Elusive Target #3: THE COLLECTOR (Year 5: 7 - 16 March 2025)

People saying without painting you’ll get 4 stars with SA raiting.
And there is a challenge for retrieving the painting

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No. But if you chose not to get it you’ll get SA with 4 Stars instead of 5.

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Alright makes sense. That’s a good compromise for encouraging objectives while still keeping it optional.

Great video once again!

I was wondering, since the guy talks so much about Alexa needing to die. Would killing Alexa, like in a visible accident kill, lead to any interesting results?

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Interestingly, someone in the comments mentioned that if Alexa dies they think that he says something about it. I wish I’d thought about it at the time and tested it.

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He does have voice lines about alexa being dead but from my testing he just panics if he sees her dead

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How do you know about those voice lines? Do you know what they say exactly?

I had to go back to find out. This video shows what happens if The Collector sees Alexa die. I should also point out that it is not sufficient for Alexa to just die. He needs to see the body.

Hitman 3 - Elusive Target #3: The Collector - Extra Footage

Interestingly, there are six lines he cycles through after he leaves the room with the painting where he rants on about Alexa disrespecting the art and needing to go. Once she is dead he no longer says any of the those lines.

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This attention to detail is outstanding.

By now I really think that by the end of the release of live content, we should be allowed to replay Elusive Targets.

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Now that’s cool. Unique dialogue addressing her death before he switches into “help me guards” mode is great.

I hope future H3 targets are as ambitious – or more – than this guy. Just enough scripting to provide a unique story and kill method, but with enough free space that there’s plenty other kill opportunities during his routine.

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As the quality of these elusive targets have continued to improve and with this one essentially being a proper “missions”, I think there is a growing sense of agreement with this. In fact, they could continue having the restricted time period and one opportunity to play it, but after the time period has ended, it could become an in-game mini-mission to play for all. No leaderboards or challenges to unlock, but allowing players to go back and at their leisure enjoy the attention to detail.

@TheChicken When he first went into the “help me guards” mode I felt a bit disappointed, but then I thought that this is exactly what he’d do to rise above suspicion. Very nice.

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And in doing so have made my day :smiley: Thanks!

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I think this ET really shows how much easier Dartmoor is due to the lack of cameras.

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Well, there is 1 camera in Dartmoor to be precise.

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Is there, really? I don’t remember seeing a recording box anywhere so there probably aren’t any cameras.

I do hope the extra guards in this ET can be put in to the main level for Master difficulty. Would make some of the more easy access areas slightly more difficult.

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You always bring one on yourself :stuck_out_tongue:

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I thought you were referring to the photographer opportunity lol

So 2 cameras :grin:

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The Collector :white_check_mark:

One of the best ET’s to date?

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I listened through all of the voice lines on patch day cause io just dumped them all in the files on the 30th :smile: