As someone who enjoys a role-playing style much more than a speed-running style, your videos are always a joy to watch.
Your commitment to no HUD elements and walking speed movement, allied to absolutely perfectly executed stealth is just a wonder to behold. You play the game to the kind of standard I could only achieve in my dreams.
Thanks for the kind words Itâs not difficult or challenging to do this method tbh, Iâm more disappointed with the poor choice of execution from IO with this target. Very limited tbh
Brand New method in 2023. You can easily kill The Director even with the Security guards close to him with the Fibre Wire Easy Suit Only/Silent Assassin/5 Stars
They have added an extra security guard in the lab canteen positioned right next to the evidence machine where you could get an easy kill on âThe Enforcerâ since i last played this mission, plus he never moves. No problem! You can just sneak past him while entering & exiting the area without a single huh? what? hmm No need to Subdue him or use Emetics/No Distractions/No KO. You just have to watch out for his head turning movements. You can kill the target right next to the security guard with the Fibre Wire & he wonât hear a thing just before any scientists & other security enters the lab
Not an easy Suit Only/Silent Assassin/Fibre Wire/5 method, but as shown in the video, itâs 100% possible
going upstairs near the glass windows on the roof of the hall
aiming at the coconut on the tree where the veteran talks to the journalist
waiting until he meets the journalist in the hall at the bar
as they start to move, I begin to count till 6
At 6, I shoot at coconut.
If Iâm too late I kill also the journalist.
Itâs not so simple and itâs easy to get wrong. Somtimes I failed, but itâs highly possible to get SA/SO
Great method Last time I killed him when I was playing Hitman on PS4, I used the coconut method. I just figured out how to kill him with a Suit Only/Silent Assassin/No Loadout/No KO method. Just uploading the gameplay! Itâs a Brand New method as Iâm currently playing The Sarajevo Six on Xbox after the DLC was Exclusive on PlayStation for like 7 years I think
Brand new method for âThe Veteranâ
Suit Only/Silent Assassin/No Loadout/No KO/No HUD/5 Stars
For this method, you need the Propane Tank & it must be thrown right into the corner of the wall where John Stubbâs smokes! If thrown correctly, It will land perfectly in the exact spot required for this method to work. The other issue is Johnâs wife! She follows him closely all the time & is close to him, but sometimes a bigger gap between both of them occurs which enables you to get the accident kill where she dies not die from the blast radius Also Iâm not walking into her to slow her down, anyone can do that. Strictly no bumping into her it might take a few tries to get the gap between both of them as itâs random, but as shown in the video, itâs possible
Finally after all these years, The Rubikâs Cube of âThe Mercenaryâ has been solved! I finally figured out how to eliminate him on his own âGhost Assassinâ style & this time, Suit Only/Silent Assassin/No KO/No HUD/No Subdues used etc etc (all details in video description) I deleted the previous video. This method works pretty consistently as I tried multiple times.
He only seems to follow you in this specific area, but remember you have to keep a distance between you & Patrick Morgan & he must be alone, otherwise the 4 Bodyguards appear next to him. With this method, you are essentially letting him follow your position as the mission is designed this way. Itâs weird how it works Iâm going to share my detailed playthrough of how I figured out this strategy. Maybe you can move him around the map? I have not tried tbh.
How I created & came up with this specific method/strategy in detail for âThe Mercenaryâ
Phase 1:
First of all start @ the Southern Farm Perimeter & make your way towards a wooden crate with the wheel barrow on top & hide in cover once you sneak past Sean Rose. Eventually 2 patrolling guards should appear close to you & engage in a conversation. Once they leave, the target Patrick Morgan should appear & he should stand next to the jeep on his own with none of the 4 Bodyguards present! This is essential for this method to work! Once Patrick Morgan pulls out his rifle, you immediately head into cover next to one Explosives Specialist as he is drinking. Phase 1 completed correctly
Phase 2:
Once the Explosives Specialist leaves his position, head into the grass next to the Barn undetected & change the view to look @ the door, where eventually Patrick Morgan should appear on his own & he should continue to proceed in the direction where you are positioned, but make sure he goes outside the Barn first, then head into cover & move next to the furthest tractors wheel into cover again.
Phase 3:
If all done correctly, Patrick Morgan will follow you & on his own with none of the 4 Bodyguards present. Remember you never want to get close to Patrick! If you do, all the 4 Bodyguards will appear & locate you Once this is all done correctly, Patrick Morgan will appear & you can kill him instantly with the a neck snap & the target is eliminated
Phase 4:
Hiding the body & dragging it to be hidden unseen/undetected. Drag the body behind the tractor & wait, as the Explosive Specialist will return, so you must drag the body once he walks past. Do not drag the body towards the Barn! You will get immediately spotted! Drag it towards the other tractor facing on the main walk way as we wait for the 2 Patrol Guards we came across @ the start of the mission to move on so the body can be hidden
Phase 5: Head back to the Farm Perimeter where Agent 47 started & wait for the 2 Guards to walk away towards 2 other Guards & you can exit easily
Maybe other people can try other ways to do other kill methods, I have not tested these. Only for this specific playthrough. Remember restart the mission if the first phase does not occur. Sometimes Patrick will appear out of nowhere with the 4 Bodyguards from the left.
This didnât work. His bros go ahead of him while he hangs back. I had to start a lot of chaos and finally got him by chance when he was searching for me (as an agroâed action, not his âschtickâ) and just happen to pass underneath the spot.
On 2nd thought, it probably involves him picking up a weapon to take to the lost&found.
I started off as explosives specialist and discovered by accident a relatively easy way to get Patrick with using the micro remote taser. I immediately skip the opening cutscene and run out onto the puddle on the dirt road. Eventually my Target starts walking in my direction so I PLACED my taser on the ground and walked away slowly at first keeping the puddle in-between us then ran as I set off the taser. My Target was zapped seconds later and I escaped undetected though had to avoid going out the gate directly because of the camera cause it wouldâve sucked if I had to go back and find a way to sneak into the house to erase the footage.
Oh, by the way, DO NOT just DROP the micro remote taser in that puddle to try to save time! Otherwise the moment the Target gets zapped, the guards will know what you did and they would be pissed.
Letâs just hope IO doesnât patch this strategy out and reset Silent Assassin just to add insult to injury because that would not be cool especially not with this particular Target and his bodyguards.
So if Sato is missing because I put him in a box then Sarno takes the stage with Novikov. But if Sato is missing because I poisoned his drink then Sarno just stands backstage instead. How does that make any sense, is it a bug or something
Maybe the game has to register Sato as being officially neutralized (dead or unconscious in an irretrievable hiding spot) in order to trigger Sarno going onstage.