Mission Stories, (previously known as Opportunities in HITMAN™), are one of the gameplay features showcased through various missions in the World of Assassination.
Overview[]
Mission Stories are optional guided paths, which help assist the player in the completion of mission objectives, but can also simply assist the player in obtaining a certain disguise or item. In addition to helping the player progress through a mission, Mission Stories may also uncover plot threads which weave into a mission's greater narrative.
Acquisition[]
In the game, mission stories can be accessed by approaching the mission briefing's menu (located beside the Challenges and Leaderboards tabs). There are certain window of opportunities that typically reveal themselves either after eavesdropping in on an NPC conversation, chancing upon a certain event, or after examining an object.
Once a mission story has been revealed, it can be manually tracked. Not all missions have Mission Stories. In Master difficulty, all mission story guides are automatically disabled.
Guidance Settings[]
There are three different levels of Mission Story guidance that the player can choose from in the game's settings;
- Full - All Guide hints are visible. In game tracker icons appear for a tracked Mission Story. Objectives are shown in the HUD.
- Minimal - In game tracker icons are hidden. Guide hints can still be accessed, and Guide objectives are still tracked in the HUD.
- Off - All Guide communication is turned off.
HITMAN™ Mission Stories[]
The Final Test[]
HITMAN™ 2 / III[]
Final Terms
Safe Conduct
Safety First
To Fallen Comrades
HITMAN™[]
Final Terms
Safe Conduct
Safety First
To Fallen Comrades
The Showstopper[]
HITMAN™ 2 / III[]
15 Seconds of Fame
A Drink to Die For
A Private Meeting
A Quick Break
A Rare Scoop
Guest of Honor
Lights Out
Playing with Fire
HITMAN™[]
15 Seconds of Fame
A Drink to Die For
A Private Meeting
A Quick Break
A Rare Scoop
Guest of Honor
Lights Out
Playing with Fire
World of Tomorrow[]
HITMAN™ 2 / III[]
A Case Most Peculiar
Absolution
Beyond the Grave
By Candlelight
Catharsis
First Day on the Job
Hostile Environment
Memento
Memory Lane
The Good Son
HITMAN™[]
A Case Most Peculiar
Absolution
Beyond the Grave
By Candlelight
Catharsis
First Day on the Job
Hostile Environment
Memento
Memory Lane
The Good Son
The Icon[]
HITMAN™ 2 / III[]
An Explosive Ending
Light My Fire
Something To Chew On
Time To Meet The Fans
HITMAN™[]
An Explosive Ending
Light My Fire
Something To Chew On
Time To Meet The Fans
Landslide[]
HITMAN™ 2 / III[]
Above The Law
Cheat Sheet
Dynamite Smile
No Absolution For The Wicked
Stage Fried
HITMAN™[]
Above The Law
Cheat Sheet
Dynamite Smile
No Absolution For The Wicked
Stage Fried
A Gilded Cage[]
HITMAN™ 2 / III[]
Bad Blood
Cherry Blossom
Down The Rabbit Hole
Golden Touch
Honeycomb
Open Sesame
Prime Time
Why We Fight
HITMAN™[]
Bad Blood
Cherry Blossom
Down The Rabbit Hole
Golden Touch
Honeycomb
Open Sesame
Prime Time
Why We Fight
A House Built on Sand[]
HITMAN™ 2 / III[]
Gone Shopping
Rent Due
The Future Foretold
Waiting For The Man
HITMAN™[]
Gone Shopping
Rent Due
The Future Foretold
Waiting For The Man
Club 27[]
HITMAN™ 2 / III[]
Are 'Friends Electric
Bugman
Intervention
It's My Party
Man Machine
On The House
The Smoking Gun
Tik Tuk
HITMAN™[]
Are 'Friends Electric
Bugman
Intervention
It's My Party
Man Machine
On The House
The Smoking Gun
Tik Tuk
Freedom Fighters[]
HITMAN™ 2 / III[]
Doomsday Watch
Overpowered
Point Man
The Audition
Tongue Tied
Unclean
HITMAN™[]
Doomsday Watch
Overpowered
Point Man
The Audition
Tongue Tied
Unclean
Situs Inversus[]
HITMAN™ 2 / III[]
Ghost In The Machine
Hot Springs
Makeover
Malpractice
No Smoking
Tell-Tale Heart
Thrill Seeker
HITMAN™[]
Ghost In The Machine
Hot Springs
Makeover
Malpractice
No Smoking
Tell-Tale Heart
Thrill Seeker
HITMAN™ 2 Mission Stories[]
The Finish Line[]
A Perfect Machine
Intravenous
Pretty In Pink
The Munchies
The New Army
The Triumph
Turbo Charged
The Undying and The Undying Returns[]
Three-Headed Serpent[]
Backpacker
Deadly Art
Half Baked
Hallowed Ground
Heart of Stone
Submerged
Undying Love
Chasing a Ghost[]
A Close Shave
A Dress To Die For
A Matter Of Discipline
Broad Strokes
Contract: Dawood Rangan
Contract: Vanya Shah
Flames Rekindled
Gone With The Wind
Homecoming
Our Man in Mumbai
Picture Perfect
Another Life[]
An Apple A Day
Breadcrumb Trail
Charbroiled
House For Sale
No Smoking Area
Pest Control
Whack-A-Mole
The Ark Society[]
A Phoenix From The Ashes
Final Club
It Belongs In A Museum
Last Honors
Social Climbing
Winds Of Change
Golden Handshake[]
Hostile Termination
On And Off Again
The Heist
The Exposé
The Job Interview
The Last Resort[]
A Lucrative Opportunity
Idle Hands
Take A Deep Breath
The Shape Changer
The Water Horse
HITMAN™ III Mission Stories[]
On Top of the World[]
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(In)Security
Bird of Prey
How The Mighty Fall
Death in the Family[]
A Day To Remember
Her Final Resting Place
Means, Motive and Opportunity
End of an Era[]
All-Seeing Eyes
Certainty Principle
Impulse Control
The Farewell[]
Closing Statement
Eyes On Target
Over The Top
The Tour
The Disruptor[]
No Holds Barred
Trivia[]
- The fastest mission story to accomplish is Playing with Fire in The Showstopper mission, by starting the mission as a Tech Crew and by simply picking up the fireworks remote detonator.
- Sapienza is the location in the World of Assassination trilogy with the most number of mission stories, having 19 overall.
- Silvio Caruso, Marco Abiatti, Jordan Cross and Sierra Knox are tied for the most mission stories realted to a target, all having 5 each.
- Penelope Graves, Ezra Berg, Maya Parvati and Steven Bradley are all tied for the least amount of mission stories related to a target, all only having 1 each
- In A Gilded Cage, both Honeycomb and Cherry Blossom are the first mission stories that are interrelated and can be interchangeably done while playing the mission.
- For some reason, the Club 27 mission story "Tik Tuk" is spelt in-game as "Tik Took", while the mission story challenge related to it is still called "Mission Story - Tik Tuk".
- There is a bug while completing the Thrill Seeker mission story in Hokkaido, where seconds after cutting the fugu fish inside the kitchen will cause the game to eventually crash.
- There are two scrapped mission stories that can be found in the files for the game, one being for The Icon, called "Grown Men Shouldn't Play With Toys", which was related to a figuirne that Dino Bosco was fond of from his old film, El Brute and one for Chasing a Ghost, called "Meditation", which was related to Vanya Shah's elimination from tampering her steam pond, as sabotaging it gives a mission story sound prompt.
- Originally, the challenges Steamin' and Me Time were linked to a mission story, however, it was scrapped in-game, as this is most likely an oversight.
- The Closing Statement mission story in The Farewell can only be attained by completing another mission story, called The Tour. The mission story only prompts when Diana is able to join the meeting along with the Providence Heralds.
- Some targets appear to actually have a canonical mission story, with the main ones being Lights Out for Viktor Novikov and Malpractice for Erich Soders. However they are the only concrete ones, with others either being specuation via hints, have conflicting information, or are barely mentioned of their levels.