There's a freelancer loading screen where 47 is waiting at an airport, sat bolt upright staring straght ahead. The fact he never seems to get bored is the wildest part about his character to me, boredom is an emotion that nearly all sentient life experiences, and its creepy that 47 just doesnt have it
I didn't think about that, but you make a very good point. It's almost like he is completely fine in just being in his own head but I wonder whether he is recalling memories, thinking of ways to complete the job, or something else in order to avoid boredom.
He doesn't feel. He wasn't created that way. He was designed to be exactly what he is. My guess is he spends his idle time replaying the details of the current target(s) and other objectives.
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin discussed this very topic over 20 years ago. He clearly has empathy and remorse meaning he can’t be a psychopath by definition.
Idk if this is the same game I played but I played a game that came out before the recent trilogy but he killed Diana and was very upset by it, at least to me he looked upset. Then there was another game where I think 47 was looking for purpose and he ended up joining a church and building a good relationship the pastor and then when the pastor was murdered, 47 got upset and hunted down the pastor's killers.
@@rosestar1324 The game where he showed remorse for "killing" Diana was Hitman Absolution and the game where the pastor was kidnapped (not killed) was in fact Hitman 2: Silent Assassin and 47 had to kill a lot of people to get him back.
This. We see in one of the spawns for Chonqing that he is entirely capable of empathy and provides comfort to a woman worried about her relationship with her friend. It seems more likely that when engaging in a contract, that empathy just isn’t relevant to him.
@@williamlongshot972 he then compartimentalizes between his personal feelings and his job. A highlevel assassin like him doesnt go after cheating spouses. His targets will be involved in something bad that pissed off someone else who has enough cloud to hire someone like him.
No, 47 is not a psychopath. He is a clone that was bred for the sole purpose of being the perfect killer by a real psychopaths, and is slowly learning how to be an actual human. The reason why 47 is killing people is not because he's a "professional" or because he likes it, but because it's literally the only thing he knows how to do. And even then, he still can feel emotions and empathy, which is why Ort-Meyer thought that he was "not perfect enough", and eventualy tried to replace 47 with his "improved", emotionless and completely loyal to him 48 clones.
Maybe not a classic psychopath, being extremely intelligent and patient, but having some of those traits IS enough to be diagnosed as such; engineered or born. Besides, 47 DNA is made up by seven (I think) hardcore criminals, exactly because they possessed a plethora of personality disorders.
I think there are clues in pretty much every game that 47 isn't emotionally devoid. He feels anger, sadness, regret, hatred, outrage, all kinds of emotions. He even gradually develops familial attachments toward Lucas Grey, Victoria and especially Diana. And as annoying as Agent Smith is to him, 47 never hesitates to help him out. Even when it's not in the contract. The thing is he was actually created with these emotions in mind. He only appears emotionless because he's so good at walling them off and keeping them to himself. He never tips his hand and always thinks of the task at hand; the ultimate professional!
Took the words out of my mouth a year in advance! YES! Pretty much, and that's what I find the most sad about him... Ever since the first game, I always saw him as one of those poor souls who just never got a chance to do any good, he is capable of doing good ... Just never given the chance in hell. This was brought up in the second game Silent Assassin, but because most of what he knows comes straight from the ICA, He doesn't have much choice... He has to go back to the ICA in order to save the Pastor, they are the only people he knows who can help him get the Pastor Back. That means he has to become the Agent again.
Meant it, too. Even as he discovered the humanity within himself and its connections to others outside the organization, Diana was a far more immediate link because she was One Of Them. In my other comment, I spoke of subcultural replacement to fulfill whatever role society plays in the trained assassin... or soldier. This is a good example of learning by experience.
It`s also to note that in the Patient Zero DLC, if you allow the virus to spread to civilians, 47 says that he feels terrible for killing them. So he is, at least in The World of Assassination series, not a psychopath.
I didn't know that, that's really interesting thank you for sharing! Feels like the devs put a lot of effort/attention to detail in the hitman games and DLC content which is great.
I hate that. He used to be an emotionless cold blooded killer, a villain who kills other villains. Now he has empathy to be more relatable, his original character assassinated. He literally used to kill innocents without remorse like in blood money if they got in his way or was a loose end
@@kaiares5109 Are you sure about that, have you even played Silent Assassin? He was literally characterized to feel empathy and remorse as the entire plotline involved him trying to save Father Vittorio, his only friend.
@@kaiares5109 Are you sure about that? I always thought a psychopath was just someone who wouldn't get PTSD from doing something they deem as bad. A psychopath will probably feel bad about killing someone innocent, they'll probably even think about what they could have done to avoid doing it, but if they don't dream about it tomorrow and are contempt with moving on so soon, then I would consider that a psychopath.
The way I think of it, 47 can turn his emotions on and off. Not in a fake way, he doesn't act like he's having an emotion, he's actually having it. He's just really good at compartmentalization.
@@ZomboidMania don't worry lol your going to be fine. Actually possibly better than most. removing emotions can help dramatically in certain situations where they would be harmful. E: Surgeon, Military, Executioner, etc. You are very lucky to possess this skill. But it may be dangerous to not always have emotion.
I don't think that 47 is insensitive to punishing consequences, he has people working with him to maintain his cover and he's incredibly good at slipping away, so he's not scared of it because he know's he can handle it.
The real psychopath is not agent 47. It's the player on the PS4. I made it to the end of the video and now I feel.......................... ......................not guilty. 😂 only emotions I feel are horniness for Diana 😂.
Think part of the point of character of 47, is that he was engineered to have no emotions, yet he still has them but doesn't show them, it's a thing that often comes up trough out the series with some lines he has
Yeah. He was "born" with them and they were then essentially beaten out of him. I imagine his "training" basically just being targeted abuse at random times. Like moment he is being taught to expertly cook and then boom, kill this rando mid lesson. If he didnt, he washed out and was put down like an animal.
In the lore of the hitman storyline its implied that 47(Grimm Reaper) is the product of dna manipulation and alteration,his dna is in fact selected from the worlds tops criminals on the Hitman world. So some traits are easy to trace back to. As per showing emotions,the severing of the life subscription i attribute to it being akin to a job. Folks usually get into the "work mode" when they are getting ready. Same goes for "rest mode"
"Implied"? It's literally the plot of "Codename 47". 47 is a clone, that was created from the DNA of the five of the worst criminals, that happened to know each other due to their service in French Foreign Legion. They were planing to use him as their personal killer, but Ort-Meyer, his creator, got greedy and used 47 wia ICA contracts to eliminate his former associates. Then he lured 47 himself into the very asylum under which he was created, and tried to get rid of him as well, first by sending SWAT teams after him, then by the newer batch of the "perfect" 48 clones. You can guess how that turned out for him.
@@OverLorD768 actually in both logic and English, we can say something is implied even if it is literally stated. In logic because implication is a => b which just means b can always be true, but if a is true then b is also true. In English because many elements lead to the conclusion that is explicitly states.
I like the detail that he is playing the Colorado, an infamous map known to be the bain of Hitman players, you have to be a Psychopath to like this map
It took me THREE FUCKING YEARS to beat this goddamn level. That is not a joke, I have the photos and trophys. I completed Bangkok on 7/27/2020. I completed Colorado on 6/15/2023. I finished all of Hitman 2 within a week and all of hitman 3 in about 23 hours (not 23 hours of play time, just 24 hours. I pretty much ran through it.)
Trauma can make you emotionally numb, and these individuals are often mistaken by everyday people as psychopaths. Often this is benificial, as with ICU workers, or similar.
Psychopathy is considered to sit under Antisocial Personality Disorder of the cluster B personality disorders. It is a severe mental illness and is created in nature and nurture of a traumatic childhood. Symptoms include Boldness, superficial charm, pathological lying, lack of empathy or remorse, inclination to violence and Psychological manipulation, impulsivity, narcissism. 47 probably has antisocial personality disorder. Cluster B personality disorders also include narcissistic, histrionic and borderline personality disorders (BPD being my favourite due to my ex ☹️)
@@GamePsychYT oh! Thanks man. Really appreciate that and great video. To be honest it debilitated me for months after I left which was compounded by her moving on fast. 1/5 stars ⭐️ not recommended being with someone with BPD. Got therapy and it made me a backyard psychologist trying to cut the trauma bond.
@@MaiqTheLiarXIIIthis comment doesn’t talk about all the other disorders that could cause similar symptoms so you should speak to a professional instead of self diagnosing based on one short TH-cam comment
Prior to the trilogy series, they were considering 47 a failed experiment because he kept a pet but he kept proving himself capable. In blood money he kept a pet bird but still didn't think twice about crushing it when it came to maintaining his cover.
Great video dude!Wondering about 47’s psychology always happens when I really stop to think about Hitman’s story. I’ve always believed that 47 is not a psychopath. Maybe not “typical” when it comes to mental and personality disorders, but not a psychopath. That is because personally, I can’t really think of a good reason as to why 47 would protect Victoria in Absolution if not for empathy and to honor Diana’s wish, when he didn’t really have to. I just can’t really believe that he would do that for his own benefit. However, I should say, I haven’t played absolution in years lol. Maybe there’s some kind of inconsistency in my memory and there’s actually something for 47 to gain out of going against the ICA in that game, who knows?
He also cares for animals and plants, but he also is willing to do what is needed to protect himself and those around him, such as killing his pet bird to keep himself from being killed in the process.
Thank you, not only for the support but also for chipping into the discussion! I find it really interesting to read these types of comments as I am by no means an expert on hitman so finding out these nugget of information and seeing how they support/counter the point of 47 being a psychopath is exactly why I made the video :)
In practical sense he had no reason to turn on his employers and decapitate whole organization. He did have doubts about his initial mission and chose to shoot Diana less lethally than he could have. Of course being shot with .45ACP might have killed Diana (he knew it as well as she did), but he could have killed her right there. 47's motive is basically to keep Victoria safe because she has potential to be even more dangerous than he is and let her have a normal life. He nevr had one and he knows how valuable it is. When you look how 47 fared in that game he personally didn't win anything.
Whenever I think about 47, I don't consider him a psychopath, more so either a sociopath or, an extreme antisocial personality disorder that's been literally engineered to him. I think he has empathy and emotions, judging by the fact that in Hitman 2: Silent Assasin, he regularly attends confessions because he feels remorse for all the lives he claimed. He is often motivated by loyalty toward people he trusts, such as Diana or Father Vittorio. I also don't think 47 has the superficial charm that is often present in psychopaths. In social situations, 47 sticks out like a sore thumb, whereas a large number of psychopaths will be able to seamlessly melt themselves into social situations or social interactions. His responses are very dry and can come off funny to people, but it's not a mark of social deftness. He is just too much of a machine in social situations for him to be a psychopath.
He's either a sociopath or a psychopath that simply has the "I don't care" cranked to the max and doesn't bother with acting and liying. Psychopaths behave like this deep down, they don't care about 99% of things but they have to fake charm, attention and many things because "normal" people won't "accept" them otherwise. You'll get excluded simply for not caring about things that have 0 effect on your life so they fake it just to get to whatever they want. However when they can psychopaths will definitely prefer to NOT HAVE TO do all of that nonsense. Since 47 is a assassin he doesn't have to fake anything to get money for exemple. Also, psychopath CAN love/like something, it will however be only ONE thing. And don't confuse love with family. If you hurt the family of a psychopath, you are essentially hurting and insulting the psychopath because the person that is part of the family definitely has a "use" whatever it may be.
True. Situs Inversus level has a medical file saying 47 shows no sign of ever being ill as well apparently. Essentially a perfect immune system. Hes way more than a standard clone.
He has the ability to feel empathy and emotions, play the 3 most recent games and you’ll see that he gets injected by a serum that allows it because he previously couldn’t because it was artificially removed from him
The scenario and question you posed at the ending makes me imagine a self aware 47, who is actually the nicest, most innocent person ever, trapped in a game where he is mind controlled by an unseen force (player) to commit heinous atrocities and he cannot resist.
47 being genuinely capable of falling and love (Absolution prequel book) and geniunely trusting Diana with his life outside of his work as an assassin makes defining his brain chemistry difficult
3:25: 47 doesn't smile... except in that one secret exit (in the mission you're playing, coincidentally) where he's high as fuck and thinks a quadbike is a toy bike lmao.
A bit late, but 47 does have a genuine, nice interaction with someone in Hitman 3 China level You can find a woman who’s worried her friend stood her up for a meetup and 47 talks to her, helps calm her down and gives her some good friendship advice. And she’s not related to any target or opportunity or anything. It was just 47 chatting with someone he met on the street
The thing is that 47 isn't simply a psychopath. It's that he wasn't created to be a human. He was created to be a gun. More specifically, created to be the most accurate gun on Earth. He is however just learning to be a human, and uses Diana's guidance as a crutch to get there. Like Diana said: 47 is the gun, she is the safety.
I like to think of 47 and Anton chigurh as similar but with the distinct difference that canonically at least 47 doesn’t toy with the lives of those he isn’t paid to do because he doesn’t care enough about people to be a sadist.
47 isn't a psychopath. He is just desensitized. Growing up without parents and getting instead a gun and a target probably isn't the best for any sort of emotional development. That's why he sometimes may seem cold and he doesn't show remorse towards killing. He was never taught that killing is bad, killing was his purpose. I would associate his behaviour more with autism than psychopathy, social awkwardness rather than lack of emotion. He never got a normal childhood and he was expected to be a psychopath just like the rest of the clones. That's what he was treated like, a psychopath, a robot without emotion: tell him his purpose, show him how to do it, give him the tools, and let him go for the target. That's why he sometimes seems completely distanced and just weird sometimes in dialogue. That dialogue you showed in Miami is an example, but then later in the game he evolved. Look at the dialogue from Chongqing (when you start with the River-side walkway start) where 47 gives some advice to a girl: He reassures her that her friend cares about her and didn't leave her alone in the rain. He also, by doing that, reassures her that she matters for her friend. She thought she was dead weight, 47 tells her that she isn't. 47 calmed her down and gave her advice, yet he didn't even know her, she wasn't part of the mission, she was just a random girl on the street. I personally think that even in the other scenes where he gives short and cold answers (Miami), he is just socially uncomfortable, he doesn't really want to continue the conversation or doesn't really know how, and he also knows that he's on a mission so he just doesn't feel like talking about his (cover's) life as a flamingo mascot while he's supposed to think of how to kill his targets and get the hell out of there unseen. This might also be a problem of trauma itself, he very slowly opens up emotionally (and just barely in missions, seen by the dark humour of poisoning targets with food "to die for") because all throughout his childhood he wasn't supposed to have any emotion. To put this simply "he never learnt how to human", he is learning that slowly in his 50's to 60's with Diana and with Lucas as he finally has someone to do that with. There are many other good comments with very good points such as Agent Smith, or the nightmare sequence after Mendosa. Now that only concludes the WoA Trilogy, but the other games I have to replay as I have played some of them a long time ago and barely remember anything. I've also seen some good comments about the other games, but, again, I have to replay them. Either way, that's my opinion about 47: he isn't a psycho, he's just had a childhood that made him desensitized towards killing and socially awkward in general.
47's secret to his good looks is taking things easy, and not stressing about things, have you seen his reaction to getting shot? Dude is blasted with a shotgun and is like "😬 ouch"
Nice analysis, but you shoud've look up the lore of this game. 47 unlike others does in fact have empathy. There is something about him having a pet at one point when he was child, there is also entire plot of absolution where he refuses to kill his handler because he has some kind of emotional attachment to her. So he most likely isn't a psychopath, just extremely determined and professional assassin.
The irony is the things you joked about are true. 47 is a biological machine that desperatley wants to be more but literally can't. He feels everything but feels nothing at the same time. What I can say for certian is he isn't evil, nor craves violence due to bloodlust. The OG Hitman 2 and Absolution give some good indicators into his psyche.
there were definitely moments were agent 47 shows complex emotion. in Hitman 2 silent assassin, the whole game starts with 47 at a church because he's trying to atone for his sins and shows regret for his actions. i think that while 47 shows psychopathic traits, he also has traits that eliminate him from being diagnosed with psychopathy
As a famed mercenary once said, “Dad? Dad, I'm a- Ye- Not a "crazed gunman", dad, I'm an assassin!... Well, the difference bein' one is a job and the other's a mental sickness!”
(At 14:46 I make the classical mistake of saying operant conditioning instead of classical conditioning my bad guys! But yeah Pavlov's dog is all about *classical conditioning* and everything else applies just got the two words mixed up, apologies for the confusion) (special thanks to @ww7767 for pointing this out)
You are right about that my friend. I was thinking of the one in the mission world of tomorrow because I remember the living conditions being a bit, well shit 😅
this is my favourite group of people. it’s genuinely so nice to read up on others’ thoughts on the hitman games as i adore them so much. hearing about 47 caring for small animals and actually grieving over their deaths makes me like him so much more.
I'm a little disappointed you didn't include the dialogue Agent 47 has with an NPC at the start of the mission on Chongquin. I think that dialogue is very interesting when it comes to characterizing him and giving us a peek into his psyche. He has no reason to talk with this stranger. He's here on a mission. But he's willing to stand in the rain and hear this stranger out. And if you, the player, give him the time by not walking away as soon as you gain control over him, he has a full conversation with her. He listens to what's got her upset, and gives advice that shows that he not only understands her situation, but also understands the emotional response she's having, that he understands how interpersonal relationships work, and that he's capable of giving meaninful advice relevant to the situation and relationship at hand. It's an amazing scene that does some very interesting characterization for 47.
Psychopathy is a spectrum disorder. So technically a person could be "more or less" psychopathic. Using hard labels have proven to be an inefficient and sometimes inaccurate way of measuring disorders. It's better to use a more dimensional approach. I think we're asking the question wrong here. The question shouldn't be whether he is a psychopath or not. The question should instead be: "How psychopathic is he?" and "Where exactly is he on the spectrum that is psychopathy?" Because it's on a spectrum, people can in theory be anything from mildly, moderately, to severely psychopathic. The prevalence of psychopathy all depends on how you measure it and what kind of people you want to include into that measurement. Do you put a lot of emphasis on criminal behavior for instance? Well then you risk excluding those psychopathic individuals who doesn't have a very extensive criminal record, either because they have better self control or because they get away with it. And we attach a pretty bad stigma to the diagnosis itself, because it turns into a diagnosis which is only given to criminals. Antisocial Personality Disorder already has this stigma to it.
The thing about Agent 47 is that he's extremely dedicated to preserving what he believes his purpose is, and expressing anything that could compromise that purpose ultimately means that he would have to come to terms with the fact he has no idea who he is aside from a bullet in someone else's gun. That's why after Mendoza, the nightmare sequence we see is him struggling with his internalized existential fears, thinking the one person he trusted the most in the world betrayed him, and he's believing he has to go back to being a tiger pacing in a cage. Because Diana was the only thing grounding him, he even experiences these fears in her voice. Diana knew what his purpose was, and even claims she regrets treating him like her trained dog because he can't even make his own decisions without her input. Now that she's "gone", 47 doesn't know what to do, because his entire existence revolved around her. He's a very complex character, which is why I love him so much. He expresses himself with this black-and-white mentality, but really it's just a well-curated shell to protect the preconceived notions of who he is as a human being. It's fascinating to me. I could write an entire essay about it but that would be too long for TH-cam comments lol
I mean I would read of all it, so if you want to please feel free to comment that essay in the comments or make a post about it somewhere. I would love to read it!
It seems like most of the time his targets are "evil" people doing "evil" things (as far as he is aware at the moment), and canonically he does NOT kill innocent people, because it always loses you points when you kill innocents (non target) in any hitman game. So i think he's just a professional at his job of dispatching dangerous people. and the ICA gives him good enough protection from the law to not face consequences maybe. (again, non target kill IMO are never canon) If anything hes probably saved more lives than hes taken (canonically) as hes ended ones that threatened to have many innocents killed (like the one target engineering a virus)
I get what you were saying, but I think 47 would not care who his targets were or if they were bad or not. It's Diana who chose his targets, and I'm glad for that. The reason Diana said she joined the ICA was because she wanted to administer justice. Tho later, he cared about his pact with Lucas to go after the bad people who enslaved him and others as kids. And at the end of the trilogy he seemed to change and say to Diana that he would use his skills to target bad people, like he did to the Ark Society.
Though i'd totally see 47 abandoning or even turning on Dianna if all she gives him are just random "go kill innocent guy for dumb reasons" contracts. I mean he kinda DID do that when the ICA in hitman absolution told 47 that Dianna turned on them, and 47 not knowing better, he went and killed her, thinking she was a filthy traitor. @@user-gu9yq5sj7c
If possible, I would recommend looking into the Metal Gear Solid series. There is a lot to unpack there with the characters. Either way, this was a great video and I can't wait to see what you do next.
Thank you my guy! That's a great suggestion, personally I have only seen gameplay of metal gear solid and never played it myself (which i obvs should do cause it looks amazing) so would need some first hand experience of the game before I do a video on it but will defo give it a play :)
At 14:46 you're actually referring to classical conditioning here. Operant conditioning was coined by BF Skinner and relates to how rewards / punishments affect behaviour.
So conclusion, not a psychopath, but a puppet, a victim to not only his creators but to the player, always being controlled, so is it really his fault he acts and does what he does, clearly showing signs of non psychopathic behavior on rare occasion i think disproves it on its own, the few times he's given the chance to act on his own
"Antisocial" means that you do stuff that are toxic to others. Not avoiding others but punching people in the face. And actively violating people in various ways. Those are antisocial behaviours. People get that term confused.
People seem to completely forget about 'Hitman: Absolution' when discussing this topic. Like.. the whole plot of that game was about 47's emotional decisions at the beginning that fucked him over for the whole rest of the game.
He's not not a psychopath as the game clearly showed he's capable of empathy and remorse. We're humans and don't all behave the same. Some of us for instance choose to bury our emotions and hide them rather than show them or face them
I think form a lore perspective. He was made without emotions but is developing them. He cares for Diana, shown in both dialog and an attempt of a small smile while talking with Diana in the end of Hitman 3.
He's been having them since he was a child. He adopted a lab rabbit as a child and cried when it died, then Vittorio, Victoria, being polite to other people in the assassin community, etc.
Yes: if anyone knows two things about Agent 47 is that he was genetically engineered to not experience stress and he was forced into violence at a young age. There is literally no way he is not a psychopath who is heavily desensitized to murder. There, I saved you 20mins. Now you can go watch a lore video.
I don't think Agent 47 is a psycho, but I've been replaying Blood Money recently and there is disturbing scene after the Mississippi mission where 47 kills a messenger who delivers a note to his hotel room. It is clear that the man was just doing his job and probably had nothing to do with criminal activity, yet 47 invites him into the room for a "tip" and then coldly executes him. I'm sure he had his reasons, but I don't believe that delivery man was a bad guy. That is one scene from the Hitman series I don't care for. I have no issue with 47 killing other criminals, but murdering a delivery man that brings him a note was messed up.
I think its because those are early days in his career. When whatever brainwashing or conditioning was done to him was still very much at the forefront.
I think it was because he got sent a code message that meant "They're onto you" or something, and 47, knowing that the delivery man would reveal 47's identity, compromising him. Agent 47 had NO choice in this matter as his life/anonymity was at stake.
@@GalaFontan Yep. He wont kill you for no reason but if you become a liability or a witness its different. Not the best choice to cite for evidence but the Tymothy Oliphant hitman movie has a similar moment that plays out different exactly because of his humanity peeking through. Im talking about the "she saved your life" bit with the interpol guys.
@@GalaFontan Yeah, he only killed the messenger after he saw the code. He was about to let him leave when he looked down and saw "code red" on the envelope. "Code red" means "kill the messenger".
In the patient zero dlc in hokkaido eacht time you kill a couple of infectets diana apologizes for 47 having to kill civillians/infecteds so that shows some empathy
There's a subplot in the Hitman Damnation book where 47 briefly gets himself addicted to oxy. I can't say for sure that his supposed psychopathy made him more predisposed to getting addicted to opioids (since they're addictive to pretty much everyone), but it still points to a possible comorbidity that's prevalent in psychopathy.
The part where his brother dies in Hitman 3 pretty much says it all. He physically reacts to the grief like anyone would, but emotionally there is a wall. That wall is the result of brutal and unpreditctable conditioning he went through as a "child". Think of it like a treadatone asset from the Bourne movies, except he was cloned and raised to be that from day one, not an adult who volunteered for it.
Yes, there is a huge difference between ''working'' and normal. When on a contract, completion of said contract is all that matters(emotions get in the way of that), when not then normal responses return.
Something to note since you've only been showing one of the modern games, in the old ones he does have a soft spot for religion. And there are times he does care for another human being. These were rare cases but they still happened. Being that as it may Hitman Blood Money did give you a choice to engage in some naughty activity for one mission "Dance With The Devil". But you can end up dead from it.
Same for "You Better Watch Out..." in Blood Money. You can go to a room with a female assassin and just like with Eve in the mission you mentioned, you'll get a special death cutscene. I've always thought it's a bit of a fourth wall break, for 47 wouldn't really be lured into a trap with the promise of booty, but the player very probably would.
In my opinion, the only true maniac and beast of a person is the player who never thought the following: "Poor guy/lady, maybe they didn't do anything wrong"; "Atleast it's just a game."
He can't be a psychopath since he actually cried over his pet rabbit death. I think its worth noting his character development. At the start of Silent Assassin he lived peacefully for two years as gardener atoning for his sin, by Blood Money he is embracing his purpose as killer for hire.
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47 is only as psychopathic as the player chooses him to be. He always only goes for the target and avoids non target casualties lore wise, all other non target casualties are the players choice. In silent assassin he does show remorse and turns to a life of religion. He only comes out to kill again after the priests kidnapping meaning he does harbor feelings of love, respect and anger for the ones close to him and in game most targets he goes after are pieces of shit. Matter of fact he dislikes killing innocents. He is anti-social tho because he was made to be anti-social and more cold and calculating but he always avoids non target casualties in most of his plans.
On the walkway start location for Chongqing in Hitman 3 there's a woman stood next to 47's blend spot with an umbrella. If you stay there for a while she'll start to tell him how she's asked a friend to meet her but she feels bad because it's raining and the middle of the night and maybe the friend has moved on anyway so wouldn't she be annoying be asking to meet at all. And 47 does offer some good advice, that if this friend has agreed to come out despite those conditions then she must really care and value the friendship, so she should believe in that. There's nothing in it for 47, the NPC isn't anyone important she doesn't give him anything or go unlock something, it's purely because he wanted to. And IMO it shows some empathy too because it's pretty obvious he sees some of his his relationship with Diana is at the point in the story, estranged and feeling like one party has moved on while the other is stuck behind but still trusting that it's there.
47 used to be one but he’s becoming a good man now he’s finally thinking and doing good for himself I’m proud of his character and he’s one of my favorites
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this is a pretty complicated thing to analyze since there's no canonical behavior for 47, he is as concerned with avoiding collateral as the player is.
Think about this: the ICA and Diana are the only thing preventing 47 from becoming an uninhibited mass murdering psychopath. Diana is also the reason why in Absolution, 47 is trying to keep the agency from getting their hands on that little girl too. 47 is cognizant that he's a monster and doesn't want that girl to become just like him.
In conclusion: 47 is a bad person against worse people, but he doesn't want others to end up like him so I don't think he's a psychopath. Psychopaths don't care if somebody else ends up like them. They're narcissistic by nature and 47 isn't like that at all.
There's a freelancer loading screen where 47 is waiting at an airport, sat bolt upright staring straght ahead. The fact he never seems to get bored is the wildest part about his character to me, boredom is an emotion that nearly all sentient life experiences, and its creepy that 47 just doesnt have it
what’s weirder is in this loading screen, he’s sat on a table rather than the chairs right next to him
I didn't think about that, but you make a very good point. It's almost like he is completely fine in just being in his own head but I wonder whether he is recalling memories, thinking of ways to complete the job, or something else in order to avoid boredom.
He doesn't feel. He wasn't created that way. He was designed to be exactly what he is. My guess is he spends his idle time replaying the details of the current target(s) and other objectives.
Rick Sanchez from Rick and Morty said it best (with the specific sentence cut in half for relevance. It's in s3e1): "life as an unfeeling ghost."
@@FrostWazowskiHe does feel. Play Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. He even converted to religion
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin discussed this very topic over 20 years ago. He clearly has empathy and remorse meaning he can’t be a psychopath by definition.
Idk if this is the same game I played but I played a game that came out before the recent trilogy but he killed Diana and was very upset by it, at least to me he looked upset. Then there was another game where I think 47 was looking for purpose and he ended up joining a church and building a good relationship the pastor and then when the pastor was murdered, 47 got upset and hunted down the pastor's killers.
@@rosestar1324 The game where he showed remorse for "killing" Diana was Hitman Absolution and the game where the pastor was kidnapped (not killed) was in fact Hitman 2: Silent Assassin and 47 had to kill a lot of people to get him back.
didnt agent47 in hitman absolution show some empathy for both victoria and diana? He put himself in a huge danger
You can have empathy as a sociopath, it’s just pretty fleeting. Which is pretty on par with 47
@@sethgaston8347 My point was about psychopaths, same as the video, not sociopaths.
He's not a psychopath. He's a professional.
This. We see in one of the spawns for Chonqing that he is entirely capable of empathy and provides comfort to a woman worried about her relationship with her friend. It seems more likely that when engaging in a contract, that empathy just isn’t relevant to him.
@@williamlongshot972 he then compartimentalizes between his personal feelings and his job. A highlevel assassin like him doesnt go after cheating spouses. His targets will be involved in something bad that pissed off someone else who has enough cloud to hire someone like him.
Very interesting points, but I wonder if he can be both?
And professionals have standards
@@GamePsychYT deffo not a psychopath; entire of hitman absoloution hes saving victoria
No, 47 is not a psychopath. He is a clone that was bred for the sole purpose of being the perfect killer by a real psychopaths, and is slowly learning how to be an actual human. The reason why 47 is killing people is not because he's a "professional" or because he likes it, but because it's literally the only thing he knows how to do. And even then, he still can feel emotions and empathy, which is why Ort-Meyer thought that he was "not perfect enough", and eventualy tried to replace 47 with his "improved", emotionless and completely loyal to him 48 clones.
wdym by 'actual human' do do you even know what that means... so those 'real psychopaths' aren't human.... gtfo with your differentiating mindset
What do you mean it's the only thing 47 can do?? Haven't you seen his sick drumming skills??
he can pretty much do anything. that's why his disguises were effective. he was taught to follow orders. so he's pretty much brainwashed.
@zacharycayer 3234 Also, his Salsa dancing.
Maybe not a classic psychopath, being extremely intelligent and patient, but having some of those traits IS enough to be diagnosed as such; engineered or born. Besides, 47 DNA is made up by seven (I think) hardcore criminals, exactly because they possessed a plethora of personality disorders.
I think there are clues in pretty much every game that 47 isn't emotionally devoid. He feels anger, sadness, regret, hatred, outrage, all kinds of emotions. He even gradually develops familial attachments toward Lucas Grey, Victoria and especially Diana. And as annoying as Agent Smith is to him, 47 never hesitates to help him out. Even when it's not in the contract.
The thing is he was actually created with these emotions in mind. He only appears emotionless because he's so good at walling them off and keeping them to himself. He never tips his hand and always thinks of the task at hand; the ultimate professional!
Great insight my friend! Thank you for sharing :)
Took the words out of my mouth a year in advance! YES! Pretty much, and that's what I find the most sad about him... Ever since the first game, I always saw him as one of those poor souls who just never got a chance to do any good, he is capable of doing good ... Just never given the chance in hell. This was brought up in the second game Silent Assassin, but because most of what he knows comes straight from the ICA, He doesn't have much choice... He has to go back to the ICA in order to save the Pastor, they are the only people he knows who can help him get the Pastor Back. That means he has to become the Agent again.
But he apologized to diana for murdering her parents and the apology was very much sincere, you could see it in his eyes.
and it even required to emotionally deal with it in the final mission of 3
hes quite litteraly the embodiment of "my bad guys"
No you couldn't his eyes was so lifeless. He deffo was like my bad gang
Meant it, too. Even as he discovered the humanity within himself and its connections to others outside the organization, Diana was a far more immediate link because she was One Of Them. In my other comment, I spoke of subcultural replacement to fulfill whatever role society plays in the trained assassin... or soldier. This is a good example of learning by experience.
It`s also to note that in the Patient Zero DLC, if you allow the virus to spread to civilians, 47 says that he feels terrible for killing them. So he is, at least in The World of Assassination series, not a psychopath.
I didn't know that, that's really interesting thank you for sharing! Feels like the devs put a lot of effort/attention to detail in the hitman games and DLC content which is great.
I hate that. He used to be an emotionless cold blooded killer, a villain who kills other villains. Now he has empathy to be more relatable, his original character assassinated. He literally used to kill innocents without remorse like in blood money if they got in his way or was a loose end
@@kaiares5109 Are you sure about that, have you even played Silent Assassin? He was literally characterized to feel empathy and remorse as the entire plotline involved him trying to save Father Vittorio, his only friend.
@@ryanhoang3553 yeah I have, have you? By the end of the game he realises having connections with people is a weakness so he returns to his old ways
@@kaiares5109 Are you sure about that? I always thought a psychopath was just someone who wouldn't get PTSD from doing something they deem as bad. A psychopath will probably feel bad about killing someone innocent, they'll probably even think about what they could have done to avoid doing it, but if they don't dream about it tomorrow and are contempt with moving on so soon, then I would consider that a psychopath.
The way I think of it, 47 can turn his emotions on and off. Not in a fake way, he doesn't act like he's having an emotion, he's actually having it. He's just really good at compartmentalization.
I can do that too to a substantial degree, useful skill to have tbh
Most people I know say I'm gonna be a serial killer, I kinda see why they say that, since I'm abit like agent 47
@@ZomboidManiaI know "he's just like me frfr" is a hugely common thing, but just make sure you get help if you start having dark thoughts, okay?
@@dirtydan9785 everyone has dark thoughts just don’t do them it’s bad
@@ZomboidMania don't worry lol your going to be fine. Actually possibly better than most. removing emotions can help dramatically in certain situations where they
would be harmful. E: Surgeon, Military, Executioner, etc. You are very lucky to possess this skill. But it may be dangerous to not always have emotion.
He’s as psychotic as you play him to be. Which in turn, raises questions about the player.
Well that doesn’t look good for me then !
I don't think that 47 is insensitive to punishing consequences, he has people working with him to maintain his cover and he's incredibly good at slipping away, so he's not scared of it because he know's he can handle it.
The real psychopath is not agent 47. It's the player on the PS4. I made it to the end of the video and now I feel.......................... ......................not guilty. 😂 only emotions I feel are horniness for Diana 😂.
Think part of the point of character of 47, is that he was engineered to have no emotions, yet he still has them but doesn't show them, it's a thing that often comes up trough out the series with some lines he has
Yeah. He was "born" with them and they were then essentially beaten out of him. I imagine his "training" basically just being targeted abuse at random times. Like moment he is being taught to expertly cook and then boom, kill this rando mid lesson. If he didnt, he washed out and was put down like an animal.
In the lore of the hitman storyline its implied that 47(Grimm Reaper) is the product of dna manipulation and alteration,his dna is in fact selected from the worlds tops criminals on the Hitman world.
So some traits are easy to trace back to.
As per showing emotions,the severing of the life subscription i attribute to it being akin to a job.
Folks usually get into the "work mode" when they are getting ready.
Same goes for "rest mode"
"Implied"? It's literally the plot of "Codename 47". 47 is a clone, that was created from the DNA of the five of the worst criminals, that happened to know each other due to their service in French Foreign Legion. They were planing to use him as their personal killer, but Ort-Meyer, his creator, got greedy and used 47 wia ICA contracts to eliminate his former associates. Then he lured 47 himself into the very asylum under which he was created, and tried to get rid of him as well, first by sending SWAT teams after him, then by the newer batch of the "perfect" 48 clones. You can guess how that turned out for him.
@@OverLorD768people are so ignorant of Hitman's plot, its aggravating
@@OverLorD768 actually in both logic and English, we can say something is implied even if it is literally stated.
In logic because implication is a => b which just means b can always be true, but if a is true then b is also true.
In English because many elements lead to the conclusion that is explicitly states.
I like the detail that he is playing the Colorado, an infamous map known to be the bain of Hitman players, you have to be a Psychopath to like this map
Well spotted my friend
It took me
THREE FUCKING YEARS
to beat this goddamn level.
That is not a joke, I have the photos and trophys. I completed Bangkok on 7/27/2020. I completed Colorado on 6/15/2023. I finished all of Hitman 2 within a week and all of hitman 3 in about 23 hours (not 23 hours of play time, just 24 hours. I pretty much ran through it.)
@@FrostWazowskiwhat difficulty did you play it on?
it's my favourite level in all the games. especially when doing kill everyone challenges it's actually fun
@@thedjindrummer1721Yeah i like for kill eevryone challenges, but its not fun to be sneaky or play around with.
Hes not a psychopath, but he was raised and trained his whole life by actual psychopaths.
thats why he killed al of them?
Trauma can make you emotionally numb, and these individuals are often mistaken by everyday people as psychopaths.
Often this is benificial, as with ICU workers, or similar.
Psychopathy is considered to sit under Antisocial Personality Disorder of the cluster B personality disorders. It is a severe mental illness and is created in nature and nurture of a traumatic childhood.
Symptoms include Boldness, superficial charm, pathological lying, lack of empathy or remorse, inclination to violence and Psychological manipulation, impulsivity, narcissism.
47 probably has antisocial personality disorder.
Cluster B personality disorders also include narcissistic, histrionic and borderline personality disorders (BPD being my favourite due to my ex ☹️)
symptoms include baldness, I like that 😅 (also sorry to hear about the last part hope you all okay!)
@@GamePsychYT oh! Thanks man. Really appreciate that and great video. To be honest it debilitated me for months after I left which was compounded by her moving on fast. 1/5 stars ⭐️ not recommended being with someone with BPD. Got therapy and it made me a backyard psychologist trying to cut the trauma bond.
He is none of these. He is biologically made to have no feelings at all, which is why he always has the same monotone voice.
@@TemporaryProfile thanks for your message. Appreciate it. It was the most painful experience of my life
@@MaiqTheLiarXIIIthis comment doesn’t talk about all the other disorders that could cause similar symptoms so you should speak to a professional instead of self diagnosing based on one short TH-cam comment
Prior to the trilogy series, they were considering 47 a failed experiment because he kept a pet but he kept proving himself capable.
In blood money he kept a pet bird but still didn't think twice about crushing it when it came to maintaining his cover.
In Hitman 3 Freelancer, you can see that he got a new bird and an even better cage for it. He keeps the bird in his bedroom.
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I remember seeing that.
Callbacks are always nice.
Very interesting! What do you reckon that shows ?
@@GamePsychYT
While he does show a tenderness, it will always come secondary to his primal instincts.
Psychopaths still like animals. Everyone likes animals.
Great video dude!Wondering about 47’s psychology always happens when I really stop to think about Hitman’s story. I’ve always believed that 47 is not a psychopath. Maybe not “typical” when it comes to mental and personality disorders, but not a psychopath.
That is because personally, I can’t really think of a good reason as to why 47 would protect Victoria in Absolution if not for empathy and to honor Diana’s wish, when he didn’t really have to. I just can’t really believe that he would do that for his own benefit.
However, I should say, I haven’t played absolution in years lol. Maybe there’s some kind of inconsistency in my memory and there’s actually something for 47 to gain out of going against the ICA in that game, who knows?
He also cares for animals and plants, but he also is willing to do what is needed to protect himself and those around him, such as killing his pet bird to keep himself from being killed in the process.
Yeahh I believe he feels empathy for the girl because she has also been experimented on and kinda being made to be like 47
Thank you, not only for the support but also for chipping into the discussion! I find it really interesting to read these types of comments as I am by no means an expert on hitman so finding out these nugget of information and seeing how they support/counter the point of 47 being a psychopath is exactly why I made the video :)
In practical sense he had no reason to turn on his employers and decapitate whole organization. He did have doubts about his initial mission and chose to shoot Diana less lethally than he could have. Of course being shot with .45ACP might have killed Diana (he knew it as well as she did), but he could have killed her right there. 47's motive is basically to keep Victoria safe because she has potential to be even more dangerous than he is and let her have a normal life. He nevr had one and he knows how valuable it is. When you look how 47 fared in that game he personally didn't win anything.
Whenever I think about 47, I don't consider him a psychopath, more so either a sociopath or, an extreme antisocial personality disorder that's been literally engineered to him. I think he has empathy and emotions, judging by the fact that in Hitman 2: Silent Assasin, he regularly attends confessions because he feels remorse for all the lives he claimed. He is often motivated by loyalty toward people he trusts, such as Diana or Father Vittorio. I also don't think 47 has the superficial charm that is often present in psychopaths. In social situations, 47 sticks out like a sore thumb, whereas a large number of psychopaths will be able to seamlessly melt themselves into social situations or social interactions. His responses are very dry and can come off funny to people, but it's not a mark of social deftness. He is just too much of a machine in social situations for him to be a psychopath.
He's either a sociopath or a psychopath that simply has the "I don't care" cranked to the max and doesn't bother with acting and liying. Psychopaths behave like this deep down, they don't care about 99% of things but they have to fake charm, attention and many things because "normal" people won't "accept" them otherwise. You'll get excluded simply for not caring about things that have 0 effect on your life so they fake it just to get to whatever they want. However when they can psychopaths will definitely prefer to NOT HAVE TO do all of that nonsense. Since 47 is a assassin he doesn't have to fake anything to get money for exemple.
Also, psychopath CAN love/like something, it will however be only ONE thing. And don't confuse love with family. If you hurt the family of a psychopath, you are essentially hurting and insulting the psychopath because the person that is part of the family definitely has a "use" whatever it may be.
47’s slow aging is because he was genetically created to not age.
Ahh that makes sense, keeping the head shiny for longer, very smart of them
True. Situs Inversus level has a medical file saying 47 shows no sign of ever being ill as well apparently. Essentially a perfect immune system. Hes way more than a standard clone.
@@kelvingriffiths6017 He literally has 47 chromosomes, he was genetically engineered to be better than human.
He has the ability to feel empathy and emotions, play the 3 most recent games and you’ll see that he gets injected by a serum that allows it because he previously couldn’t because it was artificially removed from him
The scenario and question you posed at the ending makes me imagine a self aware 47, who is actually the nicest, most innocent person ever, trapped in a game where he is mind controlled by an unseen force (player) to commit heinous atrocities and he cannot resist.
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He's so unintentionally hilarious
47 being genuinely capable of falling and love (Absolution prequel book) and geniunely trusting Diana with his life outside of his work as an assassin makes defining his brain chemistry difficult
Exactly!!
3:25: 47 doesn't smile... except in that one secret exit (in the mission you're playing, coincidentally) where he's high as fuck and thinks a quadbike is a toy bike lmao.
The real phycopaths were the friends we made along the way
Since Agent 47 is perfect at everything he does he has boat loads of transferable skils for a legal job.
I mean that is so true, all he needs is a swanky cover letter and he's sorted
Agent 47 was literally genetically engineered to be the perfect assassin. Obviously they will want to remove the majority of positive emotions.
A bit late, but 47 does have a genuine, nice interaction with someone in Hitman 3 China level
You can find a woman who’s worried her friend stood her up for a meetup and 47 talks to her, helps calm her down and gives her some good friendship advice. And she’s not related to any target or opportunity or anything. It was just 47 chatting with someone he met on the street
The thing is that 47 isn't simply a psychopath. It's that he wasn't created to be a human. He was created to be a gun. More specifically, created to be the most accurate gun on Earth. He is however just learning to be a human, and uses Diana's guidance as a crutch to get there. Like Diana said: 47 is the gun, she is the safety.
I raise you hitman absolution especially the scene where he gets a new suit and how he treated Victoria
I like to think of 47 and Anton chigurh as similar but with the distinct difference that canonically at least 47 doesn’t toy with the lives of those he isn’t paid to do because he doesn’t care enough about people to be a sadist.
I always saw him as he will definatley kill you, but he tries to approach it lime euthanasia. The less you struggle, the easier the end will be.
The new loading screens are terrifying af.
The stare gets you before you even start the game
47 isn't a psychopath. He is just desensitized. Growing up without parents and getting instead a gun and a target probably isn't the best for any sort of emotional development. That's why he sometimes may seem cold and he doesn't show remorse towards killing. He was never taught that killing is bad, killing was his purpose. I would associate his behaviour more with autism than psychopathy, social awkwardness rather than lack of emotion. He never got a normal childhood and he was expected to be a psychopath just like the rest of the clones. That's what he was treated like, a psychopath, a robot without emotion: tell him his purpose, show him how to do it, give him the tools, and let him go for the target. That's why he sometimes seems completely distanced and just weird sometimes in dialogue. That dialogue you showed in Miami is an example, but then later in the game he evolved. Look at the dialogue from Chongqing (when you start with the River-side walkway start) where 47 gives some advice to a girl: He reassures her that her friend cares about her and didn't leave her alone in the rain. He also, by doing that, reassures her that she matters for her friend. She thought she was dead weight, 47 tells her that she isn't. 47 calmed her down and gave her advice, yet he didn't even know her, she wasn't part of the mission, she was just a random girl on the street.
I personally think that even in the other scenes where he gives short and cold answers (Miami), he is just socially uncomfortable, he doesn't really want to continue the conversation or doesn't really know how, and he also knows that he's on a mission so he just doesn't feel like talking about his (cover's) life as a flamingo mascot while he's supposed to think of how to kill his targets and get the hell out of there unseen.
This might also be a problem of trauma itself, he very slowly opens up emotionally (and just barely in missions, seen by the dark humour of poisoning targets with food "to die for") because all throughout his childhood he wasn't supposed to have any emotion. To put this simply "he never learnt how to human", he is learning that slowly in his 50's to 60's with Diana and with Lucas as he finally has someone to do that with.
There are many other good comments with very good points such as Agent Smith, or the nightmare sequence after Mendosa.
Now that only concludes the WoA Trilogy, but the other games I have to replay as I have played some of them a long time ago and barely remember anything. I've also seen some good comments about the other games, but, again, I have to replay them.
Either way, that's my opinion about 47: he isn't a psycho, he's just had a childhood that made him desensitized towards killing and socially awkward in general.
He does spend nearly all of his money to church
47's secret to his good looks is taking things easy, and not stressing about things, have you seen his reaction to getting shot? Dude is blasted with a shotgun and is like "😬 ouch"
Yeah you're right he's very zen when hundreds of bullets start hurtling his way, great skin care routine I must say.
Nice analysis, but you shoud've look up the lore of this game. 47 unlike others does in fact have empathy. There is something about him having a pet at one point when he was child, there is also entire plot of absolution where he refuses to kill his handler because he has some kind of emotional attachment to her. So he most likely isn't a psychopath, just extremely determined and professional assassin.
Appreciate the insight!
The irony is the things you joked about are true. 47 is a biological machine that desperatley wants to be more but literally can't. He feels everything but feels nothing at the same time. What I can say for certian is he isn't evil, nor craves violence due to bloodlust. The OG Hitman 2 and Absolution give some good indicators into his psyche.
there were definitely moments were agent 47 shows complex emotion. in Hitman 2 silent assassin, the whole game starts with 47 at a church because he's trying to atone for his sins and shows regret for his actions. i think that while 47 shows psychopathic traits, he also has traits that eliminate him from being diagnosed with psychopathy
As a famed mercenary once said, “Dad? Dad, I'm a- Ye- Not a "crazed gunman", dad, I'm an assassin!... Well, the difference bein' one is a job and the other's a mental sickness!”
(At 14:46 I make the classical mistake of saying operant conditioning instead of classical conditioning my bad guys! But yeah Pavlov's dog is all about *classical conditioning* and everything else applies just got the two words mixed up, apologies for the confusion) (special thanks to @ww7767 for pointing this out)
It’s fine Psych!
That house 47 has in freestyle is definitely not shitty
You are right about that my friend. I was thinking of the one in the mission world of tomorrow because I remember the living conditions being a bit, well shit 😅
this is my favourite group of people. it’s genuinely so nice to read up on others’ thoughts on the hitman games as i adore them so much. hearing about 47 caring for small animals and actually grieving over their deaths makes me like him so much more.
I'm a little disappointed you didn't include the dialogue Agent 47 has with an NPC at the start of the mission on Chongquin. I think that dialogue is very interesting when it comes to characterizing him and giving us a peek into his psyche. He has no reason to talk with this stranger. He's here on a mission. But he's willing to stand in the rain and hear this stranger out. And if you, the player, give him the time by not walking away as soon as you gain control over him, he has a full conversation with her. He listens to what's got her upset, and gives advice that shows that he not only understands her situation, but also understands the emotional response she's having, that he understands how interpersonal relationships work, and that he's capable of giving meaninful advice relevant to the situation and relationship at hand. It's an amazing scene that does some very interesting characterization for 47.
Great insight and definitely something that I should've included! But thank you for sharing that:)
Psychopathy is a spectrum disorder. So technically a person could be "more or less" psychopathic.
Using hard labels have proven to be an inefficient and sometimes inaccurate way of measuring disorders. It's better to use a more dimensional approach.
I think we're asking the question wrong here. The question shouldn't be whether he is a psychopath or not.
The question should instead be: "How psychopathic is he?" and "Where exactly is he on the spectrum that is psychopathy?"
Because it's on a spectrum, people can in theory be anything from mildly, moderately, to severely psychopathic. The prevalence of psychopathy all depends on how you measure it and what kind of people you want to include into that measurement. Do you put a lot of emphasis on criminal behavior for instance?
Well then you risk excluding those psychopathic individuals who doesn't have a very extensive criminal record, either because they have better self control or because they get away with it.
And we attach a pretty bad stigma to the diagnosis itself, because it turns into a diagnosis which is only given to criminals. Antisocial Personality Disorder already has this stigma to it.
The thing about Agent 47 is that he's extremely dedicated to preserving what he believes his purpose is, and expressing anything that could compromise that purpose ultimately means that he would have to come to terms with the fact he has no idea who he is aside from a bullet in someone else's gun. That's why after Mendoza, the nightmare sequence we see is him struggling with his internalized existential fears, thinking the one person he trusted the most in the world betrayed him, and he's believing he has to go back to being a tiger pacing in a cage. Because Diana was the only thing grounding him, he even experiences these fears in her voice. Diana knew what his purpose was, and even claims she regrets treating him like her trained dog because he can't even make his own decisions without her input. Now that she's "gone", 47 doesn't know what to do, because his entire existence revolved around her.
He's a very complex character, which is why I love him so much. He expresses himself with this black-and-white mentality, but really it's just a well-curated shell to protect the preconceived notions of who he is as a human being. It's fascinating to me. I could write an entire essay about it but that would be too long for TH-cam comments lol
I mean I would read of all it, so if you want to please feel free to comment that essay in the comments or make a post about it somewhere. I would love to read it!
It seems like most of the time his targets are "evil" people doing "evil" things (as far as he is aware at the moment), and canonically he does NOT kill innocent people, because it always loses you points when you kill innocents (non target) in any hitman game.
So i think he's just a professional at his job of dispatching dangerous people. and the ICA gives him good enough protection from the law to not face consequences maybe. (again, non target kill IMO are never canon)
If anything hes probably saved more lives than hes taken (canonically) as hes ended ones that threatened to have many innocents killed (like the one target engineering a virus)
I get what you were saying, but I think 47 would not care who his targets were or if they were bad or not. It's Diana who chose his targets, and I'm glad for that. The reason Diana said she joined the ICA was because she wanted to administer justice. Tho later, he cared about his pact with Lucas to go after the bad people who enslaved him and others as kids. And at the end of the trilogy he seemed to change and say to Diana that he would use his skills to target bad people, like he did to the Ark Society.
Though i'd totally see 47 abandoning or even turning on Dianna if all she gives him are just random "go kill innocent guy for dumb reasons" contracts.
I mean he kinda DID do that when the ICA in hitman absolution told 47 that Dianna turned on them, and 47 not knowing better, he went and killed her, thinking she was a filthy traitor.
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If possible, I would recommend looking into the Metal Gear Solid series. There is a lot to unpack there with the characters. Either way, this was a great video and I can't wait to see what you do next.
Thank you my guy! That's a great suggestion, personally I have only seen gameplay of metal gear solid and never played it myself (which i obvs should do cause it looks amazing) so would need some first hand experience of the game before I do a video on it but will defo give it a play :)
I kmow what you mean. Escpecially as Solid Snake is apparently the damaged lunatic one of the "enfants terrible" not Liquid.
If he was real, i would want to meet him. But i dont know if he would try to snap my neck or knock a toilet onto my head😅
A true 50/50 situation 😅
At 14:46 you're actually referring to classical conditioning here. Operant conditioning was coined by BF Skinner and relates to how rewards / punishments affect behaviour.
You're right! Apologies about that I must of said the wrong thing when recording. I will put in the description.
@@GamePsychYT No problem, it's an easy mistake to make and was still a great video!
He is NOT AND NWEVER WILL BE but his purpuse in life, it's litterally killing
Smart move to put the most psycopathic fictional character of all time in the first seconds of the video
So conclusion, not a psychopath, but a puppet, a victim to not only his creators but to the player, always being controlled, so is it really his fault he acts and does what he does, clearly showing signs of non psychopathic behavior on rare occasion i think disproves it on its own, the few times he's given the chance to act on his own
“Professional psychopath”
This is underrated
He is a clone so he may just not have those stimuli because of ort myer
"Antisocial" means that you do stuff that are toxic to others. Not avoiding others but punching people in the face. And actively violating people in various ways. Those are antisocial behaviours.
People get that term confused.
Dad? Dad, I'm a- Ye- Not a "crazed gunman", dad, I'm an assassin! ...Well, the difference bein' one is a job and the other's a mental sickness!
People seem to completely forget about 'Hitman: Absolution' when discussing this topic.
Like.. the whole plot of that game was about 47's emotional decisions at the beginning that fucked him over for the whole rest of the game.
"Well the difference being that one is a job and the other is mental sickness"
- Sniper TF2.
He's not not a psychopath as the game clearly showed he's capable of empathy and remorse. We're humans and don't all behave the same. Some of us for instance choose to bury our emotions and hide them rather than show them or face them
Theres a starting scene on a mission where 47 quite literally saves a friendship for free, then you carry on with the usual task
Even though 47 has a much higher body count than Bateman, 47 is by far the more morally sound person.
Fun fact, he appears to POSSIBLY feel regret
I think form a lore perspective. He was made without emotions but is developing them. He cares for Diana, shown in both dialog and an attempt of a small smile while talking with Diana in the end of Hitman 3.
He's been having them since he was a child. He adopted a lab rabbit as a child and cried when it died, then Vittorio, Victoria, being polite to other people in the assassin community, etc.
Claude Speed is an actual psychopath
Yes: if anyone knows two things about Agent 47 is that he was genetically engineered to not experience stress and he was forced into violence at a young age. There is literally no way he is not a psychopath who is heavily desensitized to murder.
There, I saved you 20mins. Now you can go watch a lore video.
I don't think Agent 47 is a psycho, but I've been replaying Blood Money recently and there is disturbing scene after the Mississippi mission where 47 kills a messenger who delivers a note to his hotel room. It is clear that the man was just doing his job and probably had nothing to do with criminal activity, yet 47 invites him into the room for a "tip" and then coldly executes him. I'm sure he had his reasons, but I don't believe that delivery man was a bad guy. That is one scene from the Hitman series I don't care for. I have no issue with 47 killing other criminals, but murdering a delivery man that brings him a note was messed up.
I think its because those are early days in his career. When whatever brainwashing or conditioning was done to him was still very much at the forefront.
I think it was because he got sent a code message that meant "They're onto you" or something, and 47, knowing that the delivery man would reveal 47's identity, compromising him. Agent 47 had NO choice in this matter as his life/anonymity was at stake.
@@GalaFontan Yep. He wont kill you for no reason but if you become a liability or a witness its different. Not the best choice to cite for evidence but the Tymothy Oliphant hitman movie has a similar moment that plays out different exactly because of his humanity peeking through. Im talking about the "she saved your life" bit with the interpol guys.
@@GalaFontan Yeah, he only killed the messenger after he saw the code. He was about to let him leave when he looked down and saw "code red" on the envelope. "Code red" means "kill the messenger".
In the patient zero dlc in hokkaido eacht time you kill a couple of infectets diana apologizes for 47 having to kill civillians/infecteds so that shows some empathy
There's a subplot in the Hitman Damnation book where 47 briefly gets himself addicted to oxy. I can't say for sure that his supposed psychopathy made him more predisposed to getting addicted to opioids (since they're addictive to pretty much everyone), but it still points to a possible comorbidity that's prevalent in psychopathy.
The part where his brother dies in Hitman 3 pretty much says it all. He physically reacts to the grief like anyone would, but emotionally there is a wall. That wall is the result of brutal and unpreditctable conditioning he went through as a "child". Think of it like a treadatone asset from the Bourne movies, except he was cloned and raised to be that from day one, not an adult who volunteered for it.
I didn't see 47 grieve for Lucas after he died, but 47 seemed to kind of have some sort of bond or loyalty to Lucas and their pact.
This is very much a child at school is different to how they act at home
Yes, there is a huge difference between ''working'' and normal. When on a contract, completion of said contract is all that matters(emotions get in the way of that), when not then normal responses return.
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Something to note since you've only been showing one of the modern games, in the old ones he does have a soft spot for religion.
And there are times he does care for another human being. These were rare cases but they still happened.
Being that as it may Hitman Blood Money did give you a choice to engage in some naughty activity for one mission "Dance With The Devil". But you can end up dead from it.
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Same for "You Better Watch Out..." in Blood Money. You can go to a room with a female assassin and just like with Eve in the mission you mentioned, you'll get a special death cutscene.
I've always thought it's a bit of a fourth wall break, for 47 wouldn't really be lured into a trap with the promise of booty, but the player very probably would.
47 tried to live a normal life in Silent Assassin, only to realize he couldn't as he would endanger those around him.
He was not danger. Those very angry at him were the danger.
Considering what he did save thw priest in hitman 2 i can say he can displays some level of attachment to friends.
In my opinion, the only true maniac and beast of a person is the player who never thought the following: "Poor guy/lady, maybe they didn't do anything wrong"; "Atleast it's just a game."
This is such a good video. What an amazingly researched and in depth take.
Thank you :) !! I’m really happy that you enjoyed it, be sure to keep an eye out for the upcoming vid
He can't be a psychopath since he actually cried over his pet rabbit death.
I think its worth noting his character development. At the start of Silent Assassin he lived peacefully for two years as gardener atoning for his sin, by Blood Money he is embracing his purpose as killer for hire.
i loved that ending bro, very thought provoking tbh
My fav bit as well :)
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Thank you :) I really try not to rush things, although the algorithm seems to like quantity I still rather bring you guys something that I'm happy with rather than push something out that isn't quite ready. With that said though many ideas in the pipeline and I hope you'll enjoy them!
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Thank you so much!
17:50 Well, that just makes you a La Places daemon...
Move a spoon to the left, untie this string and move a few atoms...
Woah I got through the whole video before looking down and seeing that you only have 300 subs, you deserve way more.
Really appreciate you watching the whole way through as personally the endings is my fav part and thank you for the support :)
0:07 "non-fictional characters" you mean... humans? :P
pretty much lol
humans you mean the joker and Patrick bateman
He's not a crazed gunman he's an assassin. The difference being one's a job and the other's mental sickness.
there a large degree of psychopathy in his "field". just like the surgeons also score high on having psychopathy traits.
I like the scene where he talks in the rain to some passerbye, without any player input
47 is only as psychopathic as the player chooses him to be. He always only goes for the target and avoids non target casualties lore wise, all other non target casualties are the players choice. In silent assassin he does show remorse and turns to a life of religion.
He only comes out to kill again after the priests kidnapping meaning he does harbor feelings of love, respect and anger for the ones close to him and in game most targets he goes after are pieces of shit. Matter of fact he dislikes killing innocents. He is anti-social tho because he was made to be anti-social and more cold and calculating but he always avoids non target casualties in most of his plans.
Great film and I like the comparison with Anton
True that. He is capable of a massacre if need be yet avoids it almost all the time cannonically.
On the walkway start location for Chongqing in Hitman 3 there's a woman stood next to 47's blend spot with an umbrella. If you stay there for a while she'll start to tell him how she's asked a friend to meet her but she feels bad because it's raining and the middle of the night and maybe the friend has moved on anyway so wouldn't she be annoying be asking to meet at all. And 47 does offer some good advice, that if this friend has agreed to come out despite those conditions then she must really care and value the friendship, so she should believe in that.
There's nothing in it for 47, the NPC isn't anyone important she doesn't give him anything or go unlock something, it's purely because he wanted to. And IMO it shows some empathy too because it's pretty obvious he sees some of his his relationship with Diana is at the point in the story, estranged and feeling like one party has moved on while the other is stuck behind but still trusting that it's there.
This was so well put together how do you not have more subs?
Thank you my friend I really enjoyed making it :)
Amazing video! Only 190 subs is insane, so I added 1. Keep up the good work!
damn, added one here as well! I expected he had at least tens of thousands
Damm guys rlly appreciate the sub and the kind words ! Thank you :)
47 used to be one but he’s becoming a good man now he’s finally thinking and doing good for himself I’m proud of his character and he’s one of my favorites
i had to double take the sub count! i expected something in the hundred thousands! get ready to destroy the algorithm!
Maybe one day! Just really happy to see people enjoying the content :)
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47 has life advice in the china map. He talks to a girl when spawning in on the stair railing
I wonder if she took his advice
1:49 WHAT? YOU CAN DO THAT!? XD
I know right! I love that the devs allowed for a toilet to be that lethal
Not anymore sadly
I really enjoyed this analysis, hope you do more
Love to hear that! More on the way so stay tuned :)
this is a pretty complicated thing to analyze since there's no canonical behavior for 47, he is as concerned with avoiding collateral as the player is.
Think about this: the ICA and Diana are the only thing preventing 47 from becoming an uninhibited mass murdering psychopath. Diana is also the reason why in Absolution, 47 is trying to keep the agency from getting their hands on that little girl too. 47 is cognizant that he's a monster and doesn't want that girl to become just like him.
And yes I'm perfectly aware that 47 kills a lot of bad people, but he's also himself a bad guy too. He's just less bad than the people you kill lol.
In conclusion: 47 is a bad person against worse people, but he doesn't want others to end up like him so I don't think he's a psychopath. Psychopaths don't care if somebody else ends up like them. They're narcissistic by nature and 47 isn't like that at all.
Great video my guy! You really deserve more attention, keep going!
Appreciate it! Thank you for watching :)