Topic: Push Square Game Club Spooktacular: Resident Evil 4

@RogerRoger Yeah, I saw people complaining that there’s no in-game counter to keep track of how many NPCs you’d still have to kill but that would just turn the game into mass-murder simulator.

@RogerRoger Oh wow, I totally forgot Blood Money has a PS4 remaster. I still regularly play that game on PC and I think it might actually be the first game I owned on Steam. Mad to think it turns 15 next month!

@RogerRoger What’s Absolution? I’ve never heard of that one 👀

@RogerRoger @nessisonett Some games have dialogue and such, I agree that it's enough. You want to be a professional Hitman, and not kill everything in your path generally. I think it would be cool to have it keep track of how many NPCs you've killed, or perhaps instead of a custom contract, getting rid of so many NPCs, maybe without getting caught. Whenever my I'm gonna need to reload a save, I tend to go on a shooting/stabbing spree for fun before getting killed by guards and reloading to continue playing the level properly. Makes having to reload less frustrating lol.

@RogerRoger I played Absolution once back when it released. Played Blood Money for the millionth time immediately afterwards! There was a couple of good levels though, the Chinatown one and the gun shop.

It’s time to move onto Marrakesh now! Probably not one of my favourite maps so it should be interesting to see if I enjoy it more this time round. Two targets like the previous two maps, this time across a larger area with a whole lot more NPCs and some of the more fun outfits. Good luck everyone!

@RogerRoger I couldn’t imagine not having a lockpick! Probably a bit less useful in Marrakesh than some other maps but still, such a useful tool to have.

@RogerRoger Oof, let’s hope you have a lockpick by then!

I have to say having been to both the Italian riveria and Marrakesh in the olden days (you know, when you could not only leave your house but leave your country), it has been lovely to see representations of these places in a game. Marrakesh in particular, is a place my wife and I have really fond memories of. IOI have really nailed the feel and bustle. On my first couple of runs, my scores have been awful though, finding the embassy tricky.

I finished a run of Marrakesh there. Poisoned Zaydan and garrotted Strandberg as the intern. Fairly simple stuff to be honest, might go back and get Silent Assassin Suit Only with a similar route.

Got Silent Assassin Suit Only in Marrakesh! Poisoned Zaydan again but this time infiltrated the consulate through the garage and managed to find Strandberg with a single guard who I bopped with a wrench then chucked Strandberg off a balcony.

That got me a score of 162,927!

Sniper Assassin there too! Evacuated Strandberg to the school, shot them both in the schoolyard. Might as well try to get mastery level 20 now.

@Kidfried I probably should refrain from using the words ‘sniper rifle’ and ‘schoolyard’ in the same sentence 😅

Apparently Reza Zaydan, one of the targets in Marrakesh, is voiced by Jason Isaacs. Lucius Malfoy himself! I had no idea 😂

Running a little behind due to PS5 escapades, but finally completed Sapienza with score of 89,095 and a 3 star rating. I’m fairly happy with that.

On to Marrakesh.

@RogerRoger Yes, 3 stars is my best so far. I think the level being so large and having so many opportunities to get some extra achievements helped to pad the score. And I was able to avoid killing any innocents and never got to the point of being “hunted.”

The mechanics are becoming slightly easier. I’m trying to spam the coins and in only get occasional success. I am learning to use other sound distractions though, which seem to work better - like turning on a TV or a generator to get a guard to walk over and check it out. I need to be looking for more of those opportunities i think.

So far Marrakesh is tough. I spent an hour last night trying to isolate one of the masked poster hangers so I could take his place for the printing press opportunity, but I was having a really hard time because every street and alleyway is populated with onlookers. Not sure how to get him alone.

It’s Sunday (yes I forgot) therefore it’s time to move onto Bangkok! You know the drill by now, 2 targets like the rest but this time in a hotel. Quick word of warning, IF YOU HAVE A LOCKPICK THEN BRING ONE!

@RogerRoger Kudos to you for getting Silent Assassin without a lockpick. I honestly didn’t think it was possible.

@nessisonett Great! I finished most of the mission stories and challenges in Marrakesh, but was a bit disappointed with the level design. It felt much less colourful than Sapienza and Paris and the embassy interior was just plain dull. It didn’t nearly encourage exploration as much as the other levels so far. It also seemed much more difficult to get a decent score. Let’s hope that Bangkok is better.

@Mr_B021 I did enjoy Marrakesh a bit more revisiting it but yeah, it isn’t one of my favourite levels. Bangkok is pretty fun though as it’s one big enclosed location!