Hitman (Zero Punctuation)
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This week, Zero Punctuation reviews Hitman.
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**Snipes a guy through the head**
"Command, we've got some joker pulling pranks down here"
**sees you shoot someone**
"Hey, quit goofing around, you could hurt someone!"
"Who could have sniped this poor guy?"
**Walks past him wearing a sniper rifle**
"Oh, Pardon me, fine sir"
"Hey, does anyone even know this guy?"
* pulls out gun accidentally *
"PUT DOWN THE GUN AND NO ONE GETS HURT!!!!
* puts down gun*
"ALRIGHT, THAT'S IT"
*guard opens fire*
Gabe Grant mobile needs a thumbs up option.
Or I'm too retarded to find the thumbs up button for this comment.
"Kill a bloke for these reasons" - if you're an assassin, shouldn't that list comprise solely of "You'll get paid" and "It'll make you feel better about not having the love of your replacement father figure"?
Hitman's main point of cowardice, IMO. Even if the designers feel they need an overarching plot, they'd likely have better luck with one that reels at how its "hero" never stops being a greedy psychopath than with all the jumbled conspiracy-theory melodrama.
You're not playing "an assassin", you're not a freelancer gun for hire. You're specifically playing Agent 47, who is working specifically for the ICA.
@@MegaZeta that wouldn't be agent 47 then, though
"Leg it for the exit while hooting like Daffy Duck" That's an accurate description of most mission kills in the Assassin's Creed series.
You can switch off the hints. Makes the game a lot better in my opinion. Makes you feel more smug too, sending a chandelier crashing down on some twat and getting a nice bonus.
You can't turn off all the NPC's talking about the hints tho.
@@guyincognito7188 that’s the whole point lmao, you can still hear them talk so you can figure out these special ways to kill them but without the questmark telling exaxtly where to find everything you need to complete that kill which means you either have to explore like crazy or find a new inventive way to make use of the hint you overheard
@@taxicorky I'll be honest, i forget the context of this, but I was probably referring to Diana never shutting up about obvious shit over your radio. Not the NPCs in the level talking about stuff, Diana commenting on it and making it super obnoxious and obvious and treating you like a child.
cos, that, you can't turn off without mods. and, those mods get re-broken every single time IOI puts out even the most minor of patches :(
@@guyincognito7188 I mean how else would one figure something out without just random trial and error? I’d feel more clever figuring it out based on something I hear than just guessing
One of the funniiest Zero Punctuation's I have seen so far. Couldn't stop laughing at the "Speak up a bit, the waiter is being strangled bit". Keep on going Yahtzee!
Agent 47's unchanging facial expression was priceless.
Especially with the Daffy Duck part.
Well, he's the only person at his workplace, apparently, that takes his job so seriously, he fights back the contortions of his "Most Generic Face in humanity." Not hating onnthe guy, in fact it helps his jobs moreso, but the dude's face is more generic than a common Lego figure's face.
That’s likely the point. If you’re a good assassin, you’ll want to be generic and be able to blend in.
Pretty much the same thing ingame. That's one of his main character traits, if you didn't realize that already...
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This episodic shit is like selling ingredients for a dinner at a RESTAURANT
You wait, there'll be some hipster cafe in Brooklyn/Berkeley/Shoreditch/Tokyo that markets "DIY meals" or "IKEA dining experiences" or "edible Lego" or something. I also remember a comedian years ago joking about the idea of a "holistic" sandwich stand where if you want a ham sandwich, they give you a gun and tell you to go into the woods and shoot a pig.
Superb analogy.
I disagree. your example is more beffiting of something like the creation kit from bethesda, or better yet, Minecraft. mainly because you are tasked with making your own fun with the tools/ingredients provided.
i think that Hitman's episodic release is more like a multi course meal in which new food items are brought out one after another. However, whether you like the classic buffet style of the multi course meal is another, more subjective, matter.
Anyways, thanks for readin'.
That analogy makes no fucking sense if you think about it
Think it is more akin to going to a buffet but having only one dish to start with and then having to wait a month between getting new dishes.
That last scene caught me off guard.
god I love his Agent 47 drawing being thrown into situations
I wonder if he did the escalations or elusive targets? I really enjoyed how they change things up, between that and the elusive targets Hitman is a game I keep finding myself coming back to. I hope that square enix keeps updating this game so far they have been killing it.
With the amount of harping about the hand-holding he did I don't think he found the options menu either. Pretty much every assist can be turned off.
it took me a while to realize how many missions there actually are, i completely ignored all escalation missions for a while and was surprised was genuinely surprised when i found them.
Yeah I did that too when I first started. I just assumed that they would just be kill conditions on npcs in the level, I was pleasantly surprised when I saw they actually modified the levels.
you could always just play on professional if you think the game is too easy
You mean the things he mentioned in the video? Dunno.
3:55
I've been binging all these videos and that's the joke that really got me
I think this episode was by far one of the funniest and best Yahtzee ever made... I think it's the Hitman's grudging stare throughout the whole thing that does it.
Translation: not too bad; but way too short.
It's not even that short though.
Not too hard not too soft.
Boys 2 Men abc bbd
Inaccurate translation
It's not JUST called Hitman, it's Hitman: No Subtitle! Do your homework Yahtzee!
umm actually :/ it's "Hitman (heurgh) No Subtitle! gosh
OxBox fan I take it?
Shut yuur mooooooooo
Come to think of it, the first Hitman was called Hitman: Codename 47 so yeah, it will make sense on the filing systems
I came, I liked, I left. To watch it later.
Criticas QLS so you came too?
+DoHickey Everybody came.
Watch it later? It came out last week.
Maybe on Escapist, but not TH-cam...
Criticas QLS embedding is disabled. what an a-hole.
One of the most well-written episodes in a while.
k the episodic nature works when you get that its a study of one night in one environment, and all of the small stories that can be going on in that night. by doing the main missions and side assassinations, you learn all of the intricacies of this one environment in both the level and the character. even the small ones add up to the big picture. like the journalist who wants to interview the main target in the first level, and the side mission where theres a woman who needs to leave the country fast because she has dirt on the other target etc etc. when you really look at all the detail in the levels, its absolutely worth the money and the episodic nature suits it really well
It would be nice if there was a way to disable all the hints and figure it out for yourself. I'd rather go in blind than deliberately trying to avoid the method the game set-up for me.
***** Sweet, thanks. I might get the game now.
It's possible, you can turn off hints and pretty much play it like it's Blood Money... or something like that
The game has a LOT of options. And all of the handholding can be turned off, making the complaints about them pretty ridiculous.
In the newly added Professional Mode, you actually don't get that anymore...
it sounds ok, but for the last few Hitman games I've hated the fact that if you snipe a target who isn't secluded the guards always know and investigate where the shot came from, even if you use a silencer. It's like they're trying to punish snipers and it ruins the reward of finding that perfect sniping spot. I mean I know the answer is "shoot them when they're alone" but sometimes I like the idea of a very public assassination but I still don't want to be rumbled if I've gone to the effort of hiding somewhere dead good. /rant
I do enjoy the little touches, such as him pausing and counting on Mic what number Hitman this was.
you finally turned the music volume down. thank you
The daffy duck line had me in stitches
Can I just say that Yahtzee's design for Agent 47 is absolutely hysterical
0:40 Seeing as the first Hitman game was "Hitman: Codename 47", and the only game they've made with a sequel number in the title was Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, they kind of managed to avoid the thing you criticize them for. ;-)
1:59 the wine in their glasses changes colors, wtf
I thought this instance of episodic release was handled quite well. It works because the replayability is through the roof. As Yahtzee said, you may not like it if you don't enjoy making your way through a checklist, but some of those challenges are very challenging and a lot of fun. I have put a lot of time into this game, and yet I still find new things in every level.
Plus, I think this format works better in fixing bugs and making patches. With every new episode came a list of updates that made the game better. So from start to finish, (I say "finish" lightly because they STILL are releasing bonus content) you got to see and be a part of making the game overall a more enjoyable experience.
Finally, I wish he would have mentioned the Elusive Targets. I firmly believe they have become the quintessential aspect of the entire Hitman franchise. The tension while playing one of them is at an all time high, because the slightest mistake could result in you missing out on any opportunity of killing the target ever again, literally. If you aren't playing Elusive Targets, you are missing out on the best thing about this game, or any Hitman game.
Couldn't agree more! Can't wait for Season 2 now.
Exactly. Nailed it, Cody.
I would often do something like the third option for how you could take out a target. Every game where I try to be stealthy and it goes wrong I throw something and run around hooting like daffy duck.
Best thing to do if you're considering HITMAN is to disable the "Opportunities" hints in the settings. Having to eavesdrop on NPCs for hints feels a lot more organic when you have to be close enough to actually listen to them, remember what they say, and choose to act on it. With all the hints enabled, the criticisms in the video are 100% valid, and the game is reduced in large part to choosing which of the options you want to be railroaded down.
If you enjoyed previous Hitman experiences though, it's a pretty good game to pick up on sale.
Anyone else find themselves constantly giggling at Agent 47's permanent frown?
I hope when Hitman 2 comes out Yahtzee gets a chance to review it.
Castle Douglas gets a mention!! Yaaaaaas #paradise
People give so much shit to this game for its payment model. But it was the most fun I've had in a long time with a stealth game
"I liked the game because I liked it" isn't an opinion worth sharing
@@MegaZeta I'm not sure what made you think your reply was somehow more worthwhile, honestly.
@@RepublicOfUs no one cares about you think tho
1:41 actually made me laugh pretty hard out loud.
They need to remake Hitman 2. The game where 47 actually had some bloody personality. There you go, I said it.
I think he has a ton of personality, it is just not shoved up your face and the player actions can also add to that personality. I would like to see Hitman 2 with today's graphics and such but i don't think a remake would be the best solution. Maybe if they started adding some of the favorite missions to this platform? I would love to get back to that hotel mission in Hitman 2, the best hotel mission there is. Honestly i was kinda disappointed about the hotel mission in this new game but it is passable.
Yo in addition to the jokes I've come to expect and love about Zero Punctuation, this was an awesome review. Actually easy for me to follow for once
scavenger hunts...that is really the perfect way to describe this game. after doing everything in the Paris mission, I was like "I'm never doing this again"
Yahtzee you know you can turn the opportunities off and you have to put two and two together from when the waiter says his boss like a certain cocktail and the recipe is in the basement so you have to find it yourself rather than having a damn objective marker on it.
Seems Yahtzee wrote the script before lunch time again.
I love the grumpy face on this zero punctuation Hitman character.
If you liked Blood Money, you'll like this one. They're very much alike, with the exception of a couple gameplay additions left over from Absolution. For example, some people can recognize when you're not who you are dressed as. But it makes sense.
Like, when you're wearing a security uniform, other security guards can recognize that you aren't one of their co-workers, but a waiter (for example) would have no idea who all the security people are, and can't see through your disguise.
Man, that story reminds me of a mission I played in one of the better Hitman games (can't remember which). It takes place on a snowy, mountain-side penthouse during a party. Anyways, long story short, I was found out very early in the mission. Not being a quitter, I tried to complete it anyways. I got cornered in an elevator, so I climbed on top of it. and proceeded to garrote 40-50 guards, before they gave up and I regained stealth.
Glad I waited seven years to finally get the latest one, which includes the previous two campaigns as well. So it's finally a decent length, at least.
Can someone explain the problem with the opportinity system? Why do you use it if you don't want the help. That's what I do. You can still complete the opportunity, you just don't get the guide and it's much more rewarding.
I also don't get the hate for other completely optional gameplay features like fast travel, bullet modes or "see through walls skills" etc.
The ice cream man lines were gold 😂😂😂
WritingonGames has a few really good videos about why this Hitman format is actually beneficial, and how it really plays into the nature of game that Hitman is. Would recommend.
Yahtzee!!! Where's the Resident Evil 7 review?? As a fan of old school survival horror games your opinion matters a lot!!
Well after they changed Toblerone "design" by making 1/2 of what it's inside I think you should try it Yathzee.
Making 1/2 of what it's inside into what?
Finally delivered the Aristocrats joke! KEK
Personally I like the spisodic thing as I get bored of games very quickly - I just bought the first 2 levels in the Steam sale which were really good, but had I paid full price for the 'full game' I probably would've got bored and never bothered with the last few levels at all
You could also, you know, turn off Opportunity tracking. That's what I did, and enjoyed my experience immensely.
The Aristocrats reference! Nice!
That PC master race though. 🏁
I know this is a year old, but I just now got to playing this. I agree that every mission is kind of the same, and it becomes very easy, but I still enjoy the gameplay. And hey, even if all the missions are the same, one good turn deserves another.
Super Cas Yahtzee's origin story is DARK.
The description of "Hitman" sounds kind of like what playing Yahtzees "Trilby: The Art Of Theft" felt like :D I did enjoy it though (Trilby)
you get the bread, butter the bread, put lettuce in the bread, ham goes in the bread, get some mayo for the bread and BOOM! you have a ham sandwich
I will buy your mysterious bottles, little monsterman from The Darkness... I will
I don’t really mind playing it over and over. With each run I know the map a little bit better. I use the story missions as a jumping off point. Doing story missions back to back is not the best way to do it. But story mission and then a creative twist usually works out pretty well. The levels require practice. And completeing challenges starts to come natural. And by late game I know the mechanics well enough to go to a new map for the first time and kill the target creativity on the spot on Master difficulty. The slow learning curve is what drags it down I think.
I haven't play this game yet, mostly because I hate the episodic format. but I saw a commercial last night of this game finally being released on disc so I might pick it up now.
There's professional mode, guards are more aggressive and attentive. Suspicious acts will get you caught if a camera spots you. Then all the "hand holding" can be turned off in the menus. I personally love this game. The "episodic" system is made up by the amount of content they pumped out. Some people may not like replaying things over and over again. But some people like me, love doing that as I'm a completionist. I want all the rewards. Best thing is, if you're bored and have gotten all the rewards, go try and kill everyone. You done that too? Go kill everyone, but only wearing your suit and silently. Done that too? GO do some contracts. By the time you complete all of these things, another season is out. The game focuses on gameplay alot, even more than the story.
I say, go get it if you like messing about.
I actually liked the episodic release because it gave me time to figure out a map before moving on with out feeling rushed
Leaving the opportunities enabled is a huge mistake if you ask me.
Even instincts I turned off the minute I launched the game.
4:57 (INSERT CREDITS HERE)
dear yatzee17, they make smaller toblerone bars now, i believe in you.
I kinda' loved the release model for this game in particular. Got easily around 20h of gameplay per episode and I highly doubt I would've spent as much time had I played them in one go. I doubt I'd have the motivation to truly learn the levels if I'd a new level just waiting to be played.
"normaly we put a sock on the door nob..." Oh my God, my sides!
I feel so special! He used my computer case!
I feel like they sold it in chapters because
1. Doing it in smaller sections means you get more time to play around with the level and find new ways to complete it so it helps you get your money's worth. Yeah it was annoying that MGS: GZ was short as fuck but pretty much everybody 100% complete that game to get their money's worth.
2. Ah fuck it. It's Square Enix, who knows why the fuck they did it.
You do know you can turn off the opportunities markers so they only tell you what to look for, not how or where to acquire it, right?
2:19 oh yahtzee, I can't fucking breathe cus that one was just way too fucking funny and true at the same time
"Maybe you'll sneak off to a quiet little rooftop and wait for the perfect opportunity to install a top of the line new ventilation system in the side of their fUCKING HEAD."
Great reference to the Aristocrats joke :D
That Agent 47 face XD
still no commercial for your book Yahtzee? tisk tisk!
hey bro, your end screen annotations are broken on this episode, it seems.
I can't wait until they do a prequel and decide to call it Hitboy
Yay, Castle Douglas! :-D
hitman is best when it allows multiple routes, if the games linear than it isn't fallowing formula, a good way of doing a hit would be if the target can do some actions randomly, so it allows multiple scenarios of a successful hit or go in with an assult rifle and shoot at anything that has the misfortune of speaking, which makes it weird if they're deaf
caravaning in castle douglass, do we have a mossyardian?
Hey Yahyzee, do you, or have you, considered any fan suggestions? For example, you used to talk up Killer 7 a bunch, but never reviewed it. Could you?
I always like to think hitman has the super power of instantly changing clothes, it's alot more interesting if you think it's canon
I love his agent 47
I adore Hitman 2. Such a rich game, I've played it countless times. Blood Money was also pretty good. The other games are hit or miss though.
This one is up there with the Blood Money for me!
Did anyone else notice the Douglas Uppity reference?
Thank you yathzee, I'll see you within a week.
a pure black ending card...Just like my SOOOUULL. Hello welcome to my twisted mind.
Yahtzee pls.
I don't know. Toblerones have a lot less chocolate in them than they used to. It might be possible.
Did I spot a 'League of Gentlemen' reference at 1.20?
I find it odd that Yahtzee still hasn't reviewed a single game from Paradox Interactive: Magicka, Cities: Skylines, EUIV, Stellaris etc...
i recently picked up hitman 2016 and after getting my first opportunity i went to the settings and turned them off, that way no hand holding and more figure out how to do something
Really missed the mark on this one.
1. You can turn off the mission story hints, so you'll still get obvious conversations but you'll have to figure out the rest.
2. You don't need to constantly worry about score. Try just improving, its very easy to escape and snag a new disguise.
3. It really isn't that short if you play it right.
This is brilliant, Ben. Classic ZP.
I've noticed a trend. He either hates his uncle or "loves" him
But who *will* buy the mysterious bottles from the mysterious bottle salesman?!
I like how in the end Yahtzee just casually stated he was molested by his uncle.
Yes, it's a local custom known as a "joke"
Reference to the aristocrat joke, hah, love it
i got an add for this game just before i watched this
You played Find The Twix as well?
Are elusive targets going to come out later for people (like me) who are waiting a bit before buying the game?
new elusive targets are being constantly released every 2-3 weeks.
2:09 Otherwise known as the "Mike" method.