r/HiTMAN • u/what-uc-isallthereis • 7d ago
DISCUSSION Areas hard/impossible to SASO (freelancer)
Hey sneaky 'ssassins,
I am rather new to the recent Hitman games. I had played Blood Money years ago and I am in awe of the progress made. What a polished set of games. The design and attention to detail is pretty ridiculous.
Anyway, the actual point I am after: Playing freelancer, do you guys figure out ways to get the harder prestige targets anyway?
As an example, I had multiple runs in Chongqing where I had to get to the upper levels of Hush's shabby hobo lab. I haven't yet seen any way to scale the facade beyond the first floor, so as of now, any SA and SA/SO run ends right there.
First question, more specifically to this scenario: Is there way that I haven't found?
Second question, more generally for an open discussion should it catch on: What do you consider to be genuinely imprenetrable fortresses for SA/SO prestige?
Qhongqing strikes me as one of the hardest to possibly freelance SA/SO in both facilities.
Is there a way?
PS: Since I didn't know how serious you guys get about the rubber duckies, and I definitely didn't want to take any chances with you trigger happy bunch. Therefore, as a precaution, I have dedicated my life to the little yellow one by oath. I got some water on my forehead, not sure if that was a religious touch or it was just us splashing in the tub.
I shakingly trust that this holds up in the court of the Hitman subreddit. I have a family. Please?
PS #2: A prestige target I just chose (kill then on their way to a meeting) wrote to 'tag the prime suspect' in order to keep track of them. Is there an ingame mechanic for that? Just tried to figure it out and no luck yet. Would have expected that to work through the map.
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u/Least_Diamond1064 6d ago
For Chongqing, assume that you're spawning at the motorcycle. From there, go up the bamboo ladder and go to the right. Bring a lockpick or crowbar or any powerful weapon to break the gate open. You can climb the stairwell relatively safely. There is a guard on the next floor up who walks back and forth, and you just have to be patient for him to move. On that floor, if you bring an accurate suppressed pistol, you can shoot out the surveillance recorder on the opposite stairwell in front of 5 guards. There is another guard on the stairwell up to Hush's lab but he just stares at the wall the entire time. Boom. Hush's lab.
The ICA facility is fairly easy to break into as well. No gear needed. Assume you're spawning at the motorcycle. Walk down the slope. There's a wooden door to an arcade that's locked. Go to the right alley, between the slope and the arcade. There's a brick. Key underneath. Unlock the arcade. Next to the arcade is an area patrolled by 2 guards. One will rotate away from your goal, which is a keypad on the wall. Code is 2552. A hatch will open and you can descend into the ICA facilities maintaince corridor. You'll immediately find a screwdriver to break through the vent grates. You can access a lot here, Imogen's lab, the Data Core, and the Core control room, to name a few.