just finished it and man, [parody]ing the heads of the literal illuminati has never felt more satisfying. yes i know the series has a problem with its portrayal of violence but cmon, taking out a gigantic piece of shit like the stuyvesant asshole in the first mission cannot feel bad to me. anybody else play through it it yet?

    • RandyLahey [he/him]
      ·
      4 years ago

      Or dropping a toilet on the head of a general trying to stage a military coup

  • RandyLahey [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I assume it's mostly just a glorified level pack (and honestly I'm cool with that), but are there any new mechanics or anything? Also do all the weapons have a giant pink number 3 on them?

    • itsPina [he/him, she/her]
      ·
      4 years ago

      theres a few new mechanics. Shortcuts that you can unlock that will be available in future playthroughs of the level (not just different starting locations). Theres also a camera gadget that lets you do some stuff that I personally dont give a fuck about. im sure theres some other stuff but i havent played much yet

    • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
      ·
      4 years ago

      The signature mark III look involves an actual new model for the item, so they did step that up a notch.

      • RandyLahey [he/him]
        ·
        4 years ago

        awww i kinda liked the big pink #2 on everything, seemed like a very intentional middle finger to whiny self-serious g*mers

        • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          The last level

          spoiler

          takes place on a moving train and therefore is literally linear, which was everyone's (me included) main complaint about Absolution. That's poetic.

  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I've never played any of the Hitman games but now I vaguely want to. I did play Splinter Cell back in the day, which has a few similarities like stashing bodies so you don't get caught.

    Should Hitman 3 be my first entry into the series?

    • ADamnedFool [any]
      ·
      4 years ago

      oh yeah, the hitman games are all about murdering degenerate rich people who are twisted by their wealth. There's no bit where you are killing a communist. Its all killing disgusting mega wealthy people.

      • makotech222 [he/him]
        ·
        4 years ago

        I think in Hitman 2 you have to kill some guys that are a part of a leftist terrorist group, though.

        • p_sharikov [he/him]
          ·
          4 years ago

          Don't you also murder a retired soviet agent or something?

        • ADamnedFool [any]
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          4 years ago

          Time has been kind because I don't remember that. Hitman 2 Silent Assassin or modern Hitman 2? Cause Hitman got cool around Contracts, Blood Money and then nothing happened before nu Hitman

            • ADamnedFool [any]
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              4 years ago

              I can't remember much of what happened in Silent Assassin, you fought mafia and then at some point ninjas in a Japanese castle. The game found its groove in the later games

            • AngusMcAnus [he/him]
              hexagon
              ·
              4 years ago

              That was a cult and they were planning a terror attack if I'm not mistaken

              • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                They were gonna nuke the US I think which is the kind of thing that some people in this website would, rightly or wrongly, regard as a leftist thing.

    • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
      ·
      4 years ago

      Yeah because you can (for a price) get all the levels from 1 and 2 in 3.

      If you want a taste of the series, the first level of H2 is free:

      https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/hitman-2-free-starter-pack/c2t9s41wvcmf?cid=msft_web_chart&activetab=pivot:overviewtab

      • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
        ·
        4 years ago

        That's very good to know, so it'll definitely be 3 if I want to get into the series. Thanks!

  • irocktoo [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Incredibly strong end for the trilogy, Berlin and Argentina might be my favorite maps of the entire series.

      • blobjim [he/him]
        ·
        4 years ago

        The Epic games launcher is probably the least intrusive one.

    • AngusMcAnus [he/him]
      hexagon
      ·
      4 years ago

      Yeah the middle section was a lot darker in tone than the rest, really reminded me of the original third game Hitman: Contracts, which makes me think that this is probably not a coincidence lol

    • Durst [any]
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      4 years ago

      I was planning to do the same but then I saw that it was already cracked lmao

  • cresspacito [he/him]
    ·
    4 years ago

    Is that what it's about? Sounds cool, I got the first one for free, should it be the next thing I play?

      • RandyLahey [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Marrakesh is pretty based though (minor spoilers i guess but I'm pretty sure this is all in the mission briefing), it's a general trying to stage a right-wing military coup with the backing of western financiers, planning to establish martial law in response to false-flag attacks from fake revolutionaries that he's paying (in response to the prison break of a Swedish banker who stole millions from the Moroccan people, which he also staged to piss people off). And you're also employed to murder him by another western corporation who has lucrative contracts with the current government.

        I mean it's missing the flashing neon signs saying "The CIA is behind this" but it's otherwise a pretty spot-on assessment of modern-day military coups

        • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          I mean it’s missing the flashing neon signs saying “The CIA is behind this”

          https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/EqF6ic1fyL.png

          • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
            ·
            4 years ago

            not technically a flashing neon sign, idk, that subtitled dialogue could mean anyone.

            maybe the culinary institute of america has a lot of explaining to do, okay?

            :cia:

            • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
              ·
              4 years ago

              What's funny is that there is a CIA guy who recurs throughout the series, often in his underwear and in need of 47's help.

      • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Don’t go in expecting communist politics or anything like that.

        If you explore the levels and listen in on NPC conversations, the writing has a clear anti-capitalist angle, but yeah isn't explicitly communist.