Best and worst mission in EVERY hitman game!

[Скіф]

Hello, i wanted to get a few opinions about every hitman best and worst mission.
I will not include training missions like ica facility or hawke bay.

My picks would be:

Codename 47: best - traditions of the trade
worst - find the uwa tribe

Hitman 2: silent assassin: best - anathema (shogun showdown is also amazing)
worst - at the gates

Hitman: contracts: best - bjarkhov bomb
worst - the seafood massacre

Hitman: blood money: best - a house of cards
worst - pretty hard to find a bad mission in this game but im giving it to till death do us part

Hitman: absolution: best - attack of the saints
worst - welcome to hope

Hitman (2016): best - sapienza
worst - bangkok

Hitman (2018): best - santa fortuna
worst - isle of sgail

These are my picks :)

[Uboa]

I think the worst in 2018 version is the Colombia one .

[Cpt-Flank]

For Hitman (2016)
Best - Sapienza
Worst- Marrakesh

For Hitman 2
Best-Miami
Worst-Isle of Sgail

For Hitman Absolution
Best-The King of Chinatown
Worst-Operation Sledgehammer

For Hitman:Blood Money
Best-Curtains Down
Worst-Death of a Showman

[lexilogo]

As an addendum to "no training missions", I think saying that the levels need to be proper levels is also a reasonable ask. I don't think missions like End of the Road from Absolution, as an example, can really be put into the same category as other "proper" missions.

Anyway, my personal list:

Blood Money: Best Flatline, my worst would be Murder of Crows. (in absence of Death of a Showman, which I'm not counting among these. If Death of a Showman can be justifed as an 'actual' level then yeah it's absolutely the worst)

Absolution: Best Chinatown, worst Dexter Industries. (It's debatable if Dexter Industries counts as a "full level" but IMO it does)

2016: Best Sapienza, worst would be Marrakesh. (as a sidenote, Marrakesh feels so restrictive it REALLY doesn't fit with the rest of '16 or '18. It almost feels like IO went out of their way to regress their level design to make it feel like older titles, though I'm guessing the actual reason is it was rushed)

2018: Best would be Miami, and my worst would actually be Santa Fortuna. It's hard to precisely pin down what I dislike about it, but I think the usage and distribution of targets is what feels off. Mumbai also suffered from this somewhat, but it was also teeming with far more opportunities to get the targets to meet up, and the fact that the Malestrom was actually wandering the streets and wasn't another recluse helped massively. I'm actually a bit surprised about the Sigail hate as I really enjoyed it, though I can maybe understand where it's coming from (OP disguises and bad mobility around the level, I'm guessing?).

[Bouncer]

Silent Assassin.
Best: Shogun Showdown. Incredible setpiece, loved getting SA rank in it.
Worst: At the gates & Hidden Valley obviously. Will add the Motorcape Interception for variety.

Contracts.
Best: Beldingfort Manor. Amazing atmosphere they never managed to replicate again
Worst: The Rotterdam one.

Blood Money.
Best: Curtain Call.
Worst: House of Cards. Dishonourable mention to Death of a Showman for being a hilariously bad tutorial.

Absolution.
Best: The Courthouse.
Worst: The bar, the gun store, the murdered nuns, the murdering nuns, the Sanchez fight, the Dexter rooftops, the graveyard, any A to B mission, especially the one with the large cake...

Hitman.
Best: Paris. I just keep coming back to it all the time. Absolute classic.
Worst: Marrakesh.

Hitman 2.
Best: Dunno. All of them have very strong and very weak points.
Worst: Hawke's Bay. Way too slow.

[Скіф]

Originally posted by lexilogo:

As an addendum to "no training missions", I think saying that the levels need to be proper levels is also a reasonable ask. I don't think missions like End of the Road from Absolution, as an example, can really be put into the same category as other "proper" missions.

Anyway, my personal list:

Blood Money: Best Flatline, my worst would be Murder of Crows. (in absence of Death of a Showman, which I'm not counting among these. If Death of a Showman can be justifed as an 'actual' level then yeah it's absolutely the worst)

Absolution: Best Chinatown, worst Dexter Industries. (It's debatable if Dexter Industries counts as a "full level" but IMO it does)

2016: Best Sapienza, worst would be Marrakesh. (as a sidenote, Marrakesh feels so restrictive it REALLY doesn't fit with the rest of '16 or '18. It almost feels like IO went out of their way to regress their level design to make it feel like older titles, though I'm guessing the actual reason is it was rushed)

2018: Best would be Miami, and my worst would actually be Santa Fortuna. It's hard to precisely pin down what I dislike about it, but I think the usage and distribution of targets is what feels off. Mumbai also suffered from this somewhat, but it was also teeming with far more opportunities to get the targets to meet up, and the fact that the Malestrom was actually wandering the streets and wasn't another recluse helped massively. I'm actually a bit surprised about the Sigail hate as I really enjoyed it, though I can maybe understand where it's coming from (OP disguises and bad mobility around the level, I'm guessing?).

I like the ways you can kill your targets on island of sgail but i honestly hated how the level looks. how the level looks is a rly important thing for me, i think santa fortuna and miami look the best, whittleton creek also looks nice but there is not much to do. i was not counting hawke bay so isle of sgail rly looks the worst and most boring to me.

Im surprised that so many people hate marrakesh. Its not my favourite either but bangkok is just worse for me.

[Bouncer]

Originally posted by Hays:

Originally posted by lexilogo:

As an addendum to "no training missions", I think saying that the levels need to be proper levels is also a reasonable ask. I don't think missions like End of the Road from Absolution, as an example, can really be put into the same category as other "proper" missions.

Anyway, my personal list:

Blood Money: Best Flatline, my worst would be Murder of Crows. (in absence of Death of a Showman, which I'm not counting among these. If Death of a Showman can be justifed as an 'actual' level then yeah it's absolutely the worst)

Absolution: Best Chinatown, worst Dexter Industries. (It's debatable if Dexter Industries counts as a "full level" but IMO it does)

2016: Best Sapienza, worst would be Marrakesh. (as a sidenote, Marrakesh feels so restrictive it REALLY doesn't fit with the rest of '16 or '18. It almost feels like IO went out of their way to regress their level design to make it feel like older titles, though I'm guessing the actual reason is it was rushed)

2018: Best would be Miami, and my worst would actually be Santa Fortuna. It's hard to precisely pin down what I dislike about it, but I think the usage and distribution of targets is what feels off. Mumbai also suffered from this somewhat, but it was also teeming with far more opportunities to get the targets to meet up, and the fact that the Malestrom was actually wandering the streets and wasn't another recluse helped massively. I'm actually a bit surprised about the Sigail hate as I really enjoyed it, though I can maybe understand where it's coming from (OP disguises and bad mobility around the level, I'm guessing?).

I like the ways you can kill your targets on island of sgail but i honestly hated how the level looks. how the level looks is a rly important thing for me, i think santa fortuna and miami look the best, whittleton creek also looks nice but there is not much to do. i was not counting hawke bay so isle of sgail rly looks the worst and most boring to me.

Im surprised that so many people hate marrakesh. Its not my favourite either but bangkok is just worse for me.

I can't speak for others, but to me Bangkok takes a fair bit longer to really notice how bad it is. Most of its issues lie in stage design and target behaviour, while Marrakesh takes just 1 run to notice the size and emptiness, and how annoying the school area is.

Bangkok is also right inbetween Marrakesh and Colorado so that makes it look better than it is as well.

I think it gives the illusion that it's good. It was my second fav stage when I got 2016, but now after legacy it's worse than Colorado for me.

[Jonathan J. O'Neill]

I don't own the Patient Zero DLC so I haven't considered them for this list.

~Hitman 2: Silent Assassin~
Best- Invitation To A Party
Worst- The Motorcade Interception

~Hitman: Contracts~
Best- Traditions Of The Trade or Beldingford Manor
Worst- The Meat King's Party

~Hitman: Blood Money~
Best- A New Life or A House of Cards
Worst- A Dance With The Devil

~Hitman: Absolution~
Best- Blackwater Park or Death Factory
Worst- Operation Sledgehammer

~Hitman (2016)~
Best- Showstopper or Situs Inversus
Worst- A Gilded Cage or Club 27

~Hitman 2 (2018)
Best- Another Life or Island of Sgail
Worst- Chasing A Ghost

[hellbouncer]

--Codename 47--
Best: Traditions of the Trade (that kind of level design was way ahead of its time)
Worst: Gunrunner's Paradise (the map itself could have some potential but there's just very little going on, the whole mission is just boring)

--Silent Assassin--
Best: Invitation to a Party/Shogun Showdown (both are equally great)
Worst: The Hidden Valley (the SA-breaking bug related to trucks is annoying, the game would actually be much better without this mission at all as it has very little to offer)

--Contracts--
Best: Beldingford Manor (despite few bugs i still like it for its dark and sinister atmosphere)
Worst: The Bjarkhov Bomb (level this big should've offered much more approaches)

--Blood Money--
Best: A New Life (very different from the rest and very well-executed)
Worst: Death of a Showman (no replay value at all)

--Absolution--
Best: none
Worst: all of them
I just hate this game up to this day, it was a huge disappointment and certainly not a Hitman game. I have no intentions whatsoever to give it a second chance.

--HITMAN (2016)--
Best: Sapienza (just walking around and exploring this beautiful map without even doing anything is...wow, a blissful experience. It's definitely my favourite level from ANY Hitman game)
Worst: Colorado (in this case the "worst" doesn't mean it's bad, i think it's pretty decent but the other ones were far better and more inspiring)

--HITMAN 2 (2018)--
Best: Mumbai (i can't even describe how alive and complex this level feels, the devs just nailed it with this one, it's almost as good as Sapienza from the first season)
Worst: Himmelstein (this type of arcade "sniper challenge" gameplay doesn't really fit the Hitman world in my opinion)

[RATCHETRC]

Snipers are best at long range targets for example you don't always need a rifle for getting the contract They don't show you that stuff on hitman when I played it on the 360 XBOX.
The masterpiece would have to be the best mission.
I met children from boat refugee that use Ninja tactics and the art of confusion smart tactics told by elders who communicate using Media as their WEAPON.
So how do you get contracts and is it worth the money to do someone else's bidding because they can't do the job?
My Favourite hitman was the one who prayed regularly at his church.
it opens up a whole new perspective on the paperwork of getting high value targets that could cripple an economy or finding the best move to get a checkmate using the general rule from Dionysus the Great Roman General 33 78 if you want to know more about crom and conans next adventure continue from Romans 27 verse3 and 7

Ezekiel
Solomon
Eliza the proohet
Lent
P.J.P2
Exodus.
The book of everlast.
Kings
Numbers
Eucharist. Sis Lydia

Happy New Year Hitmen 2019
Should be lots of fun I can't wait to play this on the new XBOX 1
I was a big fan of agent 47

Aus und spitz end sparken ein key wunderbar ist miene krietcher engin BRAVO vorsprung durch und au die KAMPFE. LOCKEN

Gutten tag

Frau Vwusitz

8A Remmy S. S. H. S
7 Donatello

ALSO does agent 47 find a bag of shaboogey from the Mobsters wife or does he sell her a box of chocolates from his superiors?

[RATCHETRC]

Bangkok Thai Baht

[Скіф]

I like how colorado looks but soon you realise there are not so many ways to kill the targets, even tho there are 4 of them.

[lexilogo]

Originally posted by Hays:

I like the ways you can kill your targets on island of sgail but i honestly hated how the level looks. how the level looks is a rly important thing for me, i think santa fortuna and miami look the best, whittleton creek also looks nice but there is not much to do. i was not counting hawke bay so isle of sgail rly looks the worst and most boring to me.

Im surprised that so many people hate marrakesh. Its not my favourite either but bangkok is just worse for me.

I see, so it's the aethstetics for you. I can understand that, and I can actually go so far as to agree that Sigail doesn't really look particularly good. I can understand what they were going for but neither the gothic architecture nor the modern additions did much for me, and in terms of how levels look I can also agree Miami and SF are probably the best-looking levels. It's mostly how colours are used.

I also dislike Bangkok (I was really disappointed with the hotel theme, TBH, because Hitman: Blood Money had similar setups in two of its levels that felt really in-depth), but Marrakesh is just... Uuugh.

To put it this way, Bangkok is a generally full level with one target that feels like an afterthought and badly-utilised/badly setup level design.

Marrakesh, though, is two tiny levels that aren't even that great on their own that are connected by a barren space that feels both too large AND too restrictive, and worst of all, the level actually really feels like it had potential. The riot outside the embassy is awesome, and Sapienza proved that large amounts of "public space" to roam freely CAN have value even without targets populating them, but the level feels sadly unfinished. I was in disbelief while infiltrating the school at how few options I had without disguises to get there, it really didn't feel like a sandbox anymore.

So yeah, that's why IMO Bangkok > Marrakesh. Bangkok is at least a proper modern Hitman level, just one with disappointing execution in a good few areas. Marrakesh straight up feels like it's from the pre-Blood Money Hitman era, and it would've been a bad level back then too.

Also, to address my thoughts on Colorado, I agree it's disappointing but I do at least like a lot that was done with it and how it does feel different as a map while still being a proper modern Hitman map, it just could've used more time in the oven for IO to add more intricacies and ways to eliminate the four targets. I still think we should've been able to disguise ourselves as Ezra.

[Wavimeen]

Here's my list. I'm focusing on just the core game levels and I'm ignoring all the oddities (such as Himmelstein), bonus missions (such as The Icon and Patient Zero), the remade Codename 47 levels in Contracts, and all of the training missions (i.e. Nightcall, Death of a Showman etc. - basically any level where you're guided through the game mechanics).

Codename 47

Best: Plutonium Runs Loose
I spent hours perfecting that level, killing everyone in it SA style. To be honest this game had a lot of innovative levels (The Lee Hong Assassination, Traditions of the Trade, Ambush at the Wang Fou Restaurant)

Worst: The Jungle God
You could complete the mission by simply running from the start point to the end point

Silent Assassin

Best: Invitation to a Party
Really fun level to negotiate that feels a bit like the opening of the original Mission: Impossible movie

Worst: The Hidden Valley
The trucks in the level could run over the guards, ruining a SA run through no fault of the player

Contracts

Best: Beldingford Manor
This was a very different to previous Hitman levels, almost like it came from a Thief game

Worst: Rendezvous in Rotterdam
A pretty limited level which isn't much fun and is quite easy to complete

Blood Money

Best: A New Life
One of the best Hitman missions ever, both Sapienza and Whittleton Creek owe much to this level

Worst: Death on the Mississippi
Although an interesting setting, the paddle steamer is just too small to be much fun

Absolution

Best: The King of Chinatown
Simply because it's the closest thing to a 'proper' Hitman level in the game

Worst: Attack of the Saints
There's a lot of poor levels to choose from, but Attack of the Saints is just plain silly

Hitman

Best: World of Tomorrow
Sapienza is like being on an Italian holiday (even if the laboratory part is a bit unnecessary)

Worst: A Gilded Cage
Marrakesh feels small, even though it's big and crowded, and there's a lot of wasted space. You get the impression that it was designed by committee

Hitman 2

Best: Another Life
Whittleton Creek is a good return to the formula from 'A New Life', and it works so well because of the juxtaposition between small town Americana and dark forces being present. It's 'Stranger Things' with assassination instead of monsters

Worst: The Ark Society
Like all Hitman levels that are contained within a small area (like the Mississippi paddle steamer), Sgail just feels very small and limited in scope

[Scootermagoo]

Originally posted by Hays:

Hello, i wanted to get a few opinions about every hitman best and worst mission.
I will not include training missions like ica facility or hawke bay.

My picks would be:

Codename 47: best - traditions of the trade
worst - find the uwa tribe

Hitman 2: silent assassin: best - anathema (shogun showdown is also amazing)
worst - at the gates

Hitman: contracts: best - bjarkhov bomb
worst - the seafood massacre

Hitman: blood money: best - a house of cards
worst - pretty hard to find a bad mission in this game but im giving it to till death do us part

Hitman: absolution: best - attack of the saints
worst - welcome to hope

Hitman (2016): best - sapienza
worst - bangkok

Hitman (2018): best - santa fortuna
worst - isle of sgail

These are my picks :)

My Personal pick for single worst mission in the entire hitman franchise is the 47 mission in Sgail. Dump 47 bodies in the water.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1595208353
Best. Boy that entails a lot of missions..
I'll stick to 2016/2018 games.
The Colorado Mission where you ride the dynosaur out. Has to be near the top.
Honorable mention is sniper assassin/no detect/no evidence/suit only/mastery in 1 run in Colorado. That has to be bloody close because when you can do that you know you have beaten the level. And I've yet to run into anyone that likes Colorado. And yeah I did it.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1585800990
Don't try this one at home kids.. Leave it to the professionals.

[Eddo]

I can't remember Codename 47 or names of any of the missions that well

Hitman 2:
Best: Shogun Showdown
Worst: One of the snow levels, one with the sniper that shoots you through the trees. I eventually loved it, but that mission made me stop playing for a while as a kid so I still hold some grudges against it.

Contracts:
Best: Traditions of the Trade. Still the best mission of Hitman, with rose tinted glasses.
Worst: Final mission. It was basically a Absolution level.

Blood Money:
Best: The opera level
Worst: Requiem. Well, is sort of a cheap decision as this was basically a shoot em up level, but I honestly loved every single Blood Money mission and can't pick a "proper level".

Absolution:
Best: Either the mission you kill Stockton or you kill the kids' 4 friends.
Worst: The lab area mission. Not that the area is bad, but the campiness of a mad scientist lair just turn me off.

Hitman 1:
Best: Sapienza
Worst: Bangkok

Hitman 2:
Best: Mumbai
Worst: Santa Fortuna.