History YMMV / HitmanCodename47

* ThatOneLevel: See [[ThatOneLevel/{{Hitman}} here]]

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* ThatOneLevel:
** The final Colombia mission. Not only is the drug lord difficult to reach, he is extremely durable. This level is a lot easier once you know how to strangle all of conveniently-placed guards and circumvent Pablo's health boost. A sniper rifle (brought from the first Colombia mission) and a silenced pistol (which can be found in one of the tents) can finish this mission without ever raising an alarm.
** Don't be surprised if you end up stabbing your monitor with your keyboard during "Plutonium Runs Loose". By the time you finally disarm the nuke, eliminate Boris, and steer the boat to international waters, you'll be saltier than salt water due to the sailors [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle turning off the engine]] at every turn (there are four of them actually, two in the engine room, one in the bomb's room and one in a room at the bottom before the main cargo bay).

** Dual-wielding a beretta in your right hand and a SawedOffShotgun in the left hand allows you to fire the latter 15 times in rapid succession and as long as you have ammos for the handgun (shotgun ammos are not needed). Enjoy the massacre.

* BestLevelEver: If ''Codename 47'' laid the groundwork for future ''Hitman'' titles despite being very rough around the edges itself, "Traditions of the Trade" was the ultimate showcase of how the gameplay mechanics and atmosphere could combine to make a truly distinct and fun experience. Most of the stealthy gameplay of the series originated with this level.

** The final Colombia mission. Not only is the drug lord difficult to reach, he is extremely durable. This level is a lot easier once you know how to strangle all of conveniently-placed guards and circumvent Pablo's health boost. A sniper rifle and a silenced pistol can finish this mission without ever raising an alarm.

** A weird thing about the Cheng Chau restaurant is bringing along the uzi. At a certain point in the mission, you will be required to surrender all your weapons to a guard; however, for some reason he doesn't take your uzi.

** The final Columbia mission. Not only is the drug lord difficult to reach, he is extremely durable. This level is a lot easier once you know how to strangle all of conveniently-placed guards and circumvent Pablo's health boost. A sniper rifle and a silenced pistol can finish this mission without ever raising an alarm.

** Don't be surprised if you end up stabbing your monitor with your keyboard during "Plutonium Runs Loose." By the time you finally disarm the nuke, eliminate Boris, and steer the boat to international waters, you'll be saltier than salt water due to the sailors [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle turning off the engine]] at every turn.
* UnderusedGameMechanic: That balcony jump you learn in the tutorial? You'll perform it in exactly ''one'' level, "Traditions of the Trade". It's not even available to use in the sequel, ''[[VideoGame/Hitman2SilentAssassin Silent Assassin]]''. This was later remedied in the remake, ''VideoGame/HitmanContracts'': The jump mechanic can be used to reach the second target (Campbell Sturrock), is necessary to rescue Mei Ling, and is a requirement for beating the final mission, which [[FinalExamBoss taxes all of the skills you've developed at that point.]]

* UnderusedGameMechanic: That balcony jump you learn in the tutorial? You'll perform it in exactly ''one'' level, "Traditions of the Trade". It's not even available to use in the sequel, ''[[VideoGame/Hitman2SilentAssassin Silent Assassin]]''. This was later remedied in the remake, ''VideoGame/HitmanContracts'': The jump mechanic can be used to reach the second target (Campbell Sturrock) and is a requirement for beating the final mission, which [[FinalExamBoss taxes all of the skills you've developed at that point.]]

** Don't be surprised if you end up stabbing your monitor with your keyboard during "Plutonium Runs Loose." By the time you finally disarm the nuke, eliminate Boris, and steer the boat to international waters, you'll be saltier than salt water due to the sailors turning off the engine at every turn.

* NeverLiveItDown: "The Massacre at Cheung Chau Fish Restaurant". 47 earns his spurs by reenacting ''Film/TheGodfather'': slaying a Triad boss and a police chief with a gun hidden in the restaurant restroom. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiVRlNKEgew Guess what's the best-remembered part of this level?]] Nay, the whole game!

* NeverLiveItDown: "The Massacre at Cheung Chau Fish Restaurant". 47 reenacts ''Film/TheGodfather'' by slaying a Traid boss and a police chief with a gun hidden in the restaurant restroom. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiVRlNKEgew Guess what's the best-remembered part of this level?]] Nay, the whole game!

* NeverLiveItDown: "The Massacre at Cheung Chau Fish Restaurant". 47 reenacts ''Film/TheGodfather'' by slaying a Traid boss and a police chief with a gun hidden in the restaurant restroom. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiVRlNKEgew Guess what's the best-remembered part of this level? Nay, the whole game!

* MemeticMutation: The series [[Memes/{{Hitman}} has its own page.]]
* {{Narm}}: The voice acting in this game is... quite atrocious. Some, like Ort-Meyer, manage to make their performances fall under NarmCharm, but others don't fare as well. A standout example would be in the penultimate level when 47 meets Dr. Kovacs in person. 47 confronting a target only to realize they are someone from his past should be a massive twist, but the DullSurprise ruins what was meant to be a WhamLine. Thankfully, later games would see a marked improvement in the acting and direction, and Creator/DavidBateson's performance would manage to retain its dryness without coming off as simply bad. But until then…
-->'''47''': (''in the dullest possible voice'') Hey… I recognize you — you were the one with the needle.
* NarmCharm: As mentioned above, some of the voice acting is SoBadItsGood and becomes hilarious instead. Ort-Meyer especially due to his HamAndCheese delivery.
* NeverLiveItDown: "''The Massacre at Cheung Chau Fish Restaurant''". [[TheAce 47]] shows he's a MagnificentBastard by planning a FalseFlagOperation by killing two targets with [[Film/TheGodfather with a gun hidden in the restaurant's restroom]]... and butchers the pronounciation of the word "Bathroom". Guess what's the best-remembered part of this level?

** "Say Hello to My Little Friend". Not only is the drug lord difficult to reach, he is also extremely durable [[labelnote:Tip!]] If you take a few seconds after he taunts you and then shoot, a mere silenced pistol can kill him with ~9 shots[[/labelnote]], and the house he is hiding in is surrounded by guards (who are actually quite easy to dispatch of silently). After he is down, you need to blow up an underground drug lab surrounded by guards.(and doing so without having to fight the whole camp is a [[GuideDangIt guide dang it]]. You need a specific, yet generic disguise, and you have to ignore the soldier still saying that you can't enter.)
*** You can spare yourself the trouble of confronting the drug lord and simply put a bullet in his head if you brought a sniper rifle from the first Colombia level. The window of his office can be seen right away at the start of the level, with his head inside. It still leaves the rest of the level to deal with.
*** Get the officer's uniform at the bridge, you can walk around the entire camp with no notice except for two places: Pablo's office and the drug lab. For Pablo's office, all the guards can be strangled except for the ones outside his door, and a silenced pistol can kill those two quickly enough that they can't raise an alarm. For the drug lab, the guys at the ''back'' door will talk shit to you but you can still go inside without raising the alarm. Set the bomb, casually stroll to the hanger, detonate the bomb, climb in the plane and win.

** The first two Colombia missions serve as Breather Levels for the lengthy Pablo assassination mission. The ''third'' Colombia mission however...

* MemeticMutation:
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIFL0CHzi20 HE'S PACKING!]]
** [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XiVRlNKEgew I need to use the bathroom!]] One of 47's first lines in the entire series, famous for its awkward delivery and for being a weird line in general. It's even [[AscendedMeme referenced]] in the 2016 ''VideoGame/{{Hitman|2016}}'' and in ''VideoGame/Hitman2''. [[labelnote:Context]]47 is trying to do a Corleone and get a pre-placed gun from a restaurant's restroom. In the latter it's an EasterEgg in Hokkaido, and in ''Hitman 2'' the odd pronounciation appears in Whittleton Creek.[[/labelnote]]