I like the fact that the game originally had mid mission saves but the developers removed them because then the play testers could complete the game in 4 hours.

@RichardBarkman

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if play tester are regretted later in today back then.

@brawler5760

Жыл бұрын

This is honestly the laziest way to add difficulty to your game in my opinion.

@nolanlemmon8180

Жыл бұрын

FOUR HOURS!!!!

@SamXNE_997

11 ай бұрын

No wonder the game had rather harsh mixed reviews back then. If you don't want to save during a mission, then just... don't use them?

@indianaliam1

10 ай бұрын

ioi making a game that can be completed in four hours? those who forget history i guess

I always wondered why I could barely remember any of the levels in this game. Then I realised after watching you play through the jungle missions why that was. My brain had simply blocked out all the PTSD inducing memories of frustration that would otherwise result in a stunted adulthood.

@lazarus8453

10 ай бұрын

Fish restaurant , Hotel and Harbour was very memorable. In fact they are the one of the most memorable missions in the entire series.

@tiriana2

9 ай бұрын

I remember trying to be stealthy as shit in Say Hello mission, and killing everyone in the end. Every. Freaking. Time. Minigun was helpful.

@planescaped

8 ай бұрын

That Hitman Contracts remakes most of the missions in this game aside from the jungle levels is pretty telling.

@Dr.TJ_Eckleburg

7 ай бұрын

LMAO ditto. I spent HOURS sitting at my family PC playing this game when it first came out. Like I literally sunk about six to eight months of my teenage life into it. Finished the whole thing. And watching this, I apparently remember about 25% of it. The rest is total blackout.

@killer1one1

6 ай бұрын

Stunted adult who remembers these levels here 🙋🏻‍♂️ can confirm.

The way you put the bathrom line to start each segment of a stage that has dialogues is perfect, makes it look like 47 just wants to find a damn bathroom but keeps having to kill people

@dhlhthriwdhskissos9606

7 ай бұрын

Hitman codename 47 : one man's search for the ultimate bathroom!

@Niobesnuppa

6 ай бұрын

It's like those dreams you get when you really need to pee but you're still asleep, like running through corridor after corridor, looking in all the rooms but never finding a bathroom.

@KeyfurDragon

5 ай бұрын

Hitman 47 is the story of a man who just really needs to take a dump

@GrosvnerMcaffrey

20 күн бұрын

​@@Niobesnuppa one time i was in the bathroom in my dream but it wouldn't come out because how hard i was holding it for real

I played the demo, which I think was just the one mission at the fish restaurant, over and over. I eventually got into that weird territory where you have memorized every single thing in the level and can just grief the NPCs in hilarious ways, or start experimenting with the game's logic and physics. I also started modifying game files to change gravity, slow mo, etc. That is ultimately what I ended up doing when the full game came out. I loved it back then, but it's extremely hard to go back to now. This was a joy to watch.

@eldonhill4840

Жыл бұрын

I did the same thing with the Hitman 2 demo, that mafia mansion in Sicily. It was mind-blowing at the time. Spent so long with that demo

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, good demos are a lost art.

@Daveforever

Жыл бұрын

haha, i did the same

@PlasticCogLiquid

Жыл бұрын

Same here, it was a fun game and it took a lot of work to do most of the missions

16:35 "why does a florist have a shotgun in the hotel". Terminator 2 reference had to be in.

When this first came out, the ragdoll bodies were *mind blowing*

@VergilHiltsLT

8 ай бұрын

I remember that!

@jimmypeeps8471

2 ай бұрын

Yeah playing Hitman 2 SA for the first time infront of one of my childhood best friends, I'll never forget him watching me drag a body and declare "this game is cool!" :D. It looked so realistic back then, mind blowing compared to bodies glued into position for eternity.

CN47 was the first Hitman game I played and I still love it for all the fun cheesy awesome jank it is. Great video, deserves way more recognition.

I want to say that the bathroom this sort of a reference to the godfather which a lot of modern players might not have seen the movie. They leave him a gun in the bathroom

There's something about small accounts like this one producing such magnificent masterpieces that never ceases to amuse me. Excellent job on this video, it is simply remarkable. I have watched it twice due to how stellar your editing is, your interesting commentary, and your insightful analysis. This is officially one of my favorite videos on YT ever.

@EgoCZ

4 ай бұрын

Smaller channels often put great effort and pasion into their videos, it's kinda normal.

The reason in 14:55 why they sometimes attack you and sometimes they don't because it depends from your disguise. Clothes of soldier with big hat, or simple green, brown unifrom is not allowed. But if you are wearing brown uniform with these two tinies yellow strips on your shoulder then you're allowed (it turns out that these are high command soldiers I guess). How player is supposed to figure it out? I don't know (I noticed it after years). Same problem I had with Prince of Persia: Sound of Time where you have one puzzle which require you to hear pretty unnoticable at first sound, if you never stop character to hear this sound then you have problem. I always played first hitman as a kid with solution so I am more forgiving. I love atmosphere, music and game has it charm. Of course next installments are highly more playable. I think with today's perspective that it''s worth for player to play first hitman one time, but I get how it get on people's nerve. Pretty good analysis. I wish you the best and hope to see more of your content in future.

@HeavySandvichGuy1

Жыл бұрын

Wait... are you talking about that teleporting puzzle in PoP?

@WampiroTerminator

Жыл бұрын

​@@HeavySandvichGuy1 Yes, I'm talking about this one puzzle. I appreciate creativity with that one, but in my youth i played game three times and always stop on this one until i look up in solution.

@HeavySandvichGuy1

Жыл бұрын

@@WampiroTerminator I guess it's time to replay the game then and see it for myself. Only now I found out about the sound thing

@JakeTalksGamesYT

Жыл бұрын

@@HeavySandvichGuy1 He's super right, that was one of the first times I ever used google in my life was to figure that one out

@Invocated_Agitator

Жыл бұрын

NOOOOO HES A PRO STEALTH PLAYER HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING HE WOULD FIGURE IT OUT IF IT WERE TRUE YOURE CLEARLY LYING NOOOOOOOOOO!!!

If you forget the gameplay and the voicing, the plot, the mood and the insanity of prof. Ort-Meyer are still top notch. It was good enough to grow into a monster of a franchise.

My biggest issue with Hitman: Codename 47 (and Silent Assassin), is there is usually a singular intended way to do the missions, but the game doesn't always point you in the right direction. When I did play through the game, I did end up using a walkthrough, and when that wasn't enough (on like 2 levels, Say Hello to my Little Friend and the last third of Plutonium Runs Loose) I just turned on God mode because the game is too jank.

@OnlyTheStrongest116

3 ай бұрын

That criticism only hold true for Codename 47 and the Japanese snow region mission, the other level in Silent Assassin are more in-line with the later Hitman installment

Honestly, the best way to experience Codename 47's best missions is just through Contracts.

@Sparrows1121

8 ай бұрын

I agree, i tried giving this game a chance. But after Lee Hong mission i just gave up, and i did EVERYTHING right. But because i assumed the exit was at the beginning... eh it kinda screwed me over once the guards started randomly going ALARM when i went into the wrong room where i robbed the safe from. So i just said "Screw it, go Contracts"

@planescaped

8 ай бұрын

Contracts is great. Plus it has the meat king's party level...

Man I really thought this was a big channel the edit the video I can see the care and love put into this please do more hitman videos like this

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'd like to cover the other hitman games one day but there are other things I want to look at first.

As janky as C47 is at times, it's got an atmosphere that no other Hitman game has. Just for that alone it's one of my top-3 in the series.

@VergilHiltsLT

8 ай бұрын

That old 90s atmosphere of sorts, when PC gaming was at its peak.

@ItIsAnEllie

6 ай бұрын

The disguises in this game are absolutely top-notch in my opinion. Dresses look classy with vibrant colors, and a lot of other disguises are also not afraid of using the vibrant colors to stand out as well. There is something about the color pallette in the newer Hitman games that stops me from finding disguises so visually appealing.

Play this game in his release days was like playing an unreal 5 game the first time at our time. Can you imagine what an awesome game this was...the graphics, the shooting...

@PlasticCogLiquid

Жыл бұрын

YES

@marceloavila786

9 ай бұрын

and the ragdoll, the vegetation that moves when it was touched and the soundtrack of each level. It's amazing game.

@robertbismark347

9 ай бұрын

@@marceloavila786 totally, it was like a hole new dimension in gaming. And acctually one of the few games I continue to play till I had an almost perfect score.

@marceloavila786

9 ай бұрын

@@robertbismark347 I think codename 47 is a very underrated game. I really don't understand all the complaints about this game. Even in this video, some of problems pointed out I've never experienced in my plays. The guards in the Pablo house can be all easily killed with a knife or silenced pistol, and you can enter the lab with no problem using the right disguise. In the 'ship with nuke' level, I dont remenber of those thugs with eyes in the back. Also, the game become much more easy if you know what the knife can do.

@korvo3427

5 ай бұрын

@@marceloavila786 Why would a soundtrack suddenly not be good anymore?

amazing video, i watched completley and im glad that you could finish it.

This is deserving of way more recognition. Good job bro

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@necromech_

Жыл бұрын

far from it, imagine thinking the score to this game is "nothing to write home about"

@Lukas-_-

Жыл бұрын

Brother, it's good to see you here 🤚

@NGameReviews

Жыл бұрын

@@necromech_ yeah I disagreed at that part. How can one not like the iconic theme, blasphemy! But other than that, great review :)

Very great video, agree with most of your points. Just beat the game myself today, and yeah it was rough, but I oddly feel motivated to go back and play a few missions like lee hong assassination or the hotel one

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It does have that strange allure, yeah.

@Manic_Panic

Жыл бұрын

This is why they made Hitman Contracts. They fixed almost everything wrong with C47... and got rid of the poorly designed jungle levels.

Enjoyed this video so much, such a joy

First time I played Hitman codename 47 was in 2001. At that time it was like no other game in terms of open level exploration and environment interactions, there weren't many games like that maybe Thief II but wasn't at the level of Hitman. I understand that the all the next sequels were introduced on consoles, so many people have played Silent Assassin or the other sequels before Codename 47 since it was not that popular, so when they say it sucks, sure it sucks compared to the sequels because of it's old graphics, mechanics and gameplay limitations, but at it's time it was an a truly epic game with novelty and uniqueness compared to what was there at that time.

Just stumbled onto your video and I’m really impressed with the quality of your script. Very enjoyable ! Can’t wait to see more of your work

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I always wondered if the devs did originally intend to ship the game with a save system, it seems bonkers to have mission design like this without saves or at least checkpoints. Even play-testing this must have been a nightmare. Edit: Didn't realise there was some rumour that the devs removed saves. It's hard to believe they did it to extend playtime, it may have been for technical reasons.

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Who knows. It was a wild decision either way.

Videos like this let me experience games like this in a actual good way for once. Great video lad

Such an amazing video, this and the Jurassic park one are so good. (Haven't got to watch the others yet but will be binging the rest.) Thanks so much for making these videos, seriously these are fantastic. Keep doing what you're doing. Please, we need more!

Great production, funny, witty, I want more! Review the other 3 games from the old era please! Can't wait to hear your input!

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'd like to cover the rest of the Hitman games but there's a few other things I'd like to make videos on first.

Hong Kong Themes is still one of my favorite songs ever made, for a game or otherwise. I've praised Jesper Kyd a few times in my Splinter Cell series; the man is brilliant. Great video!

Insanely underrated video. I love how Hitman Contracts updated and refined the best levels from this game

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Very nice. I'd love to see you do videos on Hitman 2: Silent Assassin and Hitman Contracts.

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'd like to do videos on the other Hitman games too, but I don't think I'll have the time for a while yet.

Thanks algorithm for this instant sub! Lenghty and detailed game videos that are nicely narrated are my life passion

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Glad I found this channel. Pretty neat, helps me do my work. Nice. Will binge!

Fantastic video man, keep it up!

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great comedy that doesn't take away from the video, very informative. Never heard of this game until just now watching this, yet I feel so enthralled by it all. Great video, I'm glad KZread had me stumble upon it.

Incredible work on the video dude. Loved every second

the video was a banger, love the editing 🤌

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Your content is wonderful.

Here before this channel blows up cause damn this is so good

I love the "3/3 Accomplished = Failed" screen

That's a funny and well edited video. Congrats man. Subbed

The algorithm has finally figured me out and is now recommending small but good channels to me. You got a new subscriber!

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This game was a seminal part of my childhood gaming years. The concept of changing disguises and the AI reacting accordingly was mindblowing to me, at the time. I get that this game was released during the wild west of 3D gaming, before many design concepts became standardised but, oh boy, it's awful to play in current year. There's maybe 4 levels I would consider good, while the rest range from slightly bad to fooking awful. Luckily many of the more interesting levels were remade in Contracts (a really underrated game, btw). ANyways, great video.

@cyberwarrior8382

11 ай бұрын

and this game also was one of the first, with a ragdoll system for corpses

this content is already at such a high quality for such a new channel

Damn. Such a quality video. Keep it up my man !

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

You deserve more subs, this was great

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

What a great review! This reminds me of what Tehsnakerer would make. I agree with most of your points and this makes me really appreciate how the hitman games are now.

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Tehsnakerer's stuff is great, yeah.

Wonderful job!

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I legit thought your account had like 100K but no, you deserve more mate. I tried to do Codename 47 but it wasn’t to my liking. Hitman Contracts already have the Missions on it so it’s fun to do it there, and doing Silent Assassin is much better and rewarding.

Please do the whole sequel, love your videos

Top notch review with great humor.

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I played this particular Hitman with my dad since 2000, we were blown away by the size of the levels and the realism. My four-year-old eyes couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was a magical time... Then in 2002, I got Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. But Codename 47 will always be the special game that sucked me into the series. Up until Blood Money which is fantastic.

@planescaped

8 ай бұрын

I loved Silent Assassin, Contracts and Bloodmoney. Never could get into the first game, not any of the Hitmen after Bloodmoney either. The online nonsense built into it that gameify's everything just made it awful to play IMO.

@VergilHiltsLT

8 ай бұрын

@@planescaped And then IO Interactive decided to do a 180 and remove the mandatory online nonsense with Hitman 2. Still a major screw up as the servers weren't exactly behaving well. I played through a few levels but never beat the new Hitman games, the aesthetic just doesn't do it for me, and Jesper Kyd is dearly missed (composer).

Great work! subbed and waiting for more game analysis c:

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Excellent video!

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I love your tactical approach of trying to garrote an enemy with a gun who is firing at you. Made me laugh so hard. Thanks and subscribed.

This video was golden man, you've earned yourself a sub!

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Hey good job and this was very entertaining all the way through, surprised no one has gone into this game as you have thanks because this game was still a blast on my old Dell windows XP laptop lol😅

You made this video a while ago, but it's blowing up more recently. This was a really good retrospective, I think I did the same as you, I played some of the older games but I wanted to play them all before the 2016 game release and I had the same reaction as you, it's so janky and the other games have many quality of life improvements.

KZread recommended me this amazing video you're very underrated keep up the great work

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I see you uploaded this one day before my birthday. I hope you get back to the game one day, i just did and it was a blast to get through, enjoyed it all the way through.

This video is great I loved it, please keep making game videos because you're pretty good at it.

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Excellent video and the best one I have seen for this game. Hopefully you can make more sometime in the future!

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Excellent video

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great review and some interesting thoughts and insights. "Master assassin and Storm trooper" well said.

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

im like 20 mins in, but the video's already great. Nice work

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Hello, glad to see such a big video about this game. I have a really bad internet connection, so i can review your review for days after now. As a big fan of this game, who played this game every day, i appreciate your work. Glad to analyze it after good concentrational watching. # I watched the video, you don't always reason correctly, but I'm too lazy to prove something, so I was glad to just look at your review.

When 47 said his signature line “I need to use the bathroom” it sent chills down my spleen

@thesyndicatebruh

8 күн бұрын

it sent chills down my bladder

The way you explain the game is interesting! niceeeee

Great job with this video! Got a good laugh outta me. The first Hitman game I played was Absolution, several years ago. Then I went back and played through all the games from the beginning, just as Hitman 2016 was about to come out. Codename 47 was one of the most frustrating gaming experiences I'd ever done, haha. But Jesper Kyd's fantastic score somewhat made up for it!

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I remember playing this game years ago because I loved Blood Money and wanted to see where the series got started. I also remember thinking Plutonium Runs Loose was the worst level in any game I'd ever played, and I still do. Because Codename 47 is so obscure now, I've never spoken to anyone else who'd actually played it and I can't tell you how vindicating it is to hear someone else absolutely slam the festering cesspit that is the worst level in any game ever. Plutonium Runs Loose makes literally anything else look like a walk in the park. Water Temple? Glorified puddle. Devil May Cry 3 Mission 15? Gentle stroll through some Gothic architecture. Blighttown? Charming little rustic village. I am so glad to finally have someone to say "fuck Plutonium Runs Loose" to who will actually get it.

It is extremely common for hotels to have florist shops.

Excellent viddy! Plutonium runs loose is a special kind of torture. I’d made a story/guide playthrough series and just slammed into a massive wall of OMFG THIS IS SO BORING trying to explain the mechanics of that particular level and abandoned the project to protect my sanity. Well done for getting it through it, i feel that pain deeply! I also had the game crash several times when i’d set off the bomb in the bunker in “say hello to my little friend”. Not sure if that was just a problem on my end but that walk of shame was strutted waaaay too many times. Again, fantastic vid! Off to check out more of your stuff! 👍

This is a great vid. I hope at some point you do Hitman 2(you know, the first one), if only to hear you tear apart the mess that is the Japan section

Hitman: Codename 47 suffers from a chronic case of "First Game Syndrome." It was the studio's first game, so actually being able to create and launch it was a huge achievement in and of itself. Refinements and polishing had to wait for the sequels. Two other comments: 1) Mention the music but not mention Jesper Kyd? Shame on you, he's made amazing music that's been iconic to the Hitman series and many other video games (most recently, Warhammer Darktide). 2) I know it's a retrospective point, but this game makes it unavoidable to kill armed guards and others on your way to and from the target in some levels. Since it's sequel, all Hitman games have insisted that the ideal way to complete every mission is by killing your assasination targets and ONLY your targets.

very good video please do the rest of the old hitman games

Really good video

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

The Lee Hong Assassination level I spent hours and hours on when I was like 10-11. So amazing and complex.

@drgrant

11 ай бұрын

LHA is one of the best levels in the franchise history.

@Sparrows1121

8 ай бұрын

I actually gave up on that one. Even when i got everything right. But due to the fact that i didnt go to the right place of exit... so sigh, i went in again and finicky ALARM got me and yeah.

I have a soft spot for the first game. It was infuriating but also mind blowing at the time. It was one of the first games to have cloth physics. Hell a lot of games even today don't have vegetation that reacts when you touch it, this game was ahead of the curve big time. The bullet wound detail textures were awesome too!

The car glitch works all the way up to Blood Money and is actually part of many speedrun routes

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Perfect. Love it.

genuinely fantastic video. never got to play this game and now i don’t have to :D hope u have a vid on blood money :3

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'd like to do reviews on the other Hitman games but there's a bunch of other things I'd like to cover first.

+1 sub i hope more tests on Hitman series

Great video, hope you do more 10/10 would use the bathroom again

when the bathroom is needed

I know this game back to front as I've played it to death when it was released. Because of that I can safely say that most glitches must be present due to the game not being optimized for current hardware. Especially these random detections - I definitely remember that on release the AI was actually extremely dumb and their ability to see through disguise was strictly tied to location (with each room having a list of acceptable disguises) and a check if new corpse was present in it. Also the models weirdly clipping, disappearing or launching into space - these things were even hard to achieve in the cheat debug mode, and impossible in clean playthrough. Then again, I know that it's all hard to verify without actually testing it on 2000esque hardware with a physical copy of the game, so you guys just feel free to disregard this old man rambling.

@Fangu-Povyzas

Жыл бұрын

I assume most of these technical issues happened because he played with uncapped framerate. First three Hitman games need their fps locked to 60 to function properly. In fact, I replayed Codename 47 recently on 60 fps and had none of these problems, the game was extremely stable.

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

I'd believe that about the ragdolls. When I played through Contracts a few years ago it was extremely busted, if very funny.

This video is really good! Why haven't you gotten popular yet?? Definitely subscribing. I really can't wait for more content! :D

Good one bro...still remember beating Lee Hong Assassination level and I honestly feel it is the epitome of HARD

Omg i always thought the Budapest target was the one in the bathroom

We need another (How does Hitman 2: Silent assassin hold up?) video !!! That was great, I really enjoyed it.

I just finished this game, and I agree 100% with this video! Well done.

Do more of this pleaseee

Your heart goes out to me then because in my Let's Play of Codename 47 (which you can find on my channel), I never used leaning at all.

17:00 In Traditions of the trade you must / can exit by the kitchen not alerting the metal detectors, if my memory is good. Best wishes.

I'm so glad some missions in this game are remade in hitman contracts cuz I actually enjoyed them. contracts is a good game

In plutonium runs loose, you don't have to pick up the car bomb. Just wait near the stairs leading to the ship. It's the only exit and Boris comes in no time once alerted

You should make this a series and do all the early hitman games!!

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

I'd like to cover the other Hitman games but there's a few others things I'd like to make videos on first.

Glad I found this channel, great reviews. I like your commentary and style of humour, its nice and concise. Maybe the classical music bits went on a bit too long. But otherwise keep it up mate.

I remember being amazed by the foliage reacting when you move through them.

Great video would love to see you do the best hit man game blood money.

excellent video essay, please analyze the hitman 1,2 and 3!

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'd like to but I've got a bunch of other games I want to cover first.

The thumbnail joke pulled me right on in so I'm in for the long haul, baby. Also, bout goddamn time YT gives this channel a push with the wealth of content going on in the bird. After this I'm peeping out that nearly 4 hour Jurassic Park situation!

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

good video!

@monotonallizard

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I had to stay and watch the whole thing after you mentioned that you recorded the whole thing in 4:3 just to annoy your friend, because thats something i would have done to my friend aswell