Done, again. Nothing fancy, no accident kill like Iād been doing with the other ETs this time around, with an exception for The Undying for personal reasons. Iāve never been able to arrange an accident with The Revolutionary that Iāve been satisfied with, so I didnāt bother, and of all the ETs, this one is the one I most enjoy poisoning. While I usually restart until he populates in the little shack or the house on the river, this time I took him out while he was on the second floor of the Sicario hideout. Iāve only ever killed him here two times, and both times I had to cause an explosion and trigger an evacuation in order to get in, but not this time. This time, playing it very carefully, using distractions, lures, and shutting off the camera feed, I actually managed to KO enough guards and one construction worker to be able to sneak in while Murillo was smoking, and spike his drink with a lethal poison flower. After the one remaining guard took his body away, I then got back out again; the camera man doesnāt care about you, so long as you do nothing illegal.
I have to admit, despite being so simple and straightforward, The Revolutionary is my favorite H2 ET. I like it for several reasons: First, I like the backstory and the reason for the contract. Itās got a little bit of everything you expect for a Hitman contract: terrorism, intelligence agencies making shady deals with despots, attempts to keep secrets from becoming public, torture, murder, even drug gangs are involved. It really leans into the spy side of 47ās work, feeling like a mission James Bond would be sent on. Indeed, Murillo actually makes me think of General Medrano from Quantum of Solace.
Therein lies the second reason why I like it; the target himself. Yeah, his gimmick of appearing in one of three different places but otherwise going nowhere is a bit annoying, but everything else about him makes me excited to take him out each time. His backstory as a Bolivian, as well as his design as a heavyset older man in army clothes, I believe is actually meant to evoke Medrano. I like the fact that heās still in military garb, his eyepatch and facial scars are also a nice touch, they stand out more than other targets with facial disfigurements, excluding Dragon Eye from the Hantu Port sniper mission.
And thirdly, the fact that the most clear way of dealing with him is poisoning his wine glass, which is the whole reason Diana brought it up in the first place. Considering the reason for the contract, it really seems appropriate. Referring back to reason one again, the fact that Diana mentions the client as a well-known government agency who wants to cover up any connection they have with using Murillo to fight the Cold War for them in South America, it means a cloak and dagger organization like the CIA or MI6 or possibly even Mossad may have been the client, and using poison to kill Murillo quietly, but still clearly a direct murder, sends a message to anyone else like him to stay in hiding. Using the poison flowers or frogs on the map instead of lethal pills is just a bonus, because any examination of the wine will reveal the presence of natural toxins found in the area, leaving it just questionable enough of whether Murillo put it in his own wine, not knowing it was lethal, but still more likely that someone got close enough to him to douse him with toxins found onsite, especially with the KOed guards taken into consideration.
I just love the whole thing. Not the best ET by any means, but the one I most prefer from the H2 batch due to its political intrigue, making it the H2 equivalent of The Fugitive for me.