They've settled into a nice vibe with this now, with these "celebrity elusive target" missions dropping every few months. At £3.99 for the Elusive Target Arcade missions and a bunch of cosmetics, I think they're fairly priced and a good excuse to return to the game. I've just done the Bond tie-in one that's live at the moment and I thought it was great (and also, perhaps, the first time in nearly ten years that we've seen the Paris mansion at a time when it isn't hosting a fashion show).
Came back for le Chiffre, and stuck around for the challenges. I've been doing Featured Contracts (with very little finesse) to get the wrench that I never unlocked before. It's a little bit of a shame that I already have a lot of the higher-level rewards from Hitman/Hitman 2, though.
The new Elusive Target features Bruce Lee. I don’t know if all these celebrity endorsements are a result of the work they are doing for Bond, but I’m here for it regardless.
And the next mission features Eminem and has you taking out Slim Shady. I have no idea what IOI are doing with this game any more but it's quite brilliant all the same.
https://www.eurogamer.net/hitman-3-world-of-assassination-all-time-classic
New fawning article from eurogamer.
As Hitman 3 turns five years old, we surely have enough hindsight to declare: this is one of the greatest of all time, right?
I'm still loving this (obvs), but one thing I've never been able to decide is whether to have the quest direction on. Do you guys play it without any prompts and map markers? I've tried that, it just takes bloody ages to find a screwdriver sometimes.
I think I always had it on the middle setting - it offers directions, but I can choose to just ignore it and carry on exploring.
I still remember where basically everything is in Paris, but as the levels go on I know them less and less well.
Yes the middle setting is by far the best - it gives you enough hints to let you follow the mission story, without leading you from icon to icon by the nose.
All the people who play it without guidance or instinct mode are completely insane.
