The game originally allowed you to save mid missions, but the feature was removed because it made the game too easy and during the testing some people could complete it in under 4 hours.

The ending of this game was badass tbh

A.K.A *I NEED TO USE THE BATHROOM*

Glad someone did a retrospective on this. It deserves it.

this game had everything a kid could want. it took me forever to complete it and i struggled a lot but i loved it. the music is great, atmosphere also. i guess for somebody who hasn't played it on release, it won't be easy to get used to it but i love it even to this day and i still play it

One of my strongest PC memories playing through this. It gets downright scary at times. And then the replay value with the cheats...amazing game!

"You broke my heart my son. What use is a bulletproof vest, when death strikes from within." **neck snaps** They really need to bring him back. =D

I just appreciate the old games actually having a story.

Oh the memories, i replayed this game and Hitman 2 a Lot back in the day. Can't wait for part 2 :)

You know as frustrating and confusing the game feels at times I really still cant help but like it. Playing through this game is such an interesting experience. The game sets up a nice foundation that future games will expand on, while most of the missions dont feel very hitman those rare few like the Hong Kong resturant and the hotel assasionation really made me smile when I played them. Knowing that these missions are what hitman would eventually evolve into really makes me appreaciate this game even more. Codename 47, Silent assasin and Blood money. This trio of games is one of the best evolutions of a franchise Ive ever seen. The first is a heavily flawed game that lays some very important foundation and gameplay that is buried amongst a huge pile of problems. The second takes the best elements of the first, improves it and gets rid of most of the major flaws of the first. And the third one takes all that previous knowledge and uses it to perfect the formula.

Trust me, nobody who just got done with Absolution would be surprised at having to go loud, with how broken the stealth mechanics are. Also I gotta say, I love the ending. That little bit of respect Ortmeyer got from 47 as he snaps his neck, giving him a quick death, and then 2 showing how all the events of this game really impacted 47, hating himself for what he'd done. I really miss the dark narrative the series used to have.

Thank you for this. Codename 47 holds a very, very special place in my heart, as it came out during a strange time in my childhood so I basically had this game and the warm glow of my CRT monitor and win98 machine to keep me company. Excellent video!

What if we hid the bodies after we killed someone? Agent 47: *surprised Pikachu*

The assassination of Lee Hong was such a pain in the ass, swear to Christ took me years when I was a kid to figure the level out and get through it, especially because if you got made you were fucked and there was no saving. No youtube tutorials either, I'm not even sure they existed at the time, but I just kept picking it up out of stubborness. Tbh the rest of the game was a breeze in comparison. And I have to admit I was never able to be half as efficient at hitman 2 as I was on this one, the stealth felt super inneffective (constantly getting made for no apparent reason). And btw, real champs only need the silenced 9 mm haha

I really enjoyed watching this, it's a very nice tribute video that I'm sure IO-Interactive will be very chuffed with. I really like what I played of Codename 47 when it was working for me. I played it on Windows 7 a while ago and I might install it again with those fixes available now. The older Hitman games are some of my all time favourites and the music is a huge part of that, Jesper Kyd has such a genuine magic to him and he always makes music that compliments the dark and mysterious World of the Hitman games.

I really enjoyed the almost dreamlike atmosphere of this game. Definitely one of my favs

I love replaying the first game in a series I love, especially when it ages poorly. I always think to myself, "I have no idea how this game became popular, but I'm glad it did" lol

I still remember the first time I saw this game as a lil kid. I don't think I've ever been as mindblown by a game (maybe except for when GTA 3 came out, because 3D GTA was like unbelievably sick at the time I can't understate how crazy an open world game like that was at the time!). I truly sucked, and I didn't understand english so my little ass had a very difficult time to complete that much of the game. But man was it a sick experience, everything from the atmosphere and the KICK ASS soundtrack made me love the game! I remember the grittiness and darkness of this game really hit me back then, the ruthless malevolent nature of the game and the fact you're not really playing 'the good guy' made it truly special. I still remember the way I almost hold my breath IRL when I was trespassing in the game, how scared I was, lmao it was so incredibly intense for my little child brain. I mean technically this game is not very good. At all actually. It's clunky and has some very bad level designs some levels. However there was just nothing like it at the time, and the atmosphere was undeniably very heavy and striking, especially when paired with Jesper Kyds phenomenal sound! I've tried to replay this game, but it's not very good tbh lol, I would almost rather play absolution than C47 at least some gameplay in Absolution wasn't that bad if it just had some better level design. C47 on the other hand is a mess. With that said I actually still believe C47 has some things that's better than in any other game - for instance the godlike main menu theme, why didn't they include this in the rest of the series?! Also I really enjoyed the 'you need to buy equipment you want to bring on the mission' - I'm not a fan of the "you have x amount of slots where you can bring equipment". I really miss the binoculars in the newer trilogy! I also really miss the live map (although I don't remember if that was in C47) and perhaps what I miss the most is the ability to look through keyholes (because I never play with the minimap or instincts (aka cheatermode) in the trilogy, which can be a bit frustrating when you can't see what's on the other side of a door. It really baffles my mind that anyone thought it would be a good idea to remove "looking through keyholes" and just think that wallhack instincts solution is the answer. With that said, Hitman trilogy is my favorite of the whole series, simply because they are the best gameplay and level design wise. But it makes me sad that they threw away Jesper Kyds unique style and they moved away from the gritty dark brutal atmosphere of the first 3-4 games, to the more 007 style game we have in the trilogy. It's not bad, but I much prefer the old atmosphere, it is truly what really made the Hitman games so amazing in my mind. So far they've been somewhat good at listening to their fans (especially after the disaster that was absolution). So I really hope that if there comes a new Hitman game, that they go back to their roots with a real dark and gritty 18+ game. This is Hitman for christ sake, not James Bond or Mossad Simulator.

Back when Hitman had its own unique atmosphere.

Hey Cvit, since you were asking for input, I'd like to say that as someone who hasn't played much of the series, I appreciate the quick run-through of the levels and strategies during the retrospective. It helps "catch me up" and puts things in perspective as far as design and intent from the developers.

I played this game as a kid back in the day, me and my friend used to share the keyboard and mouse and play together. We spent hours on this game!

I've never been so sad to find out a video was new. I enjoyed your analysis of this jank-tastic relic so much that I was hoping you had the entire series reviewed by now. But a week is PROBABLY not enough time to expect that :(

Holy shit, I'm drooling at the thought of all of the games in the series getting such a high quality retrospective, mad kudos for doing this. "Contracts" is my favorite in the series, even with its lack of content in comparison to the other games, just because it has the best atmosphere, and also some other great things like that UI and a lot of memorable moments. Also, two of the best missions in the entire series are in the game ("Traditions of the Trade" and "Beldingford Manor).

Blood money was the fourth main title right? Though the third one was mostly flashbacks

Subscribed. I'm hyped for the rest of the series. This franchise is definitely unique and deserves more recognition.

6:43 I think the lean feature is in the second and third game as well

Fantastic vid. Brought back great memories from about 15 years ago when I first played it. Subbed and can't wait for the next ones!

Super excited about seeing where you take this. Hitman is one of my favorite game series ever.

Hey... this video was fun to watch, I hope you make more of these. I subscribed to you after the Berserk video and I'm enjoying your content so far.

Well damn, I'm actually excited to see the rest of your videos on this series.

Hitman 1: Microscopic HUD Edition.

The old Hitman was the bomb and I've played every one up til the 2016 version.

I'm really excited for this series. Love Hitman

Nice summary of the game. I'd definitely watch if you did the rest of the series.

You think to know jank, I was born in the jank, I embraced the jank, I mastered the jank! I didnt get to play a smooth controlled game with 60fps until I was an adult.

I just discovered your channel a week ago when your Blood Money/Absolution video showed up in my recommendations, and I was a little bummed that you said you hadn't yet played the new Hitman games yet. I am so glad this popped up in my recommendations again, and I saw your comment about HITMAN 2 being your GOTY. I was worried you'd be another classic Hitman fan that ignored the new games. Look forward to seeing you cover the rest of the series.

Absolutely brilliant video , instantly subscribed.

Thanks for giving this series some love!

You forgot the most iconic line in the series: "I need to use the bathroom"

Love it, looking forward to your vids on the other games

This was a great series. Thanks for this. One thing I would like to point out is that you can drop bodies with RMB which makes disposing of bodies in the sewers much easier for the whole four times that this mechanic is actually useful.

Great video...I played the original WAY back when it came out but i quit in that second mission. So many years later, I'm a huge fan of the WOA trilogy so it was great to get a detailed walkthrough of this game! I may never play it but this was a really fun look back.

Absolutely awesome review man! You noticed some things I thought other people had no idea about haha. I'll be making a review myself sometime soon hopefully

It's been 5 months where's the next video? chop chop my good man.

this is a good and humorous review, I remembered when this came back in 2000 and getting an amd athlon 1ghz to play it.

I'd love to see a video on Contracts discussing how that game adapted and improved on this game's level. Rarely does a company have the opportunity to give an entire game a second attempt.

First time watching your videos. Absolutely loved the review! Subscribed!!

Love the hitman series. Excellent essays

When are you going to make a video about Hitman 2: Silent Assassin? It's been almost half a year since you made this, you know...

I love the Hitman series. I played the first one when I was in Highschool and I could never get passed the 3rd Colombian mission, it was infuriating. Then when Absolution came out, I remembered the first game and I dedicated myself to playing the entire series from beginning to end. I finally beat the first game and it was the most satisfying thing I've ever done. Then I played and beat each game one by one, and honestly the series just got better and better. I loved Absolution despite some other fans deriding it. Just now I beat 2016 and I loved it too. I love the Hitman series so much, I hope they continue to make these games forever XD

2:36 - Those are the two things I miss about the modern Hitman games. Making 47 into more of a James Bond type character who saves the world is more commerciably viable I guess, but I prefer the more sombre mood of the old games, where you're like an underworld assassin taking out mobsters for money. I also don't like how contextual most kills are now. I prefer to just shoot the target in the head instead of dressing up like a goofy bunny and sabotaging someone's fireworks or whatever. Games are about roleplaying after all, and what I liked about Hitman was the fantasy of actually being a badass assassin.

This game was and still is fun. The jankiness gave it gave it just the right amount of challenge so that when you did get through a level it was just satisfying.

Ooh this is a super nice surprise when I had subbed for those YuGiOh videos. Staying subbed for sure! Great stuff.

I really wish they still had the original man on the game's score. Jesper really crafted some awesome music that went well with being a hired assassin

awesome video, cant wait to see more :)

great review. I am a big fan of the Hitman games! I too love Blood Money!

I think a lot of people do not realise just how much gun variety this game actually had. There were so many guns in this game. Using the "giveall" cheatcode in developer console gives you guns that weren't even meant to be available for you in the final game, but still work.

I'd love more retrospectives of this series.

You have found golden statue, very nice!

So good! Subscribed!

Perfect timing i just started replying the entire series this week(minus codename 47 because i can't get it to run and most of the best missions are in contracts anyway).

That "Oh what the fuck!" At the beginning killed me 🤣

I live for any and all Cvit content. This notification is the reason I failed NNN

this is so far my favorite hitman game

Fair fucks on explaining how to get the game to run on modern hardware in case anyone wants to play it after watching this. Great video man

I love your videos thank you so much ❤️

The hotel level was always my favorite too I also remember the eww excitement when I discovered you could get a shotgun

I decided to make this my first hitman game and oh man it was frustrating. So much to the point where I downloaded a completed save and skipped missions i couldn't stand. But no matter how frustrated I got. I'd always come back. I beat all but 1 mission I ended up liking it overall. I'm so excited for the games to get better and better throughout the series

"And do not drool... On the floor..." *"T O O B A D."*

I like that little darkness nenderoid. Mucho Bueno Señor. I like it alot.

Omg that konosuba charm i love you even more now.

9:10 - as far as I remember reproduction of the level in 3rd installment, it was still about planning, but you needed to include information gathering from NPCs into your plan, which added extra variety to the game.

Fantastic Video :3

So much fun looking this. Maybe you you make this Type of Videos with the Other titles too.

very well made video.

Silent assassin sound track is best ever

For the Colombia missions, the Sniper rifle thing is actually a feature. Normal guards are only allowed to carry AKs, you need to disguise as an officer (the darker uniforms with the yellow stripes) to carry the sniper and machine gun.

Dude the jungle levels...That's what your map is there for. Cant get lost

I really loved the amount of levels we got in silent assassin and the dark rainy atmosphere in contracts. I’d be down with a contracts 2, not sure how it’d work but having a darker toned Hitman instead of the ‘wackier’ hitman that we’ve been getting as of late would be a nice change of pace imo.

It would’ve been really cool if it had a map editor to create your own missions. Say hello to my little friend was also frustrating to get into the lab because you had to have the lighter green uniform. If you didn’t and snuck through the back door before entering you would get alerted even when the door is closed. It would have been cool if they reimagined the Columbia missions like the Rotterdam missions. Waiting 3 minutes for Ivan was always a drag. In the set up you don’t even need to kill the doctor. If you position yourself far enough to reach it and quickly run out, you can leave the level without having the swat team come out. I wish that had more than two ways to kill the red dragon negotiator in the first mission.

The controls are incredible. It was my first game on my first computer, and was months before i learnd anout customizable controls on PC games. Ive got stuck in the first room for weeks. Point and click feature also was not obvious for me, for like first three missions which made rooftops unacceptable in the sniping mission. Second fave game of the series, tho.

The main theme song of this game is very underrated!

Cvit time

YESSS THE BEST VOICE IN THE KZfaq GAMEEEE

I am so happy this game runs out of the box (native monitor locking) on Proton for Linux

This is a very good video

Let's fuckin go! give me that hitman retrospective hell yea

Cvit, don't know if you ever hung out on Hitman2Forum or Hitman2.net, I went by maniac there, was a mod back in the day. I'm a Hitman superfan, and this game was my first, and I beat it maybe 20 different ways. You, sir, are an inspiration. Thank you for the nostalgia. I quite enjoyed Pablo Ochoa missions, a guilty pleasure!

Glad to find another Big Fan of this series. "Traditions of the Trade" is my all-time favorite level in a Hitman game. but aside from that, Codename 47 did not age well at all.

Favourite game when I was a kid

Many old games have amazing soundtracks. Synthetic music ftw.

Looking forward to the video on Hitman 2...the old one...and all the other ones.

Nice

i loved the jungle missions the most, especially taking down that drug lord

The Hitman series has to have one of the greatest series of soundtracks, I would say up to Absolution. (HITMAN™ has a very minimal and average soundtrack, havent played The last one) But in my opinion Codename's OST is The best hands down, it really deserves your attention

8:04 Just uh... just want to mention that the Fiber Wire's animation is completely skippable (and was previously shown in the video as happening). One of the easiest ways that I know of is to simply take the enemy's disguise while you're strangling them. Unless you were referring to the victim's animation which... alright, you win. :D

I mis this shit. As a kid i remember roleplaying in the hotel mission, i fucking loved it.

I think Hitman 2 has taken the spot of the nest game in the series for me.

Fun fact - if you don't kill Ort-Meyer before he gets too close to you, he will sedate you and you will end up in the same bed as you were in the beginning of tutorial.

I remember either playing the first one that ever came out or the second one and you’re on like a farm or something and you’re a priest or talking with a priest that’s what I remember my first experience playing the series around like 2003