HitMan: Blood Money

[mmosu]

Nice Art!

If I remember correctly there is also a way to scale the back of the house from the cliff side.  Feel free to correct me if I am thinking of a different mission, but I think you can climb up and enter through an open window and fiberwire old man river for the big silent assassin. :-*

[Art Blade]

yeah, you can do that. Climb up a water pipe to the roof enter through that window, and do whatever you like to kill the old man.  :)

The pipe to the roof is in the second pic, to the right of that door in the back

[mmosu]

*****Spoiler alert, don't read if you haven't completed Hitman: Blood Money*****





You can do something similar during the hotel hit in Vegas, it's one way to access the room of the scientist staying on the top floor, and from his balcony you can shoot the sheik when he steps outside to answer his phone.  That mission is another personal favorite of mine :-X

[Art Blade]

ok, "spoilers" -- everyone here knows we talk openly about games. We don't consider it spoilers but information, inspiration and the likes. This is open world games, not "oops, sorry, I didn't want to spoil your game! Please Mr Admin, unban me!" ;) Feel free to talk about whatever comes to mind  :-X

oh yeah  ;D Man, I did that mission a million different ways :) My favourite way is to run into the hotel, just grab the keys and call the elevator that the scientist is going to use, wait for him on the roof of the cabin and pull him up. Then I take the other elevator and wait for that Mr Schmutz (translation: Mr Dirt) to do the same. Taking both door cards from them and gain access to both floors by that. For the balcony kill I always bring my W2000 fully upgraded but this time with single shot mechanism so it truly feels like sniping (rather than multiple rounds in a mag). I then bring the rifle outside to the exit, go back and get the diamond case, assemble the rifle to carry in one hand and the diamonds in the other when I do exit ;) I love it... sometimes I kill everyone in the entire casino and hotel, no survivors lol, yeah great mission. They are all cool but the tutorial.

[Art Blade]

Hah, talking of spoilers = information.

When you have finished the game and see the end credits, wiggle your movement keys, you'll see yourself come back to life! kill all the people that tend your funeral and escape... ALIVE! HitMan5 to cooooommme  :-X

[retiredgord]

I don't consider anything as a spoiler. If you read walkthrus the way is extremely difficult sometimes. The kill at the opera I accomplished by accessing the stars room when he was practising  and the guard had gone for a whizz. He takes a lot of them so I could sneak in, drop the mine and get out and to the far corner to watch himn walk in the room. Checking the map I was able to detrmine the best  time to rearrange his costume..with holes. The CIA jerk I , dressed as a cop , just accessed the balcony to his right side when an attempt from the scaffolding failed. I picked the lock, walked in, waited for the real guard and gave him an extra eye. I re-suited myself and then sniped  the target as he crouched along the wall. That done I simply walked out of the hotel, with only one or two rounds coming near me.
I ended up as only a thug this time.  Gee, a better job description for the resume.

[Art Blade]

the opera is best accessible as a cop. In the lobby you'll see a couple of tourists. Follow them, take a tour, until the cop who does the tour needs a break in his little room. Follow him in after a few seconds so he's already sitting with the back turned towards you, then give him a syringe to knock him out and take his clothes :) From now on you can walk everywhere but the stage :)

[mmosu]

Yeah Art, the bolt action is the best upgrade for the W2000!

As far as Hitman goes, a spoiler to me is knowing anything at all about a mission before I have attempted it the first time.  If I have pre-knowledge going in (aside from any intel I bought) then I feel like i didn't figure it out myself. I have more relaxed criteria for other games  ;) 

And yes the ending of Blood Money is great, faking your own death in order to have all your enemies in one place at one time, 47 definitely has some brass ones!!!  Imaging how many of those guys would have crapped themselves if something like that really happened! ;D  I'm pretty sure that if a genetically engineered super-assassin who I thought was dead suddenely jumped out of his casket and started shooting the crowd my colon would no longer be under my voluntary control!

[Art Blade]

LOL  :-X yeah hahah, true  ;D

[retiredgord]

Just did the Hit the Louse in the House mission.  lol. I went to the back of the truck, boldly went in, knocked them senseless and grabbed a suit. Then I went boldly thru the gate ignoring the hound and entered the basement. After that it was a matter of buying some info (this of course was about the 5th try) to find out where that microfilm is located. I followed the tart into the bathroom and knocked her cold and grabbed the film. After a bit of walking around the different areas I managed to eventually put the mine in the by the louse's 'puter and then set it off with the handy-dandy longer range remote. After the blast I scurried down the back stairs but walked slowly out of the front door and went to the exit.
I finished with the Gangster label and back over 1 mill.

[Art Blade]

hahaha, nice one, Gord  ;D :-X

Try this: Go to the catering van opposite of the CIA truck when the butler has vanished into the house, pull a syringe and poison those donuts (don't let the guards watch you). The butler will return and bring those donuts to the CIA goofs... watch :) Later, get in the truck and disguise as CIA agent. Like that, you will have lots of fun ;)

[mmosu]

You can also wait until the clown comes to get something out the back of his van, syringe him, take his clothes, stuff him in the back of his van and enter that way (only problem is clowns don't carry guns, and you will be searched if you go in through the front door).  Once inside you can "trade places" with the pool boy when he goes out back to the shed.  Dressed as him you will attract the attention of the wife, so on and so forth . . . it's not the easiest road to take, but it is an alternative one

[Art Blade]

Or, kill/knock out a garbage man, and slip in behind a CIA guy when he enters the left back entrance :)

just realised, that mission has a "secret" I never solved. If you walk into the garage of the vet and enter the medical practice, you'll find a bottle of aether (narcotic). I've never known how to use that. Anyone knows?

[mmosu]

If I remember correctly, I believe you can use that to anesthetize the dog that lurks around on the one side of the house so that he doesn't bark and alert everyone if you go over there.  One of the basement entrances is right next to where he stays. If you climb up in the treehouse in the neighbors yard you can use the air rifle to dart the dog and take him out of the equation. 

[retiredgord]

I found with the dog,twice, that if you just stop and you look like you belong in some way the guard tells him to shut up and he walks back away. He barks but doesn't bite..not a very good guard dog :D

[Art Blade]

hehe, I usually shot the dog and laughed about the looks on the faces of the guards who did not understand why and how he died :)

My question about the bottle, to be precise, was how exactly do I use it?

I had it in my inventory but could not combine it with anything. Like, take a syringe and you get a crosshair that turns red if you approach something that can be poisoned with it, for example those donuts, wine bottles, people, dogs... but the bottle? It doesn't break if you throw it, and I couldn't use it in any way. Any ideas?

[mmosu]

I'm having trouble remembering the specifics in that case . . . I was actually thinking the vet office was where you got the tranquilizers to use on the dog, guess i thought that's what you were refering to  :-[

May have to pull out the 'ole PS2 and refresh my memory  ;)

P.S. - did you guys know that the garbage truck is a bottomless body-disposal?

[Art Blade]

I know about the garbage truck :) It must have eaten the population of that level thirty times over  ;D

The tranquilizers for the dog... I know there are darts in the vet office, for the dart rifle wich can be found in the tree house with the pirate flag near the garbage truck. But next to those darts there was also a bottle of aether.

[retiredgord]

Finally got the New Orleans one done after many tries. I followed the diamond case but didn't get the shooters (really have to watch those side windows scenes). Then I tried to get the shooter in the hotel first, failure.. Then the girl  wandering..failure. All I got was my death scene over and over and over again.  Some I didn't even get out the door before being recognized. People scattered like I had dropped and SBD. How embarassing.Then like a rock falling from the cave wall I realized..the little booth in the courtyard would be my sniping spot for the main guy and a henchman or two. Then after  some more tries I finally worked it out. To get  him did some back alley w@&k and dressed as a waiter or someone else I set a bomb at the entrance to the alley the chick was leaving. It took out a couple of others, unfortunate. When the bird guard came out to check I snuck into his bathroom and head shot the girls and him. One girl was in the hall but the door had closed and these cops never came inside. I tried a couple of times to get the guy in the room across the way but kept getting killed after being observed picking  the lock. Well with the guard gone, the girl gone and me on the balcony across ( I noticed he had come out to observe as the float got near, I head shot him. I then calmly walked back to the club dressed as a waiter and pushed my way in drawing the pistol and shooting the jerk that came in trying to bully me. I grabbed his auto and disposed of some more chickens that had come in to roost. I borrowed a suit, got the diamonds and strolled out to freedom. Unfortunately my pic has been in the papers due to my past dirty deeds.  Oh well, I can always go back and start all over..later.

[Art Blade]

hahahaha, nice story, Gord  ;D Took me some time to figure out which mission (mardi grass) but once I got it, I had to laugh  ;D You know, the game rolls the dice and places the shooters in different locations each time (once you start the mission it is already decided, but the next restart it is very likely they are going to use different locations). Only the boss in the "bird house" remains always there (I usually take him out with a sniper shot from across his window, opposite in the backyard, climb up the pipe to the platform next to the grand piano), and the diamond carrier (orange bird) also always has the same routine (check the backyard next to the cop area, he always has a smoke there next to the dumpster). Check your map, it has several layers, each floor one layer, to see where the targets are (only on easy level). It is a great mission, once you know the tricks, it's fun :)

By the way, go into the library to the right of the bird house (kill the librarian if you must) and go upstairs -- there is a room with a hole in the wall you can see the boss from there... a bomb... ;)

[retiredgord]

Thanks Art for the tips. That was a fun mission and I realized that the locations did change. It was almost a necessity to keep checking the map to see where everyone was located. Yes I realized thewas done head guy was at the window and I gave him the head shot.  Couldn't resist getting "Chicken a la Bullet" on the side. That was 2 less. As you said checking out the room next to the boss but I didn't think of the bombs. That little room with the guard was a bit tough to figure out but I jumped at the opportunity when he came out to check the shooter. I had gotten her once and killed her in the alley but was caught trying to drag her body to hide when the other chiken came in the alley. The bomb was a thought that came into my head as my death vid was playing  lol. I had saved after the head guys demise so  it was just a matter of 3 or 4 more times getting to the alley without being recognized. Those poor girls with him were collateral damage.

[Art Blade]

never mind collateral damage, as long as you have fun and survive those little "mishaps"  ;D

Talking of collaterals, one of the pics I posted above is from mardi grass mission... I'll post it again here :)

[smg id=774 align=center width=400]

[mmosu]

Pile 'em high Art!
I guess I was initially confused about whether you meant the darts in the vet office or not.  Don't remember what the ether is for (don't know if I ever knew . . . )

It took me awhile to figure out Mardi Gras too Gord.  Even though locations vary, there is an overall pattern and flow to it, once you get tuned in to that getting a Silent Assassin is just a matter of refining the details and getting a little lucky.  It's a great hit though, and I love the huge crowd that you have to deal with in this one.  That coupled with the fact that many of the buildings themselves are quite detailed with multiple ways in and out really makes this one feel like a real block plucked out of the French quarter on Fat Tuesday! Must have taken forever to program it!!   :-X

[retiredgord]

Hahaha. Art I really liked your screenshot of the new carpet.  I had one similar in the mission to kill the porn guy and the bad son. I should write down the titles. I had managed to get up to the security room and even get the tape when I was interupted by a red suit. Of course it was when I was trying to drag a body into the stairs that goes to the studio. Well he gets some noisy shots off, I'm using the Silent Silverballer. He goes down and the next guard, and the next, and the next, and you get the pic. ALL the guards on two levels had been killed and the list of "Drag" was 8-12 long. I just left a few in the office as the stairs were full and they kept sliding down. The clean-up crew wasn't gonna get bored. The old guy was dispatched while cowering cuz his guard was among the recently deceased and I had to check a walkthru to see how to get out and discovered that Jr had to be dead but the guards kept getting me. In the walkthru and hints it suggested a round from a silenced weapon thru the hot tub would give the occupants the ride of their short lives. Well the vid of them dropping out of the bottom was cool. The spot was on the outside space at the bottom of the long stairs that started from by the room with the girl that wants to kill you. Yep I fell for it once. I had gone down that stairway to look  ( wrongly) for the way out which I thought was the helipad. I never did get there. Anyway, shortening the story after the shot I went along the ledge to the staff area and then took the elevator back down. The four guards there were short w@&k and I escaped.15 shots 13 kills My noise was 3 and the Violence 3. I'm a Cleaner. I had spent some bribe money to the police on both missions to drop my Notoriety to 75. I was just too good looking not to be noticed. I need some hairpieces. I could get some good disguises with the 1.47 mill in the bank.

[Art Blade]

hehe, never mind mission names, a few keywords such as porn king or mardi gras unmistakably mark a certain mission.  :)

As for the porn king's son in the pool, I never read a walkthrough or hints collection, but I happened upon that pool accidently. I was down at the peer when I noticed I could look up with some weapon... and I am curious, as you might have noticed, so I shot from down there into the pool's glass bottom, and I was ravished by the display of half a dozen half naked girls washing down the cliff (and Mr Junior amongst them).

ALL the guards on two levels had been killed and the list of "Drag" was 8-12 long. I just left a few in the office as the stairs were full and they kept sliding down.

You the new "Drag King"?  ;D And LOL at your story, I love your style (both the hard-a$$ killer and the descriptive writing)  :-X

The start is the difficult part: where do you get a disguise that allows you to enter the VIP area and the porn king's floor? You must not kill innocents if you want to be rewarded silent assassin. Well, use the main elevator, go to the swimming pool (don't break it, hehe) and keep walking on the outside to the next (abandoned) pool. There is a door to the left, go in and go straight, you'll see an opening in the wall at the end of the corridor, which has a waterfall covering the passage to the VIP lounge. The room there is mostly empty and few peeps take a look, they will eventually walk away, so you can take the opportunity to sneak up on the photographer who is sitting at the small pool... drug and drag him back into the hiding, take his clothes... now you are free to go wherever you want, including VIP and porn king photo studio... :)

Oh, the little dog, use a sausage you find in the kitchen, poison it, and drop it on the floor near the elevator, when doggie comes around, he'll eat it and do some funny stunts before he finally croaks. No more barking :)