47 is bald by nature or on purpose ?

[Uboa]

Because he love his shiny head .

[Kryp3ra]

It is on purpose, so he can oil the head, and slide it inside places to eavesdrop on potential victims.

[Eveninger]

On purpose - hair makes you feel hot and he is cool, so

[Tetrafish_21]

Hairs tend to fall off of a person. So, if he's leaving DNA behind after a hit, this could be used to track him down. With no hair, there's much less chance of that kind of evidence being left behind.

Or is that the reason? In the last cutscene in the game, you see a picture of him as a child.... and he's bald there too. Maybe it's part of his genetic design.... For the ^aforementioned reason.

[Starfoth The Burgundy Silk Rug]

Originally posted by Tetrafish_21:

Hairs tend to fall off of a person. So, if he's leaving DNA behind after a hit, this could be used to track him down. With no hair, there's much less chance of that kind of evidence being left behind.

Or is that the reason? In the last cutscene in the game, you see a picture of him as a child.... and he's bald there too. Maybe it's part of his genetic design.... For the ^aforementioned reason.

Another huge thing; they spent a fortune genetically engineering 47 and the other clones. If someone got his DNA they could have some of that valuable material so it is probably by design.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Spliff:

Originally posted by Tetrafish_21:

Hairs tend to fall off of a person. So, if he's leaving DNA behind after a hit, this could be used to track him down. With no hair, there's much less chance of that kind of evidence being left behind.

Or is that the reason? In the last cutscene in the game, you see a picture of him as a child.... and he's bald there too. Maybe it's part of his genetic design.... For the ^aforementioned reason.

If he had hair, then you couldn't see the barcode behind his head which is the only way of identifying those cloned assassins.

Agent 47's number 47 comes from the last 2 digits of the barcode if i remember right.

Then again his DNA wouldn't be on any known database even if he left tons of it, so it makes no sense at all to not do hair because of DNA evidence.

The point of making these kind of assassins is the fact that they are supposed to be "expendable"

The clones weren't made to be assassins. They were made to be super soldiers. 47 escaped, killed many of his clone brothers, rebelled against his creator and later joins the ICA as a contract assassin

The ICA did not make the original clones, they did not make 47 and the only time any of the ICA attempted to make clones it was a rogue division that Diana and 47 shut down on their own without permission (which is the entire story of Absolution)

Why they don't have hair is anyones guess, the reality is they weren't finished, 47 is not a perfect clone and neither were the others, it was an experiment still in progress when he ruined it and escaped

The ICA version of clones did have hair (that was the girl you rescue in absolution)

It's doctor ort-meyers (unfinished) super soldiers that don't have hair (for whatever reason)

[Starfoth The Burgundy Silk Rug]

He was designed to be a super-soldier and not an assassin? :O

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[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Starfoth The Burgundy Silk Rug:

He was designed to be a super-soldier and not an assassin? :O

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Aside from the escape the asylum level of the original (and remembered/replayed in contracts) your gameplay as 47 is during his carreer with the ICA (or during his "temporary retirement" from the ICA at the beginning of hitman 2 before he gets sucked back into the job)

[Duckilous]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

Originally posted by Spliff:

If he had hair, then you couldn't see the barcode behind his head which is the only way of identifying those cloned assassins.

Agent 47's number 47 comes from the last 2 digits of the barcode if i remember right.

Then again his DNA wouldn't be on any known database even if he left tons of it, so it makes no sense at all to not do hair because of DNA evidence.

The point of making these kind of assassins is the fact that they are supposed to be "expendable"

47 escaped, killed many of his clone brothers, rebelled against his creator and later joins the ICA as a contract assassin

You mean after 47 joined the ICA?
He didn't slaughter his brothers when he escaped, he slaughtered them when he came back.

[CoryStar]

There is something that no one else is talking about. Hitman: Codename 47 was released in 2000, and IOI was founded in 1998.

Until recently, hair has always looked kinda bad in video games. Having a bald protagonist back then allowed them to focus on other things. There is definitely a technical aspect related to hardware limitations of that era that needs to be remembered.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitman:_Codename_47#Development
"On a technological note, Hitman: Codename 47 was one of the first games to use ragdoll physics.[3] The game also featured cloth simulation and foliage physics."

And I remember H:C47 being impressive back then. It's an older game that still holds up well, once you rebind the controls.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Hoovyspenser:

Originally posted by Kunovega:

47 escaped, killed many of his clone brothers, rebelled against his creator and later joins the ICA as a contract assassin

You mean after 47 joined the ICA?
He didn't slaughter his brothers when he escaped, he slaughtered them when he came back.

I didn't mean to imply he killed them during the escape, it was just a list of things he did

If you want his entire detailed history there are websites that go on for pages

[knighttime]

not sure if he shaves his head or lost his hair i never really cared

[Ghost]

It was on purpuse. Dont want to leave dna

[LagMan_PT]

seeing as nº6 has hair (used to be bald back in the asylum days), im guessing 47 must shave his head, but thats only a guess, it would make sense to be completely hairless for an assassin, dont want to leave traces in the crime scenes. Or maybe Dr ortmeyer wanted the clones to be part of a group instead of expressing individuality, so they all had bald heads

[Bradinator519]

An interesting point brought up a while ago was that 47 looks like he can be from almost anywhere. His jawline/facial features look almost scandinavian, and he also shares similarities with the white south africans. He could blend into most EU member states , and the Americas/Russia. Being bald and rather plain allows him to blend in flawlessly - a trait that seems rather important for a world-traveling hitman (especially one that disguises himself as often as he does).

[coolman552]

Originally posted by Bradinator519:

An interesting point brought up a while ago was that 47 looks like he can be from almost anywhere. His jawline/facial features look almost scandinavian, and he also shares similarities with the white south africans. He could blend into most EU member states , and the Americas/Russia. Being bald and rather plain allows him to blend in flawlessly - a trait that seems rather important for a world-traveling hitman (especially one that disguises himself as often as he does).

Asian doctor that lost his hair for some reason