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[Mr.Pink.]

I will answer the question, yes, only 97% success rate.

Edited by Mr. ME, 24 February 2012 - 06:25 AM.

[Expert]

Where in Contracts do they mention other kills we don't know of?

By its nature, Hitman Contracts demonstrates that 47 has conducted and conducts numerous missions. Probably more than IO shows us and will show us.

[Watson]

Where in Contracts do they mention other kills we don't know of?

Contracts had hits that take place in flashbacks that we didn't play in the previous games. So, it's safe to assume that there are plenty of missions 47 has been on that we haven't played.

[sgg847]

At the average 97 men out of 100 have success with her.

[Mr.Pink.]

Blood Money also had flashbacks.

[Johnny Drama]

Contracts had hits that take place in flashbacks that we didn't play in the previous games. So, it's safe to assume that there are plenty of missions 47 has been on that we haven't played.

Yes. But maybe those hits were the only one he had done which we did not play in "real" time. We don't know that. I like the idea if we know all of his hits, from the first one in Hong Kong to the last one being Cayne.

[Fleur]

Blood Money also had flashbacks.

Not really. Cayne told the reporter a lot of lies about these different hits, but we actually played them how they really were, without the lies. So they were definitely not flashbacks from the mind of Cayne, and probably not from 47's mind either. So I think it's more like jumping in time than flashbacks.

Yes. But maybe those hits were the only one he had done which we did not play in "real" time. We don't know that. I like the idea if we know all of his hits, from the first one in Hong Kong to the last one being Cayne.

I agree with Watson. In my opinion it makes most sense if 47 had a lot of hits around the ones we played. That's the feeling I got from the games and Diana's briefings.

[Watson]

It makes sense logically that 47 has had missions that may not have been playable in the games. 47 has an international reputation, he doesn't get it by having only the one client in Codename 47 (Dr. Ortmeyer) and the seemingly one client in Silent Assassin (Sergei). Limiting 47's background to missions that were only shown in the games would constrain the story and heavily reduce the potential of the series in my opinion. This potential was used in Contracts, which not only had remakes of missions from C47 but included new missions from the past. If we were to disregard the possibility of 47 having past missions we haven't played, Contracts would just be one big clone of C47, instead of a mix of remade missions and new ones.

The last Hitman mission we've played was set in 2005 (seven years ago), if Absolution is set in present time (which I assume it is), does this mean that for seven years 47 didn't have a single mission? I don't think so. This is why it's a safe bet that there is a wide array of contract hits we don't know about.

Edited by Watson, 24 February 2012 - 07:39 AM.

[Dynamic 47]

The last Hitman mission we've played was set in 2005 (seven years ago), if Absolution is set in present time (which I assume it is), does this mean that for seven years 47 didn't have a single mission? I don't think so.

Good point Watson and I'm hoping we'll get to hear about what 47 has been up to in the years since Blood Money.

[Kirill 47]

Of all the hits we do know of, does anybody know an accurate body count for 47?

[Disco Shrew]

The 97% Success rate was for DIANA, not 47.

[JaRDoS]

I don't think that 47 have had any other hits that we don't know of. All the targets from the past games is probably all of his kills.

That seems incredibly unlikely since it would mean that he's had a phenomenally short career and that somehow in Contracts he conveniently only had flashbacks to missions that weren't covered in the other games.

It would also mean that after his first escape from the Asylum the ICA didn't bother to test his skills on some low profile targets - they instead let him start his career by going after the head of Hong Kong triad and his whole fearsome reputation he has was based entirely off two clients (was Watson pointed out).

It makes more sense to assume that 47 has had many, many jobs in the past and that we only get to play a fraction of them - the interesting fraction. For every mission we play there will be a dozen or so targets like the Swing King who are of no real threat or challenge to 47's abilities, but give him the cash flow to sustain his lifestyle (and thus leave us all our earnings to spend on guns and goodies).

These small missions that occasionally have unforeseeable issues would explain a 97% success rate for 47 or Diana, and explain it being in Diana's profile since she's the on who should be ensuring 47 has everything he needs to succeed.

[abeg]

Of all the hits we do know of, does anybody know an accurate body count for 47?

Someone should look this up!

[Johnny Drama]

That seems incredibly unlikely since it would mean that he's had a phenomenally short career and that somehow in Contracts he conveniently only had flashbacks to missions that weren't covered in the other games.

I would not call it a "phenomenally short career" killing about 40-45 targets (something like that in the previous games, I did not count) Killing a target is not just as easy in reality as in the games. It requires a lot of preparation, timing and perfection of the smallest details and therefore a lot of time (simple thing as travel time also count).

And with the flashbacks; that could might well explain why the flashbacks was mixed with other already known levels, simple because of the reason that there were no other "levels/targets" in his past. That's a theory.

Edited by Johnny Drama, 25 February 2012 - 03:14 AM.

[Class1clone]

Of all the hits we do know of, does anybody know an accurate body count for 47?

After several calculations, i estimate the number to be over 9000.

[Frantz Fuchs]

I would not call it a "phenomenally short career" killing about 40-45 targets (something like that in the previous games, I did not count)

If I've counted correctly, I'd say 47 has assassinated 72 targets. (in the course of the previous 4 games, that WE KNOW of)

[Expert]

A person claimed to have a rate of success more high.


250/5

http://en.wikipedia....chard_Kuklinski

[Kirill 47]

After several calculations, i estimate the number to be over 9000.

i read this in my calculus class and caused a scene

[space_monkey]

If I've counted correctly, I'd say 47 has assassinated 72 targets. (in the course of the previous 4 games, that WE KNOW of)

Hope you haven't forgotten this guy

[Black glasses]

If I've counted correctly, I'd say 47 has assassinated 72 targets. (in the course of the previous 4 games, that WE KNOW of)

Wow, I would have never imagined there were this many targets.

It's about the number of people Max Payne kills in one level (at least in the first one). But then again, he doesn't assassinate them in a stealthy way. Or assassinate at all.
Just a random thing I thought would be fun to say.