Hitman Blood Money - The Gold Standard of Game Design

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  • Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
  • Hitman Blood Money: A stealth game from 2006 developed by IO Interactive and the 4th instalment in the Hitman series. Widley regarded as the best Hitman game, today I go back to Hitman: Blood Money and see why this game holds up as a timeless classic.
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    GAME: Hitman: Blood Money
    Developer: IO Interactive
    Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Java
    Release Year: 2006
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 114

  • @Danka0199
    @Danka0199  Рік тому +25

    Hitman Blod Mone

    • @SappeREffecT
      @SappeREffecT Рік тому +2

      we've missed your vids bro, also GREAT video

    • @Danka0199
      @Danka0199  Рік тому +2

      @@SappeREffecT thank you, much appreciated!

    • @SappeREffecT
      @SappeREffecT Рік тому

      @@Danka0199 hope all is well mate, tough times atm... Still can't believe you man-bunned it, haha

    • @Danka0199
      @Danka0199  Рік тому +1

      @@SappeREffecT haha thanks, life just got in the way, not much i could've done

    • @SappeREffecT
      @SappeREffecT Рік тому +1

      @@Danka0199 I feel you

  • @ViperPilot16
    @ViperPilot16 2 місяці тому +25

    "Names are for friends so I don't need one"

  • @JesusMartinez-pw1ut
    @JesusMartinez-pw1ut 3 місяці тому +15

    The Ave Maria piece is such a chilling masterpiece to go with this game and 47s killer skills

  • @AadetTube
    @AadetTube 8 місяців тому +17

    This was a great piece of content, a shame so few have watched this.

  • @blazzinga595
    @blazzinga595 Рік тому +18

    This game marked my childhood.

  • @jmaster4941
    @jmaster4941 6 місяців тому +20

    Having recently finished Blood Money on Switch as my first Hitman game, I am absolutely in love with this series now and can't wait to play more Hitman games!

  • @ryanmalady376
    @ryanmalady376 4 місяці тому +20

    blood money still stands out to me as one of my favourite games off all time

  • @غاضب-ك4س
    @غاضب-ك4س 4 місяці тому +17

    You forgot to mention that the more you wild out on mission the more known you become, thus making you easily detectable by guards (if you weren't wearing a disguise)

  • @hcohic9884
    @hcohic9884 6 місяців тому +7

    top 10 games ever and i played countless games. from the start menu you can tell the atmosphere of this game it had the minimalistic digital dystopian future aesthetic like you are using strictly effecient high tech which matches the stoic cold almost machine like nature of agent47 mix that with the religious music that gives soul to the husk .
    mechanically the slow animations and walking speed of agent 47 fits the grounded pace and level design because it immerses you in the role of a classy assasin trying to assassinate someone in a social setting without getting noticed or leaving any trace behind , this is how the game should be played and the secret 'real '' hard difficulty '' intentionally designed to be self imposed by the players while the menus difficulty is just surface level since players can brute force any level with the amount of tools and weapons available and this freedom is what makes this game so fun and replayable . these small levels are puzzles that can be solved in countless solutions because of the many routes and interactivity of tools and elements between eachother .and when it all clicks while that perfectly fitting music is playing its hard to find a game as moody atmospheric and immerive even modern games with fancy graphics cant match that. its not just the reactive AI and creative tools and but also the little touches of real artists with a vision like the characters design and slow pace and last breath slow motion or the news paper and weapon design ..ect i can go all day. finally my biggest gripe about this game is that it wasnt long enough not even long enough for notoriety system to be relevent . in my first playthrough by the time i reached the last mission i thought i wasnt even 1/4 far into the game . right when i was starting having fun it abruptly ended just like all masterpieces but ill always choose quality over quantity.

  • @Verellic
    @Verellic 17 днів тому +1

    Hey man I just wanna say that this is a fantastic video, and I feel the same way about this game as you do. This game is definitely one of my top 3 favorites from my childhood and it still holds up well today. Hell, it may be my favorite. Keep up the content like this! Criminally underrated games like this deserve more attention.

  • @AbdalrahmanAlabdalwahed-dq5iu
    @AbdalrahmanAlabdalwahed-dq5iu 15 днів тому +2

    22:21 no man it's the lipstick he didn't come back from the dead the lipstick

  • @ghack8274
    @ghack8274 6 місяців тому +11

    Honestly i want another game exactly just like blood money same gameplay yet new maps i don't even care abt the graphics i jus wanna see another game jus like this

    • @alessiodibella2003
      @alessiodibella2003 5 місяців тому +3

      I would go crazy for a Blood Money expansion pack. Very same game, just new and well-done levels. They should make a system so that the fans themselves can create new levels and upload them on a server so others can download them, with the support of graphic modelers, artists, programmers etc., and a rating system that highlights the most appreciated levels so you know which are the better ones to download. I think a lot of gamers would gladly spend money on something like that.

    • @stolenname94
      @stolenname94 3 місяці тому +3

      The newer hitman games are exactly that. I'm not sure why people crap all over them so much. They more or less play the same way minus a few small nit picks. Blood money is still my favourite but I would be a liar if I said the newer ones weren't better games. They refined the formula and expanded on everything present in blood money.

    • @CrackellinoBlackshire
      @CrackellinoBlackshire 2 місяці тому

      They should remaster the blood money levels for the trilogy

    • @ElectricEliminator5
      @ElectricEliminator5 29 днів тому

      ​@stolenname94
      The new Hitman games pale in comparison to the originals. They dumbed them down and streamlined them for modern, average gamer.
      Plus there's no bugs in the original like homing briefcases.

    • @ElectricEliminator5
      @ElectricEliminator5 29 днів тому

      Have you played "Alekhine's Gun"?
      It's extremely similar.

  • @mitchie2267
    @mitchie2267 6 місяців тому +12

    The WOA games are some of the only new games that I actually found fun. I think they are faithful reinterpretations of the originals.

    • @danmcdaid
      @danmcdaid 20 днів тому

      I agree. They're not as great as Blood Money, but they're still terrific.

  • @Sergiu-Lz
    @Sergiu-Lz 25 днів тому +2

    Another gorgeous day in paradise, huh friend?

  • @RatedRRaj
    @RatedRRaj Місяць тому +2

    I’ve wanted a Blood Money remake for AGES… just imagine

  • @TallTapper
    @TallTapper 6 місяців тому +18

    im blooding the money so hard rn

  • @Oboar
    @Oboar 4 місяці тому +3

    Hitman blood money is what got me into the series its a good game with a few flaws

  • @TheLeevoy
    @TheLeevoy 12 днів тому

    I've read before that mirrors also function in the game. So if you take a human shield while facing a mirror and only knock them out, it counts as a witness since they've seen your face. Amazing detail for an 18 year old game.

  • @jumpbox3
    @jumpbox3 8 днів тому

    There is actually a main musical theme for blood money by Jesper Kyd, it’s called Main Title and it’s epic.

  • @matthewspaven6264
    @matthewspaven6264 2 місяці тому

    Amazing game, loved playing this as a kid. Great review too really enjoyed watching

  • @Arcanynes_Corner
    @Arcanynes_Corner 4 місяці тому +1

    I just found this. You're a joy to watch and are really funny! Hope you keep at the grind and make more videos! Good job brother

  • @Pulse_Studio_music
    @Pulse_Studio_music 11 місяців тому +3

    This is underrated. New supscribe here 👏

  • @alexmartins3571
    @alexmartins3571 3 місяці тому +2

    Blood Money is an excellent game, but I wish it had at least two more customizable weapons. I wish the game had more levels, because although the first playthrough is an incredible experience, there are some levels that are more frustrating than others, I personally always had problems with Opera and Mississippi.
    I always had the thought that Contract levels should be for Blood Money.

  • @JustJoshinSince1998
    @JustJoshinSince1998 Рік тому +3

    He has returned... 🥲

  • @RealestUVONGO
    @RealestUVONGO 25 днів тому

    Blood money brings me so much anger sometimes when some random npc just decides to walk into the room as I'm dragging a body, I panic and change disguise infront of said npc, then proceed to try subdue him, miss click, punch him, guard in the next room gets suspicious, I change disguise again and run out the opposite room door 😂

  • @olliverferlin4082
    @olliverferlin4082 2 місяці тому +1

    i'd say that the first person mode is useful in more medium-close range gun combat, because you can focus on your targets and if you're good on fps games, be more precise. First Person mode also helps with aiming at long distances (sometimes, with the sniper rifle, not using the scope is better than using it because of the lack of shaking)

  • @PatrickWentzell-jd9gq
    @PatrickWentzell-jd9gq 3 місяці тому +1

    keep these coming .

  • @senecaaurel8050
    @senecaaurel8050 Місяць тому

    This is my first Video from you I watched. I thought I know everything about Hitman Blood Money but i didn't know you can Die in the mission REQUIEM. I never see that Coven go down.
    My stupidity as a young Teenager was that I never realized I could Save in a Mission until I bought the Game again on Steam a few Years ago. I could have always played on the highest Difficulties but didn't realized it. I only had the balls for Expert because that was already very difficult.

  • @auzell1449
    @auzell1449 19 днів тому +1

    3:47 Reminds me of Pyrocynical's video on this game

  • @memes_3005
    @memes_3005 Місяць тому

    Thanks man. Nice Video.

  • @INTJ-psychopath
    @INTJ-psychopath 2 місяці тому +6

    I paid attention but thought I was dead at the end, as a child, I just cried out and screamed, don't you... No, he can't!
    Then destroying my PS2 joystick buttons in a rage and discovered that I had awakened from death.

  • @leobuscaglia5576
    @leobuscaglia5576 Рік тому +79

    I don't like the episodic format of Hitman games nowadays. Instead of one mission on a gigantic map they should be doing a number of missions with a wide variety of smaller sandbox maps like in the past. It's the variety of missions that keep the Hitman games fresh and fun.

    • @Danka0199
      @Danka0199  Рік тому +18

      I like the new hitman games at all but the levels are so big and long, I end up playing one level and then don't touch the game for weeks.

    • @vmx23
      @vmx23 6 місяців тому

      They have absolution for lazy players like you

    • @redhood7778
      @redhood7778 5 місяців тому +8

      Why? Also, it's not really episodic. The game is done.

    • @leobuscaglia5576
      @leobuscaglia5576 5 місяців тому +6

      @@redhood7778 The levels are too big. Smaller levels and more missions would be great. Like Blood Money.

    • @IZA_Grey
      @IZA_Grey 4 місяці тому +6

      Have you played the recent games? They have huge maps but they can be played quickly depending on your style. It's not too different from the previous games except the levels are more expansive. They haven't ruined the series or gameplay. Relax

  • @U-A710
    @U-A710 Місяць тому

    I think there’s this misconception between gamers and games right now. There’s a ton of videos out there talking about, “how I can’t get immersed in games anymore” and your video got me thinking man. What if it’s not that deep lmao, I feel like we’re just yearning for solid games that we can achieve that nirvana like escapism the og bangers gave us. I just started playing The Evil Within again, and man. That sucker grabbed me and took hold for a 6 hour play session😂

  • @KrisVickers-wn6dd
    @KrisVickers-wn6dd 3 місяці тому +3

    just bought it £2.50 for my 360

  • @Kinogotiate
    @Kinogotiate Місяць тому

    It makes me so sad blood money didn't top HItman 2 silent assassin in sales it was such a good evolution of the series giving you more options and streamlining stealth and disguises at the same time. Hitman world of assassination brought alot of aspects back but also kind of simplified some of the improvisational aspects. Its like they give you 100 scripted options instead of a more free sandbox.

  • @leonst.7471
    @leonst.7471 Рік тому +3

    That video was quite ok lot´s of these let´s call it "essay/rambling" channels are blowing up I believe you have what it takes to blow up you just need your YT recommendation moment.

    • @Danka0199
      @Danka0199  Рік тому

      Thanks a lot!!!

    • @1marcelfilms
      @1marcelfilms 4 місяці тому

      Nah this is too good.
      For one of those channels you need 100% stock footage, drawn out AI scripts and AI voice. 0 effort required.

  • @sarunas8638
    @sarunas8638 19 днів тому

    This game is the best in the series. it needs a remaster in hitman 3 graphics but with jasper kyd music and all the levels intact and not changed at all.

  • @ironpainting1210
    @ironpainting1210 3 місяці тому

    listening to the blood money ost is like.. god damn

  • @Valentin_126
    @Valentin_126 26 днів тому

    Truly, if I have one complaint about the game, it's that it doesn't have more missions! I can tolerate its quirks such as wonky AI or ridiculous ragdolls

  • @matthewlobel2421
    @matthewlobel2421 22 дні тому

    The new hitman trilogy unfortunately didnt capture the same magic this game did. Probably one of the fee games that truly blew me away.

  • @INTJ-psychopath
    @INTJ-psychopath 2 місяці тому +1

    8:30 me right now, playing the mobile version of the mission A Dance With The Devil. Yes, I have the split screen on and watching whatever as I wait to kill the CIA operative as soon as he one day decides to get in the elevator. Spoiler alert, I still can't get the silent assassin 😂 fml, wtf am I supposed to do?
    Him in the elevator, the red-haired girl on a stage accident, the singing dumb girl as soon as she is alone in a room with me ( the laptop room ), and lastly the other hitman in his own torture room. Literally, no one else was harmed and I got no silent assassin, no cameras, no witnesses, not even a yellow alert.

  • @ScientificZoom
    @ScientificZoom Місяць тому

    agreed completely 🎉

  • @Ycuk1989
    @Ycuk1989 4 місяці тому

    I know what you mean. That why I'm trying to make my own game.

  • @NorthonBruce
    @NorthonBruce 4 місяці тому

    Is it a clip of the SH:1's intro music right in the beginning of the video? I swear, it must be it.

  • @isakyttervoll6034
    @isakyttervoll6034 6 місяців тому +2

    Can you rank all the game missions in a video

  • @pouyapo7995
    @pouyapo7995 13 днів тому

    16:41 I will be very appreciated if you guys can tell me the name of the song ( the music is a few seconds back

  • @maydaymemer4660
    @maydaymemer4660 Рік тому +3

    Good video. I have to say you got some details wrong on the story, for example the rival Agency is called The Franchise which is trying to install one of their members into the white house to ban cloning to get a monopoly on selling it. Cayne is only former FBI, and as he narrates the game he embellishes the story to make 47 look more evil or less competent. For example saying in the Murder of Crows mission he was trying to assassinate the politician the Franchise was actually gunning. This just supports your point tho that the story isnt all that rememberable
    I do prefer the new games just marginally because theres so much more to do, but Blood Money is excellent because its not just a lesser sandbox. Each level always has at least three ways to do something, three entry points into an area, three disguises you can use. So it doesnt pale in comparison to the new games because its just as dense but with more manageable levels. A detail I just recently found is that in A Vintage Year you can climb a truck onto the roof and then drop down to find a smoking wine worker for an easy disguise. Its also a game that benefits from playing it as a sandbox. For example a kill you might like in A House of Cards is if you go to the blond guy’s room you can store a bomb in his briefcase then when he meets the sheikh you can use that to blow them both up

  • @smellymeadowhel8763
    @smellymeadowhel8763 4 місяці тому +1

    For the last mission how do u live through ut i was spamming the buttons and couldnt get back

    • @AdamNotaro
      @AdamNotaro 4 місяці тому

      You have to press the analogs in, it caught me out! Also be prepared for a massive shootout 😂

  • @ramidolfin7999
    @ramidolfin7999 8 місяців тому +2

    Greatest game of all time, truly genius

  • @webstercarlson7553
    @webstercarlson7553 17 днів тому

    The levels of the new games are really big and that can be fun if I had like 10 or 11 targets like Berlin but for 1-2 targets the maps are way too big especially San fortuna. Way too much walking.

  • @nikita3666
    @nikita3666 3 місяці тому

    Honestly, speaking to the first part of your video, I don't think new games are so much worse.aybe they're just sometimes right outside our comfort zone. Great examples for me recently were Baldur's Gate 3, Frostpunk, a Plague Tale, Thaumaturge, Hades and Crusader Kings 3. Most of these I didn't think I would enjoy, but after a few hours in, I got this forgotten feeling of - as you said in the video - not being able to let go of the game :)

  • @joeslendeer75
    @joeslendeer75 Місяць тому

    I used the binocular to see the "i 💋 a girl and i liked it..." Wich can be found on the Hell floor
    I was a horndog middle schoolers back then..

  • @alexandernadem4133
    @alexandernadem4133 5 місяців тому

    Best Hitman 🎉

  • @Simonisms
    @Simonisms 3 місяці тому +1

    Ave Maria 🙏

  • @sankhasubhrarao192
    @sankhasubhrarao192 2 місяці тому +1

    Cyberpunk 2077 is very different....

  • @reapermaster1453
    @reapermaster1453 4 місяці тому

    Hitman 2016 Aint a Reboot

    • @ABulletCantStopABullMoose
      @ABulletCantStopABullMoose 3 місяці тому

      It's a different part of the story set during and before the end of Codemane 47.

  • @dogegamekizu
    @dogegamekizu Місяць тому

    Hitman blood money for me wasn't fun. I don't know why but I really tried approching it with an open mind but ended up killing everyone in half of the maps. The map design range from avarage to fuck off. And I hate the ai turning around when youre sneaking behind them like what does that do other than annoy the player. And I don't get the hype around the newspaper and notoriety, if it ever gets too high I have wayy more money than i need to and make it pointless, the newspaper is fine but it doesnt add anything to the gameplay.
    5/10 game it was bareable

  • @thefallengallery6459
    @thefallengallery6459 8 днів тому

    People that say "video games are bad today - they don't make them how they used to" is such an old man thing to say LMAO
    I'm guessing y'all started playing video games in your early teens, maybe before that late 90s, early 00s.
    Kids today don't complain about games made today, and if anything, they will say they are better than older stuff like Blood & Money.
    Generations will always say their music, video games, movies were better.
    Get over it LOL

  • @notExTaZzY
    @notExTaZzY Місяць тому

    No. The games ARE bad now. There's only few titles each year that are actually good or great. That' s maximum 10 games a year

  • @JWBDWP2
    @JWBDWP2 2 місяці тому

    12:11 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

  • @YouTubeshortscoller78
    @YouTubeshortscoller78 Місяць тому

    8:42 no Russian

  • @HarshitPatel-ly3zz
    @HarshitPatel-ly3zz 2 місяці тому

    Perhaps you just grew old? 🤔That might make new games a bit less exciting. And older ones might seem intersting just out of pure nostalgia.

  • @PatrickWentzell-jd9gq
    @PatrickWentzell-jd9gq 3 місяці тому

    Silent Hill onw is a bad game
    not worth playing .

  • @BitterwindSE
    @BitterwindSE 6 місяців тому

    Haven't seen the clip. But... awkward control for basic movements, like opening a door, climbing a ladder is far from gold standard...

    • @dbenz16
      @dbenz16 5 місяців тому +3

      Ever heard of a little franchise called resident evil ? Yeah that’s been their thing since the beginning. Still fun

  • @SheolAbaddonus666
    @SheolAbaddonus666 11 днів тому

    This game is piss.

  • @rockys201
    @rockys201 6 місяців тому

    Absolutely brilliant game, I'd love to be able to play it again

    • @AdamNotaro
      @AdamNotaro 4 місяці тому

      It's on PS4 at the moment, it's paired with Absolution and is 11.99

    • @rockys201
      @rockys201 4 місяці тому +1

      @@AdamNotaro I looked on PSN and it was on PS5, and I got it. Great game

    • @AdamNotaro
      @AdamNotaro 4 місяці тому +1

      @@rockys201 ah okay, I'm on PS4, I was delighted when I seen it, I just finished blood money yesterday and will start absolution tonight

    • @rockys201
      @rockys201 4 місяці тому

      @@AdamNotaro I haven't played Absolution yet but I heard it's not as good as Blood Money

    • @stolenname94
      @stolenname94 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@AdamNotaroabsolution is more or less a very generic stealth game with annoying mechanics. Its no longer a sandbox and instead focuses on a checkpoint system. Its pretty much "here is an area full of guards now make your way across using cover" and it repeats this again and again. You do have targets but it's mostly about traversing a guarded area and not getting caught doing so. The disguise system is more or less useless because almost everyone can see through it immediately, unless you use instinct which makes 47 cover his face but its limited depending on difficulty. The one thing I really liked about absolution was its sound design for weapons and its animation work. Throwing knives at people feels great and popping heads feels really good. The point shooting is kinda cool when shit hits the fan but dosent feel super rewarding. If you like playing the game suit only with a silent assassin rating like me then prepare to wanna punch a wall. Its a fun game admittedly but its definitely the worst hitman game by a country mile due to it being boiled down to a generic stealth game. It has some merits but don't expect a blood money like experience.

  • @harrierdubois-q7k
    @harrierdubois-q7k Рік тому +1

    i say new hitman are a perfect sequel because they still focus on sandbox gameplay and learn from absolution mistake if you overlook the online only bullshit

    • @matthewlobel2421
      @matthewlobel2421 22 дні тому

      Ive been playing since silent assassin and the new games feel like theyre on baby mode to me. All the cool stuff you can do feels scripted. Maybe its nostalgia but in these older games i really felt like i was doing something special when i thought outside the box

  • @batman.3279
    @batman.3279 14 днів тому

    Only people that played this game first think it's the best.😂

  • @lewispayne4301
    @lewispayne4301 Рік тому +1

    You doing a really great job on your channel!! This content needs Promo'SM!!

  • @ABulletCantStopABullMoose
    @ABulletCantStopABullMoose 3 місяці тому

    You made a mistake talking about the story, the guy who was the head of FBI is behind another cloning group called The Franchise, they want to replace the president (Smith wants you of this plot which is what the last real mission is about) so the Vice (who is a puppet for them) can outlaw cloning so they have an underground monopoly on it.
    There is a few secondary antagonists all based Mark P#.
    The first one you read about after a vintage year (also in the cutscene after tutorial), second is leading the Crows game in their assassination attempt, and the last acts as the penultimate target of the main levels, they have the motive of wanting you dead because they are jealous that you can live with free will while they are bound to help The Franchise and die bot more than 1 year after creation due to only being prototype clones.
    The FBI guy also diminishes your acts and death as sloppy to cover himself as being invested personally in your demise.
    It's actually one of the more cohesive stories in the series and did great eith setting up Absolution even if it wasn't as good as Blood Money.

    • @ABulletCantStopABullMoose
      @ABulletCantStopABullMoose 3 місяці тому

      And no I don't like Hitman, why would you even ask? Psh, terrible, i have over 2000 hours in Contracts alone, 5000 across the series, mid series, can't wait for next games.

  • @ElectricEliminator5
    @ElectricEliminator5 29 днів тому

    Great video!
    You should play "Alekhine's Gun"