Quick Look: Hitman: Episode 3: Marrakesh

Mary Kish?

I just said what we were all thinking.

third times a charm right?... right?

YES!!!

Been looking forward to this since the last one. Together, Dan and Brad are almost competent.

Here we go again:

" Brad, Brad, Ok, gab him and snap his neck "

Assemble the team!

When this game came out, it hardly had any content. Now the game seems much more complete. They really turned it around. It's good!

The content rollout strategy of this game has been brilliant and I feel ashamed for ever doubting them.

EFF YEAH MORE HITMAN

time to bust out my hookah

I bet everything goes fine in this episode. Looking forward to some clean play and great coaching strategies by Dan :)

I love watching these but just like Dan I always feel like I've had my fill of the game from just watching. I bought that intro pack and I'm always tempted to get the whole package but I'll still wait until all missions roll out.

It's a moose, Dan, Jesus....

Employees only Brad! You're not an employee of the smoke palace!

@brad: lmao shisha is another name for hookah

I hope the escape is as grandiose as the last 2!

I love that Hitman kind of turns in to Archer: The Game when in the hands of Dan

@slimtfandango: Totally, it has just been smooooth sailing for the 45 minutes I've watched. They've paid attention to every possible detail and the map. I expect a Silent Assassin rating.

Turning off electric Fans has been illegal in Morocco since 1876.

A very strong 3rd act on this one.

Dan and Brad are the oreos and nacho cheese of GB. Fantastic series.

Hell yes. I love this segment on the site. I can't afford Hitman, but I've loved all the previous entries. It's nice to live vicariously, and Brad and Dan make a great duo.

I expect Danny to call it Mary Kish a lot.... but Gamespot hasn't even covered it, they're too busy covering Game of Thrones I guess.

Sadly Marrakech is the weakest of the episodes released for Hitman so far. It's initially impressive but I quickly found that neither the environment, the targets or the opportunities to take them out are particularly interesting. Sapienza was one of the great Hitman levels ever. This one's a dud.

Also it has to be said that the decision to stick with American voice acting for Morocco is kinda revolting. How can they justify this? It feels totally ridiculous walking around a north African bazaar overhearing valley girl conversations. It's fucking stupid and fucking lazy.

Not as big a fan of this one, as the two other episodes released so far. But let's see Dan and Brad take on Marrakesh.

I just finished reading Gone with the Wind, its actually great.

Aw come on Dan, don't explain the joke! You might as well be screaming to the audience "I DON'T TRUST YOU!"

At 17:45 they literally executed Brad for turning off a fan. He didn't even do anything. That seems kind of broken.

Love these Hitman videos, keep it up boys! Now if only Brad could go offer a massage to the general. Tell him it will help him relax during these tense protests.

@hatking: The AI in the Hitman games can be hilariously aggressive :p

Right? I think it's easy to sort of forget how aggressive they are because you're clearly there for something nefarious. But, in that situation, the guards had no idea he was an assassin. They would've killed anybody who turned off that fan.

Game Of Thrones and Overwatch are basically the only two things Gamespot covers now.

Plz more. Do all the Hitman games.

HitDan: CodeBrad 47

HitDan 2: Silent Bradssasin

HitDan: Bradtracts Shoetracts

HitDan: Brad Money

HitDan: Bradsolution

JUST PLEASE. OH GOD PLEASE.

If anyone's wondering, shisha is the flavored tobacco you put on a hookah. So, the Shisha Den is like a bar you go to smoke from a hookah.

Also, the incident last week on the UPF wasn't Dan's fault. When Dan said to kill the cook, no one was watching but when Brad decided to kill him the cook was already out in the open with a security guard looking at him. That has been Brad's main problem with stealth games such as Hitman and MGS, he takes too long to do something and never looks around. The same problem happened on this episode, if they were faster they could have easily killed the guy during the interview.

...and it went just as clean as expected. I kinda do like that they always eventually pull through. Good thing there's part 2 upcoming!

Ah, not quite. Shisha is the tobacco-molasses mash you smoke WITH a hukah. ;)

Another great episode, man I love this series.

Ok, now I understand why people were saying use the map (or mini-map for that matter). There is an icon for stairs, and also the crosshairs are your targets.

It's always that third guy who does Brad in...

Brad don't you dare blame Dan for last week, you constantly ignored his advice which created a domino effect and f'd yourself. Nobody to blame but you hombre.

It's being released episodically, one level/episode each month, at $10 each. (Though the initial episode might be $15? I forget) This is the third of seven scheduled.

So there wasn't really anything to turn around, this was always the plan- and it's turning out rather beautifully.

I wonder how well the game has sold. It seems like a very good way to release a game like this with virtually no story, but I haven`t seen any actual numbers so far.

I wonder what an Assassin's Creed game in this episodic style would be like.

Blood Money is one of my favourite games ever, but after Absolution I was pretty sure Hitman was just done.

But it turns out Hitman 2016 is literally exactly what I always wanted. Even the release schedule has turned out to be brilliant. I'm sure there are colder business reasons behind it than "We really thought it'd be best for the fans," but it works so well for this game. Hitman is at its best when you aren't worrying about just unlocking the next level, and instead can laser-focus on one.

Fair point; when I say it's turning out well, I'm speaking for myself as a player. Maybe it's been a fiscal disaster on their end, who knows D:

It's stupid but I'm always bothered that Dan suggests killing even the innocent people they're using to get disguises. Agent 47 isn't a psychopath, he's a professional Hitman. Also it decreases your score; gotta get those hot high scores.

EDIT: Brad really needs to learn to spin the camera 360 degrees when he enters a place. He went into two of those "hamper rooms" which actually have staircases that go up to some rooftops and they never saw the stairs.

This was rather uneventful

Really enjoying this series, and the staggering incompetence it displays.

Really enjoy these episodes but Brads spatial awareness is terrible. Glad Dan is there to actually spot things.

No console numbers but PC numbers are at around 190k (excluding private profiles.) There's already a second season confirmed to happen next year so it must be doing well enough for them.