Hitman Blood Money - The Gold Standard of Game Design

[@Danka0199]

Hitman Blod Mone

[@SappeREffecT]

we've missed your vids bro, also GREAT video

[@Danka0199]

@@SappeREffecT thank you, much appreciated!

[@SappeREffecT]

@@Danka0199 hope all is well mate, tough times atm... Still can't believe you man-bunned it, haha

[@Danka0199]

@@SappeREffecT haha thanks, life just got in the way, not much i could've done

[@SappeREffecT]

@@Danka0199 I feel you

[@Raiders1917]

"Names are for friends so I don't need one"

[@JesusMartinez-pw1ut]

The Ave Maria piece is such a chilling masterpiece to go with this game and 47s killer skills

[@AadetTube]

This was a great piece of content, a shame so few have watched this.

[@blazzinga595]

This game marked my childhood.

[@jmaster4941]

Having recently finished Blood Money on Switch as my first Hitman game, I am absolutely in love with this series now and can't wait to play more Hitman games!

[@dyykkarifin2454]

Play the originals too! I highly recommend them even though they are very hard. Maybe don't play codename 47 unless you want to but Hitman 2 Silent Assassin and Hitman Contracts are both great! I think Silent Assassin is my favorite of the franchise

[@ryanmalady376]

blood money still stands out to me as one of my favourite games off all time

[@ghack8274]

Honestly i want another game exactly just like blood money same gameplay yet new maps i don't even care abt the graphics i jus wanna see another game jus like this

[@alessiodibella2003]

I would go crazy for a Blood Money expansion pack. Very same game, just new and well-done levels. They should make a system so that the fans themselves can create new levels and upload them on a server so others can download them, with the support of graphic modelers, artists, programmers etc., and a rating system that highlights the most appreciated levels so you know which are the better ones to download. I think a lot of gamers would gladly spend money on something like that.

[@stolenname94]

The newer hitman games are exactly that. I'm not sure why people crap all over them so much. They more or less play the same way minus a few small nit picks. Blood money is still my favourite but I would be a liar if I said the newer ones weren't better games. They refined the formula and expanded on everything present in blood money.

[@CrackellinoBlackshire]

They should remaster the blood money levels for the trilogy

[@ElectricEliminator5]

​@stolenname94 The new Hitman games pale in comparison to the originals. They dumbed them down and streamlined them for modern, average gamer. Plus there's no bugs in the original like homing briefcases.

[@ElectricEliminator5]

Have you played "Alekhine's Gun"? It's extremely similar.

[@Verellic]

Hey man I just wanna say that this is a fantastic video, and I feel the same way about this game as you do. This game is definitely one of my top 3 favorites from my childhood and it still holds up well today. Hell, it may be my favorite. Keep up the content like this! Criminally underrated games like this deserve more attention.

[@mitchie2267]

The WOA games are some of the only new games that I actually found fun. I think they are faithful reinterpretations of the originals.

[@danmcdaid]

I agree. They're not as great as Blood Money, but they're still terrific.

[@joxidearmageddonator882]

I loved this game when it came out. The mission where you swap the pistols at the theatre is the immediate prequel to the Hitman: Contracts game, where 47 staggers into the room and passes out and revisits past hits in his delirium. The final mission of Contracts has 2 objectives already completed, which is your handiwork at the theatre in Blood Money

[@Spacezoom3]

22:21 no man it's the lipstick he didn't come back from the dead the lipstick

[@hcohic9884]

top 10 games ever and i played countless games. from the start menu you can tell the atmosphere of this game it had the minimalistic digital dystopian future aesthetic like you are using strictly effecient high tech which matches the stoic cold almost machine like nature of agent47 mix that with the religious music that gives soul to the husk . mechanically the slow animations and walking speed of agent 47 fits the grounded pace and level design because it immerses you in the role of a classy assasin trying to assassinate someone in a social setting without getting noticed or leaving any trace behind , this is how the game should be played and the secret 'real '' hard difficulty '' intentionally designed to be self imposed by the players while the menus difficulty is just surface level since players can brute force any level with the amount of tools and weapons available and this freedom is what makes this game so fun and replayable . these small levels are puzzles that can be solved in countless solutions because of the many routes and interactivity of tools and elements between eachother .and when it all clicks while that perfectly fitting music is playing its hard to find a game as moody atmospheric and immerive even modern games with fancy graphics cant match that. its not just the reactive AI and creative tools and but also the little touches of real artists with a vision like the characters design and slow pace and last breath slow motion or the news paper and weapon design ..ect i can go all day. finally my biggest gripe about this game is that it wasnt long enough not even long enough for notoriety system to be relevent . in my first playthrough by the time i reached the last mission i thought i wasnt even 1/4 far into the game . right when i was starting having fun it abruptly ended just like all masterpieces but ill always choose quality over quantity.

[@Rohit-yb5nf]

@@hcohic9884 Nicely articulated, my friend

[@Knonixxz]

I beat this game on xbox 360 and then pc and now I'm gonna beat it on my phone on the hardest difficulty, man I love blood money! Best video game io interactive has done 10/10 game imo

[@TheMoinomedian]

I obsessed over this game back in the day.

[@TheLeevoy]

I've read before that mirrors also function in the game. So if you take a human shield while facing a mirror and only knock them out, it counts as a witness since they've seen your face. Amazing detail for an 18 year old game.

[@laurabranigan7761]

yeah i remember using the wife of vinnie sinistra as an human shield to take her to the bathroom without killing her because i just wanted to retrieve the necklasse and i was surprised because i had a witness in an aparent perfect silent assasin run... then i figured. In the chrismas mission the dog also counts as a witness for fuck sake thats bullshit. anyway loved the game

[@TheLeevoy]

@laurabranigan7761 the dog one always struck me as weird. Like what is it going to testify? "Is this the killer, Snuffles?" "Ruff! Ruff ruff!" Either it's a sick joke, a likely oversight, or a bizarre inclusion. Either way, still one of the best games in the series.

[@laurabranigan7761]

@@TheLeevoy to me it was a sick joke, but still i love the game. It was the hitman that stuck with me, when i was little i watched my friend play codename 47... and then years later i played contracts in ps2 just for fun (i didnt have memory card), and then i played blood money and that was the time in wich i said lets get serious, my best hitman, it was so awesome... even by writing this comment i want to play it again

[@TheLeevoy]

@laurabranigan7761 I can't tell you how many times I replayed the Xbox Magazine demo disc that had the Blood Money tutorial mission on it. Each time doing it a little different, often just going full psychopath 🤣 it felt so dialed in back then like a truly next gen game. Funnily enough I'm about to replay it on my Switch once it arrives from LRG pretty soon. Totally get where you're coming from.

[@RealestUVONGO]

Blood money brings me so much anger sometimes when some random npc just decides to walk into the room as I'm dragging a body, I panic and change disguise infront of said npc, then proceed to try subdue him, miss click, punch him, guard in the next room gets suspicious, I change disguise again and run out the opposite room door 😂

[@TallTapper]

im blooding the money so hard rn

[@JohnSmith-fs8bu]

Who up agenting they 47 rn

[@Rohit-yb5nf]

This game was a hit .... man

[@غاضب-ك4س]

You forgot to mention that the more you wild out on mission the more known you become, thus making you easily detectable by guards (if you weren't wearing a disguise)

[@RatedRRaj]

I’ve wanted a Blood Money remake for AGES… just imagine

[@casualcadaver]

I just replayed a couple missions this year and it holds up, its a solid game.

[@Arcanynes_Corner]

I just found this. You're a joy to watch and are really funny! Hope you keep at the grind and make more videos! Good job brother

[@mizatthekizat8894]

Make a video about parsec. You can play any retro game splitscreen or single-player with a friend. A revolution in gaming to me

[@matthewspaven6264]

Amazing game, loved playing this as a kid. Great review too really enjoyed watching

[@PatrickWentzell-jd9gq]

keep these coming .

[@Sergiu-Lz]

Another gorgeous day in paradise, huh friend?

[@ezo00]

Hitman: Blood Money was one of the few games I completed in my childhood, and I have no idea how many times I finished it on PS2. Now, I'm thinking of buying it on PC, PS3, and PS4. I know it's going to be a waste of money, but I don't care. I'd love to support the developers, the reason for buying three time is on ps3 I'll buy the trilogy to get contract+hitman 2+blood money and on ps4 I'll buy it with Hitman absoulation and I'll buy every hitman game on pc because they're dirt cheap there. I already completed Hitman WoA. Sorry for bad english

[@Oboar]

Hitman blood money is what got me into the series its a good game with a few flaws

[@olliverferlin4082]

i'd say that the first person mode is useful in more medium-close range gun combat, because you can focus on your targets and if you're good on fps games, be more precise. First Person mode also helps with aiming at long distances (sometimes, with the sniper rifle, not using the scope is better than using it because of the lack of shaking)

[@Pulse_Studio_music]

This is underrated. New supscribe here 👏

[@dyykkarifin2454]

I wish they would make hitman games like silent assassin and contracts but with more modern elements. I liked how you had to actually plan and have a strategy on the older hitman games.

[@dyykkarifin2454]

And! By the way! In the older hitman games (SA and Contracts) guards could see through your disguise if you acted suspicious or hung out next to them for too long! I just had to mention this because you said they fixed this issue in the world of assassination which is false. It used to be a feature long before that

[@alexmartins3571]

Blood Money is an excellent game, but I wish it had at least two more customizable weapons. I wish the game had more levels, because although the first playthrough is an incredible experience, there are some levels that are more frustrating than others, I personally always had problems with Opera and Mississippi. I always had the thought that Contract levels should be for Blood Money.

[@auzell1449]

3:47 Reminds me of Pyrocynical's video on this game

[@jumpbox3]

There is actually a main musical theme for blood money by Jesper Kyd, it’s called Main Title and it’s epic.

[@memes_3005]

Thanks man. Nice Video.

[@spitsomefire]

Best Hitman game to date any one remember Theauzziegamers walkthroughs of Blood Money pure comedic gold

[@Ivanselectsongs]

6:44 I'm afraid this is how I'ma go out living in "Merica

[@leobuscaglia5576]

I don't like the episodic format of Hitman games nowadays. Instead of one mission on a gigantic map they should be doing a number of missions with a wide variety of smaller sandbox maps like in the past. It's the variety of missions that keep the Hitman games fresh and fun.

[@Danka0199]

I like the new hitman games at all but the levels are so big and long, I end up playing one level and then don't touch the game for weeks.

[@vmx23]

They have absolution for lazy players like you

[@redhood7778]

Why? Also, it's not really episodic. The game is done.

[@leobuscaglia5576]

@@redhood7778 The levels are too big. Smaller levels and more missions would be great. Like Blood Money.

[@IZA_Grey]

Have you played the recent games? They have huge maps but they can be played quickly depending on your style. It's not too different from the previous games except the levels are more expansive. They haven't ruined the series or gameplay. Relax

[@MLawrence-z9k]

I basically loved all the missions just to overall play but my top favorites were Dance With The Devil (because of the party & cool heaven & hell masks) & The Hillbilly Wedding mission with Alligators (i loved dressing up like the priest & shooting the Grooms father over that open grave by pulling the silenced pistol out of my bible ) & the Playboy Bunny mountain hideaway level & i loved the Casino level & Suburbs level too ❤️

[@INTJ-psychopath]

I paid attention but thought I was dead at the end, as a child, I just cried out and screamed, don't you... No, he can't! Then destroying my PS2 joystick buttons in a rage and discovered that I had awakened from death.

[@ouvaysuave9703]

12:28 agent 47 got too excited

[@smellymeadowhel8763]

For the last mission how do u live through ut i was spamming the buttons and couldnt get back

[@AdamNotaro]

You have to press the analogs in, it caught me out! Also be prepared for a massive shootout 😂

[@ironpainting1210]

listening to the blood money ost is like.. god damn

[@senecaaurel8050]

This is my first Video from you I watched. I thought I know everything about Hitman Blood Money but i didn't know you can Die in the mission REQUIEM. I never see that Coven go down. My stupidity as a young Teenager was that I never realized I could Save in a Mission until I bought the Game again on Steam a few Years ago. I could have always played on the highest Difficulties but didn't realized it. I only had the balls for Expert because that was already very difficult.

[@pouyapo7995]

16:41 I will be very appreciated if you guys can tell me the name of the song ( the music is a few seconds back

[@Mr.N0B0DY.3D]

No one seems to remember that depending on how the ai feels, you can just leave the area when you trespass and the guard won't shoot

[@Kinogotiate]

It makes me so sad blood money didn't top HItman 2 silent assassin in sales it was such a good evolution of the series giving you more options and streamlining stealth and disguises at the same time. Hitman world of assassination brought alot of aspects back but also kind of simplified some of the improvisational aspects. Its like they give you 100 scripted options instead of a more free sandbox.

[@INTJ-psychopath]

8:30 me right now, playing the mobile version of the mission A Dance With The Devil. Yes, I have the split screen on and watching whatever as I wait to kill the CIA operative as soon as he one day decides to get in the elevator. Spoiler alert, I still can't get the silent assassin 😂 fml, wtf am I supposed to do? Him in the elevator, the red-haired girl on a stage accident, the singing dumb girl as soon as she is alone in a room with me ( the laptop room ), and lastly the other hitman in his own torture room. Literally, no one else was harmed and I got no silent assassin, no cameras, no witnesses, not even a yellow alert.

[@DatPurpPanther]

I think there’s this misconception between gamers and games right now. There’s a ton of videos out there talking about, “how I can’t get immersed in games anymore” and your video got me thinking man. What if it’s not that deep lmao, I feel like we’re just yearning for solid games that we can achieve that nirvana like escapism the og bangers gave us. I just started playing The Evil Within again, and man. That sucker grabbed me and took hold for a 6 hour play session😂

[@aidilharis95]

"crackah!" that one dude

[@isakyttervoll6034]

Can you rank all the game missions in a video

[@KrisVickers-wn6dd]

just bought it £2.50 for my 360

[@NorthonBruce]

Is it a clip of the SH:1's intro music right in the beginning of the video? I swear, it must be it.

[@leonst.7471]

That video was quite ok lot´s of these let´s call it "essay/rambling" channels are blowing up I believe you have what it takes to blow up you just need your YT recommendation moment.

[@Danka0199]

Thanks a lot!!!

[@1marcelfilms]

Nah this is too good. For one of those channels you need 100% stock footage, drawn out AI scripts and AI voice. 0 effort required.

[@anthony000izt]

if only it had the atmosphere and soundtrack of contracts, and story of codename 47, it would be the perfect hitman game..

[@ScientificZoom]

agreed completely 🎉

[@Valentin_126]

Truly, if I have one complaint about the game, it's that it doesn't have more missions! I can tolerate its quirks such as wonky AI or ridiculous ragdolls

[@matthewlobel2421]

The new hitman trilogy unfortunately didnt capture the same magic this game did. Probably one of the fee games that truly blew me away.

[@Ycuk1989]

I know what you mean. That why I'm trying to make my own game.

[@maydaymemer4660]

Good video. I have to say you got some details wrong on the story, for example the rival Agency is called The Franchise which is trying to install one of their members into the white house to ban cloning to get a monopoly on selling it. Cayne is only former FBI, and as he narrates the game he embellishes the story to make 47 look more evil or less competent. For example saying in the Murder of Crows mission he was trying to assassinate the politician the Franchise was actually gunning. This just supports your point tho that the story isnt all that rememberable I do prefer the new games just marginally because theres so much more to do, but Blood Money is excellent because its not just a lesser sandbox. Each level always has at least three ways to do something, three entry points into an area, three disguises you can use. So it doesnt pale in comparison to the new games because its just as dense but with more manageable levels. A detail I just recently found is that in A Vintage Year you can climb a truck onto the roof and then drop down to find a smoking wine worker for an easy disguise. Its also a game that benefits from playing it as a sandbox. For example a kill you might like in A House of Cards is if you go to the blond guy’s room you can store a bomb in his briefcase then when he meets the sheikh you can use that to blow them both up

[@NPC13niner5]

Ever shoot the bottom of the jacuzzi?

[@joeslendeer75]

I used the binocular to see the "i 💋 a girl and i liked it..." Wich can be found on the Hell floor I was a horndog middle schoolers back then..

[@webstercarlson7553]

The levels of the new games are really big and that can be fun if I had like 10 or 11 targets like Berlin but for 1-2 targets the maps are way too big especially San fortuna. Way too much walking.

[@alexandernadem4133]

Best Hitman 🎉

[@nikita3666]

Honestly, speaking to the first part of your video, I don't think new games are so much worse.aybe they're just sometimes right outside our comfort zone. Great examples for me recently were Baldur's Gate 3, Frostpunk, a Plague Tale, Thaumaturge, Hades and Crusader Kings 3. Most of these I didn't think I would enjoy, but after a few hours in, I got this forgotten feeling of - as you said in the video - not being able to let go of the game :)

[@ramidolfin7999]

Greatest game of all time, truly genius

[@SidneyRosen]

You can zoom in on the newspaper!?

[@KyleDevy]

The Last Of Us 2 was a massive success lol

[@sankhasubhrarao192]

Cyberpunk 2077 is very different....

[@Simonisms]

Ave Maria 🙏

[@arnaldoplaceresmestril3934]

The Batman

[@YouTubeshortscoller78]

8:42 no Russian

[@reapermaster1453]

Hitman 2016 Aint a Reboot

[@ABulletCantStopABullMoose]

It's a different part of the story set during and before the end of Codemane 47.

[@dogegamekizu]

Hitman blood money for me wasn't fun. I don't know why but I really tried approching it with an open mind but ended up killing everyone in half of the maps. The map design range from avarage to fuck off. And I hate the ai turning around when youre sneaking behind them like what does that do other than annoy the player. And I don't get the hype around the newspaper and notoriety, if it ever gets too high I have wayy more money than i need to and make it pointless, the newspaper is fine but it doesnt add anything to the gameplay. 5/10 game it was bareable

[@KaptajnKaffe]

get pc and widescreen fix - best way to play :D

[@notExTaZzY]

No. The games ARE bad now. There's only few titles each year that are actually good or great. That' s maximum 10 games a year

[@JWBDWP2]

12:11 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@HarshitPatel-ly3zz]

Perhaps you just grew old? 🤔That might make new games a bit less exciting. And older ones might seem intersting just out of pure nostalgia.

[@MLawrence-z9k]

You're so wrong cuz games these days are pretty bad & boring asf so its definitely true to what u said 😂 Mortal Kombat hasn't literally been good since 2005 Resident Evil literally hasn't been good since 2002 Call Of Duty literally hasn't been good since 2009 GTA literally hasn't been good since 2004 Hitman is still making good games thankfully because none of the other famous series of games are anymore ❤ 🙏

[@PatrickWentzell-jd9gq]

Silent Hill onw is a bad game not worth playing .

[@thefallengallery6459]

People that say "video games are bad today - they don't make them how they used to" is such an old man thing to say LMAO I'm guessing y'all started playing video games in your early teens, maybe before that late 90s, early 00s. Kids today don't complain about games made today, and if anything, they will say they are better than older stuff like Blood & Money. Generations will always say their music, video games, movies were better. Get over it LOL

[@SheolAbaddonus666]

This game is piss.

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

the shit, you mean.

[@BitterwindSE]

Haven't seen the clip. But... awkward control for basic movements, like opening a door, climbing a ladder is far from gold standard...

[@dbenz16]

Ever heard of a little franchise called resident evil ? Yeah that’s been their thing since the beginning. Still fun

[@rockys201]

Absolutely brilliant game, I'd love to be able to play it again

[@AdamNotaro]

It's on PS4 at the moment, it's paired with Absolution and is 11.99

[@rockys201]

@@AdamNotaro I looked on PSN and it was on PS5, and I got it. Great game

[@AdamNotaro]

@@rockys201 ah okay, I'm on PS4, I was delighted when I seen it, I just finished blood money yesterday and will start absolution tonight

[@rockys201]

@@AdamNotaro I haven't played Absolution yet but I heard it's not as good as Blood Money

[@stolenname94]

​@@AdamNotaroabsolution is more or less a very generic stealth game with annoying mechanics. Its no longer a sandbox and instead focuses on a checkpoint system. Its pretty much "here is an area full of guards now make your way across using cover" and it repeats this again and again. You do have targets but it's mostly about traversing a guarded area and not getting caught doing so. The disguise system is more or less useless because almost everyone can see through it immediately, unless you use instinct which makes 47 cover his face but its limited depending on difficulty. The one thing I really liked about absolution was its sound design for weapons and its animation work. Throwing knives at people feels great and popping heads feels really good. The point shooting is kinda cool when shit hits the fan but dosent feel super rewarding. If you like playing the game suit only with a silent assassin rating like me then prepare to wanna punch a wall. Its a fun game admittedly but its definitely the worst hitman game by a country mile due to it being boiled down to a generic stealth game. It has some merits but don't expect a blood money like experience.

[@harrierdubois-q7k]

i say new hitman are a perfect sequel because they still focus on sandbox gameplay and learn from absolution mistake if you overlook the online only bullshit

[@matthewlobel2421]

Ive been playing since silent assassin and the new games feel like theyre on baby mode to me. All the cool stuff you can do feels scripted. Maybe its nostalgia but in these older games i really felt like i was doing something special when i thought outside the box

[@batman.3279]

Only people that played this game first think it's the best.😂

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

no.

[@lewispayne4301]

You doing a really great job on your channel!! This content needs Promo'SM!!

[@Danka0199]

Thanks!!!

[@apenneukende]

youre old

[@ABulletCantStopABullMoose]

You made a mistake talking about the story, the guy who was the head of FBI is behind another cloning group called The Franchise, they want to replace the president (Smith wants you of this plot which is what the last real mission is about) so the Vice (who is a puppet for them) can outlaw cloning so they have an underground monopoly on it. There is a few secondary antagonists all based Mark P#. The first one you read about after a vintage year (also in the cutscene after tutorial), second is leading the Crows game in their assassination attempt, and the last acts as the penultimate target of the main levels, they have the motive of wanting you dead because they are jealous that you can live with free will while they are bound to help The Franchise and die bot more than 1 year after creation due to only being prototype clones. The FBI guy also diminishes your acts and death as sloppy to cover himself as being invested personally in your demise. It's actually one of the more cohesive stories in the series and did great eith setting up Absolution even if it wasn't as good as Blood Money.

[@ABulletCantStopABullMoose]

And no I don't like Hitman, why would you even ask? Psh, terrible, i have over 2000 hours in Contracts alone, 5000 across the series, mid series, can't wait for next games.

[@ElectricEliminator5]

Great video! You should play "Alekhine's Gun"