Hitman Blood Money - The Gold Standard of Game Design

Hitman Blood Money: A stealth game from 2006 developed by IO Interactive and the 4th instalment in the Hitman series. Widley regarded as the best Hitman game, today I go back to Hitman: Blood Money and see why this game holds up as a timeless classic.
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- GAME: Hitman: Blood Money
- Developer: IO Interactive
- Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Java
- Release Year: 2006
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[@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

[@ViperPilot16]

"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

[@ryanmalady376]

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

[@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)

[@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.

[@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.

[@octavioprimitivohernandezr9982]

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.

[@AadetTube]

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

[@auzell1449]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@blazzinga595]

This game marked my childhood.

[@KrisVickers-wn6dd]

just bought it £2.50 for my 360

[@TallTapper]

im blooding the money so hard rn

[@JohnSmith-fs8bu]

Who up agenting they 47 rn

[@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.

[@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.

[@Oboar]

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

[@RatedRRaj]

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

[@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

[@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 😂

[@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

[@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.

[@sarunas8638]

This game is the best in the series. it needs a remaster in hitman 3 graphics but with jasper kyd music and all the levels intact and not changed at all.

[@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)

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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..

[@isakyttervoll6034]

Can you rank all the game missions in a video

[@Sergiu-Lz]

Another gorgeous day in paradise, huh friend?

[@Pulse_Studio_music]

This is underrated. New supscribe here 👏

[@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 😂

[@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

[@memes_3005]

Thanks man. Nice Video.

[@PatrickWentzell-jd9gq]

Silent Hill onw is a bad game not worth playing .

[@JustJoshinSince1998]

He has returned... 🥲

[@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.

[@ScientificZoom]

agreed completely 🎉

[@PatrickWentzell-jd9gq]

keep these coming .

[@YouTubeshortscoller78]

8:42 no Russian

[@U-A710]

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😂

[@matthewspaven6264]

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

[@JWBDWP2]

12:11 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@sankhasubhrarao192]

Cyberpunk 2077 is very different....

[@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.

[@Ycuk1989]

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

[@ironpainting1210]

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

[@Simonisms]

Ave Maria 🙏

[@arnaldoplaceresmestril3934]

The Batman

[@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

[@reapermaster1453]

Hitman 2016 Aint a Reboot

[@ABulletCantStopABullMoose]

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

[@alexandernadem4133]

Best Hitman 🎉

[@ramidolfin7999]

Greatest game of all time, truly genius

[@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 :)

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@lewispayne4301]

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

[@Danka0199]

Thanks!!!

[@ElectricEliminator5]

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