Mooney released new vid You made my day.

[@greenscorpeon3]

oh another btw, i noticed that either its something new in freelancer or just in general in Hitman 3, if someone picks up a gadget, such as rubber duck or remote audio distration. You can apparently pickpocket it off of the NPC that took it

[@salkokelecija9465]

You can also make lethal poison from the emetic mushroom in a shed when you unlock inside of it , so mushrom is close to the shed, and then you can make it into syringe in a medical area where you respawn when you die. You can make poison sedative from fish too on the kitchen table as you saw already and regular poisons you get or buy can also be turned into syringes

[@sbmang4927]

I discovered that if the mission will end in failure do a ctrl alt del and select taskbar. Right click Hitman 3 and end task. Restart the game play the mission again. I've completed 2 full campaigns doing this. LOL!

[@and_hedraws4452]

Regarding your accident kill, you got it as you saw, but using an explosive will lose your sile t assassin unless it's on of the breaching charges which are pretty silent. Also, if the explosive was the cause of the initial explosion that killed the target then it won't count. If the explosion of the CAR that it was next to was the cause of the kill then that WOULD count. It has always been very tricky to do, but once you figure out the ins and out of it then it's cool. I also love your work. You're always a joy to watch mate.

[@dubvcronix6584]

Tip for everyone: if you get spotted during a mission and you cant make it to an exit without dying just pause before you die then dashboard and quit the game, when you load back in it will put you back in the safehouse with all your gear.

[@derbydriver]

Oh, one more thing- you don’t need the log to get across. There’s another passage inside the construction site along the back wall. Easy to miss, has hanging vines over it.

[@jesmccoy26]

These videos are too good, imma need some more freelancer content Asap

[@derbydriver]

Ok, a few more pointers- 1. In Santa Fortuna, the target was killed by the BOMB, not by the the vehicle. This can happen if they get too close to the explosive device. 2. Assassins kill in two shots and have perfect accuracy. They kill in one shot on Hardcore Mode. If you’re compromised and an assassin is within line of sight, prioritize shooting them if you can’t take cover. 3. Be careful what guns you buy, like that Woodsman Sniper- you can get that for free in Mendoza. 4. Rob the vault in New York every single chance you get, you can get up to 10k extra money just by collecting the 3 coins and the computer thingy. 5. If you get caught again like you did in Bangkok, just RUN. Any illegal actions seen by suspects or lookouts will send them into evacuation. Run and hide somewhere and wait for things to cool down. 6. Don’t forget that you can use the Banana on Assassins to strip them of their weapon. 7. Silent Takedowns are meant to be Silent Pacifications. They used stupid wording and I STILL make the mistake, even knowing better. 8. Sleeping Guard in Dubai has a silenced SMG on him. There’s a silenced pistol buried in Isle of Sgail’s sewer, you need a shovel. Cassidy’s men have silenced SMG’s in Whittleton Creek. There is no free silenced sniper, you either have to earn one as a reward or buy one.

[@anthonydisanto1546]

Always pick a campaign that has New York on it cause u can rob the vault for around 10k Mercers each time and there's 2 legendary knives in the deposit box room.

[@OrangeGenerator]

I am really enjoying Freelancer. A great redesign of existing assets + some newness that's got me engaged again.

[@walnzell9328]

The Bartoli Woodsman Hunting Rifle can be acquired from the Kashmirian's spot in Mumbai, India and from the sniper tower in Mendoza, Argentina.

[@timgriffin5760]

Sieker and Kalmer only count as firearm if you miss the shot

[@LordtAzien]

The tranq is classified as a FIREarm

[@ReZpawner]

Dartguns counts as darts and poison (both) I.e you can get both "shoot target with a dart" and "poison target" in one go. They does not count as a firearm. Melee is only melee items that kill, like knives, axes, etc. (You can find a LOT of high quality ones in New York's safe deposit boxes) Concussion explosion can be achieved with either grenades\mines OR, interestingly, the fire extinguishers, which are present on pretty much every map.

[@DonaldD02]

The waiter glitching through the door was annoying. I also think the 'perfect shooter' should count to cameras, since it is the thing your shooting at. Can't wait to see more, maybe someday you'll get to see outside your house. Had a good streak, that last one it seems like you didn't get hurt much, I wonder if they hurt more than 'Master Mode.'

[@TTE.Heretic]

In my opinion I love this addition to the game, put hours into it already lol

[@yourfather8041]

The emp works like a taser in water and can destroy surveillance recorders through walls. like in Hokkaido where the camera thing is against the wall. It doesn’t work in New York downstairs because the wall is too thick.

[@ballisticbadger4301]

Just a tip, you can go into instinct to change decorations after placing them!

[@CaptToilet]

32:38 This is why I watch your videos. No matter how perfect your run is going the game will have enough and do just some weird shit.

[@redchili6927]

Tip: If you have to kill someone with a non silenced weapons, make sure you do in a place that has two doors in between the target and other people. Gunshots can be heard through one door, but they CANNOT be heard through two doors.

[@caveman941]

Should do a battlefield bound round for old time sake thats what originally brought me to this channel

[@mrpurple2943]

tip: The Assassins have a thicker outliner in the Focus vision, as you mentioned the Lookout ( different person) will always be a very awkward enforcer you probably havent seen before on that very spot. Takedowns means Pacify not kill, like the baton Assassins also shoot a gun which is a 2 shot kill

[@tollieman5750]

"Takedown" means pacification, like a bat or something. Also, lookouts are out of place NPC's that enforce every disguise except your suit, but they don't move around as much. If they spot you (not even if doing something illegal, only if their meter fills up) all the targets start fleeing and you're pretty much screwed. Also also, all the items that aren't on the gun wall (poisons, gas canisters, etc.) are lost if you fail the campaign, regardless of whether or not you brought them along, so best to use them. And finally, dart guns are indeed guns EDIT: it seems you've encountered a lookout

[@milob.805]

OMG i had the same emetic poison problem on Sapienza - There is poison in the main mansion building in one of the small side buildings attatched to it. I spent 30 minutes looking for it. But yeah, just bring poison, it's much easier. Also, the Kalmer "guns" are classified as firearms and invalidate challenges like no firearms, which is stupid because they aren't

[@NickDoddTV]

I hope you enjoy yourself after all that work. Looks great!

[@ArtSurvivesArtist]

"Haven't failed a mission yet" Not so cocky now are ya. LOL

[@redchili6927]

It can be very cruel, I got spotted.... by a guy who had his back turned to me while choking out a target.

[@dannygrows]

This game mode is super fun. And I can watch the content without being scared something will be spoiled

[@peterpiper4627]

I was on the very last mission and just stared it. I was blending in with the crowd when an enforcer was walking towards me. I thought since I was blending that I wouldn't be seen. Nope. They found me and I died

[@seiferblade9180]

Pay attention to the detection ring around 47 when you’re concealed in foliage or crowds. Guards will automatically notice you if they enter that ring, even if you’re in a large group of people

[@rebelink]

No idea if someone told you already but.. when you get a new unlocked room/area/decoration, it'll pop-up a marker in the room, but to edit/change a setting you already tweaked in your house, you can do so by turning on your assassin instincts.

[@rebelink]

1a. You have 6 suspects, and they ALL have meetings (hell, sometimes they meet up with multiple suspects within the same run), so you can't rely on that 'hint' information 1b. Your best bet is to stick with the 4 physical characteristics given and their quirks (allergies, foodie, thirsty, nervous, etc) 2. A "look-out" is a new kind of enforcer that can be a guard or civilian, usually they enforce vs. your suits', some can be fooled by other disguises -- while other's will see through every disguise.

[@rebelink]

It'll be incredibly difficult to lure a target/suspect as they act like VIPs and if they are in range of anyone, they will order them to go look at what made the sound.

[@rebelink]

10:32 Y'know, it might help you if you remember that they're 6 SUSPECTS and not 6 TARGETS ;D. Also, they might ALL be criminals, meeting up to do criminal activity, but you were hired and will be paid to kill only 1 of those suspects.. no matter how 'dodgy' they are.

[@rebelink]

The levels don't act like they normally do, nor do the NPCs - specially their pathing - what they do in normal Hitman, where they way, their normal sequence of events might be altered. Some even have new lines. So, the hippo guy in that campaign/level isn't where he normally is, but sometimes he will be.. TLDR; don't take anything for granted / assume that this new mode runs the same as the OG mode.

[@rebelink]

17:19 It's not a starting location. Not in regular Hitman anyways. And I agree, it's a room I RARELY go into, except on a community escalation here and there where people set some of the civilians in that alley as a target.

[@danallard]

Heartbreaking to happen on the last level!! Those assassins can kill you in 2 shots - it's brutal!