Very confused about how to progress

[filosteel]

I swear Hitman 2 is the most confusing game with the worst user-friendlyness I have ever seen.
Right after installing the game, it launches me directly into the "Nightfall" mission, without showing any kind of menu or anything.
I completed the mission, was quite fun. Then I exit the game, needed lunch, and now I am back and I have no idea how to pick up where I left. WTF?

There is a "locations" tab into which I can track "nightfall" again, but who on Earth knows what was the next mission?
And, to make it even worse, there is a "campaign" tab, which I thought is what I was doing, given how the game made me do "nightfall" right off the bat, but apparently NO! If I start the Prologue I start in a completely different area. Any right-minded person would think "Nightfall" is the start of the story mode / campaign / call it as you wish, but clearly it's not.

It feels like the flow of events is completely broken.

How does one experience a good story in this mess of timeline?

[tmwfte]

Nightcall is the start of Hitman 2.

The Prologue is a prologue to everything, pretty much a training mission that launched with Hitman 2016. It then flows into Hitman 2016 proper, Patient Zero, and finally Hitman 2. If you just want to follow on from Nightcall just click on the Hitman 2 campaign and select the next item.

[Garou]

Go to Campaigns, Hitman 2. Do missions from left to right. Each mission is followed by a cinematic.

[LáLálá]

ghshshs

[filosteel]

Originally posted by tmwfte:

Nightcall is the start of Hitman 2.

The Prologue is a prologue to everything, pretty much a training mission that launched with Hitman 2016. It then flows into Hitman 2016 proper, Patient Zero, and finally Hitman 2. If you just want to follow on from Nightcall just click on the Hitman 2 campaign and select the next item.

Thank you for the clear explanation!

Originally posted by (Im)mortal:

Go to Campaigns, Hitman 2. Do missions from left to right. Each mission is followed by a cinematic.

Thanks!

[Kunovega]

Campaign lists the story choices. Destinations lists locations with all mission/escalations, including the stand alones not part of a campaign.

It's a big game that doesn't care what order you do things in. Save points only record current mission position while your profile remembers your overall xp and unlocks. You don't even need to use saves unless you want to and can start anywhere you want every time you play.

Read the section on total game content and modes list for more information:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1580201161

[grub skebulba]

ill never understand the confusion around this game.

[StingingVelvet]

Originally posted by n:

ill never understand the confusion around this game.

Yeah, a list of left-to-right missions seems pretty obvious. I guess people are just thrown off because most games have a simple "continue" on the main menu and people are used to that. I dunno.

[Killerwhale]

Originally posted by n:

ill never understand the confusion around this game.

I don't think it's that confusing....

[Mareq]

Originally posted by Killerwhale:

Originally posted by n:

ill never understand the confusion around this game.

I don't think it's that confusing....

He is either iliterate or just plain dumb.

[n00bdragon]

Some people are more accustomed to a very linear one-and-done story experience from their video games. Hitman could probably throw someone like that for a loop. Sadly for OP if he's just in it for that experience Hitman is probably going to be a pretty short and unsatisfying game. I hope he sticks around to see the full Hitman experience that you can't really get from just completing each mission a single time.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by n00bdragon:

Some people are more accustomed to a very linear one-and-done story experience from their video games. Hitman could probably throw someone like that for a loop. Sadly for OP if he's just in it for that experience Hitman is probably going to be a pretty short and unsatisfying game. I hope he sticks around to see the full Hitman experience that you can't really get from just completing each mission a single time.

The campaigns don't even include all the missions. You look at some people's profiles and see they skip bonus missions and wonder if they even know how to navigate destination menu for stand alones or escalations

And it's straight up sad how many don't do contracts mode when half the point of large sandbox locations is for community contracts sharing

[halfmonkey]

Hyperbolic.

But, Yes. They do need to neaten the User Interface.

[Aetherius]

Originally posted by halfmonkey:

Hyperbolic.

But, Yes. They do need to neaten the User Interface.

No.

[halfmonkey]

Originally posted by Aetherius:

Originally posted by halfmonkey:

Hyperbolic.

But, Yes. They do need to neaten the User Interface.

No.

The User Interface/menu/inventory management system in this game is sloppy and weird IN MY OPINION.
Please for you to enjoy my opinion.

[A]

yep, hitman 2 has a god awful menu