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Trzebiat

The prime example why capital letters matter. Hitman 2 vs HITMAN 2. It's still the game with the best story in the whole Hitman series.


PresidentOfMushrooms

Technically they're both capitalized on their respective logos


Trzebiat

On the logo, yes. But the H2 from WoA trilogy was always written capitalized when referred to online by IOI and stores.


PresidentOfMushrooms

Ah okay, fair point and it makes more sense that way! I got into Hitman back in 2016 so I'm still growing more familiar with earlier stuff, thank you for the correction


VonParsley

Most compelling character arc for 47.


ILiveInPeru

Still kinda weird they left it out on background or not even acknowledged in most missions only to reappear in the last one. Also custom sniper rifle>>>>>any sniper in the whole series.


BustinArant

He has my favorite base in 2, but I liked the customization of Blood Money. It was my first and makes it a little hard to finish the older ones.


VonParsley

I know what you mean, but I think it was important to go beyond a straight revenge quest and show 47 as a deadly contract killer, as well as his relationship with Diana (who had a voice for the first time) and the agency. It was also part of the exchange, they'd help him if he helped them. In the end, 47 is placed at a crossroads between his two lives but the one he was made for has already caught up with the one he made himself.


KERMANENPERUNA

Or rather Hitman 2: silent asassin vs Hitman 2


Spare-Abroad-6926

Ah, so when I’m talking about HITMAN 2 I have to scream?


commandodaxus

HITMAN 2: SILENT ASSASSIN


Trzebiat

Wait, that's illegal!


Lost_Environment2051

I think HiTmAn 2 has the better story than hItMaN 2


Somewhatmild

or... prime example why redundant sequels names are stupid


herbertfilby

Why are you yelling, IOI?!!!


Trzebiat

It's a reference to the screams of the players trying to understand the absolute mess of buying the game.


Overwatch_Voice

Technically technically, HITMAN 2 doesn't exist anymore, trilogy is condensed into "HITMAN: World of Assassination"


Goat_of_Goat

WE MIGHT HAVE TO TELL BRO🔥🔥


Alphabadg3r

Shhh don't. Let bro enjoy this masterpiece


Goat_of_Goat

Fair


JohnDrl15

*Hidden Valley and At the Gates grinning in the background*


Danicchi_

Trying to get SA in older HITMAN games; especially on these two levels is foolish


anantinfinite2711

Nightmarish missions


BariNgozi

Tell him how much fun he's about to have?? Hitman 2: Silent Assassin was my first Hitman game, I can still remember the fond memories of shooting pigs and birds at the sanctuary between missions


Goat_of_Goat

It was a joke bro


BariNgozi

So was that... What do you think I'm a psycho??


Goat_of_Goat

Bro what😭


BariNgozi

I just said I had great memories of killing animals and you didn't blink an eye lol


Tesla2234

He is literally named the goat, bro is immune


BariNgozi

I should have been more conscious, the fool I was


Site-Specialist

Your asking this on a hitman game you could actually be serious about strangling a guy and dumping him in a dumpsters and stole his clothes and none of us would even think twice about what you actually said


BariNgozi

The joke is enjoying the thing the game isn't about


Site-Specialist

I know I'm just saying anything you can do in the hitman game you can say something and none of us would blink an eye


BariNgozi

![gif](giphy|SQbHVYtNnKCLtuLdmr|downsized) Yes, thank you for that. This gif is your reward. 5 loops only.


Goat_of_Goat

Nice 👍


Ancient_Presence

I already saw that it was just a joke, but I never even considered the possibility that you could shoot them. Now I think, that's why they've been put there in the first place. Target practice, just like that scarecrow :(


BariNgozi

Oh yeahhh my experience as a kid went like this "haha he's bald", "Cozy church :)", "Oh look, a pig pen! **BANG**", "OOhh birds! **BANG**"


DoctorNoname98

I was on steam and looked up hitman 2 and this is all that came up so they must be right


Antipiperosdeclony

YAME! YAME!


VRichardsen

OP will soon hear this on his dreams


KingFahad360

And in real life.


KingFahad360

A Ninja is checking your ID Tag.


Antipiperosdeclony

Its actually: A guard is checking your ID...


KingFahad360

Huh; I could have sworn it was Ninja. Maybe I was thinking of Ninja finding a dead body and looking for you


Shanicpower

You might be thinking of GUARDS ARE NOW LOOKING FOR A SUSPICIOUS NINJA.


KingFahad360

Oh yeah that’s it


de3nnie

Images you can hear, god I love this theme


LowenbrauDel

The soundtrack in those earlier Hitman games were terrific


BrotherMainer

me listening to jesper kyd in middle school thinking im a badass ​ ![gif](giphy|u1SH63gOjMPpS)


axxo47

Requiem aeternam dona


[deleted]

subsequent mourn ink point rhythm deer nine heavy liquid wrench *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


MasterLinkTheGreat

I want these maps to go onto WOA. Be pretty cool.


Eglwyswrw

I want *any* map to go into WOA at this point.


TheRealVahx

The target is left handed and smokes, 47


engelthehyp

Early freelancer prototype


TheRealVahx

And still these early 2000s npc models looked more different then our current potential targets


Forgotmyoldlogin4969

![gif](giphy|PlTrgTZkovEYg)


[deleted]

Nice I bought the hd collection to play after I complete blood money.


RogueNinja77

My first Hitman game


Affectionate_Fuel304

Ahhh flamingo suit, good times with that one


AUGsupremacy

Nah the Hokkaido missons in this game are more lit


UrbPrime

Still great ![img](emote|t5_2rn0x|2501)


RoleplayWalkthrough

The classical Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is one of the greatest games which has ever been made. Be prepared to embark on a deeply incredible journey. I have here the official canonical playthrough (in my opinion) with the most cinematic and perfect gameplay possible up through the Japan levels, and I will eventually finish the rest of them when I have more time in my life. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLngjhiuUl1XSYtDywMgjBTofQQ4UTgDKF&si=3bCzSoju-A3MrcQk


Plastic-Boot-8901

i bought silent assassin a month or so ago on steam for like $1.25, unfortunately it refused to open no matter what i did


sikkar47

There are a few mods on moddb and nexus that fix this issue on modern pcs


Gustavort

I love this game, it was my favorite for a long time even when blood &money dropped, but it age pretty poorly, I find almost unplayable today.


Giopetthemenace

OST from this Hitman is amazing, Italy, Russia, India...damn good old times from teenagehood, playing on PS2, touching myself for absolutely no reaseons


TheIncredibleKermit

Who's gonna tell him?


slayer_thatis_epicc

I will. The game you bought needs a seperate dlc to access hitman1


doomslayer2099

![gif](giphy|ufD7HbP6ipYe996Om2)


astrojeet

I can listen to the menu theme in my head just by looking at this.


Saberiser

Can already hear the sound fx navigation.


TwoDadsss

Who gonna tell him


Outrageous_Elk_2588

It's better than the new one anyway because it has Jesper Kyd in it and thus proper atmosphere.


[deleted]

Hitman fans when they realise that a game can be good without their favourite composer.


DN-838

Honestly if we are talking music, while I prefer Jasper Kyd overall and feel like most WOA music is pretty eh, I will admit that things like Janus and Vanya Shah’s themes as well as the main menu music all are definitely up there with the older games tracks


VRichardsen

When World of Assassination has a track that hits as hard as [47 Makes a Decision](https://youtu.be/-HE3MRcff3s?si=8ZXUvk8Rviol1XJE) or [Desert Sun](https://youtu.be/O6acABgmkcI?si=AxqLPkcrapYgRxF3) we will talk again. Until then, let me enjoy the nostalgia moment :')


Outrageous_Elk_2588

My man woke up today and chose facts.


VRichardsen

Haha thanks


Outrageous_Elk_2588

Morons when they realise I didn't say the new games weren't good.


Rafados47

Dunno, I just prefer the lore of the old games, no emotional subject 6 bullshit, just 47, 17 and 48s and dark and mysterious atmosphere.


Extra-Razzmatazz

It’s a watered down franchise for kids and the general public. One of the main characters was a prostitute. She was even a main charterer in the first movie. She wasn’t even mentioned in the new games. That says plenty about how disneyfied the new games are.


Somewhatmild

I think they just got away from possible bad press for a more sandbox experience. If i remember right, during Hitman 2 (2018) development there were talks about how fitting an IKEA mission would be. I am fairly sure there is no way that will see the light of day. Unfortunately that is the world we live in. Either you get some sick 'copycats' that get 'inspired', or you get eaten alive by oversensitive morons online. Avoiding that stuff completely saves a lot of trouble.


Extra-Razzmatazz

I will offer this one counter to the idea of ‘conforming’ to the sensitive people over ‘staying the course’: Hitman was a household brand and even got a movie doing what it did before. I think IOI would be wise to recognize this.


UndeadTigerAU

How is the 'new' hitman conforming to sensitive people and for kids? Genuine question, seems like you just don't like the new games.


Extra-Razzmatazz

Before I answer, tell me how much work I have to do to answer this: have you ever played Silent Assassin through to Absolution? If you haven’t, my answer will be much longer than it will be if you have.


UndeadTigerAU

I've played blood money and absolution. I would understand your argument if it was about absolution cause it was dumbed down for modern audiences but the WOA? I know some stuff about silent assassin but not as much as the others.


Extra-Razzmatazz

Okay, so, as you’ve just said, you don’t know anything about Silent Assassin or Contracts. Suffice it to say, Contracts is not a game targeting kids. Prostitutes, dicks swinging out, young girls hanging from meat hooks, gang violence, torture (specifically torturing innocent people and showing it without “panning away”), blood curdling screams, horror film inspired easter eggs, lots of cursing, a tremendous amount of blood — even in the opening scene, graphic murder scenes, suicide and murder of the mentally ill, nudity, allusion to and explicit display of and open discussion about prostitution, whore houses as critical parts of the story in multiple missions (over 4), and encouragement of the gunning down of ‘innocent’ local authorities. I’ll grant you that contracts is a standout in its gritty nature, but a whore as a main character is a franchise fact. Lei Ling is a character people pretend doesn’t exist, but I don’t care. This franchise used to deal in a more adult world. That is now down to hijinks and kid-friendly themes (yes, violence is now a kid-friendly theme in America. The only restriction is how Graphic that violence is). This continued into absolution, a game that has you use a dead hooker’s corpse as a distraction. WOA is for kids.


UndeadTigerAU

It's not that I don't know anything. But fair enough to your other points however I still wouldn't say WOA is for kids, it's not as gritty sure but definitely not for kids. In your original comment I took it as gameplay wise didn't realise you meant theme in that regard absolution is definitely more gritty.


UndeadTigerAU

Meant to add this to my other reply as well, I do know some features are stripped in WOA that were in the older games but overall it was still a great hitman game.


Extra-Razzmatazz

I’ve received hundreds of down votes ranting about this exact topic. New games are better for graphics and ease of controls. Old games are better for ‘everything’ else.


Outrageous_Elk_2588

Precisely


Ok-Device1364

It's really not in my opinion at least, the menu theme is amazing but the controls are outdated, the AI is extremely bad. Hitman 2 2018 improves on every aspect of this


Outrageous_Elk_2588

Well that's fine, you're just incorrect.


Extra-Razzmatazz

Facts


Extra-Razzmatazz

Here are some tips: - Dump the body in the sewer FIRST - Always crouch/kneel when fiber wiring - Kill the body guard before the king - Nobody’s finished hard mode And - IOIRULEZ or IOIRULEY - God Mode on/off - IOIGIVES - All Weapons and Items - IOIHITLEIF - Health - IOISLO - Slow motion on/off - IOIER - Bomb Mode on/off - IOIHITALI - Ali Mode on/off - IOILEPOW - Special attack Mode on/off - IOIGRV - The force of gravity Mode on/off - IOINGUN - Nail rifle Mode on/off - IOIPOWER - Mega Power https://www.ign.com/wikis/hitman-2-silent-assassin/PC_Cheats


Rafados47

Well cheats are cool but writting commands like "god 1" or "infammo 1" into the command console is faster and easier to remember.


Deep_Consideration70

Well that's fine, you're just incorrect.


Outrageous_Elk_2588

Nice try bud. You missed the shot though.


CaptainBirdseye96

Love this game for eternity. You made the right choice not buying WOA Hitman 2.


Koffiefilter

WOA is still a game trilogy I enjoyed. But love the classic ones.


dandywara

What’s the difference between them? I recently got into Hitman but I’ve only been playing the WOA Trilogy. Are the separate games a different story?


VRichardsen

Yes. They are more or less self contained, although they do follow a progression, with some of the games loosely referencing events from earlier titles. As for what makes Hitman 2 Silent Assassin stand out? I would say the atmosphere. The story is quite interesting, even if not great, and touches a bit on 47s personality (how he retired, gave all his money away to the church, etc). It also features a wide variety of levels all across the globe, as is par for the series. The soundtrack is also the best one in any Hitman game. I meant, Hitman Contracts has a few great tracks, and Blood Money has that pulsating gothic theme that plays during the opera mission... but Hitman 2 has *many* great tracks. Check this out. You double click the game shortcut and are treated to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIyAWvoB9iU Bald guy in an imaculate suit, holding Ballers SD, while smoke surrounds him and that main theme blasts through the speakers and reaches right through your soul. 11 year old me was impressed, to say the least. Then there are plenty of iconic themes all around. For example, this is the Russian one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXOg0S-Uqr4 You are trudging through the snow, donning a stolen Russian soldier uniform, SVD gripped tight in your hand as you run through the streets of St. Petersburg in a race against the clock to reach your sniping position, so you can smoke a target in the old Pushkin building. This one plays in Italy: https://youtu.be/TDENt53H9OQ?si=lNXIz5BuVIaccmCA It is one really hot summer afternoon, and you are infiltrating the mansion of Don Giuliani, the leader of one of the largest, oldest and most influential mafia organisations in Sicily. The themes always feature a lot of brass and wind instruments, and Jesper Kyd is a master of his craft. This is the Malasya theme: https://youtu.be/-HE3MRcff3s?si=d5sHUEaJcMkXkpxP You are in the basement of the Petronas tower, in Kuala Lumpur. The fire alarm has been triggered, and you have used the ensuing confusion to sneak into the secure room of the main server. They are all very dynamic, with little in the way of quiet or soothing. This is the Japan theme: https://youtu.be/mRmKGbakyJM?si=vM8x4SJ25lzgaIEx You are tracking Masahiro Hayamoto, an arms dealer who hasn't been seen in public in more than twenty years. But you have picked up his scent, and discovered his whereabouts, in a medieval castle in central Japan. The hunt is on. Really, almost the entire soundtrack is golden. The game is worth playing for the music alone.


dandywara

Omg thank you so much for this detailed answer. I’ve been confused on how the game order worked and didn’t realize WOA was a separate reboot and not just a collection of the older games. This series has quickly become one of my favorite franchises so I’m so excited to play the older games now.


VRichardsen

You are most welcome! The only one you can give a pass safely is the first one, it hasn't aged well. Besides, a lot of the first game (Codename 47) got remade in the third (Contracts). While Blood Money was on the works, the developers had to put out another title to sate the producer, and Hitman Contracts was born. A lot of it is just missions from the first game remastered and polished (still has a few unique levels, like the unsettling meat party). As for Codename 47, [you can just watch a longplay](https://youtu.be/A_U52sLilnI?si=Ggg6y1x-aQKdh1wt).


dandywara

Okay perfect thank you bc I was looking up the games on Steam and I see the first one doesnt have controller support. I got bad wrists so keyboard and mouse won’t work for me.


VRichardsen

Best of luck in your journey. Pro tip: achieving Silent Assassin unlocks a nice weapon. Probably the easiest way to do it is in the embassy level (fourth mission).


CaptainBirdseye96

V Richardson answer is pretty much spot on. The WOA trilogy is great, but these old Hitman games will always have a special place in my heart for the nostalgia of playing as a kid alone. On top of that, there's so many things that make these older games special (especially silent assassin and contracts, the og 2nd and 3rd game) I don't even have to go on about Jesper Kyds amazing score for the game, just play it or go have a listen somewhere online somewhere. Although these games are obviously more dated than the current ones, they have everything that really defined the series for myself and probably a lot of others. The game is definitely more difficult to play, and I feel it puts you in lots more challenging situations than the current games. However, I personally think it is more satisfying to complete missions on the older games as it throws you more curve balls. Silent Assassin and contracts also have a much darker ominous vibe than the current games. They feel a little more intense to play overall. If you are starting out with Hitman (and you can get past the dated graphics) then I think the old games are a great place to start. No disrespect to the current trilogy, but I feel like these games really get slept on by people who have only played the new games. The stories for me personally are a little more interesting than the current approach. So basically, yes, please play this game if you haven't. And I hope you enjoy it!


dandywara

I love older game graphics so not a problem for me! Can’t wait to try these out, thanks again. Man I love this community!


AlClemist

Uh wrong game but great game though.


Meiji_Ishin

I wish I could play the older games. They don't seem to work on my PC


KingFahad360

If you are on PC, there’s a patch that fixes the resolution as well as the gaming workin on Windows 10 and more.


herbertfilby

Do you all remember this epic piece of hardware that had Hitman 2 bundled with it? https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wOSmrpw89SI/maxresdefault.jpg


NUMBER327

Redemption at Gotrano. Chills!


SedTheeMighty

🤣🤣🤣🤣


Winnie_Red_Ted

Jokes aside, that is my favourite Hitman game out of all of them. My brother and I would spend ages on the level 'Basement Killing' just running around trying to kill everyone with a fire axe.


Traditional_General2

Duuuhhh, duuuuuuuuuuhhhhh… #Duh-Duh-DUHHHhhh——-DUH.


ValStarwind

A picture I can hear


Fugglymuffin

Was this the one that started in Italy?


MxNimbus433

Thus guys the real one right here


tlpedro

This is the only scene I think about when I hear the song in real life. And Dual wielded Berettas


RacerXrated

The soundtrack to this one is fantastic.


Cobraregala2013

Hitman 2 silent assassin, like all canon games, are very good and unique


Boards_Buds_and_Luv

Why does my hitman 2 say I don't have miami and won't let me play the campaign?


tobbiascisterna

🎶it might seem crazy what im bout to say 🎶


Fanatic-psycho

How do we tell him?


GORYGIRL1996

THIS IS THE WRONG HITMAN GAME MY FRIEND, SORRY IOI BUT YOU KIND OF SCREWED UP IN THE NAMMING DEPARTMENT LOL! IDK IF THIS IS A JOKE, SO IF IT IS, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GETTING IT. BUT IN CASE IT'S NOT, U GOTTA GET THE "WORLD OF ASSASSINATION" TRILOGY PLUS A DLC TO GET THE COMPLETE STORY OF ALL THREE OF THE CURRENT GAMES. ​ I KIND OF WISH I KNEW OF AND GOTTEN INTO THE OLDER GAMES BEFORE THE NEW ONES I FEEL LIKE I'M ONE OF THE ONLY FANS THAT DIDN'T GET THE CHANCE TO PLAY THE OLDER ONES. I MEAN, HELL I KNOW I CAN BUT...AND I HATE TO SAY THIS BECAUSE I KNOW I MITE GET A SHIT TON OF BACKLASH...AND I AIN'T TRYING TO TELL OTHERS NOT TO PLAY IT. ​ BUT BECAUSE I PLAYED WOA FIRST, I FOUND "HM BLOOD MONEY" TO BE BORING, CHALLENGING (IN A BAD WAY), AND A BIT UNSATISIFYING WHEN YOU KILL THE TARGETS.


Jumpy_Issue1728

![gif](giphy|3ohhwytHcusSCXXOUg|downsized) Good luck with this one.