Deluxe Escalation - The Asmodeus Waltz

A fun Escalation with cool unlockables, and a new NPC function/feature that makes perfect sense for this Escalation.

The Devil is always watching.

Level 1
  • Eliminate Mariam Amir
  • Eliminate Mahmood Salman
  • Eliminate Basant Pal
  • Complication - Restricted Loadout
Level 2
  • Eliminate Mariam Amir - Explosion
  • Eliminate Mahmood Salman - Accident
  • Eliminate Basant Pal - Fire Axe
  • Eliminate Oscar Malm - Electrocution Accident
  • Eliminate Roberto Franculitta - Drowning Accident
  • Complication - Restricted Loadout
Level 3
  • Eliminate Mariam Amir - Golden SMG while wearing the Devil’s Own Suit
  • Eliminate Mahmood Salman - Golden SMG while wearing the Devil’s Own Suit
  • Eliminate Basant Pal - Golden SMG while wearing the Devil’s Own Suit
  • Eliminate Oscar Malm - Golden SMG while wearing the Devil’s Own Suit
  • Eliminate Roberto Franculitta - Golden SMG while wearing the Devil’s Own Suit
  • Complication - Restricted Loadout
  • Complication - No Disguise Changes
Unlocks
  • The Devil’s Own Suit
  • Golden Briefcase
  • Dak Gold Covert
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Personally my least favourite of the three. Felt like a generic contract rather than a deluxe escalation to me

Will give your playthrough a watch tho (saw your times on the leaderboard when I played and was impressed :wink:)

The Martinez Ghost NPC was a nice touch, reminded me of Santa in Paris

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I haven’t played the other two yet, but I take your word on it that they’re better, which I would hope that they are :+1:

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Been waiting for people to start posting their runs. I didn’t notice the vine climb so that will be helpful for my future runs. Great video, thanks for sharing :grin:.

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So help me out here. I went to try this one and the game warned me I might spoil content I haven’t played yet. Is this linked to another escalation I am meant to do first?

I didn’t see anything spoilery in it (though I haven’t played the Chongqing one yet). I think it’s either a bug or maybe IO being cheeky.

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My dumbass spending about several minutes trying to find a way to reach Mahmood Salman in the disguise without realising you can just climb those red plants in the atrium :sob:

Probably the easiest of the three deluxe escalations, but that’s to be expected since its the first one. I really like the SMG and briefcase. Its a shame I almost never use SMGs though.

The briefcase is really awesome, I unlocked it and it’s already my favorite :heart_eyes:

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best escalation omg :yellow_heart: :yellow_heart: :yellow_heart: :yellow_heart:

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But no free saving -.-
The second one with all the different methods - would love it if I could save freely, hate and and won’t even try without a guide. Some may like this, but the stressful gameplay when you know that every mistake might mean you have to do everything over again is just a no go for me and completely destroys the fun and tension

Enjoyed this Escalation, but REALLY despised the pause at the beginning for the final escalation. I understand why they put it in there (to show where the golden gun/suitcase are for the mission), but there has to be a better way of portraying that. Every time that “pause” threw me off my rhythm.

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Just did this myself. Only real tricky part for me was the tech guy, but it definitely tests your map knowledge a lot which is what good escalations do. I actually thought level two was harder in a way because I didn’t know where many items were.

I did get 4 stars for being caught trespassing once sneaking through a security area. Might for SA later, though I’m not super die hard about escalations.

My second most favourite of the three, though I enjoyed them all. It was a real mind bender to finish this one more than the Percival one but still more doable than the Lee Hong one (which I like better don’t get me wrong but its hardly a relaxing romp).

Lee Hong being so insanely rigid in how to do it kinda bugs me.

At least it’s a good challenge. Hitman 3 seems a lot easier than the last two so it was refreshing to be legitimately stumped.

Just now getting to this escalation, bit confused on the rewards.

So… Just starting level 1 gets you the suit, and completing all 3 gets you the suitcase? But does it also grant you the gold SMG?
I know the SMG is displayed in one of the Featured/Escalation tracks, but is that a bug, or the current only way to get that SMG?

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Yeah, you get the gun by completing all levels. The same unlock path applies for the two other Deluxe Escalations.

Suit by starting level 1, briefcase and gun by completing level 3/all levels.

Most likely a bug, there is most likely supposed to be another item to unlock there.
I can’t see why the Gold Dak would be there but not any of the 8 other rewards.

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Alright, good. The appearance of the gun elsewhere threw me off.
(And I think the challenges page can only display one reward at a time, so that’s why only the gold briefcase is showing as a reward… There’s no indication of two rewards for completing it. Good to know.)

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Yup. You won’t find the challenges that unlocks the guns in the two other Escalstions either. I guess that’s also a bug.
But you’ll recieve the gun once you’ve completed all levels for those Escalations.

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