Smuggled Sieker, climbed up and siekered the 2 guards, made one guy go away by placing my gun on the bricks, then subdued the waiter, then head shot Giggles (and hid him in the box). Took the waiter disguise, climbed back down, got the rat poison, went to the cafe, poisoned the drink, sedative syringe in the sick lady’s back, picked up list… (sigh) exited stage left. (Yes Diana, dear.)
^This wasn’t my original plan. Lets just say that I’m certain there are no fire extinguishers in this mission. Also, you can’t push nor dump bodies into the area you climb down to next to where he is.
The tenth one of my ‘SASO No Ko No Emetics Fiber Wire’ on Elusive Targets series.
Except this one is an SASO One KO No Emetics Fiber Wire run due to being required to KO an NPC for the Soirée Horrible Guestlist.
Suit Only
Silent Assassin
No Coins Used
No HUD
No Instinct
No Loadout
No Lockdowns
No Alerts
No KO
1x Subdue/Pacify To Retrieve The Clients List
Sink Distraction Used Twice
Both Bodies Hidden
Had my go at taking down The Entertainer, the third time I’ve played this ET after previous appearances in HITMAN and HITMAN 2. Never got a Silent Assassin rating playing this one, and I didn’t in today’s attempt in HITMAN 3 either!
I really enjoyed this one though: got spotted using a Lethal Syringe to kill Mr Giggles, and went into a period of Combat that I was able to sneak my way out of with some deft timing - was the kind of situation where if I bailed 5 seconds earlier than I did then I would have been gunned down, and if I stayed hiding for 5 seconds more than I actually did before trying to make my move then I would have been surrounded with no way out and the guards would have soon closed in on my location for a certain kill. Nice sweaty escape: the best way to play an ET if you’re not SA-ing it like a pro.
A pickpocketing mechanic would be the dream. Not quite sure how you’d balance it to make it so that there’d be a meaningful choice to make between pickpocketing and KO-ing (because at first glance why would you ever KO someone if you could pick their pocket instead?), but if some kind of balancing could be figured out that would be a real game-changer of a new mechanic IMO.
Well most of the time, the reason you’re interacting with an NPC is to get either their outfit or to get them out of the way, so pick pocketing wouldn’t be useful for those cases (assuming it would be a sane mechanic and you couldn’t pick pocket their outfit).
The only time that a genuine pick pocket mechanic would be useful is if the NPC was carrying an object (presumably including a gun) that the player needs/wants. I can only think of a handful of Elusive Targets and other situations where an NPC is known to be carrying a key or some other piece of intel that we may want to pick pocket outside of needing an outfit and where there isn’t a better or different way to get the same thing.
Stage left. Got SA. Mr Giggles now has 7 .452 caliber bullets in his body (one through the lower part of the chin). Hope that fits his idea of a lavish performance. Will post the screenshots later.
Yeah, I think I need an Elusive Contract coach. Picked off the target early with a sniper. Then knocked out the guy I radioed to the roof, followed by the guy that had to be escorted, took his PDA that was apparently NOT the guest list. Clearly I was missing some story beat. It got so late in the wee hours and I was dozing off as I searched… Accidentally punched a lady in the hookah bar. Ended up getting frustrated and started a gun battle hoping, someone would drop something. What a waste.
Dressed up as Santa Claus. Smuggled the broadsword onto the roof. Played whack-a-mole with the guards and server on the roof, got them all out of the way hidden in boxes. Stabbed Mr FaceTats through his stupid head. You’ll never ringlead your circus again, you monster. I saved the soul of Marrakech on that day.
(Yes Diana, dear.)
