History VideoGame / HitmanContracts

** The Sturrock Bros. are processing and shipping "Polio" brand meat. Yum yum.

###SWAT are preparing to storm the complex, whereas previously, they had already taken it over by the time 47 completed his objectives on the first floor.

###Speaking of Rotterdam, the Flamin' Windmills have been retconned from street punks (some of them were black people) to all-white bikers, and a brand-new mission takes place at their bar/HQ. One thing which was kept in is that they still enjoy watching strippers.

###There are no [[GasMaskMooks Gas Mask Mooks]] and no dogs guarding the docks. Workers, cops, SWAT teams and the like populate the harbor instead.

###Interestingly, the shootout with the Russian sailors can ''still'' occur if you allow the police to raid the boat as planned; the layout of the ship is almost exactly the same. Also, the Captain still dies. (Boris shoots him, not you.)

###The hotel is slightly-bigger despite having more closed-off rooms, and the dentist cabinet is bigger, as well.

###The Cheung Chau fish restaurant is much bigger, and there are more ways to deal with the targets: sniping, poisoning food, and so on.
###Lee Hong's restaurant/HQ is more akin to a fortress and there's a ladder to get inside without having to use the gates.
###The brothel is a separate building with a bridge linking it to the restaurant instead of being situated on its upper floor. 47 doesn't need to bother with it unless the safe containing the jade figure isn't there: Lee Hong has the combination on his person, so there's no need to help the prostitute to get it.
###47 must take the jade statue with him instead of delivering it to the old shopkeeper. (Speaking of which, the herbal shop has disappeared.)

* RareGuns: A few, such as the Desert Eagle and Smith & Wesson Model 500 appear, but the CZ G-2000 pistol stands out for being exceedingly rare, even in fiction, with this game being the only notable work it appeared in.

* SnipingMission: If you haven't unlocked any of the game's {{Sniper Rifle}}s during the game, "Traditions Of The Trade", "Slaying A Dragon", and "The Seafood Massacre" provide a [[RareGuns W2000]] in a briefcase for 47 to use. While optional, sniping is the easiest way to complete "Slaying A Dragon" with a Silent Assassin rating and can be useful for the other missions as well.

* HellHotel: Remember that in the previous game, 47 was convinced he would go to Hell, both due to his bloody past and because he lacks a human soul.

* BoringYetPractical: The Silverballer finally becomes this after two games of being a situational weapon; ''Codename 47'' had it as an unsilenced backup weapon that wasn't much use for stealth and ''Silent Assassin'' had them as GunsAkimbo that were [[HandCannon stupidly overpowered]], even in their silenced form (which required obtaining a Silent Assassin rating once to unlock). Here, 47's default load out still has a pair of them, but, more importantly, also has a single silenced Silverballer from the getgo on Normal, allowing for silenced headshots when using the fibre wire is impractical. Effectively, it replaces the silenced Beretta from the previous two games, on Hard and Professional though 47 only starts levels with the unsilenced dual Silverballers.

* NewGamePlus: Carrying weapons on your person as you exit a level adds them to your personal armoury, allowing you to replay levels with these guns available for selection. Completing a mission with a Silent Assassin rating unlocks unique versions of the game's guns, either in silenced or [[GunsAkimbo dual]] form.