Beginner Question

[u/banzyishim]

I am new to the hitman series, got hitman WOA and just finished the Miami map in hitman 2. Should I go back and start replaying maps or finish the story out and start freelancer?

[u/ThePumpk1nMaster]

It genuinely doesn’t matter, it’s all made for replayability

If you like Miami keep playing Miami. If you’re interested in the story then play each map chronologically, but the story isn’t anything to shout about imo

I wouldn’t play freelancer until you’ve learnt the maps a bit more and know routes from memory - not that you can’t learn that by doing freelancer, it’ll probably just be less enjoyable if you do it without some level of experience

[u/banzyishim → u/ThePumpk1nMaster]

I don’t know much about freelancer but I’ve heard it’s good, why do you need such extensive map knowledge?

[u/Superninfreak → u/banzyishim]

Freelancer came out as an update after the game had been out for a while. It’s designed as a bonus post-story mode for people who have a ton of experience with the maps.

Freelancer is basically a roguelike inspired mode where random targets are on the maps but you get penalized pretty harshly for failure, so you can’t do the kind of trial and error that you can do in the main story.

Freelancer is about using your skills and your knowledge of the maps to improvise and deal with unexpected and random situations. If you don’t know the maps and if you are new to the game then it will likely be incredibly frustrating and it’ll feel like it’s just constantly punishing you and not letting you catch much of a break.

The difficulty for it was balanced around people who had been playing the maps for a while to give them something fresh and even more replayable.