Man, the notoriety system is really pretty awesome, and I had paid little attention to it on Normal.
I love that its not so simple as "hey he saw you, you're fucked." It's smart enough that if he saw you, and you STALK HIM AND KILL HIM, no one will ever know. I had no idea how smart this game could be at times.
I also am getting a big kick out of playing through as a badass assassin. Not really going for the stealth, accident-looking kills, not hiding bodies -- but also not getting CAUGHT. I absolutely love shooting a dude with my silverballers, then quickly ducking into a side room, blasting a second guy in there, stealing his clothes, and then walking out to see everyone looking around for the killer of the first guy. I love the high body count with everyone just wondering what the hell is going on.
Does anyone have any suggestions for what level I can get the following secret achievemnt on?
Kill exactly 47 people on any mission?
I tried "New Life", and literally wiped out everyone on the entire level and was like 5 guys short.
And also - can you upgrade every weapon fully in one run? Going back through and getting my guns on a normal playthrough Ive already beaten, it never seems to save any new weapon upgrades I buy, and my money total is always exactly the same. I'm 2 upgrades away from finishing the Uzi, and I dont have the cash, and it seems like Im not earning money anymore...
So you've convinced me to pick up this series again off my backlog. I played through Hitman 2 a few years ago and wasn't impressed. Now I'm going through Contracts before Blood Money. I'm not too concerned with getting Silent Assassin since I just want to get through the appetizer before the feast (Blood Money). I've been playing like the Tube suggested; trying to be sneaky then improvising when things go tits up. A lot of my missions end in a shoot out.
So can you guys give me a few pointers? How can I successfully garrote or drug somebody? I know I have to sneak up behind them, but when I sneak 47 moves the same speed as the target does walking. So I follow him forever, never catching up, hoping the bastard will eventually stop before turning around. The alternative is to walk up behind them and catch them before they whip around. That only works about 50% of the time, so I always just shoot them in the back of the head. 100% success rate.
That said I want to be a more classy hitman, so how do you guys recommend doing it?
Skip Muldoon is dead! Also, 108 other deaths, possibly related.
Funny thing is, if someone rich or famous died in a massacre the papers probably would report it like that. "BRITTNEY SPEARS FALLS DOWN STAIRS. 134 others shot gangland style, possibly related."
it's so great having the silenced shotgun out and going all anton chigurh on people
in the vineyard, i somehow managed to kill pretty much everybody without the cellist noticing
so i broke into his room and saw him peacefully having a smoke on his balcony
waited until he turned around, put two rounds into his chest, he went flying over the edge and into the water below
i strode out of the level with no shells left in my shotgun, no health left in my meter, two bullet holes in my forehead and the drug lab in flames behind me
Man I did that level in the dodgiest way. Shot all the guards in the villa - unsilenced - and somehow the celloist didn't hear it happen. So I wander in, shoot him in the head. Then on my out notice there's no one looking at the door to wine cellar and cap the brother with a silenced Silverballer. Then calmly escape via the plane, despite leaving bodies everywhere.
Skip Muldoon is dead! Also, 108 other deaths, possibly related.
Fuck that level, there is no way you can't finish that level without a shootout on the top deck.
No way.
I believe you're supposed to deliver a cake as the bellhop. That's the silent way.
But you also have to murder everyone on said deck.
I was so pissed everything was going well horribly but I was managing, then some dick gets one shot off before I can finish him and I go into slow mo death without any chance to no die.
SAD
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Skip Muldoon is dead! Also, 108 other deaths, possibly related.
Fuck that level, there is no way you can't finish that level without a shootout on the top deck.
No way.
I believe you're supposed to deliver a cake as the bellhop. That's the silent way.
But you also have to murder everyone on said deck.
I was so pissed everything was going well horribly but I was managing, then some dick gets one shot off before I can finish him and I go into slow mo death without any chance to no die.
SAD
Que? You can kill Skip with the poisoned wedding cake, and strangle the remaining gators in inconspicuous spots. Killing the civilians is unnecessary.
So uh.. does drowning people not kill them? I haven't played this game for ages. I was doing the first mission and wasn't sure if the dudes near the sea-plane would count as witnesses, so I pushed one into the water and left the other. But the drowned guy didn't count as a kill?
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So you've convinced me to pick up this series again off my backlog. I played through Hitman 2 a few years ago and wasn't impressed. Now I'm going through Contracts before Blood Money. I'm not too concerned with getting Silent Assassin since I just want to get through the appetizer before the feast (Blood Money). I've been playing like the Tube suggested; trying to be sneaky then improvising when things go tits up. A lot of my missions end in a shoot out.
So can you guys give me a few pointers? How can I successfully garrote or drug somebody? I know I have to sneak up behind them, but when I sneak 47 moves the same speed as the target does walking. So I follow him forever, never catching up, hoping the bastard will eventually stop before turning around. The alternative is to walk up behind them and catch them before they whip around. That only works about 50% of the time, so I always just shoot them in the back of the head. 100% success rate.
That said I want to be a more classy hitman, so how do you guys recommend doing it?
Doing it with a syringe is easy, as you don't have to sneak at all, you just have to be behind them and aiming at their back. The garrote is trickier, as the very act of getting it ready makes 47 slow down and sneak. If you wanna knock somebody out without resorting to the first two options, you could always pull out a gun, grab them from behind, and knock them out.
Skip Muldoon is dead! Also, 108 other deaths, possibly related.
Fuck that level, there is no way you can't finish that level without a shootout on the top deck.
No way.
I believe you're supposed to deliver a cake as the bellhop. That's the silent way.
But you also have to murder everyone on said deck.
I was so pissed everything was going well horribly but I was managing, then some dick gets one shot off before I can finish him and I go into slow mo death without any chance to no die.
SAD
Que? You can kill Skip with the poisoned wedding cake, and strangle the remaining gators in inconspicuous spots. Killing the civilians is unnecessary.
Probably.
I just suck and it goes into a gun fight. I assumed that there was only gang members up there.
Really enjoyed doing this for Till Death Do Us Part
Silenced, door piercing rounds on the sniper
1. Unpack in-between the guard house and the area where the sick guy goes. Shoot the groom. (Or just where the sick guy is; a couple chances to do that here)
2. Unpack in the swamp where you can see the door that leads to the circular area. Shoot the dad. Two chances (when he goes in and out)
3. Pack it up and leave.
So uh.. does drowning people not kill them? I haven't played this game for ages. I was doing the first mission and wasn't sure if the dudes near the sea-plane would count as witnesses, so I pushed one into the water and left the other. But the drowned guy didn't count as a kill?
Drowning counts as an accident. That guy "fell" in. Careless, really.
Run up the hill and go to the left side of the building (not the main entrance). There's a small set of stairs up onto the patio, and a little to the left there's a door which is hard to distinguish from the windows. Lockpick it, cross the hall a foot or two, lockpick the opposite door, go out back and break the power box, then grab the cop's uniform when he investigates. Grab the videotape and the keycard from the security room he came out of.
Now you have an officer's uniform and can go about mostly as you please. Be careful in the medical wing, and wait until no one's looking to kill the other dudes.
But you also have to murder everyone on said deck.
You left all your guns below, like in the kitchen, right? Put your Silverballer in the cake, poison it, deliver it upstairs and set it on the boss man's desk. Leave the room and follow people until they're alone and knock them out/kill them.
Awesome, I got my first Silent Assassin rank! "Slaying a Dragon" in 2 minutes.
I ran straight from the start point to the gardener walking on the street and syringed him between two guard patrols. I stole his clothes and left him in the street where he fell. Dropped my weapons and entered the Triad meeting place. There I tried many times unsuccessfully to poison the tea (little bastard real gardener spotted me doing it the last time, grrr). Finally I realized that I there was no reason to over complicate things; I just walked straight to the ambassador, garroted him, and then out the front door.
Perhaps not the most stylish kill in history, but certainly effective.
I've been getting SA ranks so far without much trouble, but I seemed to be going about A New Life wrong. Any takers on where I'm going wrong?
Grab the ether from the pet clinic (maybe the lady clipping hedges sees me?). Sedate clown, steal his outfit, dump him in back of his van. Get into the house, go out back until the wife tells me to follow her. Sedate her in back room, steal her necklace. Sneak upstairs while husband is watching TV, sneak into daughter's bedroom, pour ether on panties (mostly just to clear out the upstairs but I take the FBI agent outfit anyway). Wait in computer room upstairs until husband comes in, sneak up to him and inject poison. Walk calmly outside, wait until nobody is around, and put my old suit back on before leaving the level.
For whatever reason this isn't getting me SA...but then again I'm not too sure what you need to do to get SA. I don't think there are any witnesses, my notoriety is still 0, so what's up?
Skip Muldoon is dead! Also, 108 other deaths, possibly related.
Fuck that level, there is no way you can't finish that level without a shootout on the top deck.
No way.
I believe you're supposed to deliver a cake as the bellhop. That's the silent way.
You can also go along the left side, knock out the bellhop taking a smoke break (or just push him over the rail), lockpick the door, and then kill Skip when he comes in the room. I shot him with a silenced gun, but his back was to me so you could do any number of things.
Taking those 3 Gators out silently is a little harder, though. If you removed the bellhop, you can get the one that walks over there easy enough. The other one you can get in the bathroom, or he'll also walk to the right side to have a burger. The one guarding the door with the shotgun is a little harder. If you can get him to stand to the left of the door leaning on the wall with his left hand, you could probably sneak up behind him, but I didn't have the patience.
Why doesn't the guard let me into the costume party in New Orleans, even when I'm wearing the Bird costume? : |
Why does he immediately draw his gun and shoot me?
Costume Party?
I assume you mean the headquarters. If you're wearing the red bird costume, he tells you something like, "What are you doing? Get back to your post." I was able to walk in just fine with a black bird costume, though.
Four crashes. About 2 minutes into the mission the game starts to stutter, and then will lock up, stuttering my entire system until it BSOD's. What the hell.
The thing was I did a run-and-gun versino of the mission yesterday with no issues, nothing.
Well, screw it. Guess I'll go do the Christmas mission.
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I'm gonna try to "accident" everybody on a level. Which one should I do? Also, be reasonable.
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so pro
I linked it a few pages ago but, this mission
So can you guys give me a few pointers? How can I successfully garrote or drug somebody? I know I have to sneak up behind them, but when I sneak 47 moves the same speed as the target does walking. So I follow him forever, never catching up, hoping the bastard will eventually stop before turning around. The alternative is to walk up behind them and catch them before they whip around. That only works about 50% of the time, so I always just shoot them in the back of the head. 100% success rate.
That said I want to be a more classy hitman, so how do you guys recommend doing it?
Skip Muldoon is dead! Also, 108 other deaths, possibly related.
Funny thing is, if someone rich or famous died in a massacre the papers probably would report it like that. "BRITTNEY SPEARS FALLS DOWN STAIRS. 134 others shot gangland style, possibly related."
in the vineyard, i somehow managed to kill pretty much everybody without the cellist noticing
so i broke into his room and saw him peacefully having a smoke on his balcony
waited until he turned around, put two rounds into his chest, he went flying over the edge and into the water below
i strode out of the level with no shells left in my shotgun, no health left in my meter, two bullet holes in my forehead and the drug lab in flames behind me
Fuck that level, there is no way you can't finish that level without a shootout on the top deck.
No way.
I believe you're supposed to deliver a cake as the bellhop. That's the silent way.
I also believe that a human shield means I can kill EVERYONE
But you also have to murder everyone on said deck.
I was so pissed everything was going well horribly but I was managing, then some dick gets one shot off before I can finish him and I go into slow mo death without any chance to no die.
SAD
Que? You can kill Skip with the poisoned wedding cake, and strangle the remaining gators in inconspicuous spots. Killing the civilians is unnecessary.
Doing it with a syringe is easy, as you don't have to sneak at all, you just have to be behind them and aiming at their back. The garrote is trickier, as the very act of getting it ready makes 47 slow down and sneak. If you wanna knock somebody out without resorting to the first two options, you could always pull out a gun, grab them from behind, and knock them out.
Probably.
I just suck and it goes into a gun fight. I assumed that there was only gang members up there.
You dont have to get it ready
run behind guy, spam leftclick
Win
I may be misremembering though
1. Unpack in-between the guard house and the area where the sick guy goes. Shoot the groom. (Or just where the sick guy is; a couple chances to do that here)
2. Unpack in the swamp where you can see the door that leads to the circular area. Shoot the dad. Two chances (when he goes in and out)
3. Pack it up and leave.
http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?msvcr71
Just in case anyone still had these problems.
Drowning counts as an accident. That guy "fell" in. Careless, really.
Now you have an officer's uniform and can go about mostly as you please. Be careful in the medical wing, and wait until no one's looking to kill the other dudes.
Perhaps not the most stylish kill in history, but certainly effective.
For whatever reason this isn't getting me SA...but then again I'm not too sure what you need to do to get SA. I don't think there are any witnesses, my notoriety is still 0, so what's up?
You can also go along the left side, knock out the bellhop taking a smoke break (or just push him over the rail), lockpick the door, and then kill Skip when he comes in the room. I shot him with a silenced gun, but his back was to me so you could do any number of things.
Taking those 3 Gators out silently is a little harder, though. If you removed the bellhop, you can get the one that walks over there easy enough. The other one you can get in the bathroom, or he'll also walk to the right side to have a burger. The one guarding the door with the shotgun is a little harder. If you can get him to stand to the left of the door leaning on the wall with his left hand, you could probably sneak up behind him, but I didn't have the patience.
Steam Support is the worst. Seriously, the worst
Why does he immediately draw his gun and shoot me?
Costume Party?
I assume you mean the headquarters. If you're wearing the red bird costume, he tells you something like, "What are you doing? Get back to your post." I was able to walk in just fine with a black bird costume, though.
Steam Support is the worst. Seriously, the worst
Most of the bars have an employee on break in the back alleys. Just take them out and suit up.
The bars have guards that won't let you in and start shooting? I've never had a problem walking into the bars wearing anything.
Steam Support is the worst. Seriously, the worst
Only at the front doors. You can get into them in the backdoor if you are ok with taking a chef to school.
Updating drivers, although it might be a vista problem I guess
The thing was I did a run-and-gun versino of the mission yesterday with no issues, nothing.
Well, screw it. Guess I'll go do the Christmas mission.