The 'base building" element is what Hitman games were always missing. I also love the idea of being a Hitman choosing my contracts instead of following a set storyline of missions.
It’s okay, not really my thing, but it is neat to go around looking at some of the things. I do love how it accommodates different play styles while keeping the need to stay stealthy in some parts of the game
Been playing a lot of this mode. Its really fun. A couple of things to note to help you: 1) the third clue for the safe is highlighted in instinct and usually is in either the same room or an adjacent room (although I've struggled many times to find the third one). 2) Your explosives, poisons and tools don't despawn after you complete a syndicate, they despawn when you fail a syndicate (there is nothing sadder than losing your only silenced pistol and every bit of equipment when you fail a syndicate) Also I've had the same target in Berlin that glitched out except for me he flew up to the top floor of the level and started walking around in the air which made for a laugh.
@@Safetytrousers Shows he doesn't even Read the Comments.. I'd thank people for this knowledge.. Or at least do a marked like foe Recognition off the Creator.... Think ill unsubscribe.. Especially if he doesn't care about his views or the Topic he's talking about
Always use your instinct when around safes, it will highlight any and all clues to open it. There are also optional special golden objectives that have you using an explosive to open the safe for a good chunk of change. edit: The Kalmer/Seeker guns are dart guns and either will count towards the "poison target/guard" objectives. Sometimes it will specify dart gun, ingested or injected poison, but if it's the dart gun or generic poison those guns count towards the objectives
also a note to add to this, if you have perfect shooter and miss, it counts towards failing that. they wont fail no firearms however if you have perfect shooter at the same time, failing that will fail no firearms because of a game check in the background they havent fixed
@@LykanVarion The Dart Guns will fail the "no firearms" objective but only if you miss. If you hit the shot it counts as poisoning instead of shooting, but if the dart hits anything else it's treated as a gunshot.
The one thing I missed the most from older Hitman games was collecting all the weapons and putting it on the display, I’m glad they finally brought that back
"He's about to sign his own death warrant with a bagel." I love this game. Also, quick correction: you only lose tools like syringes and dart guns if you fail a campaign, not whenever you start a new one like you kept saying.
I was so glad to see this pop up in my feed. I've been having a wonderful time with Freelancer, and I'm glad to see that Jon gave it a shot and loved it. It's the most refreshing thing that's happened to Hitman since the World of Assassination trilogy began. I hope I see Jon do more with this! Also, I'm seeing quite a few pieces of advice here that are good, but I want to make an amendment to one of them: in regard to the safes, it's not just the third clue that's highlighted in instinct; all of them are. Once I figured that out, there isn't a safe I haven't been able to open. Just make sure you're using instinct, and everything should fall into place!
I've been refreshing my feed every day just waiting for this to pop up and finally it's here! I'm loving the mode, since while the main missions are very beautifully crafted, there's only so many times you can replay them in fresh ways and this just takes those levels and makes them infinitely replayable. It's brutally hard and I've ragequitted more campaigns than I'd like to admit but it's so addicting I just can't stop, lol. All in all very fun and I hope IOI continues to support and improve the mode alongside the 007 game :)
This feels a little bit like the devs were like "We built all these systems and made them feel really great to play and then the normal gameplay loop disincentivizes them, so how do we get people to interact with these systems so our work wasn't wasted?"
That's how a lot of stealth games are. Deus ex is the same way: you play the "correct" way, sneaking around, avoiding setting off alarms, and using only nonlethal means to defeat enemies, which earns you more xp, which then gets wasted because most of the things you can spend XP on are 1) loud and 2) lethal. And of course, you don't get to use most of the game's weapons either.
I can understand why the devs would have thought this. You have so many tools and weapons but usually bring with you the silent ones. I've never felt the need to bring with me an assault rifle on a mission until now.
Nice video! Just to correct a misconception. Once you gain a few levels and get some legendary gear you can actually take CONSIDERABLY more with you into a mission than regular hitman lol.
You probably could've gotten away with walking through the frisk area if you had done it earlier. Your problem was that if you look at the pips on the minimap, that guard was literally right there almost back to his post.
A new Hitman game, this time it allows you to just have fun in ways Hitman normally wouldn't advise. This is going to be a great game. Plus there's a banana in 47's cool new house, I'm sold.
I dunno, this mode isn't for me. I personally find the stealth assassination puzzles to be the FUN in Hitman and is 100% why I play it. Not to just shoot people. 5k other games allow you to just shoot people, that's not what Hitman is. This mode is strange to me and killing people in Hitman seems fun at first but it loses its appeal pretty fast IMHO. Piecing together the clues of why the target is there and how they interact with the setting and other targets was what made Hitman great to me...
@@trautsj I get that, but it really does need to be acknowledged that this game mode still accommodates this sort of play style, and arguably even more playstyles than pure stealth or pure brutality. Silent Assassin prestiges, for example, are incredibly plentiful, and give you a way to be rewarded for what the base game likes, and even adds the challenge of permanence.
It’s not really new, just that IOI finally decided to combine all 3 of the recent Hitman games into one and repurpose it. I got my Hitman 3 copy through the Epic game store when it was first exclusive to that platform last year.
@@bscar what they are talking about is the game mode itself. combining the trilogy has been the standard from the start and they are just renaming the trilogy itself. when it went to steam you got all the maps if you paid enough. just wish they offered a refund when they started giving the rest of the maps out for free
that security guard in berlin on the balcony was set up perfectly for one of the most over the top accident kills in all the games. you can remove restrictions on the pyrotechnics, and take out one of the DJs, then take over as the DJ, and control the beat, and when you see him on the bridge, drop the bass and it will electrocute him and light the big tree on fire.
I remember watching this channel for Hitman 2 videos years ago. I'm looking for good Hitman Freelancer videos to watch and I'm confident this will be competent and fun.
I was enjoying this video so much that I was surprised and also sad when it ended. I now really hope that you do more episodes of this, because this was great!
They can also open safes or trigger things like chandeliers if they're placed on the winch. You can get kills with them but they practically have to be on the person to get them.
6:28 that bug right there has stopped me from playing this mode. I lost 3 good runs because I tried to choke someone and 47 just starts beating them and i lose my entire campaign.
...Has no one pointed out that at 32:44 he comments to not worry about the cameras, despite how this would invalidate his SA as the game informs at 32:58 without a lock-pick access to the recorder is not exactly a cake walk. (also very Jon)
Damn! IO and Hitman just giving us all the goodies with new game modes and the like. :) It was a treat to watch you play this, Jon, even if it went all tits up near the end. I wish you luck with your further attempts to go freelance!
The handyman wrench is useless once you unlock the garage in 47's home. There's a wrench in there that you can take with you. And even if you fail a mission, that wrench respawns.
I've had great luck looking for safes codes using instinct and checking the room or rooms in the immediate area. Can't wait for more hitman. Love the content too
I think Freelancer is meant to take place after the events of the World of Assassination story. Meaning ICA has disbanded. And yet most of the targets in the levels are still alive.
Freelancer is my favorite mode of Hitman and maybe my favorite mode of any game ever. My favorite part of Hitman has always been laying plans that are structured, but adaptable, planning out my hits as well as I can but having a knack for what to do when things go wrong. Having more to plan around than just Silent Assassin is everything I wanted, and the level of adaptability that Freelancer requires is genuinely so exciting. I'll be honest, I've seen a lot of people say that Freelancer made them realize how bad they were at the game, but it actually did the opposite for me?? It's made me realize just how well I've come to understand the game's systems and mechanics throughout both playing it and looking at content for it, and while I certainly don't know EVERYTHING and I'm still learning what interesting things this game has in place, I'm... actually pretty good at Hitman? Not the best or anywhere near by any means, but I feel better about my abilities as an assassin in this mode than I ever have just playing the main game.
"47's been getting really into ironic murder recently." Admittedly I haven't played these games personally, but I feel like that's been a thing for at least the whole of this trilogy what with all the opportunity murder methods.
I don't know if you still play Chivalry II, Jon, but till the 13th I believe, they have an archer-only mode. And I know how much you love your archers.
Love this! I can't wait to play. Only problem I had when checking it out last night is my xbox controller doesnt work right on the game when played with PC Gamepass. Anyone know whats causing that? The controller works fine with everything else.
I saw Freelancer and i got excited, I thought they'd redone the old game... but alas no its Just Hitman Freelancer, which is also good, just in a different way
This is probably a distinctly America thing; but it's really jarring to see 47 wandering around what's probably $10 million worth of waterfront property(maybe more since you probably can't just get any random contractor in to build you a classy modernist murder basement and not ask any dumb questions; so that's probably extra); but unable to afford more than a handful of guns.
Your big mistake was keeping the axe in your hand, which made the guards notice you much easier. I think the situation was salvageable. I made it all the way to the third boss fight, identified the target, and decided to gun him down and make the run for it. Unfortunately I forgot that assassins were a thing. It was the New York level and I died in pretty much the exact same spot you did.
In my first Freelancer mission, I went to Marrakesh. You know where I spawned? In the locked alley, by the school filled with guys that have machine guns. Freelancer is a cruel, cruel mode.
Yeah every time in Marrakesh i spawn there. getting a disguise from one of those guards is a paaaain. So from now on i always bring crowbar to marrakesh
The 'base building" element is what Hitman games were always missing. I also love the idea of being a Hitman choosing my contracts instead of following a set storyline of missions.
It’s okay, not really my thing, but it is neat to go around looking at some of the things. I do love how it accommodates different play styles while keeping the need to stay stealthy in some parts of the game
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO! Jon's Hitman playthrough is still one of my favorite series on youtube.
Casual Hitman and MATN fan here. Just started rewatching his playthrough a few weeks ago. Didn't even know this was coming!
I found this channel through The Whole Story. I'm hoping he continues it someday.
Been playing a lot of this mode. Its really fun. A couple of things to note to help you: 1) the third clue for the safe is highlighted in instinct and usually is in either the same room or an adjacent room (although I've struggled many times to find the third one). 2) Your explosives, poisons and tools don't despawn after you complete a syndicate, they despawn when you fail a syndicate (there is nothing sadder than losing your only silenced pistol and every bit of equipment when you fail a syndicate)
Also I've had the same target in Berlin that glitched out except for me he flew up to the top floor of the level and started walking around in the air which made for a laugh.
All the safe clues are highlighted in instinct.
@@Safetytrousers Shows he doesn't even Read the Comments.. I'd thank people for this knowledge.. Or at least do a marked like foe Recognition off the Creator.... Think ill unsubscribe.. Especially if he doesn't care about his views or the Topic he's talking about
🥂
@@QIKUGAMES-QIKU bye have fun
I’m like 90% sure that he’s looking right at the third clue at 9:31 too.
Always use your instinct when around safes, it will highlight any and all clues to open it. There are also optional special golden objectives that have you using an explosive to open the safe for a good chunk of change.
edit: The Kalmer/Seeker guns are dart guns and either will count towards the "poison target/guard" objectives. Sometimes it will specify dart gun, ingested or injected poison, but if it's the dart gun or generic poison those guns count towards the objectives
also a note to add to this, if you have perfect shooter and miss, it counts towards failing that.
they wont fail no firearms however if you have perfect shooter at the same time, failing that will fail no firearms because of a game check in the background they havent fixed
@@nathanharrison2 I've definitely failed No Firearms with a sieker without having perfect shooter, pissed me the F off.
@@LykanVarion The Dart Guns will fail the "no firearms" objective but only if you miss. If you hit the shot it counts as poisoning instead of shooting, but if the dart hits anything else it's treated as a gunshot.
I love that there's a return to the gun range. Loved that feature when it was first used.
The Breaching Charge is REALLY, REALLY quiet, according to the game logic. Definitely a powerful asset.
The one thing I missed the most from older Hitman games was collecting all the weapons and putting it on the display, I’m glad they finally brought that back
I hope you do another episode of this, or at the very least a livestream. This was great. I always love your Hitman videos.
"He's about to sign his own death warrant with a bagel."
I love this game.
Also, quick correction: you only lose tools like syringes and dart guns if you fail a campaign, not whenever you start a new one like you kept saying.
This is brilliant. I haven't played Hitman in a while but this makes me want to play it again. Also hilarious ending, well done Jon.
PLEASE, do more of this mode! Your Hitman Videos are always entertaining, your creativity is limitless.
Jon needs to make more of this just to make a video titled "Assassin's Greed"
I was so glad to see this pop up in my feed. I've been having a wonderful time with Freelancer, and I'm glad to see that Jon gave it a shot and loved it. It's the most refreshing thing that's happened to Hitman since the World of Assassination trilogy began. I hope I see Jon do more with this!
Also, I'm seeing quite a few pieces of advice here that are good, but I want to make an amendment to one of them: in regard to the safes, it's not just the third clue that's highlighted in instinct; all of them are. Once I figured that out, there isn't a safe I haven't been able to open. Just make sure you're using instinct, and everything should fall into place!
I've been refreshing my feed every day just waiting for this to pop up and finally it's here! I'm loving the mode, since while the main missions are very beautifully crafted, there's only so many times you can replay them in fresh ways and this just takes those levels and makes them infinitely replayable. It's brutally hard and I've ragequitted more campaigns than I'd like to admit but it's so addicting I just can't stop, lol.
All in all very fun and I hope IOI continues to support and improve the mode alongside the 007 game :)
9:50 use the special vision to highlight the safe clues. Tablet, Large File or a Laptop are the possibilities.
This feels a little bit like the devs were like "We built all these systems and made them feel really great to play and then the normal gameplay loop disincentivizes them, so how do we get people to interact with these systems so our work wasn't wasted?"
That's how a lot of stealth games are. Deus ex is the same way: you play the "correct" way, sneaking around, avoiding setting off alarms, and using only nonlethal means to defeat enemies, which earns you more xp, which then gets wasted because most of the things you can spend XP on are 1) loud and 2) lethal. And of course, you don't get to use most of the game's weapons either.
I can understand why the devs would have thought this. You have so many tools and weapons but usually bring with you the silent ones. I've never felt the need to bring with me an assault rifle on a mission until now.
Would love some livestreams of this mode, your hitman content is the best
Nice video! Just to correct a misconception. Once you gain a few levels and get some legendary gear you can actually take CONSIDERABLY more with you into a mission than regular hitman lol.
Jon does love his Murder Basements 😂
Been waiting for this.
Hitman is a game I am not good at playing but enjoy watching
You probably could've gotten away with walking through the frisk area if you had done it earlier. Your problem was that if you look at the pips on the minimap, that guard was literally right there almost back to his post.
Ah Jon, it only specified hiding the *target* bodies, you could have dumped out the ancillary bodies, and put the target in the freezer!
A new Hitman game, this time it allows you to just have fun in ways Hitman normally wouldn't advise. This is going to be a great game. Plus there's a banana in 47's cool new house, I'm sold.
I dunno, this mode isn't for me. I personally find the stealth assassination puzzles to be the FUN in Hitman and is 100% why I play it. Not to just shoot people. 5k other games allow you to just shoot people, that's not what Hitman is. This mode is strange to me and killing people in Hitman seems fun at first but it loses its appeal pretty fast IMHO. Piecing together the clues of why the target is there and how they interact with the setting and other targets was what made Hitman great to me...
@@trautsj I get that, but it really does need to be acknowledged that this game mode still accommodates this sort of play style, and arguably even more playstyles than pure stealth or pure brutality. Silent Assassin prestiges, for example, are incredibly plentiful, and give you a way to be rewarded for what the base game likes, and even adds the challenge of permanence.
It’s not really new, just that IOI finally decided to combine all 3 of the recent Hitman games into one and repurpose it. I got my Hitman 3 copy through the Epic game store when it was first exclusive to that platform last year.
@@bscar what they are talking about is the game mode itself. combining the trilogy has been the standard from the start and they are just renaming the trilogy itself. when it went to steam you got all the maps if you paid enough. just wish they offered a refund when they started giving the rest of the maps out for free
Been playing a lot of this mode! It's been wonderfully difficult and interesting. Very new way to play it.
Congratulations on finding a creepy murder basement!
It turns out the real creepy murder basement was inside us (or rather, our house) all along.
47 @ the end: "Life's a circus.... **takes a long drink of wine** ....I'm the clown....."
You'd think a guy following you around constantly putting a camera in your face would raise some alarms.
that security guard in berlin on the balcony was set up perfectly for one of the most over the top accident kills in all the games. you can remove restrictions on the pyrotechnics, and take out one of the DJs, then take over as the DJ, and control the beat, and when you see him on the bridge, drop the bass and it will electrocute him and light the big tree on fire.
Really glad to see Hitman come back. I hope you continue to do more outside of livestreams.
Love a return to Hitman! Ironically what got me into your channel after a pre Fallout 4 podcast with MattyPlays
Jon playing hit man just hits different, thank you, need more of this please
I hope they take notes with this update and give us something like this in the next Hitman game. I am blown away.
I remember watching this channel for Hitman 2 videos years ago. I'm looking for good Hitman Freelancer videos to watch and I'm confident this will be competent and fun.
Really glad to see you playing this! Bring on the series/streams!!
I was enjoying this video so much that I was surprised and also sad when it ended. I now really hope that you do more episodes of this, because this was great!
I’d love to see more of this from Jon
I really hope you make this into a mini series!
That voice going rollercoaster mountains and valleys
If Jon says it's difficult, then it's difficult.
Jon, breaching charges aren't very big. They're really just meant to break open doors and walls.
some irl breaching charges are directional too iirc meaning even if your standing behind it you'll at worst get knocked on your ass
They can also open safes or trigger things like chandeliers if they're placed on the winch. You can get kills with them but they practically have to be on the person to get them.
6:28 that bug right there has stopped me from playing this mode. I lost 3 good runs because I tried to choke someone and 47 just starts beating them and i lose my entire campaign.
I’ve been expecting you 47. Keep up the good work I have been looking forward to this
...Has no one pointed out that at 32:44 he comments to not worry about the cameras, despite how this would invalidate his SA as the game informs at 32:58 without a lock-pick access to the recorder is not exactly a cake walk. (also very Jon)
Damn! IO and Hitman just giving us all the goodies with new game modes and the like. :) It was a treat to watch you play this, Jon, even if it went all tits up near the end. I wish you luck with your further attempts to go freelance!
ever since i saw this was a thing i could not WAIT to see jon play it!!
23:30
NPC casually teleports to higher level. Best moment lol
The handyman wrench is useless once you unlock the garage in 47's home. There's a wrench in there that you can take with you. And even if you fail a mission, that wrench respawns.
The assassin was being very obvious following and watching your designated target. It was rather creepy!
this is what i thought hitman was suppose to be like
I've had great luck looking for safes codes using instinct and checking the room or rooms in the immediate area. Can't wait for more hitman. Love the content too
I think Freelancer is meant to take place after the events of the World of Assassination story. Meaning ICA has disbanded.
And yet most of the targets in the levels are still alive.
* the words "creepy murder basement" ring through my head like a gong *
Freelancer is my favorite mode of Hitman and maybe my favorite mode of any game ever. My favorite part of Hitman has always been laying plans that are structured, but adaptable, planning out my hits as well as I can but having a knack for what to do when things go wrong. Having more to plan around than just Silent Assassin is everything I wanted, and the level of adaptability that Freelancer requires is genuinely so exciting.
I'll be honest, I've seen a lot of people say that Freelancer made them realize how bad they were at the game, but it actually did the opposite for me?? It's made me realize just how well I've come to understand the game's systems and mechanics throughout both playing it and looking at content for it, and while I certainly don't know EVERYTHING and I'm still learning what interesting things this game has in place, I'm... actually pretty good at Hitman? Not the best or anywhere near by any means, but I feel better about my abilities as an assassin in this mode than I ever have just playing the main game.
Took you long enough... Glad to see you back at Hitman
This was excellent, more please
"47's been getting really into ironic murder recently."
Admittedly I haven't played these games personally, but I feel like that's been a thing for at least the whole of this trilogy what with all the opportunity murder methods.
20:23 Client: Take a gun and over-design until it's hideous. Designer: tell me when to stop...
I don't know if you still play Chivalry II, Jon, but till the 13th I believe, they have an archer-only mode. And I know how much you love your archers.
heres my logic on the suits:
as its the outer layer, its more likely to be torn bloodied or dirtied while doing wetwork as 47 does
Clues can be electronic or physical data stores. Tablets, computers, filing stacks, paperwork ect...
at last they made a good hitman where you really can use all the tools without being shunned for blasting blokes with shotgun
I work in security, and I defiantly can walk around with fire ax's without anyone becoming alarmed.
Love this! I can't wait to play. Only problem I had when checking it out last night is my xbox controller doesnt work right on the game when played with PC Gamepass. Anyone know whats causing that? The controller works fine with everything else.
NGL he got further than I thought before cocking up an assignment.
*Someone eats food*
Jon: "You are going to die"
I saw Freelancer and i got excited, I thought they'd redone the old game... but alas no its Just Hitman Freelancer, which is also good, just in a different way
But starlancer!
Looks like a proper playthrough is in order, Jon.
This is probably a distinctly America thing; but it's really jarring to see 47 wandering around what's probably $10 million worth of waterfront property(maybe more since you probably can't just get any random contractor in to build you a classy modernist murder basement and not ask any dumb questions; so that's probably extra); but unable to afford more than a handful of guns.
It's probably because his need to be unregistered... And the house probably was build when he had better funding.
I thinks its about time that we got a hitman contracts playthrough... 👀
I’m BEGGING you to do more Freelancer streams
i miss these hitman videos we need more love it keep it up
Jon, the psychic egg carton knows I wanted to see Hitman.
Can't wait till the live stream!
Trust Jon to punt everything in spectacular fashion
Okay this mode might have sold me on getting hitman 3 soon
It’s up to being four or five games worth of stuff.
As per the safe: If 2 or 3 hackable are in the vicinity of the safe I would say the 3rd would be with the person who's office the safe is in.
I swear some day you'll start doing hitman speedruns too
Now this is a series I definately need alongside AToTW :D
Please please please do more of this!
This is great for replayability!
Your big mistake was keeping the axe in your hand, which made the guards notice you much easier. I think the situation was salvageable.
I made it all the way to the third boss fight, identified the target, and decided to gun him down and make the run for it. Unfortunately I forgot that assassins were a thing. It was the New York level and I died in pretty much the exact same spot you did.
"There's the staying hydrated." Is this a Modest Pelican Easter egg?
what does it say about me , i play this with no mini map, no markers, no insight vision, i don't even have the weapon icons on.
I did almost exactly the same during the beta test. It was so aggravating but fun as hell. I'm glad it's out now, its stupidly fun.
All of your hitman videos make me want to play hitman. But every time I try I realize how badly I suck at the game. LOL
I wouldn’t mind more of this!
It's awesome. Tough. But awesome.
Wasn't the last safe clue on that clipboard?
Now just bring back weapon customization
Thank you for the video.
Wooooo more Hitman Content yay
-1 perception strikes again!
Ah darn, for a split second I thought Freelancer got a rerelease
I can’t see the clown suit without thinking of Mike from Outside Xbox
So you unlock the whole room to get a car battery?
I get it but what if your car could be upgraded for more gear capacity?
This is great, can you do more?
33:39 Jon she could be wearing a wig follow her and make sure she doesn't remember it.
I cooled off a little on TH-cam in general lately, but I would come back for a series of this.
Maybe the third vault clue is on the guy who owns the vault. Haven't played the game but it might be a possibility
In my first Freelancer mission, I went to Marrakesh. You know where I spawned? In the locked alley, by the school filled with guys that have machine guns. Freelancer is a cruel, cruel mode.
Yeah every time in Marrakesh i spawn there. getting a disguise from one of those guards is a paaaain. So from now on i always bring crowbar to marrakesh