This article is about the Hitman: Contracts mission. For the Hitman: Absolution mission of the same name, see Hunter and Hunted (Absolution). |
- "This room... this bullet... there's a bullet for everyone. And a time and a place. An end. Yes, maybe this is how it has to be. Inspector, you've obviously learned too much about me. I can't have that. Not even in my death."
- ―Agent 47's intro monologue
Hunter and Hunted is the twelfth and final level of Hitman: Contracts. As 47 recovers from his injury in his hotel room, the hotel is surrounded by a GIGN squad led by Inspector Albert Fournier (One of 47's targets for his compromised mission). Despite the odds being stacked against him, 47 decides to eliminate Fournier once and for all, even if it results in his own death.
This mission is later revealed as an aftermath to Curtains Down in Hitman: Blood Money
Targets[]
Eliminate Albert Fournier | |
Eliminate Philippe Berceuse [COMPLETED] | |
Eliminate Richard Delahunt [COMPLETED] |
Objectives[]
Escape to DeGaulle Airport |
Exfiltrate[]
Leave the Area |
Hunter and Hunted[]
Details
Three high-profile high-priced targets will be gathering at L'opera D'Orleans in Paris Friday evening. Our client wants all three eliminated, the first is Portuguese tenor Philippe Berceuse, who'll be playing the role of Mario Cavarodossi in Tosca. The second is his friend Richard Delahunt, the American Ambassador. The third is their mutual friend Inspector Albert Fournier of the Metropolitan Police. Additional information and some valuable tools are waiting for you in the Opera's wardrobe room, under the name Flech Fisher. Eliminate all three targets and get to the airport.
Objectives Assassinate Inspector Albert Fournier. Inspector Albert Fournier of the metropolitan police is as dirty as they come. He's also ambitious and his expanding reach has become problematic for our client. Assassinate Ambassador Richard Delahunt. [Completed] Richard Delahunt, former Governor of Massachusetts, one-time Presidential hopeful, and current Ambassador to the Vatican, has become a source of potential embarrassment and a diplomatic liability to our client. Assassinate Tenor Philippe Berceuse. [Completed] Temperamental Portuguese tenor Philippe Berceuse has an important yet unclear role in Delahunt's operations and gives the former Ambassador "Palace Cred" with the Gilitterati. Escape to DeGaulle airport. Escape the area by whatever means necessary and proceed to DeGaulle airport.
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Background[]
47's hideout is surrounded by 51 GIGN members and police, who were sent by Albert Fournier. 47 has a mission briefing which has since been partly completed. Fournier is a target. Just as the GIGN begin to raid on the hotel to kill 47, he decides to complete his assignment and eliminate Fournier.
Outcome[]
47 evades the GIGN, kills Fournier then get to DeGaulle Airport.
Diana and 47 both escape from Paris on a commercial plane to the USA. During the flight, Diana shares information about the organization who is undermining the ICA. 47 demands payment for his continued services, prompting Diana to reveal that the money for his fee is already under his seat.
Weapons[]
Firearms[]
- GK17 - Carried by some of the cops and by Inspector Fournier.
- MP5 - Carried by some of the GIGN.
- SPAS 12 - Carried by some of the GIGN.
- PGM Sniper Rifle - Carried by the rooftop snipers.
- SG 220 .S - Inside the room with the incapacitated guest.
- W2000 Sniper - Inside your room.
- Silenced PGM Sniper Rifle - Bonus weapon for achieving a Silent Assassin rating.
Melee[]
- Syringe - Inside the room with the deceased guest.
NPCs[]
Neutral/Civilian[]
- Drug User, Deceased
- Fireman
- Crowds
- Mime
Police[]
- GIGN (SWAT)
- Paris Police
- Snipers (SWAT)
Disguises[]
- Suit: Useless everywhere. SWAT will shoot on sight.
- Paris Police Officer: Quite useful, as long as 47 doesn't get too near the other police. Otherwise they will recognize him.
- GIGN: Excellent for armor and defense, especially if planning to shoot your way out. GIGN members will immediately see through it if you are carrying a weapon, but it doesn't arouse much suspicion unarmed.
- Fireman: Only one fireman can be seen. He can go everywhere outside. The best disguise in the mission since you are free of any suspicion.
Notes[]
- The firefighter carries ambulance keys, useful for a getaway.
- GIGN squads will begin to raid the hotel from both entrances at the start of the mission. This gives the player limited time to escape before the GIGN reach 47's hotel room and attempt to kill him.
- It is possible (but rather difficult) to ambush the SWAT team member that checks the bathroom in 47's hotel room using Fiber Wire without getting caught. Saving before and after the ambush is highly recommended.
- The GIGN are an uniquely dangerous enemy. Each member has a GPS unit which lets other members know when and where they've been killed/attacked. This makes any form of movement against them extremely risky.
- The Pick-up located on the hotel 3rd floor (the room 47 starts in) denotes a W2000 Sniper and case that 47 can utilise.
Maps[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
General
- This is the only mission in the entire series in where mission objectives have been marked as completed prior to any player input. This is justified as both the game and this mission takes place during a completed but botched contract.
- This is the only mission to feature targets from a different mission and another game, namely Blood Money, which weren't in remade missions. Though it is important to note that Blood Money hadn't been released yet at the time Contracts was.
- The mission was originally going to be titled "Fournier's Folly".
- Philippe Berceuse is retconned as Italian tenor Alvaro D'Alvade in Hitman: Blood Money and, along with Richard Delahunt, receives a drastic visual redesign, although the new name could be a stage name.
- There is one member of the GIGN that will roll up his balaclava like a woolen hat. He is the commander of the GIGN forces leading the assault on the Hotel. He issues instructions to his units on the radio.
- This is the only mission without rain or snow. This suggests that 47's health has fully recovered.
Hotel
- The music where a syringe can be found is Le Souteneur (Monsieur Claude), performed by Faf LaRage. Like most objects that give off sound, shooting the boombox will cause it to stop.
- GIGN units and other NPCs are not able to open the doors to the broken elevator. With the use of the Invisible cheat, it is possible to lure and trap the Assault team and their back up in the elevator and its shaft.
- The elevator shaft is a good hiding place, but GIGN members will be able to see you through the gap between the doors.
Outside
- The rooftops, on which the GIGN snipers are situated, are not solid. Presumably because the player wasn't ever meant to be able to access them. Shooting a sniper dead should cause their PGM rifles to fall from the roof onto the accessible streets below.
- NPCs outside the police barriers cannot alert the police if you kill or sedate someone. This shows an example of a difference between Contracts and Blood Money. In Contracts NPCs cannot alert others by sound alone, whereas in Blood Money someone screaming can alert the guards or police.
Missions in Hitman: Contracts | ||
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Training | Training Area | |
Prologue | Asylum Aftermath | |
Romania | The Meat King's Party | |
Russia | The Bjarkhov Bomb | |
England | Beldingford Manor | |
Netherlands | Rendezvous in Rotterdam - Deadly Cargo | |
Hungary | Traditions of the Trade | |
Hong Kong | Slaying a Dragon - The Wang Fou Incident - The Seafood Massacre - The Lee Hong Assassination | |
Epilogue | Hunter and Hunted |