Death of a Showman is the tutorial and first mission in Hitman: Blood Money. Agent 47 must assassinate Joseph "Swing King" Clarence - a bankrupt entrepreneur residing in a closed Southland Amusement Park.
Description[]
Photograph of the client's deceased son.
Agent 47 arrives in Baltimore on a contract by a grievous parent of a child victim of the accident for revenge against the failed entrepreneur. Although Joseph Clarence legally owned the ruined amusement park, it was in control of local gangsters.
47 must infiltrate the park and assassinate Joseph Clarence.
Disguises[]
Weapons[]
| Firearms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Eagle | Dragunov SVD | Shotgun | SLP .40 |
| TMP | |||
| Melee Weapons | |||
| Baseball Bat | Fire Extinguisher | Hammer | Kitchen Knife |
| Explosives | |||
| RU-AP Mine | |||
| Poisons | |||
| Poison Syringe | |||
| Containers | |||
| Baking Soda Crate | |||
Notes[]
Agent 47 with a human shield.
- The tutorial mission introduces the player to the game's main mechanics; it is linear and is more restrictive than other missions; the player must follow a guided tutorial to complete the level.
- Notoriety is not in effect in the mission.
- There is no briefing; instead, there is a guidance menu.
- No intel is available.
- The rating system is active, but there is no mission results screen; the rating is only visible in the newspaper.
- Collected weapons will only be added to the Hideout collection if stored in the ICA crate containing the RU-AP Mine on the terrace.
- In the theater, a divorce lawyer sent by the wife of Joseph Clarence - Andrew Chiseler - is held hostage and questioned by a gangster. If the gangster is not dealt with during their dialogue, in the end, he kills the lawyer setting him on fire. His death will be included in the death toll in the newspaper.
- The Silent Assassin is achievable by ignoring some tutorial instructions - rushing past specific combat locations and disregarding the chemist's disguise. Multiple NPCs will see Agent 47 and open fire, but because the level is intended to be beaten disguised, they will not count as witnesses.[1]
- Oddly, the chemist's disguise does not grant access to the drug lab.
- Upon reaching Scoop's lounge, a gangster informs Scoop of an intruder - Agent 47 - on the premises. If 47 does not immediately engage Scoop and the gangsters, Scoop kills a gangster for failing to do his job guarding the park. His death will be included in the death toll in the newspaper.
Bugs[]
- In the intro cutscene, the newspaper that reports on the Ferris wheel incident has a date of January 19, 2005, while the mission is dated January 9, 2004, a year and ten days before. In the audio, a news reporter mentions: "5 years passing since the incident," which means that it occurred in 1999, five years before. A 2005 date is most likely the developer's oversight.
Trivia[]
47 saves Andrew Chiseler.
- The level was the only mission available in the Hitman: Blood Money demo.
- The level has 36 NPCs, including Clarence, the same number of people killed by the malfunctioning Ferris wheel.
- Andrew Chiseler seemed to get to the park entrance with his car despite the pier being closed and inaccessible.
- The rap song played on the radio heard in the theater backroom is made up from quotes of the level's gangsters.
- In an outro, the headline of the newspaper Mark Parchezzi III reads always says Silent Assassin regardless of the achieved rating.
- There is a calendar with a photo of the exterior of the Pine Cone Rehabilitation Center from Flatline in the room of Joseph Clarence's secretary Carol Anne.
- In the theatre, a giant face of Satan is on the wall, identical to the mask Anthony Martinez wears in A Dance with the Devil.
- A TMP with 666 bullets is hidden in the trash in the courtyard between the theatre and the gift shop.
- The female workers in bikinis working in the drug lab are likely a reference to the 1991 crime film New Jack City, where women were forced to work naked to prevent them from stealing from the crack lab.
- The mission's title references the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller.
- Copies of the newspaper seen after beating the level can be found inside the Safehouse in HITMAN™ III's Freelancer mode.
Gallery[]
Mission[]
Agent 47 introduces himself.
Gangster frisks 47.
Gang snipers.
Carol Anne flirts with a gangster.
Agent 47 prepares for the execution.
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References[]
- ↑ Hitman Series. Hitman: Blood Money - Mission #1 - Death of a Showman (Silent Assassin Method). YouTube.
| Missions in Hitman: Blood Money | ||
|---|---|---|
| Training | Hideout - Death of a Showman | |
| Chile | A Vintage Year | |
| France | Curtains Down | |
| California | Flatline - A New Life | |
| Louisiana | The Murder of Crows | |
| Colorado | You Better Watch Out... | |
| Mississippi | Death on the Mississippi - Till Death Do Us Part | |
| Nevada | A House of Cards - A Dance with the Devil | |
| Epilogue | Amendment XXV - Requiem | |