Hitman 2 and Killer 7 (Zero Punctuation)
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- This week Yahtzee reviews Hitman 2 and Killer 7.
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Unlike Killer 7, Hitman 2 is the actual seventh installment in its series
Also unlike Killer 7, Hitman 2 is actually a good game.
@@NastyLittleBagginses Doubt.
@@NastyLittleBagginses found the pleb
@@NastyLittleBagginses bruh, killer7 is a good game, both of them are good games in fact. killer7 is just underrated but its a really good game. I would say its like Metal Gear Solid V, its a great stealth game but it has some weird parts and a weird and confusing story. But if you play it long enough or replay it several times you will understand the story and plot and it becomes the greatest game that you have ever played. killer7 is a weird game that even if you replay it 30 times and read the wikipedia you probably will never understand but nonetheless its still a great game
@@corvocorvus9982 though there's a reason it's a cult classic. Not a lot of people would like it because of the core gameplay and mind boggling plot. I love it, but it's not a game for most people
Suitcase physics - 10/10
How to beat hitman using only a suitcase
This is the best response. I wish Yahtzee had known about it, he probably would have brought it up.
Yay, ymfah
A weapon to surpass Metal Gear
Fancy meeting you here. It‘s a nice surprise
“A game I love but not a game I would recommend” is the type of honesty we need in games journalism
Its a bit of a different case when it comes to most of Suda's games. If anything, some Suda fans themselves have said they wouldn't exactly recommend his games to regular people due to how wildly different they are to most mainstream games gameplay wise, story wise, or for its themes
We're in a tight spot!
If killer 7 is so good, why isn't there a killer 14?
there is one. it's called killer 14: No More Heroes
Because 8 is enough.
Where did this meme come from?
In Japan they’re up to Killer28. They’re so far ahead.
Because Capcom (not Suda) owns the right to the characters and universe
Hitman-2
Killer-7
Liverpool-3
Manchester United-0
Hitman-2
Killer-7
Punctuation-0
Fallout-52ish
Atlanta United - 2
Portland Timbers - 0
Is that a wliia reference?
I'm with yhatzee in this one, that guy who headbutts bullets sounds like an awesome dude to bring to a party.
Children are pure. They know who's the strongest.
Rocket Launcher Bondage Nuns is an incredible punk band name.
As a Practical Guide to Evil fan, I still wouldn't go for anything but Undead Suicide Goats.
No
AnkanBob thanks for your input, I’ll definitely consider it in my next comment.
@@Autipsy good
That sounds really like a domanatrix troupe going around banging whoever they fancy
Hitman 2 + Killer 7 = Killman 9
Or Hitler 9... oh wait.
@@TFPSindh
NEIN NEIN NEIN
999 review confirmed?
@@TFPSindh
would totally give this game a try
Still not as good as Kill Butt 3 2.
The laugh from the Heavenly smile and killer7 still haunts me to this day
Been playing Killer7 lately and I've been enjoying it so far.
While it's classified as an on-rail shooter, Suda51 manages to make the gameplay an experience you wouldn't find anywhere else
A Hitman with no personality vs a hitman with 7
he has a personality, he's being mind controlled by the player and his only method of resistance is to sound as suspicious as possible so that someone might end his pain
I will take the ladder.
@@shogunh682 No, put it back. I need to get stuck on that and then break both my legs later.
More like a hitman that can't bend his spine ever and some Japanese people.
That explains the connection
Thankfully, killer7 had a subtitles option. So you could understand what that boss in the burning room was saying.
…and it was nothing all that important.
"Crisper than the Autumn leaves in Paradise California" Damn, that took me a double take, and I got evacuated in that fire.
I fought that fire. When he said that I had to take a double take as well
Aahh, the glories of relying on federal management. The closest I got to the fire was seeing the smoke and handing out facemasks to the asthmatic people I know. And somehow the weirdest part about the whole thing is the fact Trump is trying to sue california over that ISP issue.
I was gonna say "I guess you could say that you actually felt that burn" but then I realized it was fucked up.
I was also evacuated. And I felt weirdly happy to have Yahtzee mention my (former) little town.
Killer 7 and Hitman 2. Is it 2005 again?
Probably not, I was thinner and had more sex than this that year.
Sadly not. Unlike Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, this Hitman 2 basically does nothing new and is mostly devoid of creativity.
crisper than the autumn leaves in paradise california....good burn.
Apparently a *very* good burn.
Oh good. I'm glad I wasn't the only one to catch that. XD
Good pun for good burn
@@Nijht 0
So he's finally done killer 7.
Now only Fantasy World Dizzy to do
I feel a new kinship with Yahtzee knowing his favorite Killer 7 assassin is Mask De Smith.
I think the thing that surprised me the most about this review is that Yhatzee has watched Evangelion and EoE at least once.
"A culture that's been nuked more than the recommended healthy number of times"
Thank you, Yahtzee. That indeed explains a lot.
"You're an assassin, who's actually seven assassins, who's actually one assassin different than the first assassin I mentioned..." Good lord, that sentence made me have a minor aneurysm.
Did it, though?
Don't know who the hell would be watching this in 2021, but here we are. That said, not only did budget cuts make Killer7 the beautiful mess it is (see 3:50). Capcom elected Killer7 to be Grasshopper's first international release, right in the middle of development, to satisfy the the Capcom Five agreement with Nintendo (those five comprising P.N.03, Viewtiful Joe, Dead Phoenix, Resi 4, and, of course, Killer7). Killer7, until then, was chock full of references to other Grasshopper releases that were not yet available outside of Japan. So, per a localization directive from Capcom, broad swaths of Killer7's story, swaths that might've made the narrative more cohesive and linear, were cut out wholesale right before release--ironically, so as not to confuse a western audience.
Watching at the end of 2022 and thanking you for this background
Who would be watching this in 2021? I do not know, but I'm watching it right here in 2023 after having just beaten it 10 minutes ago and this is making me unreasonably mad, I would give my kidneys for 2 seconds of footage giving me more context for whatever the hell is happening in this beautiful mess of a game.
As weird as it was to play I'm glad I did, feels almost like I've entered a secret club of pretentious douchebags who have played Killer7 and scoff at everyone who hasn't.
as someone whos replying in 2023, i just beat the game and i fucking love it exactly how it is, they wrote a book thats supposed to explain the story and add bits that were (and probably werent) gonna be in the game, but the book not only contradicts the game, but even contradicts itself in its own book multiple times. it absolutely does not matter though, whatever bullshit suda went through with that deal only enhanced the experience and i think the game is a masterpiece
This was IOIs first game after leaving Squeenix... they had budget constraints and thus slide show cutscenes
Don't make me say it again; I'm the cleaner.
Destiny!
@@raphicoco You wanna die , huh?
*dan intensifies*
I'm not a monster, it's only a mask.
i've changed my makeup.... did you notice....?
I really want a Babylon 5 Birthday party now.
Do you know what the last Xon said just before he died?
AAAAGGGHHHH!
"Babylon 5's a big pile of shit"
My condolences
To be fair with Hitman 2 IOI didn't just had the budget of all sequels removed by Square Enix, but they also had to buy themselves and still finance the completion of the game. You can tell they had to cut corners.
I get the feeling that the Hitman series is repeating itself..... while playing the second Hitman 2......
And I will use a self referential inside-joke as a proof of that...
Not to be confused with Hitman 2. Which is the actual Hitman 2 and not new Hitman 2
"A New Life" Is A Hitman Blood Money Mission That Alot Of Fans Loved, Well Till This Day, And "Another Life" Is In The Newest Installment Of Hitman Witch IO Expected That People Would Love It, Since They Loved The Blood Money Version, And To Be Honest I Really Enjoyed that Mission, And People Say Hitman Is Repeating Itself Because They Just Added A Very Similar Mission. Its Only Just One Mission That IO Tryed To Make Their Fans Happy, There Are Loads Of Neat Little Easter Eggs Around Hitman(2016 and 2018) Where It Referances The Older Games, Besides The Mission Takes Place In A Diffrent Suburban Place, It Also Has 2 Targets Unlike Hitman Blood Money Where "The New Life" Had Only 1. Hell I Was Expecting A Remake Of The "Traditions Of The Trade" Mission, And I Would Gladly Accept It And So Will The Fans
@@sergeantleo7669 in blood money you had to kill a husband and wife
@@sibanbgd100 In New Life The Main Targets Are The Husband and The Necklace That Is Located On The Wifes Neck. In That Case You Are Incorrect
Hitman 2 (the new sequel to the new hitman which is new one)
Nathaniel Foga and you can buy the hitman new old pack which lets you play the levels from the new old hitman in the new newer hitman
@@Cruxin wa-?
He finally reviewed Killer 7. I can die happy now.
I don't count IO Interactive as a AAA developer. I mean, at the moment they only have Hitman. And they've gone from SquareEnix as a publisher to WarnerBrothers as a publisher. IO, I would argue, is borderline Indie with enough pull to have large publishers behind them. Like Life is Strange which is developed by a small company (Dontnod) and published by SquareEnix.
What does it matter if someone “counts” as a AAA developer? It’s not like that means their games are any good, it’s just a measure of their pocketbook.
@Benjamin McCann "thinking with feelings rather than sense" lmao
What? He's just talking about what falls under AAA tf does this have to do with feelings? Have you watched 1 Ben shapiro video, learned a new phrase and are now trying to use it everywhere 😂 😂 😂
@Benjamin McCann he coined that phrase and saying you stumbled across 1 video and heard it doesn't imply you're an alt right weirdo.
It doesn't make sense here. Nothing indicates he has some sort of emotional involvement with the company. When you look up AAA definition it seems like a somewhat broad classification and hes questioning whether it applies, this has nothing to do with feelings. Just a weird thing to say
Killer 7 is an amazing game I love that I implore you *do not* under any circumstance play.
Too late! I already have!
everybody needs to play killer7 they just dont know or understand why yet.
@Silent Solitude and the devil have mercy
The nuke comment literally made me laugh out loud, good job Yahtzee!
Hitman 2 should have been called hitman season 2.
I believe that was originally the intention (Hitman "1" was episodic, and the implication was there would be a "second season" of episodic releases), but then IO Interactive split from whoever owned them. At least they retained the rights to the series, as everything I've heard from fans seems to indicate Hitman "2" at "Hitman "1", but better".
That was the original idea, but after IOI got kicked out of Square Enix they couldn't continue, which is why Hitman 2 just gives you season 1 in Hitman 2 engine for free if you bought season 1 before - they are meant to be played together.
It pretty much is. You can even play the first season in Hitman 2 and even brings over the new features so it's still worth it to revisit the old levels.
mrcraggle , I'm sorry, please elaborate: are you saying that you get Hitman 1 for free if you buy Hitman 2?
@@prashanthb4565 you can buy Hitman 1 as a DLC to Hitman 2 or receive thouse missions for free if you already own Hitman 1
To be fair, Hitman (2016) and Hitman 2 (2018) really are the first games to bear those names. The first game was _Hitman: Codename 47._ and the second was _Hitman 2: Silent Assassin._ This isn't like Doom.
I know i'm being hypocritical, but when was the last time you told a friend that you were a fan of "Hitman 2: Silent Assassin" instead of saying "That 2nd St. Petersburg mission in 'Hitman 2' was bollocks!"
I really admire killer7 for purposefully having a story that introduces plot holes and is more baffling than the thought process of AAA upper suits, I wish more games embraced being completely off the rails because frankly I'm really sick of the modern narrative games follow because I can usually predict the entire story just from the trailers.
So is "Imptholomew" the canon name now?
I hope... something
It is for THAT imp in particular....
But now 47 killed him.
But in the Blops4 review it was Imp Impington or something like that
Woooooooow just grouping them up and all naming them the same thing because they look similar is rude
@@TheReZisTLust Oh look at that, another millennial whining about social justice! If you lazy good-for-nothings had your way, we'd be teaching imps to read and giving them paychecks!
For the love of all that is holy, someone teach game studios how game titles work! Rebooting a series and just calling it what you called the first game is bad enough, but doing the exact same thing with the sequel?!
kinda like the Star wars battlefront games
paulo vinas rocha Or God of War, or a hundred other franchises that have done the same thing over the years
@@LordConstipation i was more refering to giving a sequel the same name as an earlier game, not the first one.
because i think that is more stupid
...The reboots don't have subtitles :/
Halloween: Curse of Micheal Myers, Halloween H2O
Halloween Resurection
Halloween
Halloween 2
Halloween
They actually did fix the audio on that scene. If you look at Ghenry's video on the steam port, it's audible now.
Suda letting us play this on mouse and keyboard made this game 10/10
1:58 how is that guna slip past the filter :eyes:
Thank you for talking about Killer 7. I loved that game. Don’t know if I’d want to replay it. I like the way I remember.
Its the best time of the week again!
Hitman 2: Assassin Boogaloo
I was wondering when Yahtzee was going to review killer7.
I'm guessing the numbered wine they were drinking was '19 Crimes'.
Im from California and Im really impressed the Paradise fire was newsworthy enough to get to Australia AND be a part of a gag in your review.
That end of evangelion reference
Well, you do get to play the other Hitman game in Hitman 2 if you have the first one. So there's that.
Hitman 2
Killer 7
Suda51
Liverpool 3
Oh! I'll finally get to try Killer 7! I thought I'll never be able to, since I don't own a console.
I mean they have been doing this for years ... look at Contracts it's basically a DLC for the first game.
Babylon 5 was great. 😃
"Crispier than autumn leaves in Paradise, Ca."
Speccy McCuntflap is my favorite anime villain.
I grew up in Paradise California, and several weeks ago people did not believe me that it was a real place.
0:57 rocket launch bondage nuns.... That was my favorite part of Hitman Absolution.
I love these things. They are quick and informative ;)
Babylon 5 themed birthday party sounds amazing
I'm just glad there are people out there who still talk about Babylon 5
Rocket launcher bondage nuns?
What religion is that and how do I get involved?
The Holy Order of I Have A Rocket Launcher, Your Argument Is Invalid :)
The religion that will permanently carve your arse interiors with spray paintjob of a bomb defusal site gone awry, everytime it spots you awkwardly trying to "blend in" by shoving your hands to your face and then immediately entering into a combat situation, proceeding with the slightly passively aggressive nut crushing.
But then forget all about it the next time you pass through a doorway that has a lock on it. rinse repeat
I wonder if Yahtzee has ever read comments
If his mailbag video and his review of DDLC are any indication,...
Loving the Killing Eve reference! Now there's an assassin with character and depth.
i dont really think i quite agree with the whole "it's more for the spectacle than any substance" thing he takes on killer7. id say killer7 has a surprisingly deep and thoughtprovoking story despite everything.
I thought i remember a guy in the comments being annoyed you couldnt kill innocent people in this game but cant find that now
A Babylon 5 themed birthday party WOULD be cool.
Finally a killer7 review!
that paradise leaf joke was pristine.
"A New Life" Is A Hitman Blood Money Mission That Alot Of Fans Loved, Well Till This Day, And "Another Life" Is In The Newest Installment Of Hitman Witch IO Expected That People Would Love It, Since They Loved The Blood Money Version, And To Be Honest I Really Enjoyed that Mission, And People Say Hitman Is Repeating Itself Because They Just Added A Very Similar Mission. Its Only Just One Mission That IO Tryed To Make Their Fans Happy, There Are Loads Of Neat Little Easter Eggs Around Hitman(2016 and 2018) Where It Referances The Older Games, Besides The Mission Takes Place In A Diffrent Suburban Place, It Also Has 2 Targets Unlike Hitman Blood Money Where "The New Life" Had Only 1. Hell I Was Expecting A Remake Of The "Traditions Of The Trade" Mission, And I Would Gladly Accept It And So Will The Fans
You don't need to capitalise every word bro.
Always make sure to watch these videos in 1080p
Fun fact: Gendos line being muted was actually an accidental audio error and the creator thought it sounded cooler with it being muted so they left it there. Its commonly agreed that he says "I needed you" or something similar to that. The creator said that you can figure out what he says if you connect the dots.
In wich episode is it ? I've rewatched Eva recently but I can't remember
IO interactive actually split with Square Enix and managed to purchase the rights to Hitman, so they're independent. They had to cut a lot of staff to stay afloat. I wouldn't say Hitman 2 is greed, they literally don't have the money to rebuild the engine every game.
Some clever fucking jokes here yahtz, the density of good jokes is unmatched. I rewind 10 times a video sometimes just to catch every joke. Insane that you aren't working for a TV show, when a show like family guy can't make more then 3 good jokes an episode with a team of writers.
Ok but a Hitman level in an amusement park with the modern crowd engines sounds wild
"I truly needed you." Gendo Ikari
BAM! It's done. The community had already figured that out.
1:20 I disagree (not always but often), like with DUSK and DooM. I don't care at all about why DUSK-Guy or DooM-Guy is killing everybody, I just enjoy the act.
what I don't get is that he has said that Hitman games are at their best when their about 47s job and not 47him self so I don't get his criticism about the story... maybe Im missing something. if so I would love to know what.
I guess he wants more reason why he's killing the people he's killing.
ok then my next question would be do the other games give more reason.
@@fictionarch absolution did, the rest not so much for the most part, it's mostly "guy is crime lord, go get em 47".
@@DWFTW 47 is a hitman. Its right there in the job description "Get paid to murder these people."
I wonder if Suda will team up with a decent game developer and make a Killer 7 sequel, or bring Killer 7 and No More Heroes together, making Emir Parkreiner ranked #1-8 (including Harmon).
never really got into the first new hitman but this new second hitman ive enjoyed. i like seeing how many boxes i can tick at once without needing to restart
Crisper than the autumn leaves in Paradise, California.
What does it say about my sick sense of humor that I laughed at that while still oddly hurt by it at the same time? Relative to the fact my mother lost her home in that fire. You don’t know me, or knew that, and I didn’t get knee-jerked into some outcry moment. I laughed with the bitter sweet revelation that the disaster was terrible but the analogy is spot on funny.
Thanks Ben. Ya never fail to make me chortle.
Yay for Babylon 5 and the Mimbari wig!
Er, Centauri.
@@andrebrynkus2055 hahaha! I used to watched it when it originally aired (I was a kid! Must have been 10 years old) Ifeel so old confusing my alien species!!!
... Easily forgiven. I watched the entire franchise last summer.
Nah that was a Narn wig
I knew Killer would beat Hitman by a wide margin when I saw the lineups.
I still get freaked out at the sound of a kIller smile's laughter
Yahtzee really needs to play a bad game soon; we've gotten quite a lot of candidates for the mediocrity awards but not nearly enough contenders for the "Ajit Pai" trophy.
Hitman 2 is great tho
“OCD patient in a Rubiks cube warehouse”
I’m going to use that perfect Description
I'm not sure if I'm hearing this correctly or not (only watches 30 seconds) but you said something about Battlefield five following suit after COD WW2. Wasn't battlefield 1 the last game when Call of duty had switched to infinite warfare? Wouldn't it be COD who was reverting? Again I could have not understood what was being said.
I appreciate the joke about my home town burning down Yahtz. I actually spat out my drink across the hotel room.
Indiana Jones being chased by the boulder (that you used to illustrate your point about needing story) is the first thing that happens in Indiana Jones without any story being as yet delivered.
Killer 7 was hard but fun. In the Game cube version the tutorial's starting and ending enemy is the hardest things to kill in the entire game. In the PlayStation 2 version the third from the last boss and the sixth mini boss are the hardest enemies in the game. Every time you beat the game you unlock an easier difficulty until you have psychedelic random colors one hit kill by touching a random button easy.
You had to cheat or have less than a 20% accuracy to unlock the hardest difficulty which is surprisingly similar to the starting difficulty just when you die, you start the game from the beginning with no save points.
Be glad this game was not made when achievements or trophies started up to today. Also thank god they didn't not make multiplayer for the game because that was the biggest complaint when it came out.
I think the underlying message here is Yahtzee wishes we'd go to his birthday parties more often.
proud to say that i've seen enough british bake off reruns to recognize the food pictures
I'm convinced that Killer 7 just cannot be explained in words. One has to experience it.
That's pretty much it. There's too much context you'd need to explain what goes on in the story, and even then it wouldn't exactly sound coherent
Knowing that Yahtzee will one day review *HuniePop*
it fills me with determination!
pretty sure Yahtzee doesnt even check youtubes comment section. Some Escapist staff might, but like if they'd tell Yahtzee to do it.
At least acres has stayed motivated all these years.
more than I can say for some of the replies they get.
Knowing that one day you'll never post this comment again fills me with determination.
@@naransolongoboldbayer8030
Dude, take some pity on the poor guy. I mean, he clearly doesn't have anything else going in his life. Instead of being rough to him, perhaps we could befriend him, introduce him to the human love and compassion his existence apparently lacks. Give him another reason to get out of bed in the morning. It's the holiday season after all.
Oh no wait, he's subscribed to moviebob. Nevermind, carry on.
lmao @ the pathetic weaklings who cannot fathom that there is a man out there with actual strong convictions, unlike their useless asses.
You missed the opportunity for a Vat 69 joke with the drinks.
Woah woah woah, that another life a new life point. They intentionally did that with the names. And it was certainly a callback: the fans were asking for that kinda stuff. All the favorite hitman levels were from blood money, and hitman has had a tendency before that to focus on exotic locations. So all the fans are saying we love blood money and its maps like the neighborhood, the Vegas casino/hotel, the white house; with the neighborhood being the obvious fan favorite, and to me at least, someone who is a grown adult but grew up playing hitman, being a massive fan and getting the silent assassin rankings, to me it's like a love letter to the fan favorite level. And it is a damn good level too. I think it's alot of people's favorites.
Other than that cool video x o x o
3:53 someone laughing in the background?
Maybe, there is something there
A new life was the best mission ever
Crisper than the autumn leaves in paradise california, goddam
Babylon 5 namedrop, my heart skipped a beat or two.
4:25 You can hear Yahtzee's voice slightly break after the California fire joke
"You will be more confused then a blind dog in a small room with associated buttholes"
This is the quote of the week.
Can I get into Killer 7 without playing Killer 1-6?
There definitely a plate clattering at 2:49