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its wierd seeing Athena's guards hate her which is the opposite of Hokkaido where all of Yuki's bodyguards are all talking about how good she is and how much they love their jobs

I know what you mean when you mention the disappointing heist option. Being a New York city bank I really wished there was a bigger reaction when you go loud. Why, when I break into the vault and open fire on security, is there no police response? If there was ever a map to have highly armed assailants be able to spawn in and try to take you out after going loud, it was this one.

The game sold well on the long run. More than 2 millions on PC at least (number of people on leaderboard for the last mission)

Golden Handshake is my favourite mission in the game. I just wish that they expanded on the bank robbers, maybe instead of it just being an little hidden challenge they could have made it into a full mission story.

Just a little correction: Hitman 2 was a relative financial success actually.

7:25 with some playthroughs lasting upwards of an hour. So you mean to tell me most of your playthrough dont usually last between 2 to 3 hours.

my favorite Hitman map is actually New York. From the cool map, interactables, and even bank robbing. Also when i did my own SA/SO/Sniper Only I felt soooooo satisfied

The bank is legit my favorite hitman map, the music slaps and perfectly goes with the level design and the target/targets are all interesting

No mentions of the obvious references to The IT Crowd? That was my favourite part of the bank!

Every time Hamish talks about the very game that introduced me to his channel, I smile

My main problem with the bank is one of the unshockable equips you can get from it. The electrocution phone is indisputably the best method for taking someone out. It doesn't arouse suspicion from frisks or open carry, it can kill anyone who picks it up and kill them whenever you want while being seen as an accidental death. Frankly i regret unlocking it as it is too tempting not to use but I miss out on more complex assassinations.

I love your Hitman videos. It’s clear you have a love for the franchise and a deep respect for the devs and you make a lot of good points about ways they can improve. That being said, I don’t find your argument about the cutscenes persuasive at all. Mocap is incredibly expensive and the painting-like quality to the stills, while evocative, still feels like IO’s best option for a much reduced budget after being dropped by their last studio. You can’t have the games without some sort of exposition delivery system and this seems like the best compromise between a fully animated scene and a wall of text.

I am surprised you missed the underground bunker in Haven for your first playthrough. You literally just check in at your hotel and get asked to meet your target which gives you the mission to retrieve the USB drive which sets you on the path down there.

Yo that Tony Hawk Bonus level metaphor has aged beautifully this week.

3:59 I was almost ready to mention how you seem to have stopped brazenly committing crimes in front of people, but then you just punched that guy in the middle of a crowded room.

I always kind of liked the walled off feel of some maps from one side to the other. It felt a lot like Blood Money at times. And now that you mention this fact of Colombia's design in relation to Haven, it just occurred to me that Colombia, like Hokkaido before it, may be the most "Blood Money"-esque map of Hitman 2.

Great video!

Refreshing and intelligent analysis, thanks. Makes me think Id be happy with further use of these maps, with possibly new targets/characters and storylines.

I was literally just watching the hitman 1 video. I will however not watch this video right now because I'm currently playing through hitman 2 and have not yet gotten through the dlc maps. So I'll probably watch this tomorrow.

I just played through the bank and every playthrough of the level, I couldn't resist breaking into the vault and picking up everything that wasn't glued down. I had my plan down to a science and got a 5 star run doing that, and that was *super* satisfying... the revelation that you can just stuff the data core into a briefcase (despite being the size of a briefcase or bigger) is extremely deflating. I wish I hadn't heard that, because it diminishes my opinion of that level a little.

The complex under Haven has my favorite way to complete the mission to boot, sabotaging the server racks and luring all 3 targets to the same place, then pumping poison through the ventilation. And I never would have found it if they hadn’t have included the lab worker who just had to pop up topside for a drink.

The world needs a Siberia video

You should do a video about patient zero, I mean I know they're not their own maps but I think they're unique enough, and fun enough to warrant a video

I'm already waiting for your bid on Hitman 3 can't wait to play it

can't wait for this guy do a analysis on Hitman 3

Haven felt a lot like the Rehab mission from Hitman Blood Money.

Some of the maps you have an thought that this is a map that will be re purposed later for the extra targets.

Yes, ah yes, I always wanted that, more videos on stealth games please, oh and more on narrative, thanks, you guys are the best!

Yay I’ve been waiting for this thank you for this

Smooooooth transition

New York is my second most favorite map in the trilogy, behind Hokkaido. There's just something in this map that totally eliminates every other mission in Hitman 2 for me.

The only thing i disagree with is the cartoon villainy. I feel like it was actually way too close to home with Sgail honestly

Kiryu Kazuma and the Tojo Clan except the Tojo is Hitman and Hamish is Kiryu

I like the haven adverts in the bank

You have the best analysis .

The island is similar to the one that one of my family friend’s own in Malaysia. I adore this level that IOI created despite probably never took inspiration from that island but still- it’s so surreal to the actual place. Though there were flaws, guards could literally both see and attack you from a distance, the water can sometimes be clustered and can’t be determined if it’s walkable or not. Overall it’s in my top 3 maps in Season 2 and 1.

I think the bank map is the best map. It feels like the old games with 1 target and maybe an objective. I like the new games, but I get overwhelmed sometimes taking on 2-3 targets per map.

I'm loving the music in these videos

I'd expect the video on Hitman 3 to be done by either January next year to coincide with it being released on Steam or to be done by January 2023

Two of my favorite maps!

That thumbnail is so epic! Great job!

i really hope they get Hitman 2 on epic ive played over 200 hours on the first game since it was made free 4 weeks ago and i only want to play hitman 2 if i can keep my progress from the first game

love these longer videos :)

Is it really a Hitman map if it doesn't have a secret underground lab

I didn’t expect this 😀 Awesome job! 👍

Love your videos!

hold up you can put the datacore in a briefcase? how did i not know this

Great video bruh!

You should call your channel ‘Rewriting On Games’

Dont have the patients to play hitman but at the same time i do like how using a gun for a kill is the sloppy way

Hey. Have you made any new podcast episodes since the one at 14:th of january? I can't find any after that one. Did you take break from it? Or am I missing something? :U

I love the hitman games, but I'll be honest, I don't even bother with the cut scenes or the story, I'm all in for the game play.

So on the regular video I more or less completely disagreed with you aside from a couple maps, but I'm 100% with you on these DLC ones.

Hitman 2’s so DOPe

9:40 I thought that was a sharknado, but no, it's a moosenado

Have fun with doing this again with Hitman III

Honestly I kinda liked the sill images it gave me a highly textured comic book vibe made by master artists, however the newer cutscenes game me more of a movie but no matter it I will always adore the hitman 2 cutscenes and I have no idea why I went this far

You can put the data core IN A BRIEFCASE? Well that would have saved me a lot of time trying to get silent assassin while holding a large illegal item. If you cut right on the way out of the bank vault and go up two flights of stairs there is a janitor who is easy to isolate and has the keys to an unguarded exit maybe 20 yards from where you find him mopping. I wouldn't have taken an hour discovering that if I'd known you can just walk out the door with it 🤦‍♂️

9:28 WTF how do you make that happen????

TFW Cpu is too bad to play Hitman 2 :(

For one, very nice to see the HITMAN 2 cutscenes get a mention that goes beyond "this is a clear sign of budget cuts." Which is a take that was said so often that it feels like it should have been obviously confirmed somewhere, but I'm not sure it ever was. Say what you will about them, but I think they got across everything they needed to and, importantly, *I actually remember them*. If it was a stylistic choice, I'd hardly say it didn't pay off for me. For two, it's even nicer to see mentions of HITMAN's surprising lack of (obvious) success given that HITMAN 3 is now not only out, but made back its budget in a week of release. I'm sure the Epic exclusivity helped, but I'm also fairly certain that the people who love it and gush about it (which sometimes seems to be almost everyone who has actually played it beyond a couple missions) has finally paid off. And now they're making a Bond game. It's already starting to feel weird that I spent much of this trilogy's lifespan uncertain if it would actually ever get to be a trilogy, and that's a great thing to feel weird about.

Hitman 3 baby!

9:45 sorry but how did you not find the “hidden” lab, when it’s literally on your maps?

I play on Xbox and the only available packs are The Starter Pack, Gold Edition, and the legacy pack. I got the gold edition since it was on sale for $25 and since I got the gold edition, I technically spent $60 on the gold edition. The legacy edition is on sale for $20 now. Here’s my question: On pc, can you buy each episode separately? (I don’t want to be that person but if you’re curious, it’s edited because I accidentally said but instead of buy at the end)

Just curious: is "Mark B. Writing" (the guy on the top left of the Patreon list) the same person who runs the Game Maker's Toolkit channel?

I bought the gold edition but don't have these missions. Any help?

I never liked the bank. I 100%'d it (excluding silent assassin suit only), and it felt like a chore, because I don't think the level is big enough to boast 60+ challenges not including the classics. Pride Cometh Before Destruction, for example, was just so obtuse, and it feels shoe-horned in. Also, I once made the market crash before I even knew that was possible, and I didn't sell any shares. Anyone know why/how that happened?

Where's the Hitman 3 video

Can you get haven island and NYC on hitman 2 standard edition

The bank mission was a subtle hint at IOI leaving Square 🤣🤣

Why are your comments turned off on the Dark souls 2 video?

Make sure you check out Many a True Nerd's video on the full story of the characters of Haven Island: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oKediJWCqsurY2g.html I think it has some of deepest storytelling of any Hitman level yet, with the targets crossing, double crossing, and triple crossing each other in their lies.

So, i recently installed Hitman Trilogy from Xbox Game Pass, because there is no way i would be able to afford it (I'm brazilian, games here are MUCH more expensive), and after playing all the maps up to Isle of Sgail I realized that New York and Haven Island are blocked. I mean, if they are releasing packs with all maps from previous games to Hitman 3, why not include these extra ones. I don't care if I miss Patient Zero or Seven Deadly Sins or stupid Escalations, i just wanna experience every map and the entire main campaign AT LEAST. Now I have to pay R$249 for two extra maps and other unnecessary addons Sorry for this I just wanted to tell someone my frustration

wich maps are dlc's?

Hawen is just hokkaido

Hello there !!!!

Going to do a Hitman 3 vid?

I really want to play these 2 maps but 40 dollars is way too steep since I'm not really interested in the sniper maps and cosmetic options :(

*twirl* *twirl* *twirl*

Is it worth buying thats the question? Complete hitman 3 and realised i never seen these levels but £32.99 for expansion pack for 2 levels no thanks rip of £5 each level max

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Ngl I didn’t watch the cut scenes I play hitman because I’m a psychopath every mission is a big moony kill everyone challange

Excited for hitman 3?

This game sold bad ? That's surprising this was one of my stealth games

i love that Irish accent

Anybody else have frame rate drops in hitman 2 on PS4?

Bruh this shit scammed me, I bought this saying i will get access to all hitman 2 locations but I got this 2 locations, even tho the description said all locations

Damn I'm early

speen

For the person who did the voice for this vid,are you irish

what accent is that. are you jackspeticeye's countrymen?

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