How Speedrunners Broke Hitman's Hardest Difficulty

The entire Hitman World of Assassination Trilogy speedrun explained (MASTER/SA/SO).

DISCLAIMER: Almost all of these strategies were discovered by INCREDIBLE routers, I'm just a speedrunner who uses their insane strats ;)

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0:00 Intro
0:30 The Basics
1:30 Season 1
14:25 Season 2
32:10 Season 3

#Hitman3 #SpeedrunExplained #Aspecticor

[bigmclargehuge]

I adore the fact that a valid stealth tactic is shooting a guard so they won't notice you have a gun.

[Del_S]

47 in Canon: Methodical, patient, barely a sign he was there. A truly silent assassin.
47 in Speedruns: *Makes so much noise he's invisible*

[eugenekrabs]

I still can't get over the fact that everyone who heard some shots at an undisclosed location prioritize that over a bald man running at them with a Sniper Rifle

[Swordsoulreaver]

"We'll throw a muffin to regain his interest" is one of my favorite things I've heard in a speedrun explanation.

[enbybunny]

This game has one of the most interesting speedrunning scenes I’ve ever seen in my life, and at the end of the day it still feels very hitman with the amount of precise input and perfect timing needed to pull it off.

Truly an awesome feat

[xorinzor]

"Now we'll bump this guard so he doesn't notice us trespassing"
I love this sentence so much.

[Rhynx]

I always thought “How the hell did these guys get times under a minute?” whenever I checked the leaderboard. Now after watching this video I am absolutely shocked how fast missions can be done.

[TheRenofox]

"Out of the way gunman - we have to find where those shots came from!"

Absolutely amazing video! I've seen these speedruns already, but finally understanding what's actually happening makes them infinitely better!

[justaverage]

I could play this game nonstop for 100 years and I'd never figure this type of stuff out

[UselessSet]

Hitman has got to be the only game where watching entire cutscenes actually saves time.

[thejozo]

I'm supposed to be studying for finals, but here I am, learning how to speedrun a game I've never played before

[devonmartin]

The ability of speed runners to find glitches or loopholes in the code has always astounded me.

[jakebaker]

The context and structure of this video is so well done. Makes it watchable for anyone. Most speedrun genre videos aren’t broken down or explained because they are for people who already follow or know terminology or the game.
Good job.

[IndigenousRealGuy]

Hitman 3 with the full trilogy is possibly the most fun sandbox i’ve ever played. Legit everything is possible and it’s hilarious and satisfying to pull the stunt off.

[TV-Girl-Enjoyer]

Love this! I honestly think more speedrunners should do videos like this because even if you're entertained it can be hard to understand what's going on if you're new. Great video :)

[LexDomitor]

Muffin skip is probably the most amusing thing I've heard/seen in a long time
Bravo on making Hitman speedruns so fun to watch again!

[PsychicImpala]

Very Informative! For those wondering, here are the timestamps:

Season 1
Paris: 1:26
Sapienza: 3:55
Marrakesh: 7:23
Bangkok: 9:10
Colorado: 10:48
Hokkaido: 13:00

Season 2
Hawke's Bay: 14:26
Miami: 16:28
Santa Fortuna: 17:56
Mumbai: 19:59
Whittleton Creek: 22:22
Isle of Sgail: 24:20
New York: 26:21
Haven Island: 29:22

Season 3
Dubai: 32:08
Dartmoor: 33:11
Berlin: 34:54
Chongqing: 36:44
Mendoza: 38:40
Carpathian Mountains (Train): 40:25

[Anabolic_Alec]

“Agent 47, we need you to assassinate…”

“Done.”

“But it’s only be 32 seconds. I didn’t even tell you who to…”

Mission completed ✅

[JoshS]

I cannot believe how creative runners are with these games. It takes such a high level of creativity, planning and practice. That bomb launch at the start of Paris is one of the coolest tricks I've ever seen in any game. The flexibility of the World of Assassination trilogy (and the entire franchise, but especially WoA) is mindblowing. The fact that you can take 2 hours to slowly figure out an incredibly complex set of actions for success, run in guns blazing and run out, or somehow figure out these 9 million IQ speed strats, and have them all be viable, is just incredible.

[xaceez]

There’s just something about these style of videos. I’ve always loved the way wirtual formats his videos and I’m glad to see that format breaking out into other speedrunning games.