041: Hitman Part 5 [Bangkok]

08/22/18 • 40 min

Left Behind Game Club: A Video Game Podcast

We overstay our welcome as we explore a Hotel looking for Jared Leto’s twin and a lawyer who really wants to buy a tuk tuk in Hitman: Episode 4.

Developer: IO Interactive | Publisher: Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Linux, macOS) & Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Definitive Edition) | Release Date: August 16, 2016

Jacob, Mike and Moe order some room service, celebrate a birthday, try to sell a car and convince really awful people to follow us.

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Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

Show Notes (spoilers):

3:19 We discuss the Jared Leto and Richard Branson lookalikes
7:00 The proud moment when Mike and Moe realized Jacob scored some points
8:45 Jacob hangs in his room and racks up a serious room service bill
11:58 Jacob and Mike discuss how to make a birthday cake go boom
13:40 Jacob goes single pistol and takes down a lawyer and makes a run for a speedy escape in a boat
15:50 Moe explains his ruthless initial play through and finds common ground with Jacob
19:15 Moe uses the word Tuk-Tuk in a sentence and becomes a mechanic
21:05 Moe conducts a symphony and completes episode 3 in approx 13 min of mission time
22:25 Jacob confronts an innocent camera man
24:53 Mike wants to build interesting little stories with his murders
26:59 Mike examines the grounds and finds Ken the Bulldog Morgan and plans his attack
29:05 Mike knocks out a hotel guest, hotel staff, as well a some chefs before surprising Jared Leto with some cake
33:00 Mike realizes he is a privileged ghost and throws a knife at Jordan Cross
34:50 Mike and Jacob Kill a stalker
35:55 Mike convinces Ken Morgan to follow him to his room and does not spend the night
38:25 Jacob vows to murder better than us in the next episodes

We overstay our welcome as we explore a Hotel looking for Jared Leto’s twin and a lawyer who really wants to buy a tuk tuk in Hitman: Episode 4.

Developer: IO Interactive | Publisher: Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Linux, macOS) & Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Definitive Edition) | Release Date: August 16, 2016

Jacob, Mike and Moe order some room service, celebrate a birthday, try to sell a car and convince really awful people to follow us.

Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot.

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

Show Notes (spoilers):

3:19 We discuss the Jared Leto and Richard Branson lookalikes
7:00 The proud moment when Mike and Moe realized Jacob scored some points
8:45 Jacob hangs in his room and racks up a serious room service bill
11:58 Jacob and Mike discuss how to make a birthday cake go boom
13:40 Jacob goes single pistol and takes down a lawyer and makes a run for a speedy escape in a boat
15:50 Moe explains his ruthless initial play through and finds common ground with Jacob
19:15 Moe uses the word Tuk-Tuk in a sentence and becomes a mechanic
21:05 Moe conducts a symphony and completes episode 3 in approx 13 min of mission time
22:25 Jacob confronts an innocent camera man
24:53 Mike wants to build interesting little stories with his murders
26:59 Mike examines the grounds and finds Ken the Bulldog Morgan and plans his attack
29:05 Mike knocks out a hotel guest, hotel staff, as well a some chefs before surprising Jared Leto with some cake
33:00 Mike realizes he is a privileged ghost and throws a knife at Jordan Cross
34:50 Mike and Jacob Kill a stalker
35:55 Mike convinces Ken Morgan to follow him to his room and does not spend the night
38:25 Jacob vows to murder better than us in the next episodes

Previous Episode

040: Hitman Part 4 [Marrakesh]

We push through a crowded market in Morocco in Hitman: Episode 3.

Developer: IO Interactive | Publisher: Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Linux, macOS) & Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Definitive Edition) | Release Date: May 31, 2016

Jacob, Mike and Moe become demolitions experts, moonlight as camerapeople, throw bricks and Mike continues to blow our minds with his high level Hitman play.

Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot.

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

Show Notes (spoilers):

4:21 We discuss the possibly disjointed environments.
7:20 The market in Marrakesh reminds Jacob of Assassin’s Creed
8:36 Moe veers left and murders a father and former headmaster in order to get his keys
9:35 Moe unleashes the power of the coins to gain access to the abandoned school
12:14 Moe parkours his way through a window and finds some C4
17:15 Moe walks into a government facility and strangles a massage therapist
22:18 “The Screwdriver” is born
22:25 Jacob confronts an innocent camera man
27:08 Kobe!
30:18 Jacob throws a brick at an innocent bystander and dresses like a propaganda activist
33:27 Our Hitman nicknames are created
35:35 Mike realizes he needs a military uniform to hide his sniper rifle
42:22 Mike herds the two targets into one area and blows our minds
46:25 Mike murders a target in 10 seconds and tosses him in a closet
47:25 Mike has fun and Kobe’s his way through Marrakesh

Next Episode

042: Hitman Part 6 [Colorado]

We get trapped in the closet and plot out four very difficult Colorado kills in Hitman: Episode 5.

Developer: IO Interactive | Publisher: Square Enix, Feral Interactive (Linux, macOS) & Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (Definitive Edition) | Release Date: September 27, 2016

Jacob, Mike, Moe and special guest Kevin Reaburn shake up the Left Behind Game Club’s “hierarchy of killers”, ogle Moe’s score in unison, discuss Hitman math and transform Sean Rose from an environmental terrorist to a Silicon Valley Bomb Boy in khakis.

Join our Discord server! Go to LeftBehindGame.Club and scroll down to the Discord section of the homepage! If you love the show, please consider a review on iTunes. It helps a lot.

Players: Jacob McCourt (@JacobMcCourt), Michael Ruffolo (@ruffolom) and Moe Murtadi (@mmurtadi)

Special Guest: Kevin Reaburn (@ATribeCalledKev)

Website: LeftBehindGame.Club | Twitter: @LeftBehindClub | Instagram: @LeftBehindGameClub

Show Notes (spoilers):

2:40 We get our Colorado briefing
4:25 Moe was Colorado-confused and imagines Sean Rose as a Silicon Valley CEO
5:30 Mike gets really mad about reading
6:30 Kevin gives his Hitman history (it’s very brief)
8:20 Kevin hides his first kill
11:20 Mike brings up the level’s “rings of security”
16:30 Kevin takes on Sean Rose (aka the Silicon Valley Bomb Boy) and his watch
19:20 We play the “how long did Kevin play this level” game!
21:05 OH NO DON’T TALK ABOUT R. KELLY
24:20 Taking out the Tamil Tiger, Maya Pavarti
27:55 Kevin moves on to Penelope Graves
30:45 Kevin exits the level
33:15 What was Kevin’s score?
34:10 Jacob got a non-zero score! Again!
35:20 Jacob describes his path of destruction
37:15 Jacob trusted the process to move from Sean Rose to Maya Pavarti
40:00 Jacob finds goodies in a train car and tries to double kill Penelope Graves and Ezra Berg
41:35 Jacob imbues the Handcrafted Killer
43:35 Jacob channels Moe to kill Penelope Graves
45:55 A big change in the Left Behind Game Club Hitman Universe
47:40 Moe begins going through his masterful playthrough with Sean Rose and Maya Pavarti
51:25 Moe has one set up... and gets two more with an amazing kill that had us in awe (in unison)
53:10 Moe describes his final kill of Ezra Berg... lethal syringe style
58:00 Mike takes a walk to start his playthrough
1:00:50 We discuss Hitman math
1:02:55 Jacob places Colorado this mission at the bottom of the Hitman Season 1 hierarchy
1:06:00 Mike explains his Weekend at Bernie’s moment
1:08:35 Mike goes after Maya Pavarti
1:10:25 We compare Colorado to the other levels in Hitman
1:14:25 Is the story backloaded? Also, Shakespeare.