How Speedrunners Broke Hitman's Hardest Difficulty
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ค. 2024
- The entire Hitman World of Assassination Trilogy speedrun explained (MASTER/SA/SO).
DISCLAIMER: Almost all of these strategies were discovered by INCREDIBLE routers, I'm just a speedrunner who uses their insane strats ;)
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0:00 Intro
0:30 The Basics
1:30 Season 1
14:25 Season 2
32:10 Season 3
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I adore the fact that a valid stealth tactic is shooting a guard so they won't notice you have a gun.
well yeah, he’s too busy being shot to do anything else
Is that not logical? Lmao
@@nilbog6942 shooting but not killing
@@notimportant768 *empties 20 round magazine* what?
@@notimportant768 also, you're important. You're important to me
I still can't get over the fact that everyone who heard some shots at an undisclosed location prioritize that over a bald man running at them with a Sniper Rifle
yes exactly, the "robust ai" getting gaslighted & bamboozled
@@dr.skillz77mgpl92 Hahahahha ☠️☠️☠️😳
it comes down to poor training
They just don’t get paid enough
@@aterrariastarcell5952 based
"We'll throw a muffin to regain his interest" is one of my favorite things I've heard in a speedrun explanation.
Well yeah. Who doesn’t love a good blueberry muffin? Eat mystery muffin first, ask questions later.
Timestamp?
@@twilightfuntime663125:36
I'mma munch that muffin before Agent 47 escapes 😂
Who wouldn't be interested? Those muffins allow you to step into other worlds. 😆
Imagine being some super important individual who has narrowly escaped multiple assassination attempts just to die to some guy who launched a stick of C4 through your window while gliding down the street on a muffin.
it'd be the last thing you expect honestly.
How would you even begin to defend against that?
Which is why it's the perfect assassination method
@@paulsilagi4783Blast proof window
Quite possibly the best comment I've ever read
😄🎯🥰
47 in Canon: Methodical, patient, barely a sign he was there. A truly silent assassin.
47 in Speedruns: *Makes so much noise he's invisible*
It's actually a pretty good strategy. Quoting Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, "No one looks for a bullet hole in a bomb blast."
It's quite cool lore actually that the only way you ever know 47 was there is the chaos around him that he brings.
@@dragonlord1935 Russian stealth
@540マンモス "much to learn you have "
- ~Yoda~ Georg Lucas
@540マンモス he's not quoting the character, he's quoting the film.
"Now we'll bump this guard so he doesn't notice us trespassing"
I love this sentence so much.
"'Scuse me"
"Ah, Sorry sir... WAIT A MINUTE-"
"Out of the way gunman - we have to find where those shots came from!"
Absolutely amazing video! I've seen these speedruns already, but finally understanding what's actually happening makes them infinitely better!
A lot of people in the world suffer from bad cases of tunnel vission. And the targets have the bad luck of hiring ALL of them as bodyguards.
@@NA-ko7cd *Vision :troll:
Average day in America
@@Revisedcone Lame😴
What's funny is the panic shot mechanics were deliberately added in Hitman 2 in a patch to make sniping your targets actually viable. Before the patch, if you used a sniper rifle to kill a target, the guards would just telepathically know it was you somehow, so even if you packed up your rifle and ran a good distance away, if the guards saw you, they immediately knew it was you and open fire. They patched it so that the guards would ignore you and instead run to the spot where the shots came from, and now speedrunners can abuse the hell out of it as you see here.
I could play this game nonstop for 100 years and I'd never figure this type of stuff out
Honestly, I wouldn't either! The people who come up with these strategies combine creativity with an insane amount of game knowledge to come up with the end results. I still have so much to learn about this game :)
You would though, but that’s the thing you think like that because you don’t play it. But if you did and tried you would actually be able to learn them but they seem so insanely confusing and complicated when you don’t understand it.
@@Lee-One yeah but then u would get bored an then forget everything u learned in the process. I use to be able to speedrun botw under 28 minutes but after a break, I can't even get under 35 minutes.
@@Lee-One only seasoned speedrunners who have come up with strats in multiple games already would have that creativity though
Eh idk. After a couple runs through the game you start doing weird things and eventually find some things worth exploiting like the panic/distraction shots. I figured those two out but never knew they could be used to this extent. Kind of ruins the game though..
I always thought “How the hell did these guys get times under a minute?” whenever I checked the leaderboard. Now after watching this video I am absolutely shocked how fast missions can be done.
I watched an IGN Speedrun video on Hitman 3 iirc and realized that Hitman's maps, while convoluted have the targets sometimes walk in front of your just out of your sight especially when you are starting the map and you can, in fact, kill them in seconds if you know where they are going to be. It's great.
all that for a drop of clout
@@entertainme7523 a drop of that sweet serotonin
@@entertainme7523 speedruns are rarely concerned with clout. It's why running is so popular - you can have a lot of fun just with PBs
@@Hawk7886 it.was.an.endgame.joke.
I'm supposed to be studying for finals, but here I am, learning how to speedrun a game I've never played before
@@AcidumMagni half of 'em, lol, luckily I was planning on taking an extra year to get my degree anyway, no it's no big deal
That’s exactly what I’m doing right now but for midterms lmao
@@thejozo24 did u pass lol 😆
Same but i am so in the vídeo iven know i never play i to
how did your finals go?
This game has one of the most interesting speedrunning scenes I’ve ever seen in my life, and at the end of the day it still feels very hitman with the amount of precise input and perfect timing needed to pull it off.
Truly an awesome feat
this doesn't feel like how 47 would actually do the missions, but it absolutely feels like how he would play the hitman games
Hitman 3 with the full trilogy is possibly the most fun sandbox i’ve ever played. Legit everything is possible and it’s hilarious and satisfying to pull the stunt off.
@@extantfellow46bro I saw you on the vid where the guy says what things you should get in human 3
The ability of speed runners to find glitches or loopholes in the code has always astounded me.
If you think about the collective number of hours spent by people running these games and searching for optimizations, it isn't too surprising
@@adriatic.vineyards Not too surprising, but still fkin amazing!
Foruns.
an older woman was the lead game designer in case anyone was wondering why things work the way they do
Hitman has got to be the only game where watching entire cutscenes actually saves time.
It’s also the only game where you can launch c4 across the map
@@Jeffrey_LOL-vi9wy also the only game where blowing up a bomb with a bomb doesn’t make it go off but instead makes it fly lmao
The context and structure of this video is so well done. Makes it watchable for anyone. Most speedrun genre videos aren’t broken down or explained because they are for people who already follow or know terminology or the game.
Good job.
i really love the mini vid/shot they did to show and explain what just happened very far away
🎯🥰
I can't get over the fact that speedrunners in Hitman can complete a mission in under a minute while most of us, the casual players do these in a few tries, after like 20 minutes.
@Extant Fellow i agree sometimes ill just explore the entire map and find all the nooks and crannies. It's funny seeing a speedrunner not even know something existed on a map when i had already known for a year lol
I wish there was a way to separate the leader boards to separate the speed runners and the people who play the game "properly"
@@primary2630 most speed runners speed run a game because they love it so much so usually they’ve seen everything in a game
20 minutes? Show off…
@@nobodyfamousXBut speedrunning is objectively optimal...unless they added a score system for disguises (which would be stupid and ruins the point of SO) there's no real way to differentiate between legit play and not other then the mission story, which would limit alot of people's play styles.
Love this! I honestly think more speedrunners should do videos like this because even if you're entertained it can be hard to understand what's going on if you're new. Great video :)
You can check out Tomatoanus. He does a lot of these videos for a variety of games and always works with the respective speedrunner, so that the explanations are correct.
@@stormbreaker_fpv YES!
Check out SummoningSalt he is the father of this type of format (Also the Video from Aspecticor Is also kind of similar to SS‘s videos)
Nevertheless, I liked his video also
@@madeye6896 yeah I am a big fan of summoning salt as well
Honestly, the very first guy he mentions - Atrioc, he is fairly good at both doing these, but then also making videos to explain how things work. Maybe he is not the 'basics' guy, but quite good at explanations.
Muffin skip is probably the most amusing thing I've heard/seen in a long time
Bravo on making Hitman speedruns so fun to watch again!
kinda reminds me of the lam ladder in dx1
Sounds tasty too
I cannot believe how creative runners are with these games. It takes such a high level of creativity, planning and practice. That bomb launch at the start of Paris is one of the coolest tricks I've ever seen in any game. The flexibility of the World of Assassination trilogy (and the entire franchise, but especially WoA) is mindblowing. The fact that you can take 2 hours to slowly figure out an incredibly complex set of actions for success, run in guns blazing and run out, or somehow figure out these 9 million IQ speed strats, and have them all be viable, is just incredible.
“Agent 47, we need you to assassinate…”
“Done.”
“But it’s only be 32 seconds. I didn’t even tell you who to…”
Mission completed ✅
I love the blueberry muffin skips. Something about hopping on a muffin as opposed to the numerous other items used in similar skips just kills me.
And I want a muffin now too
'Particle Skip'? Nah, more like 'Crumb skip'.
Very Informative! For those wondering, here are the timestamps:
Season 1
Paris: 1:26
Sapienza: 3:55
Marrakesh: 7:23
Bangkok: 9:10
Colorado: 10:48
Hokkaido: 13:00
Season 2
Hawke's Bay: 14:26
Miami: 16:28
Santa Fortuna: 17:56
Mumbai: 19:59
Whittleton Creek: 22:22
Isle of Sgail: 24:20
New York: 26:21
Haven Island: 29:22
Season 3
Dubai: 32:08
Dartmoor: 33:11
Berlin: 34:54
Chongqing: 36:44
Mendoza: 38:40
Carpathian Mountains (Train): 40:25
Thanks
Thank you the time stamps are very useful
@PsychicImpala thanks for the timestamps and you are very POGGIES in general
Absolute youtube! Thank you, kindly.
I love these Hitman speedruns. I saw a react video from the devs reacting to speedruns and they really got a kick out of the muffin trick.
I have put hundreds of hours into this trilogy and yet this one video has taught me more about the game than I thought was still possible
This was a really cool video. Some of the strats are ridiculous.
yoo its the egg man
There’s just something about these style of videos. I’ve always loved the way wirtual formats his videos and I’m glad to see that format breaking out into other speedrunning games.
Not sure if it's intentional, but his voice lines are in tune with the background music, almost as it's the music lyrics. This style of music always got me distracted when watching explanation videos. But here, it actually helped me focus on the video, from beginning to end. Great work!
I'd say SummoningSalt is the first big content creator who popularized this style of long-form speedrunning/gaming documentaries with HOME in the background. Now it's caught on in a lot of different gaming communities.
This was fun to watch. The panic shots remind me of the way the coin is used in the Hitman: Blood Money run. It's always neat to see how speedrunners use those edge cases.
36:20
47: “Hey, you wanna see a magic trick I just came up with?”
*Throws Magic Ball, smashing it on the guys’s head*
“I’m stealing your Moped.”
I found this at 3 am tonight bc I couldn't sleep and holy crap what a journey. Watched the whole thing and was blown away by the tactics. Super well paced, edited, and narrated. Awesome video dude, can't wait to see more
Found this around 4:39 am on a Sunday. I would have to agree.
4:39 am on a Monday for me, amazing video and strats indeed
4:39 am on tuesday for me
Just found this it’s 3am ahah
Go to sleep
This video was narrated incredibly well, each strategy was explained in depth whilst still being entertaining and fun to watch. This was my first time finding this channel and it leaves a really great impression. You sir, have gained one more subscriber :)
I remember playing all the trilogy like over a year ago, I remember being in love with the ark society mission and since I've always loved speedruns even though I suck at them, I tried to complete that mission in silent assassin suit only as fast as possible, spent days just replaying that mission and making my own strategies, I managed to get it in under 15 minutes and I thought to my self HOLY SHIT I'VE PROBABLY GOT WORLD RECORD, well you can imagine my face when I saw the leaderboards (I hadn't checked them)
😂😂😂
I’ve finished dartmoor in a few minutes, and I thought I was so cool 💀
As someone that played a bit of Hitman but never fully got into the series, I am STILL sooo super interested in how these runs work and how many hours goes into planning these insane strats! So cool to see them in action and your knowledge level is off the charts :) Awesome Video!
The Summoning Salt music really brings it all together
i absolutely love the way you edit your videos! the voiceover is so comprehensive without being overbearing and HOME was such a fitting choice in music!
Got this video in my recommended tab. One of the best vids I have watched in a while. Probably going to be the sole reason I am going to try the hitman trilogy. Thanks for the experience! Good luck!
22:44 I just love how the dialogue synchronizes with the music
yes😂😂
Great video, perfectly narrated and highly competent gameplay. The summoning salt music is a bonus.
I mean panic shots do somewhat make sense if you think about it, when most people get shot, they don't expect their shooter to be calmly jogging right past them, they're going to think that the shooter is trying to stay hidden. If they didn't see who shot them, they aren't going to assume it's the first person they see who's not particularly close to where the person shot from.
ive been getting pretty discouraged in hitman speedrunning, but this just totally inspired me to keep going. thx bro, great content
edit: like 30 minutes later ive already got 4th place in marrakesh any% wtf
Good job !
Ay bro good job that’s impressive
Hell yeah dude
impressive. almost as impressive as my lack of understanding about how good that is
Bro same! Some of the maps were so inconsistent I completely gave up (this was many months ago, shortly after Atrioc's first hitman speedrun video). Hopefully the community can really get a boost in numbers because of this!
Wonderfully done, very precise explanations, even on general techniqes like the panic shot, pacing them wonderfully throughout the video, so people won't get overwhelmed with a flood on general information but still will get to understand everything in the end.
Of course, with the new patch out the new mission is far to new to be included yet, as there is still so much to discover. I am however curious, how much of the Haven Island spotting problems they managed to fix.
Now, if you please could make a similar video on the hardest type of mission, the Elusive Target. Please, I need you to explain it to me so I finally understand how they work and that you only have one chance to do them, unless you buy an entire new copy of the game.
very well produced video, you did a great job explaining all of the strats
This is one of those channels where I'm surprised you have less than 20K subs! Awesome, engaging delivery. No cringeworthy or unfunny bits, no clickbait, just quick, detailed, and easy-to-watch. Good stuff man!
This is quite literally the most insane speed running video I have ever watched. Beat the entire trilogy on pure speed runs while explaining every step of the way & why those strats are the best ones
Remember back when games were only for nerds and EVERY speedrun was like this?
I've sunk in hundreds of hours into the trilogy, and yet these speedruns just completely blew my mind and showed me new ways of playing which I could never have thought of. Huge thumbs up. I will definitely try out some of the strats and techniques showcased here.
I'm just glad this game is still being played! It is such a creative endeavor! So many ways to do things, fast or slow.
This was the first video I ever watched from your channel and I keep coming back to it! It’s so well thought out and concise yet entertaining. Instantly subbed! Crazy good video mate
Man, just imagine what it's like for people in-game to see this guy killing several targets in about a minute or less and then leave without anyone noticing
That's a major part of the beauty here: they *didn't* see all that. By the rules of the game's world, they're all witnessing explosive chaos all around them. Then suddenly up to four people in vastly different locations either got shot, crushed, shocked, or exploded, with the killer vanishing before anyone even discovers that someone died just now.
Imagine sudden chaos erupting around you and not knowing who or what caused it all. That is the NPC experience in these speedruns. lmao
I found myself repeatedly shaking my head and grimacing but still simultaneously laughing and muttering "WTF man...." Great video! Hilarious and completely insane strats. Subscribed!
awesome gameplay! Those strats are incredible. I was so happy when the Summoning Salt music came on 😁
This is such an amazing show of skill. I also think the music that you put over the last level is very well picked
It was awesome to see how creatively hilarious these runs can be. I didn't intend on watching the video all the way through, but found it too relaxing and enjoyable to stop.
Happy to see that you put this video together and poured your passion into it! Loved your attention to details throughout.
the Summoning Salt music at the end is a great touch lmao. really cool video, great explanations and a really interesting look into the madness that hitman speedruns are
One thing I love about this vid and the sequel to it are the thumbnails! Maybe a odd compliment but they are so simple yet eye catching, adds to the already amazing content. Keep up the good work mate 👍
I really appreciate the subtitles being custom in this video. It's so much easier to understand someone when you can read exactly what they're saying
40:29
AND NBS!! AHHH I LOVE YOU
as someone who's replayed all of these levels so many times it was cool to see the crazy speed running tricks. Thanks for the hard work on the vid
first time watchin your channel but already a big fan from what i see! a really wonderful and informative video, with very neat editing not to mention the bonkers game play. i haven't even PLAYED hitman, but this vid makes me want to try running it? which is incredible! really bang up job!
I have wanted to speed run this game for a while now and this will make it so much easier
This was very well done - extremely clear and concise. I don't usually sit through a video this long, but it went by like nothing lol. Thanks!
Dude thank you for not only explaining the speedrun but for making the video entertaining as hell!
Great video, great content, great job!
You're like the FriendlyBaron of Hitman runners (and I mean that respectfully)! Well edited and incredibly detailed with your videos, and importantly super fun and engaging to watch.
phenomenal video. i’ve always found it hard to get into running trilogy even if i can figure out a couple of the strats because sometimes there’s just little things you can’t see on a run, this is so helpful!
This is just an excellent video. Informative and well edited with zoom across the maps and all. Very well done sir.
Fantastic video man, looking forward to seeing more.
this was so well done, both the speedrunning and the video
I originally saw the timestamp and felt discouraged, but your video was so well made I was hooked. I loved learning some of the skills and tips used. Nice video :)
I really loved that you explained everything, people tend to not do that so learning why speedrunners do what they do really helps me understand it.
amazing video, i genuenly love HOME's songs on background, as a home fan, i can say that your choice of songs is amazing (legit my favorite HOME songs all in one video)
A legendary video! Thanks for the speedrun and the explanation
didn't even realize until halfway through that this is aspecticor!! well done, i love speedrunning explained vids
Very awesome video. With your explanations, it really felt like I was watching a very well narrated GDQ run.
It never ceases to amaze me at just how creative people get to beat a game. I’d never thought of any of this in a million years.
Great commentary, explanations, video cuts, and background music. 🎉
Fabulous video mate. Honestly the first speedrun video I've ever watched, and you've set the bar very high. I'm off to your channel to sink my teeth into more of your content!
That was very impressive,most other speed runners don't explain what they are doing while you explained everything. I very much appreciate that!! I love your content!! Have a great day :)
What an incredibly comprehensive and well made video.
this was really well made kudos man 👌💯
Amazing vid, feels more like a journey/narrative than an explanation of what's happening on screen :)
Hitman's my favorite game and its fascinating to see where the community has taken it. Speedruning is one of the things I've never tried, but I'm definitely looking forward to it.
43:20 !
Man, this whole journey has been fun. But at this mark, it sends a whole different level of good vibe. Instant subscribe!
Thank u so much, interested in starting so soft during quarintine and just need a place to get started, thx for the support
"so ladies, gentlemen, and enbies..." awesome content, and inclusive too! awesome vid!
Thanks for explaining sappi, i always thought the panic shots alerted all the guards making you lose SA/SO and killing franchesca to regain it was some weird jank. It makes WAY more sense now and learning how it works increases my love for this game and its speedruns even more
i enjoyed the vid especially you explaining the speedrun concept on this trilogy.
I have never played or watched Hitman in my life and I was just blown away by these strats, great vid man
This video was insanely entertaining and masterfully explained. Diving in very deep while somehow still keeping it light and easy to understand. Fastest 44 minutes of my life.
As a long time big a watcher who has been seeing you grow from the beginning, it's cool to see all of this new viewership and a vid really skyrocket like this. Nice job Aspect
being in big fan of speedrun and hitman, i have to say very interesting to watch, after that i'm gonna see the speedrun. Very good job explaining all the tricks, i wish more people would do that more often. amazing job, you get yourself and brand new subsscriber and a BIG thumbs up
First of your videos I've ever seen. Instantly subscribed. Beyond all expectations. Great work.
"and enbies" thank you for making me feel included. love the video!!!
was looking for this comment! this is so nice to hear in youtube videos
I'm still mind blown about the muffin trick, great stuff! My favourite part though was the "Ladies, gentlemen and enbys" before the Romania level!
Excellent video mate. I couldn't stop watching!
This well-edited video is a perfect mix of chill entertainment and learning.
Thanks for sharing. I’ve never seen a run of Hitman, but it looks really fun. Although, you make it look easy, the skill involved is unbelievable.
Yeah, it is still best play hitman slowly.
I literally just watched your hitman trilogy video from last may, then I saw this newer version just posted. It's insane how much the speedrun has changed in over a year with all these tiny optimisations adding up. Great stuff, and it was cool for having the same music on train for each video.
Awesome vid man, keep up the great work!❤
Never played this game before but watching your video was genuinely fun and interesting to watch
Nice video, it was interesting to see the different tricks and how seemingly non-chalant your distractions for the guards were, even though we know they weren't so simple.
I will say that I wish this video didn't simply use the common songs in Summoning Salt's video soundtracks, I would've much preferred some music from Hitman (assuming it has some) or some other background music with an aesthetic similar to hitman.
Appreciate the “Ladies, gentlemen, and enbies” at 40:30 👑👑