The Second Half of That Hitman DLC

I bought part one of this hitman game based upon the first quick look. I would have gotten the whole package but the need to be online pissed me off because of the load times so I said I'm out.

This extended quick look had me interested again, I think it was the axe to the gardners head that did it.

Will pick up the season pass after the third part if it's any good

Dan shouts things in this video that I will never unhear. I don't want to unhear them tho... Its all too good.

I think Brad and Dan should switch roles for the next installment. I want to see Dan’s decisiveness and Brad’s inventiveness take flight.

Brad is just so afraid of anything and everything.

It was pretty frustrating to watch them walk past the exploding golf ball and cellphone multiple times without seeing them. Slow down! Use the instinct vision!

Oh well.

This was fantastic.

first 90 seconds...

stands right by the virus containment thingy with a big shotgun, whilst wearing a suit that will protect him from the virus if it's released from the thingy

doesn't shoot the virus containment thingy

drops shotgun in front of guard

c'mon brad!

Yesss. Hope yall revisit -this- DLC, too. I want to see Brad pull off being the lover boy. He was so close!

haha brad didn't notice the science boys walking back in and say something like "oh shit the virus is dying lemme fix dat"

he was so convinced that he killed the virus for about 20 mins!

the way brad keeps trying to "be people" whilst people are looking right at him and whilst he's in combat is...disturbing!

What most people don't seem to appreciate or remember, because I think Brad has mentioned this himself, is that it's not easy to play these quicklooks well and sound interesting at the same time or to talk at all.

I know I would have a very difficult time doing this. If I had to talk I'd quit playing the game and if I was playing the game I'd be too focused to talk so I cut them some slack . I think Brad is more like me because when he's describing the game to the other host and viewer he often is just wandering aimlessly which can be a little annoying but I get it.

It's not easy to focus 100% on the game to play well while also trying to say something interesting while Dan is breathing down your neck. And most of the things they were missing I didn't know about either so it didn't bother me so for most people watching this who probably haven't played or played much of this game they don't know what Brad's missing so it's no big deal.

Anyway, I loved these two videos and would like to see more. It should be a new series and the art should have Dan in a devil suit on Brad's shoulder.

I don't think you understand Giantbombs take on an endurance run.

Brad's and Dan's Hitman series might be my favorite Giant Bomb videos in a long time. I now need them to play every Hitman game and record it like the East crew is doing with VinnyVania.

Holy shit, that ending was amazing.

This is a pretty amazing way to play this level, especially the ending.

Erm, I watched their Persona ER in full. I don't see a whole lot of difference between that and what they did with the MGS games if you take ER to mean a full playthrough of a game without stopping. It just wasn't called a ER.

Don't get me wrong I agree with you but for giantbomb there is a difference between finishing a game and an ER. The ER is them playing it hell or high water every single day until it's done.

Definitely very fun, Dan is a great influence in the worst ways.

I'd like to un-copy and paste it.

I come here for comedy and crazy dumb shit and fun, not someone meticulously playing a game. If I want that I can hit up youtube.com/gamingpointdexter or some crap.

Let them play how they are, it's fun.

This is really great series. Look forward to more.

Indeed! Hopefully the next DLC will come out this month.

JUST FOR THE TASTE OF IT!

I'm really enjoying this series. Dan and Brad make a good videos together.

You're missing the point. It's about basic core concepts they are missing, then continue to miss on purpose out of fear of the video not moving fast enough. Resulting in frustration because they don't understand those concepts, which isn't actually that fun to watch.

Not saying this series is shit, it's fun, but it could benefit from a little more understanding of the game's mechanics. Like a regular person would understand it, not some high level player.

This was incredible!

Agreed. I wish guys would take some time between videos like this to replay these sections off camera, since they constantly seem to just blow by super helpful gameplay prompts or gloss over mechanics. And with Brad's penchant for making super sweeping generalizations or presumptions about how a game designer wants a game to be played or how a mechanic works (to often be proven at odds with those presumptions by us in the comments), it would allow for some better content overall. Nothing frustrates me more than watching fun Brad videos come to a screeching halt mid-video because he fundamentally misunderstands how the game works.

When is HitDan the series going to begin!?!?!

Completly ignoring the very basics of the gamemechanics aside this series is fucking glorious in a way MGS never was. Maybe this more focused playboxgame lends itself better to Dans insanity.

Brad will emerge as an stronger human being after this series. This episode was part of the breaking down phase, Im looking forward to when Dan will start rebuilding him.

edit: Also "Brad you are making Drew look like a ninja with your stealthtechniques here" :D

The exploding golf ball kill is just hilarious. You can drop it in there at any time and just wait. I was on the other side of complex trying to get Francesca when Silvio blew himself up.

I bought Premium for these Hitman Videos, Dedication :3

This series single handedly made me buy a premium subscription. Great stuff, guys!

Nothing was on fire. People were making a fuss out of nothing. This game is awesome.

That's why I said the pre release messaging made it sound like the game was on fire, not that the game is on fire.

I won't comment on what fuss other people may have made, or whether it was valid. For me, personally, I was wary of this game pre release due to how the messaging was being handled. First the game was delayed in 2015 then in January 2016, right before the beta, they started canceling pre-orders for the $60 retail game coming out in March 2016, followed by the episodic announcement and that the retail version wasn't coming out until Jan 2017. It didn't help that the price to individually purchase the episodes costs more than if you buy the full game at once. Plus they didn't really justify the always online nature of the game before release, which wasn't helped by the server load issues, disconnects and long load times at launch.

And this isn't the first time this was happened with Square Enix/Eidos. Remember all the confusion around the timed exclusivity with Microsoft for Rise of the Tomb Raider? At first people thought Microsoft had bought the publishing rights to Tomb Raider. Or the Deus Ex Mankind Divided marketing fiascos? The tiered pre-orders where the more people pre-order the more rewards everyone got, a promotion that was almost immediately canceled because of the negative reception. Followed by the controversies for the "mechanical apartheid" and "Augs Lives Matter" marketing which was accused of being incentive to racial issues.

I really like what Square Enix has been doing with the development of these Eidos properties; Hitman, Tomb Raider, Deus Ex. The ones I've played I've really enjoyed and the ones I haven't, I think look great and intend to play, like Hitman.

My point is that, in my opinion, Square Enix/Eidos PR has been doing a terrible job of marketing the great games they have been putting out, and that that is a shame.

I don't think I've ever seen someone understand game mechanics less than Brad.

Watching this video so many months after release is definitely something. It's amazing how much of the game mechanics Brad and Dan just didn't understand. Combined with the desire to be "funny" made this video a beautiful mess.

And occasionally frustrating to watch.

No Noticed Kills.

I also don't know why a DNA-specific virus is so scary. First of all, guns exist and they can kill anyone indiscriminately, which is scary enough. Secondly, there are far easier ways to kill someone than to get some of their DNA, engineer a virus specifically for them and then get them in contact with it. Is the idea that someone would unleash the virus into the world and wait until it reaches the intended target? Is it scary because it could mutate and lose its targetedness, killing everyone?

Got premium just to catch up on the premium only parts of this series! (and Beast in the East)

Totally worth it

That video name must have taken someone a good 30 seconds to come up with.

1:09:38

"Keep your distance or I will end..."
Guess they didn't keep their distance.

oh my goodness

This is a good game.