And I hope with Halloween they will give us some autumn vibe around the house and with christmas they will give us snow 
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And a rainy variation, not as a decoration but as a random setting like the day/night cycle.
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Is there any use to the files in the garage? Or the rake in the tomatoes?
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Just as a blend-in mechanic.
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Disappointing. 0/10 can’t recommend
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Oh man!! Imagine that! 
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When you’re surrounded by lovely wood pannelling and you choose the Concrete-themed Safe House customisation options:
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El Mijo the Hippo should definitely be added to the Safehouse both for security and to keep 47 company. Oh and talking to him should reward a Golden Idol which 47 can bring with him on his next mission.
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A) How would a hippo survive in a place that, although of unknown specific location, is clearly not tropical?
B) Why would you want to take the golden idol with you on a mission, and
C) the item drop crates give you one practically every mission anyway.
Like all hippos who survive in zoos, they do perfectly fine as long as they’re fed :x Besides he’d probably be more happy around that lake than in his temple pool.
(I was also a bit disappointed that talking to him in Freelancer didn’t really do anything it doesn’t already do in Apex Predator :/)
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Pretty sure pools in zoos are adjusted to appropriate temperatures, in addition to regular maintenance and access to proper medical care. I don’t think El Mijo will be lasting long in a cold lake devoid of the proper vegetation - or meat - to keep him alive long.
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Globe-spanning underground intelligence and assassination organizations? Check.
Stoic Caucasian man passing for Moroccan, Indian, Colombian, Japanese, Chinese? Check.
Suspended alpine secret conference room for international puppet masters to meet over Zoom? Check.
Hippos in imaginary, open to interpretation locations? THAT’S WHERE I DRAW THE LINE.
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Actually exist; CIA, MI6, FSB and Mossad just being a few examples, and those are just government agencies, never mind the private ones.
Doesn’t pass for; is clearly seen as either a visitor, or as one of those by nationality, not ethnicity.
Could be done. Waste of money, but not impossible.
Open to interpretation but still limited in its possibilities, and made clear by the flora and fauna to be in a location of the world that would not sustain a large tropical mammal like a hippo, in defiance of certain biological laws. So, yeah, where I draw the line.
I live in Phoenix, Arizona. In the summer it’s regularly 115 f or higher with overnight lows in the mid-90s. In winter we get temperatures as low as 30 f degrees overnight. We have a zoo here that has a pair of pygmy hippos who had a baby about a year ago.
There are zoos in places including Milwaukee, San Diego, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Florida with Hippos among others.
There are Hippos in zoos all across Europe too including Ostrava, Moscow, Kyiv, Soia, Basel, Monaco, Berlin, etc.
If a hippo can survive in Moscow and Berlin and Phoenix and Florida and Milwaukee, surely one could manage in a fairly secluded area wherever the safe house is.
A hippo needs water that ranges from 65 to 94 degrees f. Unless 47’s safe house is somewhere where it never gets warmer than the 60s, I’d say a hippo could survive just fine with a modicum of care. Given that in-game there is a hippo in Berlin and Santa Fortuna, the safe house location is a no-brainer to me.
And before you say “yeah but those are zoos where they have zookeepers and temperature controls and indoor habitats”, there is no reason why a similar situation couldn’t be created for 47’s safe house. The habitat in Santa Fortuna was just a hole with a little tunnel while in Berlin the hippo is just outside the rave facility. There are plenty of zoos that don’t have indoor habitats for their hippos and it’s pretty easy to heat water if needed.
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I’m from Phoenix, Arizona, and I know that zoo well.
Based on the look of that forest surrounding his property, I’m almost certain that the temperature of that lake or river (not quite sure which it is supposed to be) doesn’t get any higher than 60 degrees.
There’s no reason why it would be created for 47’s safehouse. Not only is there no indication that 47 would be interested in or committed to taking care of anything larger than a cat, but having something as exotic as a hippo around would blow the cover of his safehouse, arguably faster than the presence of a helicopter.
What… the fuck… is this?
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You don’t know about the Hippo in Berlin?
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Where the hell is there a hippo in Berlin?!
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Admittedly, it’s an easter egg so it may not be strictly canonical, but it is there.
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Oh, psh, an Easter egg in the same map as the flying bicycle and UFO abduction. I was thinking you were talking about an actual map feature like the hippo in Colombia, which could actually work. Now we got a talking, teleporting hippo along with the bike and abduction. This is just another example of Berlin having a lot of hallucinogenic vapors in the air that 47 inhaled a bit too much of.