Analysing Every Mission from Hitman 3

[@WritingOnGames]

EDIT: you'll notice there's a rather abrupt cut at 13:38-this is because originally I wrongly said that Lucas was voiced by Troy Baker, when he just... totally wasn't! It was John Hopkins. Sorry for the mistake! I sure hope they don't announce any DLC maps immediately after publishing like they did with 2! In all seriousness, thanks for checking this out-I hope the many, many hours and sleepless nights trying to get this ready were worth the wait! Just a reminder that you can get 83% off Surfshark VPN (with 3 extra months free) at surfshark.deals/games and entering promo code GAMES. Also, if you enjoy the videos and would like to directly help me continue to make more, consider heading to patreon.com/writingongames and pledging only what you're comfortable with. Doing so gets you access to things like early, completely ad-free video uploads (right now there's a video on Descenders exclusive to patrons for the next wee while) as well as new commentaries on older videos! Your support is what allows me to keep doing this and I'll never be able to thank you enough for that. Stay safe everyone!

[@Lacie9]

Pretty sure they don't have any plans for dlc maps

[@yopwor]

think theyre just going with escalations from now on

[@blackoutlol2857]

Hello:)

[@ChamChamRealSmooth]

Can't blame you, Troy Baker voices in nearly _every_ game to the point where I'm sick of it.

[@nickscan2822]

Popouuuouuoiyou I’ll pop u

[@HeatingUpDuke]

I really enjoyed Carpathian Mountains as I took it as a great "thank you for playing the trilogy" from the developers. You get to do what has always been forbidden, the "often not the best approach" is now the single option and it feels really good.

[@apictureoffunction]

Well it's not the only option, it's actually possible to stealth this level and only kill the Constant, but it's exceedingly challenging and I don't think I myself could ever pull it off.

[@wutertots1087]

@@apictureoffunction it's not that bad. I found it easier to sneak than go ballistic, because the later enemies have really heavy armor

[@gavrilfortunato]

Yes, to me it was a really cathartic level and loved it for it. It's not one I will keep returning to, but the fact the developers gave you a level where they let go of every pressure the other levels have and just let you shoot your way to the target was really cool.

[@Miro.A.Mursu-]

​@@wutertots1087Well, yeah the start and end is easy to sneak but the middle part is just so hard to sneak

[@Darth_Moraband]

To me, the Romania mission is a perfect ending to the trilogy, because it ties up the story whilst following the tradition that almost every game in the series follows for its final mission. After going through numerous intricate maps that allow a great deal of freedom for 47 to complete his objectives, he finds himself in a position to finally put an end to the game's main antagonist in a fairly small map where the target is hiding behind a small army of goons. This generally involves a massive shootout where 47 demonstrates just how futile his target's schemes to kill him with brute force and sheer numbers are. In Codename 47, you fight through the squad of Agent 48 clones to get to Ort-Meyer and eliminate him. In Silent Assassin, you take out all of the goons guarding the church so that you can kill Sergei and save Vittorio. In Contracts, you are free to go guns blazing, fighting your way through the SWAT team to kill the inspector who shot 47 (though I think that, story and character wise, it makes more sense to just slip past them and kill the inspector, as he is the only one who knows 47's identity). In Blood Money, you slaughter all of the people at 47's fake funeral so that you can put an end to the Franchise and maintain 47's anonymity. The only game that breaks this tradition is Absolution, but even then, you still have to take out the elite guards and Jade before you can kill Travis. As such, it is fitting that the WOA Trilogy ends with 47 fighting through a small army of mercenaries to get to The Constant and destroy Providence once and for all. The game even encourages you to kill everyone on the map by telling you in the objectives that all Providence members are fair game and you will not be penalized for taking them out. This also makes sense from a narrative standpoint, as 47 is known to be very protective of his identity and anonymity, so much so that he will kill anyone who compromises them, even innocent bystanders like the journalist and the priest in Blood Money. As such, he would, logically, take out everyone on the train, as all of them either know who he is or have seen his face. As he says in Contracts "Inspector, you've obviously learnt too much about me. I can't have that. Not even in my death." Overall, while I understand why you dislike the ending mission in the WOA Trilogy, I think it makes sense from a story perspective (which you did, to be fair, address in this video), and I like how it subtly pays homage to the earlier games.

[@KegOfMeat]

Absolution still has the same sort of “final small map with main antagonist and lots of goons” in the penultimate mission on top of the hotel with Dexter.

[@TheRealGeorge]

I think it should have been in that providence base from hitman 2 where 47 takes out Arthur, and two others.edward could be in the base and the other two in the ground level facility

[@brandonedwards6119]

Dude had 0 interest in the story and was surprised why he didn’t like the obviously story-focused level.

[@henrik1743]

Just finished this game and I agreed with you, I like how they also kept the ending open for a potential sequal in the future (maybe after a good bond game a good revenue there?)

[@TheRealGeorge]

@@henrik1743 I think the next game should either be a sequel or a prequel

[@PlebNC]

Taking a moment to appreciate the phrase "casual garroting".

[@michaelkores6860]

If you have been garroting so many people over the last two decades as agent 47 has, it might feel casual at some point.

[@PlebNC]

@@michaelkores6860 First garroting: Feels the thrill of the kill. 3 hundredth garroting: Did I leave the stove on? I should get milk on the way back from this assassination...

[@329link]

One of my favorite things to do in dartmoor is a suit only run. Using the secret rooms as hiding places almost makes it feel like you're the killer in a horror movie. It's one of few levels that I really enjoyed getting a silent assassin ranking in.

[@chappanagent]

I love all the levels. Hard to pick

[@lobaandrade7172]

I really enjoyed the “Let’s destroy the Illuminati” story of the World of Assassination trilogy, I don’t get how some people can’t be invested in the story

[@vksasdgaming9472]

And what that 'illuminati' was? Old jerks not changing and pettily scheming against each other. Isle of Sgail is great showing of that - basically most powerful people in the world wearing silly disguises and playing simplistic games and gossiping. Lucas Grey having a grudge was most likely greatest excitement they had had in years. Guy who took them over becoming extremely powerful was dull bookkeeper with vision of any kind.

[@AndrewDexter-qp5hk]

@@vksasdgaming9472 someone said it very well: "the lesson of hitman's story is that evil is boring and good is funny".

[@AlexTheOilersFan]

The only issue I had with Dartmoor was that there was no resolution to Emma being outed as Zachary’s murderer. I mean think about it. If you accuse Fernsby, Emma poisons Alexa. If you say Zachary commuted suicide, Alexa commits suicide. But when you say Emma did it, Alexa goes back to her route like nothing happened and there’s no resolution. IO should’ve at least had the guards lock Emma in a room.

[@X-SPONGED]

Alexa will tell 47 to kill Emma if you choose to accept the case files as payment for your investigation. But yeah, I do agree that if you didn't ask for the files, she should obviously tell her guards to escort Emma from the property. But since Emma is seen partying in Mendoza. The canon explanation is she got off scot free after murdering Zachary and probably Alexa aswell. Which would be fairly accurate to real life tbf...

[@thedadtouched]

​@Dr. Pepper I mean we murder alexa Carlisle before she can get back at emma so she got of Scott free because 47 in someway saved her

[@dougdynamo9398]

I'm a little late, but I agree with you. I was expecting Alexa to kill Emma and bury her at the gravesite in Alexa's casket - something fitting for a tough as nails perfectionist as Alexa.

[@justwatch7091]

@@X-SPONGED Is Emma actually in Mendoza? I have seen her only in 7 Deadly Sins mission of Mendoza, which is not canon. I also remember hearing that the case was solved by the original detective, suggesting Emma was arrested.

[@GordonFreemanlvr]

My Hitman experience isn’t over till I’ve mastered every map and watched the Writing on games video about it

[@tylerwerner7847]

Thanking for talking about the walking in front of the news camera. Those 2 small interactions are something I think about whenever I think about the new trilogy.

[@wessexdruid5290]

Like a professional assassin would ever want to get caught on camera...

[@Error-000]

The crowning mission for me was apex predator in Berlin. I learned that mission so well to kill all agents, and not going to lie that I never felt so badass in my life hearing their handler freak out while they got killed off 1 by 1.

[@jcdenton2187]

It's by far my favorite mission in Hitman 3, followed by Chongqing. Although I was never very interested in the story the 3 games presented, I felt like Hitman 3 easily made the best use of it and got me to actually be very invested in a few of its major beats. Mainly Berlin, Chongqing, and the finale aboard the train.

[@tovbyte]

I think Hamish isn't impressed with Dartmoor because it's like his backyard

[@MoviesNGames007uk]

It does remind me of the old manor in the movie 'Skyfall' and that was in Scotland.

[@QemeH]

@@MoviesNGames007uk I mean, Hitman isn't trying to hide its heavy influence from James Bond. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the developers freely admitted that the level's elevator pitch was "Skyfall, but with a Holmes story"

[@lonelywanderer3558]

it’s graphically deficient if you don’t have HDR AND correct calibration. The interior is so dark, and yet the blacks are washed out, at least on my displays

[@jcdenton2187]

Dartmoor and Mendoza are among my least favorite maps in Hitman 3, Dartmoor for its visuals being the most drab and uninteresting, and the murder mystery just never interested me the same way it did for a lot of people. Mendoza because it felt like a step back from everything the 3 games had been doing, even though I understood its supposed to be a final send-off, and it was oddly more of a pain to navigate than Dubai and somehow managed to feel much larger and needlessly open like several of Hitman 2's maps despite not being anywhere that big. However maps like Berlin, Dubai, and Chongquing are such smash hits for me and the rest of the game, including Hitman 1 and 2's content, are so good and filled with content that I can live with not liking 2 of the Hitman 3 maps as much as most others do. I've loved Hitman 3 and the WOA trilogy.

[@controllerplayer2091]

Every level from hitman has made me feel like a real secret agent when pulling off a kill on my target, but non like Berlin. Berlin really felt like something out of a Hollywood blockbuster, or something of the sort.

[@axdonat]

btw I highly appreciate that you have well done closed captions on this video! I have auditory processing issues and having a great video be much more accesible to me is always a nice suprise

[@InkGoesFree]

47 killed Diana's parents when was young about 16, when he was working for the doctor in Romania with Lucas Grey. They did the job together, while 47 put the bomb under Diana's parents' car. This is his first ever mission documented and can be found in the official comic of him.

[@protato911]

Damn, and I always thought that the reason why 47 didn't age over the years is because the one that killed Diana parents was one of the clone and the 47 that we played is another clone, somehow my brain automatically link it to one of the plot point of Codename 47, but guess I was wrong.

[@laurabruce9948]

It breaks my heart when men (and it's consistently been guys who have said this to me) say that they don't find the story in the WOA trilogy to be compelling. Like what? After 20 years, 47 finally becomes a whole person! Even if it doesn't last, he has a family in Grey! And, my personal favourite as a woman, Diana is at NO POINT ever the damsel in distress! She's a hypercompetent badass who exploits Edwards' weakness and gives 47 the chance to leave her forever for using him the way that Providence made him to be used. They end the story as equals and to see that kind of love in a video game about murders?? IOI has some of the best writers in the business and they are owed your attention to their craft.

[@WritingOnGames]

I'm glad it resonated with you! And I absolutely agree with you that IOI are some of the best writers in the business-I call them geniuses in the video. For me personally, that genius makes itself apparent in the stuff that bolsters your gameplay rather than the cutscenes bookending the missions.

[@laurabruce9948]

@@WritingOnGames There aren't a lot of writers who can tell a story in inferences the way they can. On the surface, you've got 47 going to the asylum, meeting Grey and then the next scene is him explaining the plan to Diana. Seems straightforward. But in the context of the previous games, this is a huge development. In Absolution, Diana just bolts with Victoria and doesn't say a thing to 47 until it's too late. And before that, in Blood Money, he just retreats inward and doesn't help her at all. Now they're sharing information and working together? That's character growth - in a game about murder puzzles. How did you feel about the sort of Battle in the Centre of the Mind that happens post-Mendoza? I found it a delicious insight into 47 as a character, seeing what he's afraid of (that Diana does really hate him) and what still doesn't affect him (the previous targets aren't accusers so much as a wall he built around himself) but I imagine that for someone more invested in gameplay the sequence was maybe frustrating

[@maydaymemer4660]

47 was always a whole person. Silent Assassin had him find a friend in Vittorio he risked his life for, Blood Money had him and Diana finally stick their neck out for eachother and Absolution had him save a girl from his fate. Plus Grey is dead

[@hhhhh-kj8dw]

What the hell kind of feminist crap is this comment

[@mduckernz]

@@hhhhh-kj8dw Ah, classic g*mer

[@Smartacus420]

Seeing as IOI are done with the Hitman series for at least a few years now, I think it would be cool to see a spinoff game featuring Lucas Grey as the main playable character instead of 47. If done right I think a prequel to the WOA trilogy would be super interesting.

[@dunbass7149]

Oh yeah that would be awesome if it ends in Paris

[@vksasdgaming9472]

There could be spin-off called ICA Chronicles with different characters with different skill sets. One might be good at maneuvering around map (can climb routes others can't), military man specializing in guns and bombs and of course master of disguise. ICA has multiple assassins and they have different skills.

[@robertmaclean7774]

Lucas Grey as the main playable character is a great idea! Really hope they do this.

[@Com-rat]

They could characterize Lucas more than just “he was 47’s childhood friend” and maybe make his eventual demise after Dartmoor even more tragic

[@David.Marquez]

Now this is gonna be an hour very well spent.

[@WritingOnGames]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@baconboi4482]

It was not, he wasn’t hyped about the mountain level. He must be

[@dacr0n229]

I watched this Hitman Trilogy as a playthrough through the years and looking back, especially with your view on the Trilogy in the back of my head, it is one of the games I wish I played blind myself. But even still I have so many fond memories of these games just through experiencing them played by others in so many different ways. Really appreciate you giving them the love they deserve!

[@QuixEnd]

The last level is no doubt metaphorical. I mean, purposely making the very last level both linear and a moving train.. they obv knew what they were doing. Pretty much like a "this isn't a real level, it's the final story and won't be changed" then you break away the end of this train and finish

[@tumage8592]

I really like how in the berlin mission the ICA-Agents can be easily hunt down by 47 because they are one of the best in the world but that is totally useless because they go against THE apex predator. I love 47 hunting down other killers, and I wished the illusive target mass murderer had confronted 47 just to see how easy he can be snuffed out by a killer himself

[@michaelkores6860]

There is one thing that really annoys me in many missions. Some targets are criminals and sometimes trained to kill and fight but they never try to defend themselves, not even if there are no guards around to help. Take Cassidy for example. He is a former secret service agent and gun collector but even if you confront him holding just a muffin he will only scream in terror and run away instead of grabbing the gun next to him. Same goes for Sean Rose, Maya Parvati, General Zaidan, Rico Delgado and maybe Janus.

[@tumage8592]

@@michaelkores6860 yeah, I mean, Janus cant even breathe alone, but the others... Its kinda weird and lame

[@michaelkores6860]

@@tumage8592 He is old and weak and needs his oxygen but as a trained former KGB super agent he should still be able to grab a gun and pull the trigger. Quite frankly all the women should be able to do as well. The only excused targets are Eric Soders and Enrico Caruso.

[@MoviesNGames007uk]

Hitman 3 has the most balanced maps in the trilogy and best designed. But Miami is still overall my favourite map

[@sackboywittmann60]

miami overrated

[@sonicadv27]

The Carpathian Mountains level was actually one of my favourites because you can tell it's just the very last gameplay section after the story climax that happened at the end of Mendoza. Plus, as a stealth fan, it's the only level in the trilogy where it made sense to me to go for pure stealth, because whenever i do it for Suit Only challenges it always feels like playing the game wrong. It was a good change of pace even if it isn't a "good Hitman level".

[@nopnapnarp8047]

I was very interested to see what you had to say about Dartmoor. In my review of a similar length, I stated that Dartmoor was actually one of the weaker levels in the game despite the praise it garnered. I felt so many people got caught up in the murder mystery and praised it solely on that. But on subsequent runs, the map doesn't really offer much variety outside of two ho-hum mission stories. In a series about replayability, having one mission story dominate a level this heavily leaves subsequent runs feeling lesser.

[@MoviesNGames007uk]

Having only 1 target is the reason I place it behind, Chongquing, Berlin and Mendoza. If it had maybe 1 or 2 more targets, then it could of been my favourite of H3.

[@nopnapnarp8047]

@@MoviesNGames007uk My personal ranking went as such, from best to worst: Mendoza, Dubai, Berlin, Chongqing, Dartmoor, Carpathian Mountains I agree, Dartmoor needed another target. It's also the only mission where the secondary objective is unskippable. It's like they were forced to keep it in, because if it could be skipped, there would only be one thing to do - eliminate Alexa Carlisle. The rest of the missions in H3 solved this problem of secondary objectives dragging down subsequent runs, but Dartmoor forces their hand to keep it mandatory. It dragged down the level for me.

[@jcdenton2187]

The thing for me is the murder mystery never interested me much to begin with, so my experience with that aspect was nowhere as positive as others. I didn't dislike it, but it felt really out of place with the rest of the game for me. I wasn't very interested in walking around pointing my camera at things and pressing dialogue prompts, I wanted to enjoy the gameplay I'd come to love over 3 games. I also found Mendoza overrated and it somehow felt like a step back from the rest of the levels, and despite being nowhere the size of Dubai, it managed to feel more empty and needlessly big like Merrakesh and several of Hitman 2's levels. The most interesting part of it was Diana's involvement as an NPC, and the Sniper Team, but the rest of the level is just meh for me. Chongqing and Berlin are easily my favorite levels for both the story beats and the level designs themselves. They're about as close to perfect for me and Berlin does a great job with the variety and tight use of space. It doesn't feel too small or too big. I got full mastery on it the fastest and grinded out most of the challenges because I loved that level that much. On the other hand, I don't really have the same criticism of the train level that others do. It's a solid subversion of the rest of the gameplay up until that point without feeling out of place like the murder mystery did. The final level wraps up the story pretty well, especially considering for me I was hardly interested in the story throughout all 3 games, and it encourages you to let loose and go ham on everyone. It's an IOI-sponsored kill everyone challenge, and a blast to play through. And oddly, relaxing.

[@LunaticcringeWmv]

@@nopnapnarp8047 has lll

[@TheLolturtle]

As someone who’s first hitman game was this one, I can tell you firsthand that your assumption about new players being overwhelmed by options is spot on. However, one thing that really helped me get past this was the ICA tutorial missions AND the hitman 2 tutorial mission that was included in the base Hitman 3 game. After playing through those I had a much better time navigating Dubai and completing my first real mission.

[@Khakiasp]

i was almost as hyped for this as i was for the main game, incredible review

[@Lynch2507]

ok, just so you know, i saw this in my sub box, dropped everything to go make some food and a drink and have turned off the lights cause holy shit, i have been WAITING for this and it's getting my full attention. basically, you're pretty cool and i enjoy your content lmao

[@Piizzachuu]

Holy shit.. the next hour will definitely be dedicated to this wonderful video! 💜

[@ruolbu]

I definitely played the Hitman trilogy for different reasons than you. Humor was never a factor. Neither was the fantasy of being a Silent Assassin. I loved exploring these places. But more than just getting the least suspicions costume and walking around freely like in a walking sim, I loved the maps that had challenge to each and every corner. As you said when talking about Berlin, the fantasy of being in a place you know you are not supposed to be in is alluring to me. When I see a closed of door it sends my mind racing coming up with things to find behind it and ways to get into it. When I see guards at a gate I need to see these guards from behind to be happy. When I see a wall I want to climb it. Hitman caters to these feelings, but not fully. When getting a guards uniform is as easy as throwing coins, when walking in a disguise removes any further challenge of getting around, when most mechanics and interactions and gameplay is focused around killing and not enabling further exploration and discovery, I have to admit the game is targeting a different audience from me. What I would love is a different game with similar design. A Hitman that is not about setting up the perfect assassination but that is focused on infiltrating layer after layer of a deep complex system, sometimes by disguising sometimes by climbing. From that point of view Hitman 1-3 can usually be completed by getting a lower level guard then a higher level guard, maybe a service worker thrown in. It took me an eternity to figure out you can climb pipes because it is so easy to just walk around freely in most levels. I rarely played a level a second time. Instead most levels took me several hours of just exploring and discovering ways to kill my targets without actually doing so, instead just enjoying the dialoge scenes of different NPCs and how you can affect them. One of the things I enjoyed most was when different systems interacted with each other. Helping other killers to eliminate my target being the primary example. Doing something in Part A of the Map, grants you a cute NPC interaction, doing something else in Part B of the map just as well. Both things are worth doing for their own sake, but when done together, they create a new Scenario C that is very rewarding to experience. I would love a game that focuses on that. On social engineering, NPCs interacting with each other, maybe changing the routine of other NPCs and enabling entirely new interactions. Ideally also opening up parts of the map only by going through these interactions. Hitman kinda does this on occasion, but usually the reward is a simple assassination opportunity and then it's over. I want more layering, more buildup, an infiltration game where the point is to go deeper and deeper. Don't think that exists

[@gillerplayz5529]

i love how the intro is about the same length as a normal youtube video

[@LightOfZeon]

In the tradition of the most disappointing D&D campaigns, a vast, expansive narrative with tons of fun sessions ends with the GM literally railroading you to the final encounter.

[@Chibi1986]

Complete with a character death that was rather unnecessary. They could've kept him on as a second handler, 'brother' to 47, and window into what the Institute was like in other areas, but nope. Down he goes.

[@WritingOnGames]

​@@Chibi1986 I'm kinda with you honestly. The trilogy built him up for two full games-finally we get him out in the field with 47 and, uh... dead almost immediately. There are aspects about that character I like but he's just so underutilised.

[@nerdineverythingnerdinnoth4984]

I also saw gaming potential for him (maybe adding a coop experience). Quite sad actually...

[@Goldman200]

@@Chibi1986 I have the impression that Lucas wasn't very popular with the fanbase

[@Chibi1986]

@@Goldman200 : Maybe, but in general he was useful and would've been great story potential outside of 47 alone.

[@sylviahoward1065]

I really hope IO might work on a Game of Thrones game in the future, where you play as a faceless assassin killing high profile targets across Westeros and Essos

[@syndrome7778]

I feel like Carpathian Mountains is the Hawke's Bay of Hitman 3. If you think about it, both games have 5 big sandbox missions and one more linear mission

[@NotoriousROZ]

I've been replaying all three games as one experience, and that simple shift in perspective completely changed my opinion on the story. It's honestly pretty revelatory. It's no great Shakes, it's not going to change your life. But the amount of interconnected details in the plot in the plot are astounding. My first playthrough of each game as they came out was like spy-thriller ASMR. By the time I played 3, it had been three years since 2, and that was played two years after season one. So I had forgotten much more about the story than I remembered. I barely understood what was happening by the time I got to three, it's so dense and everything is hidden behind double meanings and sinister euphemisms. But replaying them altogether, seeing the story play out as one long interconnected series, reading all of the dossiers and noticing all of the recurring characters and side plots. When I ran into Jason Portman on Haven, it was a delight. Because I remembered using his Helmut Kruger surgery as a disguise in the Japanese medical facility. The surgery robot in that level was made by the company owned by Robert and Sierra Knox from the Miami mission. Dalia Margolis tried to get Helmut Kruger to cozy up to the Whitmore family, one of the daughters of whom was murdered by Jordan Cross. Ken Morgan, his lawyer, was one of the partners at the providence law firm from the end of Hitman 3. People in Hitman 3 levels talk about targets from Hitman 1. Alexa Carlisle owns stakes in basically all of the evil corporations that have appeared across all three games. There are so many of these details and connections that are easy to miss if you let years pass in between each game. The Farewell has so many callbacks and references to your previous missions, all centered around showing the impact of your assassinations and where those people are, several "where are they now" moments that went completely over my head when there was roughly five years between playing these games. It took my opinion of the narrative from being espionage gobbledygook surrounding an excellent game experience, and transformed it into real respect for a well-told spy thriller that was clearly planned out long in advance. And then something magical happened during my play through of 3.... I stopped replaying the levels over and over again. Not because I didn't want to explore them as much as possible, but simply because I was actually invested in finding out what happens next in this series for the first time. I decided to *save* my replays for later and that's absolutely unprecedented in this series.

[@jayhum9757]

I was looking forward to this video!

[@genm4827]

I think people would enjoy reruns of Dartmoor a lot more if they self-impose the restriction of getting both Mr. Fernsby and Rebecca Carlisle over just cracking Alexa Carlisle’s safe. The level is really reminiscent of Hitman 2’s New York level: a big beige box devoid of big crowds with the main target who stays around her upper-floor office, two secondary targets to steal from on lower floors, and an alternate win condition in a safe.

[@NicoBleackley]

Hamish, I am very disappointed in you for thinking Lucas Grey was voiced by Troy Baker when that's clearly the masterful voice work of Big Time Tommie.

[@Erikmitk]

I get your feelings towards the train level because it's rather bland from a gameplay perspective. I'm absolutely with you on that. But it clicked so hard for me because it ends this series stressing how Agent 47 is on such another level in his craft. The Constant isn't even impressed by this and expected it that 47 can move undetected through this tight and cramped space full of elite guards with ease. When you play in the more open locations it sometimes feels you're just winging it and 47 is somewhat lucky in how he got through this. It feels like they end it like that to show how excellent he has become over all these years that this scenario (from a stealth perspective) is no problem at all. But I feel you that this is not ideal from a gameplay perspective.

[@brigwe616]

Is anyone not gonna mention that 47 is able to carry 200 kg of gold effortlessly

[@NotoriousROZ]

I don't like that Berlin doesn't ask you to find them again on subsequent playthroughs. I get marking them all after two or three playthroughs, but the first couple times through it, *finding* them should be a part of the mission. Maybe they could just mark the ones that you've already found? Because I felt like finding them was an important part of the level, and only having to find five before being given instant access to all of them is a little deflating. I don't know, it's good that they let you skip it eventually, but I just wish they hadn't given up the answers as quickly as they did.

[@SynthLizard8]

I admit it, I was the idiot that spent a long time trying to get in to the roadside building at the start of Berlin/Apex Predator.

[@mediamusings6875]

Does anyone else want a "Hitman Collection" with the modern Hitman 1 and 2 on PS5? I would love to have any easy to access set (with all the stuff on the disc) for the two previous 2 games. The only reason I haven't been crazy for this modern iteration of Hitman is because of how weird the releases have been (the first game came out in episodes, you had to download half of the game on the PS4 version of the second game even if you bought the disc, the menus flip you the middle finger every time you go through them if you are playing offline...it's been strange). Hyped for these guys doing Bond game though. Developer and IP match made in heaven.

[@juliusschmitt3483]

I think you sadly missed the point of the ending. Hitman III especialy was all about 47s emancipation through class strugle which the last level wonderfully reflected and concluded. While it's disappointing from a gameplay perspective it still perfectly concludes 47s story arc.

[@nickmoney]

With Lucas Grey addition, why didn't IO make co-op missions with 47 and Grey? Such a missed opportunity.

[@darshani8355]

Yeah I don't understand why?

[@malaizze]

@@darshani8355 they had to work on more important things like the awful exclusive VR mode, paid escalations, and making the last level as bad as physically possible

[@alaskanhybridgaming]

I got pretty good at the game over a month and had a great time learning how to do things better and it still is a tough game with some tutorials of specific ways to kill are interesting.

[@ptdakos]

I finished it yesterday, after finally finding time to play it properly. I was surprised on the different twist most of the maps had compared to the previous two games. Maybe they don't have that much replayability, but those different vibes really fit 3's story arc and the trilogy ends surprisingly well. I can't wait for the next Hitman, it's the last great stealth franchise that's still going on after all.

[@bcgyt9136]

Incredible video, worth the (surprisingly short!) wait

[@lonelywanderer3558]

the role play aspects are amazing and consistent. By the end, you feel very attached to the bald psychopath. Even though it’s not a classic RPG. Also, 47 finally now looks more like a normal dude, his mug no longer looks emaciated like in 1&2. And they made his eyebrows a lot more menacing.

[@tcbobb.8782]

The biggest change in 3 was the change to "light" throwables such as some fruits. My suprise when I threw a banana at a guard and he got up and yelled at me was priceless

[@notonthrax]

Hitman WoA trilogy is up there at the top of my favourite games list. The missions were so big, that it was overwhelming in a good way. Now I've only played 2016 and 2, so I'm not exactly sure on hitman 3, but ever since I played hitman 2: silent assassin on my ps2, I've been hooked on the hitman franchise. Now, from playing silent assassin, blood money, absolution, it's interesting how the game has evolved. At first stealth was iffy in silent assassin, and really unpredictable in terms of the suspicion meter, to blood money with understandable suspicion but kinda clunky mechanics, to absolution which looked more like WoA but had its own quirks. I'm excited for the future of the hitman franchise.

[@michaelkores6860]

One comment on Whittleton Creek. Many players complain about the fact that it is mandatory to find the clues every time they are playing the map, but to be fair you really do not have to navigate to different parts every time because the game has got you covered there. You can find three clues in close proximity to each other in about two minutes. Would I prefer these mission objectives to be optional? Sure, but on the other hand it's not that big of a deal.

[@iSynthetic-]

Dartmoor reminds me of Beldingford Manor

[@alec3109]

i still HATE the online function. hoping they get rid of it in a few years

[@doctorkananga3395]

I can't get over how amazing the dartmoor mission is, especially with the private investigator storyline.

[@markuskoivisto]

It feels like a sneak peek of their upcoming James Bond game

[@gaberobison680]

I really enjoyed how slow burn the story was. It gave me the room to imagine and really sink my teeth into what we do get!

[@crypticbait]

27:33 I still love how he stabs the wrong person twice in a row

[@insthesix]

I never played Hitman ever so this is my first time playing. Starting from Hitman 1.

[@nopnapnarp8047]

We've been waiting for this, haven't we?

[@MrAjking808]

Stop

[@АндрейБлинов-м7р]

Thx, I am so happy to whatch videos about Hitman

[@cloaker5445]

I really enjoyed the last level tbh because it set you loose with no penalty to non targets

[@MarkKatz2772-jg3tc]

Oh wow... I thought I knew everything about this game already, but I had no idea that you could actually have Emma poison Alexa Carlisle. In a weird twist, this almost means "solving" the mystery the wrong way successfully is the cleanest "silent assassion" approach to the mission, since the target will end up dead without 47 laying a finger on them himself.

[@markuskoivisto]

There’s quite a few proxy kills available in the trilogy. Mendoza, Hokkaido etc

[@MarkKatz2772-jg3tc]

@@markuskoivisto True! I think the one that comes closest is the Kashmerian in Mumbai, since he also wants the target dead and is actively planning to kill him, without 47 having to trick or manipulate him (unlike in Chongqing or Mendoza). Still though... Even that one needs 47 to help him. With Emma Carlisle... If she was for some reason just not stopped, she would have ended up killing Alexa either way, which almost makes 47's assassination mission redundant (not the part where he gets the intel from the safe though, of course)

[@Elektrokardiogramm]

​@@MarkKatz2772-jg3tcYou can have Jordan Cross kill Ken Morgan in Club 27 (Bangkok).

[@ThreeLittleBirds111]

For those of us that have fallen in love with the hitman series, this is very good news that a third movie is in the works...Now the long wait begins ...

[@MrLego3160]

is it good news, given the quality of the first two?

[@Omgacow1000]

I'm just so happy that this niche stealth/immersive sim game was able to make enough money for an entire trilogy, and hopefully more. After absolution I was very worried about the future of the franchise but unlike so many other franchises I love, things actually worked out well

[@dinoduderocket]

What suit is that at 15:05?

[@Elektrokardiogramm]

Should be the Premiere White suit

[@CErra310]

Carpathian Mountain following an apparent betrayal by Diana is a reference to Blood Money. Hitman III has the same ending as Hitman 3.

[@jamesdreeveaudio5538]

There is a tutorial level, the ICA Facility mission from the first game is included :)

[@bloonjitsu7148]

Honestly the final level kinda feels like a tutorial level to me. (With the exception of the occasional hard gunfights)

[@ibemadgoated2501]

The hype's been killing me for 4 whole months, but I can already tell this video will be a banger Edit: It was a banger, also he called Dartmoor trash, based as fuck

[@flooterer]

i know this is hella late but i knda disagree with you take on the final level, i do agree that from a gameplay standpoint, and that of a hardcore hitman fan, it is super underwhelming. But i only recently first started playing hitman with the release of the world of assassination game on steam, so i was never a hardcore hitman fan, i always would play shooter games. so me being someone who never really played stealth games picking up hitman, i was really bad because often i would try to shoot myself out of a situation. the final level to me felt freeing in its restriction, with the added optional goal of taking out anyone on the train it felt like the game finally telling me, "go nuts" and i did indeed, go nuts. it also ties into the story in a way that shows how 47 is now free, i got the feeling that with every random guard, or officer worker i peppered with shotgun pellets, 47 was finally done with providences' shit and wasnt being told what to do anymore. TLDR, i liked the final level because i got to just kill shit lol

[@nuntius1]

I liked it very much too

[@krakesh5915]

That murder mystery was awesome ❤️❤️🙏🙏

[@NotAGoodUsername360]

Honestly I was okay with the finale being an action setpiece, though I agree that Dartmoor proves a Murder on the Orient Express situation would've been preferable for a train level. It was very reminiscent of 47's funeral from Blood Money (which it was obviously a tribute to) where you have a level where EVERYONE is a valud target and you are strongly encouraged to let all hell break loose.

[@thomasmorningstar8657]

This was really deep analysis

[@kapelski104]

Can you make videos about the older Hitman games aswell?

[@leo619ribas]

17:24 the way you said Case File

[@WritingOnGames]

...?

[@leo619ribas]

@@WritingOnGames legendary accent lol

[@Vaaluin]

What a fun watch! Can't agree more with just about everything you said. It's such a shame that the final mission is the shallow, narrow structure that it is. They were teasing that upside down pyramid HQ for awhile and it seemed like that'd be the final location. Such a bummer that it wasn't. That being said, cannot wait to see the new missions they're now teasing as DLC for Hitman 3.

[@vmaninc.761]

I would like to see a continuation of his story he has progressed so much and has come so far to redeem himself and break away from the strings that were being pulled on him and Diana I want to see him become a new more cooler and far more badass version of himself; he will always be the Agent 47 we know and love but I for one would like to see a new iteration of him becoming a Suave sophisticated vigilante type of character that is using his deadly skills to help protect the innocent from the evil-doers, like what was said before he did not give up his skills and ability of killing but he's going on a New Direction with it in the fact that he's going to hunt those that are truly evil in the world like the constant so I for one I'm looking forward to the new chapter of Agent 47 becoming The Equalizer in this unique and creatively well-written video game universe.

[@uranus007]

AAAAAAANNDDD there's a new map coming out this year

I think considering all the drama that went on behind the curtains with Square fucking IOI over (allegedly) and what not, this trilogy is perfect. Now that the World of Assassination "bundle" is out, it's even better to play everything together from beginning to end in one platform. They even managed to compact the install size of all 3 games in a 1 AAA level game install size lol

[@Green-mediaa]

How does this channel not have 1 million subs yet wtf

[@suscactus420]

thank you for this, really great breakdown which goes into details just the right amount. great one!

[@that_guy_logan]

Chongqing is my favorite as far as visuals go, the neon is beautiful, but Dartmoor has the best design imo

[@Vesperninja]

Skipping the video until the game is out on Steam so that I can play it, but the previous two of this series were excellent so here's a comment for the algorithm while I wait

[@nutsirimaunjit7427]

this man is a type of student who can expand a paragraph into a whole book

[@willhamilton1537]

Wonderful video, thanks for making it.

[@Reedg333]

I've waited so long for this

[@dr_jamie_ranger]

The final level was absolutely nuts with how bad it was: I assumed you would reach the front of the train and it would lead to a cutscene and an arrival at some secret base inside the mountains you could then skip, resembling a longer version of the Berlin level intro. Couldn't believe it; it's barely a map.

[@ZalvoTFT]

The final level kinda gives me a final battle vibe though. You are allowed to John Wick all the way through the front of the train which is so satisfying.

[@memememe609]

The last level is meant to be the story climax. The gameplay climax is Mendoza.

[@tcgvids5071]

I’m from England and Dartmoor depicts England perfectly! Also greetings 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿☕️

[@joshmcgill1268]

I'll often refer to these games as a masterclass in game design, and I, too, measure the quality of other games against Hitman, and am often disappointed. While I totally see your point about viewing the NPCs as AI clusters, they're also generally really good worldbuilding. Sure, some of their behaviours can be a little strange, but they also really do feel like individual characters living their lives in this world and not just set pieces. The security guard and maid flirting in Dartmoor, overheard phone conversations giving little glances into the personal life of a waiter or security guard who is about to experience SEVERE HEAD TRAUMA from a pipe wrench. Conversations that reveal opportunities or build more background for the targets are all over the place, but the stuff that's unrelated to the missions, there's a ton of it and it's gold

[@nickortiz5493]

I never gave a game a 10 score but this I give it a 10/10 it's a John wick and 007 with firday the 13 all mixed almost like a movie and your in control of how it ends 10/10

[@fernan2342]

Not a fan of the Hitman franchise but big fan of the channel, So I'll def watch this tonite on dinner

[@aidanbarnard1519]

Yes Lad! I’ve been waiting for this

[@Nurolight]

The final level should’ve taken you back to the Romanian Asylum, Shadow Moses-esque. I was sure it was going to be this in the lead up to release.

[@mr.guakacado970]

They missed a golden opportunity to make the last level take place back at the institute but like with them reusing it or having a base underneath. Could of been a nice loop back to the start but no train go choo choo

[@EleaticStranger]

What a great series. Very helpful. Well done. Thank you.

[@Hellohallo]

man i just bought hitman (everything), including deluxe, 5 days ago., i hope they dont stop the servers for years to come.

[@MuchWhittering]

I remember so many people on the subreddit asking for a train level, and I kept telling them how terrible it's be. At least now we have proof.

[@Blackgriffonphoenixg]

see, I disagree when it comes to your view of the plot. We need more stories told about how nobody in the upper echelons of power deserves to be immune from consequences, and the fact that you as 47 garrotte your way through people who are far more monstrous in many ways than the bald man in a costume with the fiber wire.

[@WritingOnGames]

This is a point I've seen come up a lot and it's one I'm iffy on. Just because the themes of a story might be good, just because we might not get a lot of stories tackling certain themes... doesn't automatically mean those stories that do are told *well*. That's the argument I'm making with Hitman. I think the gameplay tells far more effective stories than the trite tale they've plastered on top of it all, and I don't think that's good enough to justify the final level being as linear as it is.

[@thesoberscot4068]

Better go get the popcorn, cause this is going to be a banger

[@blususpect]

The whole trilogy is world class IOI has mastered there craft. I’m content knowing 007 is in good hands with IO.

[@joppekim]

They better take some inspiration from hitman in that game. I believe they will handle it beautifully!

[@blususpect]

@@joppekim yup!!

[@nousernameyet1310]

YAY FINALLY

[@mrwafflesplays]

Very excited to watch this! Also they said there won't be any DLC maps with this one! :)

[@TheLiamster]

I loved every level in this game except the last one, I wish it was a full map rather than a linear one which is boring.