Hitman Mission Championship - The Finale

May a piano fall on top of you because I say so. :folded_hands:

How about spending a bit of time watching some walkthroughs on Youtube, so you can actually have a proper opinion on the remaining non-WoA levels then? They are 9 in total, so it shouldn’t take too long.

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Invitation to a Party [21]+1
Basement Killing [18]
The Meat King’s Party [11]
Beldingford Manor [6]-2
Traditions of the Trade (Contracts) [14]
The Seafood Massacre [19]
Flatline [15]
The Murder of Crows [14]
Hokkaido: Situs Inversus [24]

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Good idea. @thefixer47 and anyone else could have a quick look at a playthrough of the remaining to get a general idea of which ones to downvote.

Or, at least, which ones you like the look of and don’t want to downvote.

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Invitation to a Party [21]
Basement Killing [18]
The Meat King’s Party [11]
Beldingford Manor [6]
Traditions of the Trade (Contracts) [15] +1
The Seafood Massacre [17] -2
Flatline [15]
The Murder of Crows [14]
Hokkaido: Situs Inversus [24]

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Look at how quickly everybody is turning on each other.

:popcorn:

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Yes, allow me to break it down for you.

Technically I couldn’t, but I don’t really care.

I never said there was, I said the missions above Contracts missions. I mean, look at how heartfelt @Norseman was when @Rimland downvoted.

If you could read, you would know.
Read @Tetrafish_21 's post that I quoted.

Because it’s fun to see people like you get so annoyed over a video game forum contest.

I don’t wanna vote until I have finished watching the videos.

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I will remind everyone, before things turn sour. That even though this is all fun and games. If you’re unable follow the forum guidelines, you should rethink if this is the right thread to post in or at least return when you’re more collected.

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What a shame you didn’t care as much about how heartfelt @Accidental_Kills98 was when you downvoted his favourite missions. :pensive_face: :winking_face_with_tongue:

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Some people really are pieces of work, aren’t they? You put all your heart and soul into something and people won’t even meet you halfway. Props to Fix for trying to salvage Mendoza even if he was so impossibly late.

Like people will say “You are late to the party” but he might as well have been invited to wine tasting at Hadrian’s villa.

Between you me and the wall though, I never liked Contracts all that much. It isn’t as fundamentally bad as Absolution but the game always gave me the proverbial “ick”.

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Actually I was invited to the Heralds party.

Sounds like a lot of Shiraz, politics and stock options. Not enough murder, aureus or Commandaria for my taste.

Ah okay, so I wasn’t tripping. You were literally just saying “I’m not doing this thing” whilst doing that exact thing. Bizarre behaviour.

Oh yeah my bad, I should have taken the time to scroll back through 15 hours worth of posts in this thread to see how you made an incorrect botched vote much earlier today and so needed to correct it later on.

Great to have you state clearly here that you’re just a troll looking to wind people up. Lovely stuff!

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How dare you even bring Absolution into the same discussion with Contracts?!

Between you, me and the same wall though, Contracts isn’t a good game per se, at least not by today’s standards. It’s very clunky gameplaywise (better than its two predecessors though) and half of its missions are bad, awful actually. The reason I am biased towards it though is because I really love its dark atmosphere, which simply feels unique in the franchise. Props to Jesper Kyd’s fantastic soundtrack by the way, I love listening to some parts of it like White Room & Main Title, Swat Team or Slaughter Club even in contexts unrelated to playing the game.

The way 47’s dark and cold psychology is explored through the story is another standout for me.
No mission from Contracts onwards captures a similar feeling to the one in The Meat King’s Party when 47 discovers the dead girl’s body, for example .

Perhaps it would be useful to illustrate my love for Contracts through one of its mission highlights, since I've already mentioned my dear The Meat King's Party. The text below is from one of my earlier posts in this topic, in case you haven't already read it.

I genuinely believe that The Meat King’s Party is among Hitman Contracts’ finest. Few missions in the franchise make me as emotionally invested as this one thanks to the devastating story about the kidnapped girl you are supposed to rescue, but ultimately find dead. To add to the tragedy, her actual killer is not even an ICA sanctioned target and negatively impacts the rating if killed (thankfully though, the Silent Assassin rating is still achievable in that case). The mission taking place in a slaughterhouse only amplifies the overall disturbing feeling and pictures an image of a rotten part of society which takes pleasure both literally and figuratively in gore. The gameplay mechanics of concealing a weapon inside a chicken for the Meat King’s poetic death and the usage of opium pipes to make the lawyer unconcious are equally memorable and creative. The mission’s only downside is its apparent linearity, but once you figure out how to bypass frisk points (which doesn’t necessarily involve glitches, as bullet distractions work fine) and figure out how to abuse the game’s relatively dumb AI (you can literally kill the lawyer out in the open with a melee item and get away with it completely unnoticed), there is no critique left to justify this mission being anything less than a masterpiece.

Briefly put, the atmosphere of a few select missions and the overall concept of the story are what really carry Contracts for me, but I can understand that may not be the case for everybody.

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I like Contracts because I thought it was cool when I found the ghost in the hotel.

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Despite having posted several times today, I almost forgot to actually vote. :sweat_smile:

Invitation to a Party [21]
Basement Killing [16] -2
The Meat King’s Party [12] +1
Beldingford Manor [6]
Traditions of the Trade (Contracts) [15]
The Seafood Massacre [17]
Flatline [15]
The Murder of Crows [14]
Hokkaido: Situs Inversus [24]

I am quite sad to see Beldingford in such a bad shape, but, on the bright side, it’s the only mission out of the top 5 from the game’s previous edition that managed to get far this time as well.

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Invitation to a Party [21]
Basement Killing [16]
The Meat King’s Party [12]
Beldingford Manor [7] +1
Traditions of the Trade (Contracts) [15]
The Seafood Massacre [17]
Flatline [15]
The Murder of Crows [14]
Hokkaido: Situs Inversus [22] -2

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I never said I wouldn’t vote tho.

Yeah, actually you should, especially if you are gonna want to complain about it.

Well, if I was a troll, I wouldn’t be in this Forum, let alone be a Regular.

Look, I want to. I really do. But sometimes people are annoying and I lose control. I will be more calm from now on.

Also how do you make your text redish?

Perks of being forum staff.

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