I just realized the reason they changed animations from Absolution (ledge, rolling to change cover) was due to 47 having a weapon on his back lol.
Always thought it was weird he faces the wall when he ledges now but it makes sense.
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Interestingly, in H3 they changed the covering animation back to the Absolution variant, with his back against the wall, while in H16 and H2 47 was just sort of crouching behind the cover.
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I wish they would go back to 47 firing left handed from behind cover when the situation calls for it. That was a pretty neat detail in absolution that has disappeared.
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There are many neat details from Absolution that have disappeared.
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Let’s also not forget the two-handed pistol hold you could switch to in Contracts. I miss that, too.
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How did I not know about this and how did you do it?
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It’s like in Blood Money when you got to first person view. If you do it in Contracts, 47 goes from holding his gun in one hand to two hands. Or something like that. I got Contracts HD on Xbox a few years ago and turned it on to see how well it worked, but haven’t touched it since. I’m waiting to get full completion on H3 before going back through the whole series. But, when I did try it, going from regular to first person view mode is, I think, what does it.
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I prefer the H3 animation, but man does it irk me whenever I start Colorado from the default location, when 47 moves into cover position that fits the H1/2 animation and then suddenly “transforms” into the H3 cover position once the cinematic ends 
Actually, I believe in BM he shoots/holds the pistol with one hand regardless of view. On the other hand, in H2SA and Contracts, he holds it with two hands when shooting and in first person view by default, as you mention.
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In SA and Contracts, 47 fires pistols with both hands when he’s firing one, irrespective of view. He only uses a one handed grip when dual wielding (standard for the Silverballers in both games) or he’s carrying something in his left hand (holstered long gun or similar item).
In Codename 47, BM and subsequent entries such as all the WOA games, 47 uses a one handed grip for pistols and such irrespective of situation.
I should also note in SA that it’s odd that he’ll holster the silenced MP5 like a rifle or shotgun, but try to do that with the normal MP5 or Uzi, he’ll either drop it or conceal it in his jacket depending on the situation.
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That’s not what I meant. I was saying that when you put Contracts into first person view like you do in Blood Money is when he switches to two hands. Blood Money is more well known for its first person than Contracts is, so I was using it as the reference in case he didn’t know Contracrs did that too.
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That’s incredible. I must have hundreds of hours of play in those games and I never picked up on the one handed thing.
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The “Let’s Dance” & “Dance Till You Drop” Challenges/Easter eggs could have been inspired by the Harlem Shake. The Harlem Shake, for the unfamiliar, was a trend where one person would start dancing, then the everyone else would join in. This was trending in 2013/2014, which was when H1 was likely in development… so it could have been inspired by it? There were also compilations of military troops participating in it, such as this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hpEnLtqUDg
Maybe this assumption is common knowledge, but the similarity just hit me this morning
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No, he IS capitalism.
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Nothing new to know here… Just finally posting it. Sorry if it’s already been done.
47: Gives an elaborate speech about the Grand Paladin Vintage Wine…
Also 47: Needs to find a note to know how to make a Bareknuckle Boxer.
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That’s bc 47 knows about the finer things in life. The bare knuckle boxer is a gross cocktail that might have been made up by two drunk college kids in a frat house 
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TIL that Birdie from Absolution was voiced by Steven Bauer, the same guy who played Don Eladio in Breaking Bad.
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Me smashing post like button after finding out
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Playing FC ‘The Pirate Taketh Away’. I shot the coconuts to kill the 1st target, rushed over to get the briefcase from the overweight fella… There was still dust in the air from the coconuts falling. The target was already dead, but it then killed me as I walked through dust that was still in the air. 
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