Anyone find it weird why 47 would choose to re-use his old name after 19 years?
He used the name Tobias Rieper in Hitman Codename 47. In the next game, he specifically states to Lei Ling that he is not using that alias anymore. (Don’t ever call me Rieper again. That’s not my name anymore) The way he said that it seemed like he is done with that alias for good.
Since then he uses multiple aliases, but in Hitman WoA, which takes place in 2019, he goes back to using Tobias Rieper, the same name he used 19 years ago.
It doesn’t make sense. And it would even make sense if he used it once or twice, but why would he use the same identity again and again, which it makes it easier for authorities to connect the dots?
I feel the only reason they decided to stick to this name is to play on the nostalgia of old gamers who loved Hitman Codename 47.
In H2SA he meets Ling after retirement. He has donated a bunch of money to the church and is looking for the meaning of life or whatever. His priest is kidnapped and he goes back into action only to try and save the priest. At that moment he doesn’t want to be called Reiper b/c he is someone else. By the end of the game though he has resigned himself to the fact that a paid killer is what he is. He likely would not tell her “don’t call me Reiper” if he met her after the last level.
I love the name, however it would be a lot easier for 47 to be tracked down. In every single mission where he has the chance to say he does. Tamara Vidal herself figured out he was 47.
I’m with you on the nostalgia thing. The name is funny, simple (easy to remember and connect between levels) and has the double meaning, why reinvent the wheel?
The more I’m on this forum, the more I realise that the Hitman role is extremely irregular, fragmented and full of plot holes…
I find it weird that people still don’t get why he used it in the mission The Setup.
This name was specifically given to 47 by Ort Meyer to identify him. Of course, you can’t just walk around calling himself 47.
When ort meyer heard through the receptionist that TR had come to visit him he immediately called the police.
This is why Ort Meyer (aka ICA or Diana) insisted on using this alias in the message he sent to lure 47 back to the asylum.
P.S. Another thing came to mine mind.
Why has he got such a strange name as Tobias Rieper? What if Tobias Rieper is actually an anagram?
There are many possible combinations.
I found “bio respirate” more appropriate to him.
There is another good one “I is reprobate”
