Which location is the harderst for Freelancer?

[Sagara Sousuke]

In my opinion is Japan, very tight places, a lot of restricted zones locked doors without the proper outfit.

[Kunovega]

Germany, it's a mess to get around and everything is spread out.

Japan is easy unless you are trying to do suit only and then you need the right tools, emp device, hacking, etc.

[HoneyDrake]

Miami.

Any time related prestige mission means it's a failure as it's not uncommon that targets spawn opposite from each other.

Sapienza also falls kinda into it.



The more time you waste moving from target to target, the worse most missions get. It's difficult to get through multiply secure areas, while changing disguises and making sure the timer doesn't kill you.


Chong is quite forgiving, due how fast you can move between floors, with barely any security inbetween.

[Sagara Sousuke]

It's funny how Miami was the showoff map to promote Hitman 3 release, but i avoid it at all costs, i really don't enjoy my time at Miami.

[Judge_Doom_Guy]

Berlin, Marrakesh and Colorado seem to give me the most issues with Colorado being the easiest of the three. However I've only had Berlin once so far so that may change. Hokkaido is usually pretty easy for me personally.

[Chape]

Berlin and Miami are easy, knowing the maps - Colorado is one I try to avoid, no civvies, just gun-toting loons everywhere, can go from 0 to 110 in the blink of an eye!

[Pigpen Gaming]

Honestly, probably China in my opinion. Especially if the target is in the secret bunker. It's not bad as long as you know your way around.

I think we can all agree that New York is the BEST map by a mile.

[36 bald fat lives with parents]

I tend to avoid Ambrose Island. There are a few places where you have to scale pipes that will almost positively get you shot at if you don't twist your camera view around to notice them first. Not a fan of dropping down a pipe right into death.

I generally avoid Chongqing as well. Maybe I was just hoping it would focus more on the city and not some facility.

I really like Marrakesh but I have to be quick at the spawn points or the game will auto kill me. It is not high on my list for that reason alone. But if you can avoid dying at the beginning of the round, it offers a ton for those who like to get unnoticed melee kills right in the middle of a busy plaza.

Inversely, I always choose campaigns with Santa Fortuna. That map is like home to me and I can walk in and out like the wind.

[Aluminum Elite Master]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

Germany, it's a mess to get around and everything is spread out.

Yeah, Berlin is not ultra fun. It's a long trek to go from a suspect or target up top to one on the dance floor below. And the original level was designed around security check-points, so trying not to get compromised or get caught trespassing can be a bit more tricky than elsewhere.

In the same way, Isle of S'gail or whatever is also not a ton of fun... plenty of security, plenty of awkward spots to get into. At least it has more back-routes that are hidden, like on ledges, than Berlin does though.

[ColdTooth]

I have been avoiding Colorado in hardmode as I am very bad at it unless I have a tranquilizer gun. There are other entrances you can get right? Seems like everytime I play Colorado I start in the water tower. Been also avoiding Ambrose Island as I am unfamilar with the layout.

I actually find Miami, Chongqing, and Sapienza really easy as there's more space for me to avoid enforcers/lookouts. I know the maps quite well so they're not an issue for me.

Berlin is a mixed bag. It can either be really smooth (done in like 3 minutes), or can be difficult and annoying (had a run die because somehow a civvie and a guard saw me do something illegal through a solid wall).

I've also found while playing lots of indoor spaces can be tricky for showdowns specifically, atleast in my runs. I dislike New York for this reason even if it is pretty easy. Don't like Paris as a showdown but for any other mission it's pretty chill.

The only other troubling location for me seems to be Mendoza, most likely due to inexperience (I played the H3 levels pretty late, like recently so that's why). I don't think any location isn't hard, though it depends on how you approach things. Any location can be difficult if you have little to no experience in the layout.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by ColdTooth:

I've also found while playing lots of indoor spaces can be tricky for showdowns specifically, atleast in my runs. I dislike New York for this reason even if it is pretty easy.

NY no matter how bad things get, you can just sit in one of the bathrooms or closets and pick off all the guards as they come to you one by one until the map is clear and you have free reign to do anything.

Of all the locations that can devolve into a gun battle easily, NY is the easiest to recover, most others I would run to an exit and try to escape, NY I can just fight through it

[ColdTooth]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

Originally posted by ColdTooth:

I've also found while playing lots of indoor spaces can be tricky for showdowns specifically, atleast in my runs. I dislike New York for this reason even if it is pretty easy.

NY no matter how bad things get, you can just sit in one of the bathrooms or closets and pick off all the guards as they come to you one by one until the map is clear and you have free reign to do anything.

Of all the locations that can devolve into a gun battle easily, NY is the easiest to recover, most others I would run to an exit and try to escape, NY I can just fight through it

Oh yeah, that is what happened in a few syndicate missions. But I'd imagine in showdowns you have to be way more careful. I think I remember clearing the entire map of guards once before I just walked around with a loud gun and popped my targets.

[CatsMeow]

None of the maps are a problem if you know them well, but the large ones create problems for time based objectives

[DyD&Marina]

Originally posted by Sagara Sousuke:

In my opinion is Japan, very tight places, a lot of restricted zones locked doors without the proper outfit.

Considered the messy AI and the fact the game don't punish to play like a cod/action casual game, basically none.

Even when the target is in the middle of a crowd, you can easily kill him with a bullet or even throwing deadly weapon, from angle or a roof or similar elevated place.

The AI will not see you, will start search but many times will not even know you are the culprit so you can pass in front of them without risk.

I used alot for example the roofs of the houses in marrakech, guard will come to search you after something less of a minute, but they will stop in the place where you started shotting.

And you will stay undercover without problems.

Freelancer need alot of changes, for make it a rogue like gamemode adapt to hitman.

[Kobi Blade]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

Germany, it's a mess to get around and everything is spread out.

Japan is easy unless you are trying to do suit only and then you need the right tools, emp device, hacking, etc.

Japan is easiest for suit only due to all the side paths, so I disagree.

I've actually had to do Japan with objective of not changing disguise and was smooth as butter.

I didn't even need to use my Scrambler, and I started on side of mountain on what was clearly Master difficulty.

I won't say hardest but the map I hate most is Germany as well, the more vertical exploration a map has, the more frustrating it is to play on Freelance.

Not to mention the targets like to walk around in the night club, where it's packed, forcing me to go for specific accident kills.

[Marceloid]

Haven is my personal archnemesis, it causes my brain to go monke mode, I hate taking down targets in tall grass in the open and is prone to things going wrong.

If you don't have a dart gun, the Colorado swamp - and Paris sniper tower spawn can be scary to get out of, too.

Funnily, I found that levels I didn't really like in the campaign to be surprisingly pleasant in Freelancer, such as Mumbai and Marrakesh.