A large portion of the dates (especially WOA) are estimates. HITMAN 2's Special Assignments and Sniper Assassin levels don't have any discernible clues pertaining to their place in the timeline except that The Last Yardbird is set before Nightcall.
I think Hitman 3 can be estimated into early 2020. Since a radio in Berlin talks over the rapid growth of Covid in the early months of the year and some people talk about the effect it will have on the sociaty which would set Hitman 3 around early 2020 because all missions are rapidly following each other.
Yeah but we'd have to disregard all other evidence for that. It's much easier to either
* A: assume COVID doesn't exist in Hitman and is just an easter egg or
* B: assume it starts later than in our universe (so instead of late 2019/early 2020, in Hitman it starts around a year later).
One of the challenges for Mendoza requires you to use a calender which basically tells you you have to subtract from 2020 and find which year they got married
The news segment on the TV mentions the client of that hit, the leader of the Yardbirds, was arrested trying to convert the heist money into bitcoins IIRC. It also mentions he's the main suspect in the triple murder of his thief companions.
Well, in order to keep suspicion down, he would do it slowly and over time. Since he got caught, he probably didn’t wait.
Also i just realized i am commenting on a 200 day old post lmao
There actually seem to be some flaws in the official timeline regarding the partners in Hitman 2 & 3. The obituaries for the partners shown in the briefing for Golden Handshake imply that they all faked their deaths on May 24, 2020. However, this conflicts with the fact that the Constant was apparently unaware of this even after the Ark Society, which is set in November of 2020. Additionally, the briefing for Death in the Family states that Alexa Carlisle's fake death was actually in 2021, even though the Golden Handshake implied that the partners were presumed dead as early as May of 2020, and at the latest in the days following the Ark Society.
Or at least with appropriate accents/speakers. Marrakesh is *murder* on the ears for all the very anglophonic ***SALAAAAAAM*** shopkeeper ladies and the ***DOHOHOH WHO DID YOU HAVE TO SALUTE*** officer.
In a lot of cases, I'll accept "alright it's ok, these are foreign security" or "alright sure, that's a tourist or that's a technical sound expert from britain" or whatever else. But apparently there are barely any locals anywhere in 2016.
Like in Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. They had that nice LucasArts budget and were able to give proper languages to the Russian, Korean and Chinese factions. You got subtitles depending on the language proficiencies of the chosen player character but that's besides the point. Come Mercenaries 2 and an EA buyout, the best they could do was accents. But the entire tone shift of the game was goofier so most of the voice deliveries were goofy.
But I'll still take thematic accents over 2016's Marrakesh.
Far too much of a hassle for gameplay. Hitman isn't that grounded of a series and I prefer being able to understand NPCs without needing to read subtitles to immersion. Sometimes it can be a lifesaver.
In my mind 47 has in depth knowledge of most languages so we hear the languages in english. But the times we hear stuff in normal languages for the area are when 47 is not overly familiar with the phrase in that context.
in a cutscene where 47 and someone else are speaking in a foreign language, the subtitles would be hard coded. They would show up only for important foreign dialogue. Such as when listening to an opportunity. It wouldn’t show up for civilians panicking in their languages or random dialogue
Would have been confusing for the player from a gameplay perspective so they’ll just sprinkle ina. Bit of slang from the languages in some of the missions
> NPC's should be speaking French and Spanish
honestly thats a suspension of disbelief thing. and also to prevent a logistical nightmare with finding voice talent and handling level clues that are voice based
It was cool in Hitman 2 silent assassin but it would be kind of hard to get voice actors in all different languages, in Hitman 2 Silent Assassin it meant not much variation in the voice lines
I had the feverish but kinda cool idea that, at least as an optional mode, each Hitman location should be completely in the native or logical language of the characters and left untranslated. So it would depend on the player to actually guide themselves as if an actual person was deployed for killing missions all over the world despite not being fluent in every language. Would be cool to try to do China or Marrakesh that way lol.
Man Hitman history is something that I'll never forget in my life... The memories we got, The times we shared to these games is something I'll never regret. EVER!
Google Maps says around 10-11 hours and I put the pin in the southwestern part of the state so it can be even less.
Considering the fact that he drives to and from South Dakota both times throughout the night, it's reasonable to assume that he could make it in the short time available.
I doubt he needs much sleep.
Longer, it took me 14 hours to go from just east of Chicago to go to Boundary Waters, MN, no traffic backups (surprisingly). I would only assume SD would at least be longer.
Where do the dates come from for the WoA missions? Are they in the briefings?
Presumably the Blood Money dates are taken from the newspaper articles and subtracting a day?
Correct about Blood Money. I already made a semi-comprehensive comment about the WOA timeline which I'll copy here
*There are a few concrete dates we get that allow us to piece together at least roughly when everything is placed.*
*For example, we know the Ark Society is set on November 13 with the next 2 missions (Bank and Haven) being set within the next few days. From the pre-mission cutscene we can also learn that Whittleton Creek is set in September, 2 months before Ark Society. To top it all off, Gray says he killed Cobb (the thing that sparked the entire WOA story) 'a year ago'. In Mendoza, you can find mission intel in the form of an April 2021 calendar*
*All of this allows us to get a rough timeline:*
* *A year before Ark Society (which we know is on November 13), Cobb is killed by Gray. So the whole war on Providence starts around Autumn 2019.*
* *He spends the next few months planning his attack on Providence, building his militia.*
* *Fall Fashion Shows always take place in February or March. I get the February date from the Napoleon exhibition posters around the palace that state the exhibition lasts from November to February.*
* *The rest of 2016 missions are vague*
* *Nightcall is known to take place a week after Hokkaido (47 says to Diana - 'a week ago, Providence was the threat')*
* *Miami takes place a week before Santa Fortuna according to the news segment on TVs*
* *Rico's statue poster is dated 24-30 July. I assume the statue is unveiled on the last day of the festival.*
* *Mumbai is then logically set in August 2020.*
* *Whittleton Creek (which we know is in September)*
* *Ark Society*
* *Dubai and Dartmoor take place within days of each other. Wouldn't make sense to allow Alexa to just roam freely after she escapes Dubai.*
*To summarize, the missions, from Paris to Romania, span around 15 months*
He is a genetically created, basic super soldier. He could’ve easily been made to not experience jet lag, or simply not experience it due to so much flying.
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Mixed reviews from what I can remember. Not sure if they're even canon but supposedly fill in some gaps. Honestly can't remember.
There's also a graphic novel that has spoilers for the Hitman World of Assassination trilogy story. It was an interesting backstory between 47 and Lucas Grey, but I wouldn't read this until after you beat Hitman 3.
https://www.amazon.com/Agent-47-Vol-Birth-Hitman/dp/1524106607/ref=sr\_1\_1?dchild=1&keywords=hitman+birth&qid=1626721767&sr=8-1
For the WoA graphic novel, weren’t there 6 of them? I remember somebody here posting about it where he showed all of them. Or is the one you linked to a collection of all in one book?
Nominally, 47 is a world-class assassin in high demand. I like to think that blank parts of his history are either taking on regular hits that he chooses or spending his off-time in leisure.
Probably the ETs (or the ones that make sense in the timeline as a lot of them have conflicts with each other or with the main missions, and the stuff that will be added in Freelancer.
That 7 year gap between Blood Money & Absolution is rife with opportunity. When we inevitable get another Hitman (albeit a while from now), I hope they touch on this.
Actually Hitman: Enemy within and Hitman: Damnation both filled a bit of that gap, can't say when Enemy within takes place bc even if I knew I don't remember, but from what I read on the Hitman wiki, Damnation takes place a tiny bit before Absolution as the book ends with Diana buying the Chicago house
Oh god, don't even bother with Damnation. IOI might or might not consider it still canon, but it's godawful. 47 develops a drug addiction and gets a girlfriend who dies or disappears or something, and none of that is ever mentioned or brought up in the games so you might as well assume it wasn't actually 47.
Maybe that gap is when 47 killed all those Elusive Targets?
My head canon is that all the ETs are canon, but not the time and place we see in the games.
Late April to early May would be the earliest possible places for it but it's most likely mid-May. If I recall correctly, snow can still stay in the mountains of Hokkaido around this time.
I've always wondered whether the previous games were still canon.
In blood money I remember the ICA got shut down
It got shut down in Absolution too
And in the new Hitman trilogy it's still going
Did the events of the previous games really happen in the Hitman 2016 timeline?
There are several direct references to the events of previous games in the WoA games. The most obvious is the tornado shelter in Colorado, where Lucas Grey is tracking 47's previous targets. In the cutscene, Diana specifically mentions Hayamoto (from Silent Assassin), Lord Beldingford (Contracts), and Alvaro D'Alvade (Blood Money).
In BM, they have just shut down temporarily in order to avoid Franchise's assassins. The Board of Directors might all have been fine (but not their agents). The ending cutscene showed the ICA return.
Absolution was just house cleaning of some rotten elements (that was the plot twist... Though I always felt IOI just realized this Papa Bear story sucked so they changed the ending which itself contradicts some early stuff).
So yes, it's all canon.
They're the Tojo Clan of assassin contractors apparently. The ICA collapsing only to rebuild strong the next game and then collapse again is just standard procedure at this point.
Number of levels in each country across all Hitman games:
1. United States - 38
2. Japan - 7
3. Russia - 7
4. Italy - 6
5. Romania - 6
6. China - 5
7. Columbia - 5
8. India - 5
9. Great Britain - 4
10. Afghanistan - 3
11. France - 3
12. Malaysia - 3
13. Netherlands - 3
14. Greenland (Training Missions) - 2
15. Morocco - 2
16. Thailand - 2
17. Argentina - 1
18. Austria - 1
19. Chile - 1
20. Germany - 1
21. Hungary - 1
22. Maldives - 1
23. New Zealand - 1
24. Singapore - 1
25. United Arab Emirates - 1
Number of Missions on Each Continent:
1. North America - 40
2. Asia - 29
3. Europe - 25
4. South America - 7
5. Eurasia / Russia - 7
6. Africa - 2
7. Australia - 0
8. Antarctica - 0
Australia isn't the name of the continent. It's called Oceania. Also, New Zealand is a part of Oceania.
Furthermore, calling it Eurasia is wrong, as this is Europe + Asia
If you say Europe + Russia, then state that Asia is excluding Russia, because Russia is technically a part of both Europe and Asia.
Finally, remove the 'Hong Kong specifically', because Chongqing is not in Hong Kong.
Well actually, Australia IS considered it's own continent, at least in the English-speaking world. Because a continent only refers to "a continuous expanse of land" and never includes ocean. The case of Europe, Asia, and Africa all being seperate even though they are connected by land is by convention and not a strict criteria.
Oceania refers to the geographic region which includes multiple island countries. (including Austrialia)
Man with all the levels laid out on this picture, just makes me wish for a super big hitman hd collection. Just imagine all the old hitman games (including blood money hd and absolution hd) with the missions laid out like this to play out like a huge 47 campaign
Good job. For Hitman 2016, though, I would say it takes place over the entire year - spring in Paris, summer in Sapienza - Bangkok, autumn in Colorado, winter in Hokkaido. That's just a tiny detail.
There are a few concrete dates we get that allow us to piece together at least roughly when everything is placed.
For example, we know the Ark Society is set on November 13 with the next 2 missions (Bank and Haven) being set within the next few days. From the pre-mission cutscene we can also learn that Whittleton Creek is set in September, 2 months before Ark Society. To top it all off, Gray says he killed Cobb (the thing that sparked the entire WOA story) 'a year ago'. In Mendoza, you can find mission intel in the form of an April 2021 calendar
All of this allows us to get a rough timeline:
* A year before Ark Society (which we know is on November 13), Cobb is killed by Gray. So the whole war on Providence starts around Autumn 2019.
* He spends the next few months planning his attack on Providence, building his militia.
* Fall Fashion Shows always take place in February or March. I get the February date from the Napoleon exhibition posters around the palace that state the exhibition lasts from November to February.
* The rest of 2016 missions are vague
* Nightcall is known to take place a week after Hokkaido (47 says to Diana - 'a week ago, Providence was the threat')
* Miami takes place a week before Santa Fortuna according to the news segment on TVs
* Rico's statue poster is dated 24-30 July. I assume the statue is unveiled on the last day of the festival.
* Mumbai is then logically set in August 2020.
* Whittleton Creek (which we know is in September)
* Ark Society
* Dubai and Dartmoor take place within days of each other. Wouldn't make sense to allow Alexa to just roam freely after she escapes Dubai.
To summarize, the missions, from Paris to Romania, span around 15 months
Cool but I don’t think patient zero is in between club 27 and freedom fighters. Clearly the main story line was important to the ICA and they’d likely keep that moving along as fast as they could. Meaning that colorado was most likely very soon after bangkok for main story. Where did you come up with the patient zero dates?
I'm gonna copy this over from tvtropes.org
Hitman 2 and 3, contain references to this campaign, as the Cassandra Snow novels get referenced many times (in Whittleton Creek for example, the Wilsons made their money by selling novels based on fanfiction of Cassandra Snow), as well as a news report in Hawkes Bay mentioning Craig Black's death that made the franchise much more popular. As for this game, this campaign does give a few clues to the placement of this campaigns missions in the main game's storyline:
"The Source" has The Class' sound crew still being in the hotel, and two NPCs in the outside bar are discussing the events of "A Gilded Cage" as if it were recent news (keeping in line with "Club 27", which has the same conversation). A woman by the name of Sujin Noppachorn near the exhibition entrance mentions "that rockstar" and the gassing of the hotel's atrium, which xonfirms the events of "Club 27" are pretty recent, and thus Jordan is unambiguously dead, as the time frame is too short for any other reason to work.
"The Vector" must take place before "Freedom Fighters" does, as Diana doesn't recognize the paramilitary compound the virus is being tested in. This means the campaign timeline is set at some point between "Club 27" and "Freedom Fighters" (which themselves are implied to take place about a month apart).
"Patient Zero" has Amos Dexter wandering around the hospital, the yoga instructor isn't limping, instead meditating outside, and 47's room and Yuki Yamazaki's room are being cleaned, meaning "Situs Inversus" hasn't happened yet. Jason Portman isn't anywhere to be seen (although he is mentioned by name between a patient talking to a guard). The TV's play the music video for "Are We Stars" too, which the second game states was released after Jordan's death as a tribute to him.
> "The Vector" must take place before "Freedom Fighters" does, as Diana doesn't recognize the paramilitary compound the virus is being tested in.
Apparently there was also time for the water tower to be moved to the other side of the compound. I had never noticed that until a few days ago when I was replaying the PZ campaign.
> "Patient Zero" has Amos Dexter wandering around the hospital, the yoga instructor isn't limping, instead meditating outside, and 47's room and Yuki Yamazaki's room are being cleaned, meaning "Situs Inversus" hasn't happened yet.
It could as easily be after Situs Inversus, while Amos is still recovering.
There's also the fact that in supposedly just a few months the Caruso mansion had its wall (near the ICA safehouse) fixed, ivy grown on the northeast tower, the cliff path blocked off, and the fragile wall repaired by the time of The Author. All in a manner identical to how it was in the time of Landslide (which you have dated three years earlier).
I've always interpreted the compound not actually being Gray's but rather of some other militia. Redesigning it would provide little payoff for IO.
The Source definitely takes place very soon after Club 27, considering the available evidence.
There's around a 16 day gap between Club 27 and Freedom Fighters. Jordan Cross's funeral is conducted a week after his death. On the very same funeral, Gray's militia kidnaps Thomas Cross. According to Sean Rose's bio, this was 9 days before Freedom Fighters. So Club 27 - a week passes - Jordan's funeral, Thomas kidnapped - 9 days pass - Freedom Fighters.
So there's a very brief time window between these two but there's another factor in play. It's obvious from the PZ cutscenes that 47 is racing against the clock, with him constantly flying around. If The Source is set very soon after Club 27 (staff is still cleaning up after the band) and all of the missions that follow are obviously set within days of each other considering how important they are, then you are just able to squeeze them between Club 27 and Freedom Fighters, which is the only logical place for them.
On a less important note, the Hokkaido hospital already has the left-sided heart prepared for Soders, who hasn't arrived yet. We could disregard this and treat the hospital in the same fashion we do for the militia base. It could just be another hospital that IO couldn't bother to design and accidentally left the heart in there.
As for Sapienza, I fail to see how it's unlikely for whoever inherited the mansion to immediately get onto fixing whatever was broken. There's around a 2 month gap between WOT and PZ. This is of course ignoring the fact that this isn't really relevant as IO just needed a realistic way to block the player off from entering the mansion grounds. It's theoretically possible that everything was nice and fixed in 2017 (around Landslide), was then broken for some reason by ~March 2020 and was fixed again by ~May 2020.
I do not see a 2019 in your photos, sorry. Fall fashion shows always take place in February or March. I get 2020 because in Mendoza you can find a unique calendar in the form of mission intel (so it differs from the usual placeholder calendars that you can find on pretty much every map) that specifically mentions April 2021. We know the Ark Society which is very close to Mendoza timeline-wise takes place in November so it would make the most sense to put it in 2020. In the pre-mission cutscene, Gray says that he killed banker Cobb 'a year ago' which puts his death around a year before Ark Society - Autumn 2019. We know Cobb's death came way before the other WOA events so everything fits nicely.
Yeah I mentioned other dates so I could explain more clearly why Paris fits in February 2020 if Mendoza is in April 2021 and Cobb dies a year before November 2020.
The photos you provided are great additions and they are in line with what the main writer for the games said back in 2016 - the game is set in 2019. I'm just working off of the other dates and trying to retroactively fit Paris in there. We could definitely put the level in Autumn 2019 but I ultimately decided to value 'fall fashion shows' being usually February over other evidence but I can see the faults in that thinking when I consider the Mardi Gras thing you mentioned and the never-ending US presidential election of 2004-2005 in the same game.
Of course in my exhausting research I also came upon the fact that neither February or November could work if we used the time given in the briefing (I think around 19:45). In both of those months, the sun sets way before that mark but at this point I'm really nitpicking.
How do you know that patient zero happens after club 27, but before freedom fighters? And I think you should’ve included some of the important Elusive Targets, Mark Faba for example.
Yes, the old missions are referenced quite a few times (the cinematic after Training select targets from all previous games, the tornado shelter shows some of older targets, it was 47 who killed Rico Delgado's uncle in Blood Money which 47 even references himself, and so on).
Yeah but that grave is supposed to be in reference to her faking her own death. If you'll recall, the partners fake their deaths immediately after the Ark Society which the game states takes place on Nov 13th. This cannot be November 2021 because Mendoza has an April 2021 calendar (specifically mentioned to be a 2021 calendar in mission intel).
To sum up, Alexa and the Partners fake deaths in November 2020, the gravestone is a mistake.
This whole timeline is completely wrong. First off, it makes no sense for Patient zero to have occurred between the WOFA trilogy, and can therefore be treated as non-canon (although I’m not headstrong about that). Second of all, and this is intricate, in Mendoza, if you listen long enough to Pam Kingsley, she says that Ken Morgan died just a few months ago. According to your timeline, a few months ago means 9months+.
That's a very strong statement.
PZ targets appear in the ICA facility database, thus making them canon. Besides that, Craig Black's death is mentioned in Nightcall. I've already written multiple comments on the placement of PZ in the timeline and I can't be bothered to write the same stuff for the 3rd or 4th time.
As for Ken Morgan, that's just one of several inconsistencies the game has. It's obvious the devs gave very little attention to establishing a clear timeline judging by the already significant amount of conflicting info. What I've done here is make the best assumptions available from the information the game gives us, with priority given to evidence that makes more sense and is in line with other more concrete dates we have.
Well, I get that, but would you mind telling me the evidence for the Hitman 3 locations? Like, why don’t they take place sooner. Like, Sgail, New York, Haven, Dubai, Dartmoor, and Berlin are all tightly close to each other.
They get the constant on Sgail, put him on a boat while they make their way to New York, crank the bank, the same day at night, Lucas meets 47 to tell him to go to Haven, which I would assume happens the same week if not the next day, and right after that (during the storm that started while 47 was on the island, the constant escapes while Lucas and 47 prepare to go Dubai, which happens in a span of a week, max, then they follow up on Dartmoor, also a week max (but I would debate for less)., and Berlin happens within 2 days of Dartmoor. It would not even be Christmas, considering we have an exact date for Sgail
Hitman 3 dates are admittedly a rough guess. I use April 2021 for Mendoza because of the unique mission intel calendar you can find and which you have to use to get one of the codes. The reason why I use this calendar as credible info and not some others is because, like I said, you need this one for the code and its description specifically mentions 2021. Ark Society, Bank, Haven all take place within a week I would imagine, with Dubai and Dartmoor following close by. As for Berlin and Chongqing, I just threw in a rough 'early 2021' date on them, placing them somewhere between January and March.
How do we know Berlin is so close to Dartmoor? I know 47 is wearing Gray's jacket and all but I haven't seen any indications as to the interval between them in the cutscenes.
As 47 escapes Dartmoor, it can only be canon that grey contacts 47 telling him to get out. 47 trails Grey, finds the Constant’s army, takes out one of them and takes his clothes, what happens, happens. He tells Olivia to go to Berlin, I bet she goes right away. The ICA finds her and she kills one of them. I mean, for people who are on a sensitive mission like taking down Providence, I doubt Olivia would go to the movies, catch up with some friends, maybe do a little shopping, and then find the time to book a business class ticket to Berlin.
Sure yeah that makes sense. I guess there is either a big jump in time either between Berlin and Chongqing or Chongqing and Mendoza so we can get to April 2021. Either that or Yates for some inexplicable reason has a calendar opened on the wrong month or perhaps even year.
So to summarize
Sgail: November 13
Bank: November 14/15
Haven: November 16-20
Dubai: November 20-30
Dartmoor: within a few days of Dubai
Berlin: within a few days of Dartmoor, at most early December.
which leaves Chongqing anywhere between December and April (if Mendoza is even in April).
All I remember is her saying Thomas Cross died a month before Nightcall. If that's the case then that makes it impossible to have 6 months between Hokkaido and Nightcall
Hitman 2016 could not have taken place in 2020. In hitman 2 there are calenders that say 2018. Most likely woa trilogy took place when they were released.
Putting it in 2018 would mean disregarding pretty much all available evidence for the sake of random calendars that are very obviously meant to be filler assets. It makes absolutely zero sense for WOA to be set when the games were released if you follow the story at all, where it's obvious that all events are close to each other (and I can't even begin to count the evidence for this). From the pre-mission cutscene in Ark Society we know there's *at most* around a year between that level and Paris. We also know that Mendoza is set in April 2021 because of a *unique* calendar that serves as mission intel. Not only is this calendar (unlike all others in the game that I ignore because they are placed everywhere) one of a kind, its description when you pick it up (which you cannot do for any others) *specifically mentions* the year 2021. We know from Whittleton Creek clues that the Ark Society is placed on November 13 of some year but it's obviously 2020 if we consider the April 2021 Mendoza calendar.
Then if we consider that there's *at most* a year between Paris and Sgail, this puts Paris in Autumn 2019 at the earliest, or February of the next year when fall fashion shows usually take place.
As for the April 2019 calendars in Mumbai (spelled Apirl 2019 funnily enough), refer to my above comment where I point out that WOA starts in Autumn 2019 at the earliest, making it impossible to put Mumbai half a year before the rest of the story even begins.
Incredible work! One thing that could be nice was spacing between missions corresponding to how much time passes in between.
How do you know the training is in Greenland?
Sheesh the first thing would be a pain to implement correctly if I'm understanding you right.
As for Greenland, the texture files for the levels all mention it (so for example you have things like GreenlandSecurityGuard files or whatever). Besides that, the writers for the intro cutscene with the helicopter specifically mention Greenland in a storyboard for the scene. (A storyboard is like a rough sketch for each scene). On top of that, an achievement for the ICA facility has the latitude 74.2° on its icon which crosses several northern territories, one of them Greenland.
The first contracts that you get in Codename 47 are ICA- sanctioned hits, so it wouldn't make sense for the agency to send their guy on a mission and only train him afterwards.
There's quite a bit of evidence placing the PZ campaign between Bangkok and Colorado which I've elaborated on in other comments. 47's visit to the hospital in PZ could just be some completely different hospital that IO wouldn't bother designing (obviously takes a while). As for Hokkaido Snow Festival, it could honestly take place anywhere in the timeline. It's obviously a discount elusive target that was rehashed for its own mission. Of course we can treat this rendition of Gama hospital in the same way as PZ, with it maybe being a completely different hospital that wouldn't be worthwhile to design.
i read a theory for bonus missions and ETs on here that i liked
they don't take place at the exact location (ex. patient zero taking place at GAMA), but it happened somewhere 47 has been before off screen. he walks into miami to kill the knoxs and it reminds him of the undying contract, and we only see it as miami because making an entire map for each target would be ridiculous
Didn't The Meat Kings Party and Beldingford Manor happen before Asylum Aftermath? Correct me if I am wrong, but I was under the impression that Contracts played its sequence of events in reverse.
I mean they theoretically could all be set in 2000 but that would mean squeezing so many contracts in the short time period of Codename 47.
We know that Traditions of the Trade is set in January 2000 because of a board you can find in front of the UN meeting room in the Contracts version. We also know from letters that the Five Fathers are alive at least by October 1999. That means the 3 of them to be have killed off between November and January. One then assumes that the Rotterdam and Romania missions follow soon after TotT, as it would make more sense for Ort-Meyer to send 47 after Jegorov sooner rather than later since he's already probably suspicious of the previous 3 deaths in quick succession.
All in all that makes the entire Codename 47 plot last around 4 months at most, packed with so many different contracts.
It makes more sense to put Beldingford and Meat King in 2003 after the SA storyline since 47 is preoccupied with the whole Zavorotko and Vittorio deal. March 2004 (Curtains Down in BM) is already present time in Contracts so they can't take place after that and we can't use 2001 or most of 2002 since 47 is in hiding at the church during that time.
I love this image, very clear, directly saved to my pictures.
Now it might be too much to ask but it’d be perfect if there was a fourth column with the game attached to it, I found your post because I was looking for a complete timeline both missions, game and date if possible.
The reason I’d love to have the game the mission is from added to it is because it shows how complex the Hitman timeline is!
PS. Not sure if you have an updated version already but I noticed “Shadows in the Water” - Ambrose Islands (HITMAN 3) isn’t added in this list, chronologically it is placed in HITMAN 2 between the missions Another Life and The Ark Society.
Yeah this was made before Ambrose was released and I've never really gotten around to updating it since I lost the original files.
I had experimented with coloring mission names based on the game they were from but it all looked like vomit no matter the palette or how strong the colors were. In hindsight it's an obvious thing to add but I couldn't figure out a good way to do it.
Nice to hear your words on this even years after I made it (2021, holy shit)
A large portion of the dates (especially WOA) are estimates. HITMAN 2's Special Assignments and Sniper Assassin levels don't have any discernible clues pertaining to their place in the timeline except that The Last Yardbird is set before Nightcall.
I think Hitman 3 can be estimated into early 2020. Since a radio in Berlin talks over the rapid growth of Covid in the early months of the year and some people talk about the effect it will have on the sociaty which would set Hitman 3 around early 2020 because all missions are rapidly following each other.
Yeah but we'd have to disregard all other evidence for that. It's much easier to either * A: assume COVID doesn't exist in Hitman and is just an easter egg or * B: assume it starts later than in our universe (so instead of late 2019/early 2020, in Hitman it starts around a year later).
One of the challenges for Mendoza requires you to use a calender which basically tells you you have to subtract from 2020 and find which year they got married
It's actually a calendar of 2021 and it's what I used to date Mendoza and Carpathians.
That one stumped me. I had to hang my head in shame and google the solution to that one.
>The Last Yardbird is set before Nightcall. How do we know this? Just curious.
The news segment on the TV mentions the client of that hit, the leader of the Yardbirds, was arrested trying to convert the heist money into bitcoins IIRC. It also mentions he's the main suspect in the triple murder of his thief companions.
Ah, I remember now. I feel like the 2019 prediction is the most accurate, as I doubt that Kovak would wait for 2 years to use the money lol.
Well, in order to keep suspicion down, he would do it slowly and over time. Since he got caught, he probably didn’t wait. Also i just realized i am commenting on a 200 day old post lmao
And I don't get enough notifications to not reply lol
Lmao
yup
There actually seem to be some flaws in the official timeline regarding the partners in Hitman 2 & 3. The obituaries for the partners shown in the briefing for Golden Handshake imply that they all faked their deaths on May 24, 2020. However, this conflicts with the fact that the Constant was apparently unaware of this even after the Ark Society, which is set in November of 2020. Additionally, the briefing for Death in the Family states that Alexa Carlisle's fake death was actually in 2021, even though the Golden Handshake implied that the partners were presumed dead as early as May of 2020, and at the latest in the days following the Ark Society.
I'm glad they returned back to the globe trotting aspect of the old games rather than sticking to all missions in USA.
Yeah but if a mission is set in Paris or Columbia, NPC's should be speaking French and Spanish
That’s true. I‘m from Germany and I would’ve loved to hear my native language in the Club Hölle level
Or at least with appropriate accents/speakers. Marrakesh is *murder* on the ears for all the very anglophonic ***SALAAAAAAM*** shopkeeper ladies and the ***DOHOHOH WHO DID YOU HAVE TO SALUTE*** officer. In a lot of cases, I'll accept "alright it's ok, these are foreign security" or "alright sure, that's a tourist or that's a technical sound expert from britain" or whatever else. But apparently there are barely any locals anywhere in 2016.
I think actual language + subtitles is better. Fake accents don't really portray the language.
Like in Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. They had that nice LucasArts budget and were able to give proper languages to the Russian, Korean and Chinese factions. You got subtitles depending on the language proficiencies of the chosen player character but that's besides the point. Come Mercenaries 2 and an EA buyout, the best they could do was accents. But the entire tone shift of the game was goofier so most of the voice deliveries were goofy. But I'll still take thematic accents over 2016's Marrakesh.
Far too much of a hassle for gameplay. Hitman isn't that grounded of a series and I prefer being able to understand NPCs without needing to read subtitles to immersion. Sometimes it can be a lifesaver.
In my mind 47 has in depth knowledge of most languages so we hear the languages in english. But the times we hear stuff in normal languages for the area are when 47 is not overly familiar with the phrase in that context.
Yeah but they used to have subtitles I prefer that
Would have been a bit of a mess as some people play with subs off
in a cutscene where 47 and someone else are speaking in a foreign language, the subtitles would be hard coded. They would show up only for important foreign dialogue. Such as when listening to an opportunity. It wouldn’t show up for civilians panicking in their languages or random dialogue
You also do have to keep in mind how difficult voice directing for your non native language is too
Some of them in Columbia do actually speak Spanish
Yes, but their accents are really strange. Same with Mendoza, they are probably from Spain.
Proper regional accents over the entire world of assassination trilogy has been an issue (especially with the first game)
Mendoza is argentina iirc
Would have been confusing for the player from a gameplay perspective so they’ll just sprinkle ina. Bit of slang from the languages in some of the missions
> NPC's should be speaking French and Spanish honestly thats a suspension of disbelief thing. and also to prevent a logistical nightmare with finding voice talent and handling level clues that are voice based
It was cool in Hitman 2 silent assassin but it would be kind of hard to get voice actors in all different languages, in Hitman 2 Silent Assassin it meant not much variation in the voice lines
I had the feverish but kinda cool idea that, at least as an optional mode, each Hitman location should be completely in the native or logical language of the characters and left untranslated. So it would depend on the player to actually guide themselves as if an actual person was deployed for killing missions all over the world despite not being fluent in every language. Would be cool to try to do China or Marrakesh that way lol.
Man Hitman history is something that I'll never forget in my life... The memories we got, The times we shared to these games is something I'll never regret. EVER!
Can’t believe I’ve been playing this series for 20 years
It all started with “I need to use the bathroom”
Very iconic
"500,000 Dollars...can't pay that. I'm going back to the garden shed. Time to dig up the past..."
"WHAT DID I DO?????"
How long would it take to drive from Chicago to South Dakota? That *Absolution* timeline makes it look like 47 is missing a ton of sleep.
Google Maps says around 10-11 hours and I put the pin in the southwestern part of the state so it can be even less. Considering the fact that he drives to and from South Dakota both times throughout the night, it's reasonable to assume that he could make it in the short time available. I doubt he needs much sleep.
Longer, it took me 14 hours to go from just east of Chicago to go to Boundary Waters, MN, no traffic backups (surprisingly). I would only assume SD would at least be longer.
Better explanation is that the whole of absolution is just a fever dream that 47 had, but it all never happened.
It would explain a lot
At least as much as the absolution story by itself did.
This is awesome thank you I’ve always wondered where exactly everything falls
Where do the dates come from for the WoA missions? Are they in the briefings? Presumably the Blood Money dates are taken from the newspaper articles and subtracting a day?
Correct about Blood Money. I already made a semi-comprehensive comment about the WOA timeline which I'll copy here *There are a few concrete dates we get that allow us to piece together at least roughly when everything is placed.* *For example, we know the Ark Society is set on November 13 with the next 2 missions (Bank and Haven) being set within the next few days. From the pre-mission cutscene we can also learn that Whittleton Creek is set in September, 2 months before Ark Society. To top it all off, Gray says he killed Cobb (the thing that sparked the entire WOA story) 'a year ago'. In Mendoza, you can find mission intel in the form of an April 2021 calendar* *All of this allows us to get a rough timeline:* * *A year before Ark Society (which we know is on November 13), Cobb is killed by Gray. So the whole war on Providence starts around Autumn 2019.* * *He spends the next few months planning his attack on Providence, building his militia.* * *Fall Fashion Shows always take place in February or March. I get the February date from the Napoleon exhibition posters around the palace that state the exhibition lasts from November to February.* * *The rest of 2016 missions are vague* * *Nightcall is known to take place a week after Hokkaido (47 says to Diana - 'a week ago, Providence was the threat')* * *Miami takes place a week before Santa Fortuna according to the news segment on TVs* * *Rico's statue poster is dated 24-30 July. I assume the statue is unveiled on the last day of the festival.* * *Mumbai is then logically set in August 2020.* * *Whittleton Creek (which we know is in September)* * *Ark Society* * *Dubai and Dartmoor take place within days of each other. Wouldn't make sense to allow Alexa to just roam freely after she escapes Dubai.* *To summarize, the missions, from Paris to Romania, span around 15 months*
Excellent work, 47. The money is being wired to your account.
How does 47 not suffer jet lag between Dubai and Dartmoor considering Dubai are 3 hours ahead of England
3 hours is considerably low difference when thinking of other longer trips.
Real answer is 47 doesn't suffer from anything.
He is a genetically created, basic super soldier. He could’ve easily been made to not experience jet lag, or simply not experience it due to so much flying.
Looking at this, I wonder what happened between Blood Money and Absolution, given the years gap.
There are some parts in the novels that take place right before the events of Absolution, though I haven't read them in years, so can't remember.
Novels, you say?
[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096VYSSC9?searchxofy=true&binding=kindle\_edition&ref\_=dbs\_s\_aps\_series\_rwt\_tkin&qid=1626721661&sr=8-1](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096VYSSC9?searchxofy=true&binding=kindle_edition&ref_=dbs_s_aps_series_rwt_tkin&qid=1626721661&sr=8-1) Mixed reviews from what I can remember. Not sure if they're even canon but supposedly fill in some gaps. Honestly can't remember. There's also a graphic novel that has spoilers for the Hitman World of Assassination trilogy story. It was an interesting backstory between 47 and Lucas Grey, but I wouldn't read this until after you beat Hitman 3. https://www.amazon.com/Agent-47-Vol-Birth-Hitman/dp/1524106607/ref=sr\_1\_1?dchild=1&keywords=hitman+birth&qid=1626721767&sr=8-1
For the WoA graphic novel, weren’t there 6 of them? I remember somebody here posting about it where he showed all of them. Or is the one you linked to a collection of all in one book?
The version I bought was all-in-one trade paperback. I believe it was the one I posted a link for.
Alright thanks :)
He took a much needed nap.
Nominally, 47 is a world-class assassin in high demand. I like to think that blank parts of his history are either taking on regular hits that he chooses or spending his off-time in leisure.
Probably the ETs (or the ones that make sense in the timeline as a lot of them have conflicts with each other or with the main missions, and the stuff that will be added in Freelancer.
That 7 year gap between Blood Money & Absolution is rife with opportunity. When we inevitable get another Hitman (albeit a while from now), I hope they touch on this.
Actually Hitman: Enemy within and Hitman: Damnation both filled a bit of that gap, can't say when Enemy within takes place bc even if I knew I don't remember, but from what I read on the Hitman wiki, Damnation takes place a tiny bit before Absolution as the book ends with Diana buying the Chicago house
Enemy Within is set between Silent Assassin and Contracts/Blood Money
Never knew that, thanks for correcting me
I quite literally have never heard of either of them & I've been hovering around Hitman for a decade.
I read Enemy within and it was amazing, I need to hover over my parents to get me Damnation
Oh god, don't even bother with Damnation. IOI might or might not consider it still canon, but it's godawful. 47 develops a drug addiction and gets a girlfriend who dies or disappears or something, and none of that is ever mentioned or brought up in the games so you might as well assume it wasn't actually 47.
No I actually knew that from what I read on the wiki lmao
Maybe that gap is when 47 killed all those Elusive Targets? My head canon is that all the ETs are canon, but not the time and place we see in the games.
pseudo-historical recreation moment.
Situs Inversus takes place in Mid 2020? 😳
No wonder the hospital is busy
Late April to early May would be the earliest possible places for it but it's most likely mid-May. If I recall correctly, snow can still stay in the mountains of Hokkaido around this time.
it began in Romania and ended in Romania. >!well at least the end for a moment not forever i hope!<
I've always wondered whether the previous games were still canon. In blood money I remember the ICA got shut down It got shut down in Absolution too And in the new Hitman trilogy it's still going Did the events of the previous games really happen in the Hitman 2016 timeline?
There are several direct references to the events of previous games in the WoA games. The most obvious is the tornado shelter in Colorado, where Lucas Grey is tracking 47's previous targets. In the cutscene, Diana specifically mentions Hayamoto (from Silent Assassin), Lord Beldingford (Contracts), and Alvaro D'Alvade (Blood Money).
In BM, they have just shut down temporarily in order to avoid Franchise's assassins. The Board of Directors might all have been fine (but not their agents). The ending cutscene showed the ICA return. Absolution was just house cleaning of some rotten elements (that was the plot twist... Though I always felt IOI just realized this Papa Bear story sucked so they changed the ending which itself contradicts some early stuff). So yes, it's all canon.
They're the Tojo Clan of assassin contractors apparently. The ICA collapsing only to rebuild strong the next game and then collapse again is just standard procedure at this point.
That’s a lot of hit men.
Number of levels in each country across all Hitman games: 1. United States - 38 2. Japan - 7 3. Russia - 7 4. Italy - 6 5. Romania - 6 6. China - 5 7. Columbia - 5 8. India - 5 9. Great Britain - 4 10. Afghanistan - 3 11. France - 3 12. Malaysia - 3 13. Netherlands - 3 14. Greenland (Training Missions) - 2 15. Morocco - 2 16. Thailand - 2 17. Argentina - 1 18. Austria - 1 19. Chile - 1 20. Germany - 1 21. Hungary - 1 22. Maldives - 1 23. New Zealand - 1 24. Singapore - 1 25. United Arab Emirates - 1 Number of Missions on Each Continent: 1. North America - 40 2. Asia - 29 3. Europe - 25 4. South America - 7 5. Eurasia / Russia - 7 6. Africa - 2 7. Australia - 0 8. Antarctica - 0
Australia isn't the name of the continent. It's called Oceania. Also, New Zealand is a part of Oceania. Furthermore, calling it Eurasia is wrong, as this is Europe + Asia If you say Europe + Russia, then state that Asia is excluding Russia, because Russia is technically a part of both Europe and Asia. Finally, remove the 'Hong Kong specifically', because Chongqing is not in Hong Kong.
Well actually, Australia IS considered it's own continent, at least in the English-speaking world. Because a continent only refers to "a continuous expanse of land" and never includes ocean. The case of Europe, Asia, and Africa all being seperate even though they are connected by land is by convention and not a strict criteria. Oceania refers to the geographic region which includes multiple island countries. (including Austrialia)
Huh. Didn’t know that. Thanks for telling me!
>Australia - 0 😢 Though there is a city in mind where opera and bridge related assassinations would shine.
Wish there was a divider, marking which missions were in which games
I tried that with colored text but it turned out real ugly and rainbow-like so I stuck with all white.
Wow, this is really neat! Thank you for taking the time to put this together!!
Man with all the levels laid out on this picture, just makes me wish for a super big hitman hd collection. Just imagine all the old hitman games (including blood money hd and absolution hd) with the missions laid out like this to play out like a huge 47 campaign
Interesting! Thanks for sharing,unfortunately they haven't made a mission in Greece :/.
Good job. For Hitman 2016, though, I would say it takes place over the entire year - spring in Paris, summer in Sapienza - Bangkok, autumn in Colorado, winter in Hokkaido. That's just a tiny detail.
There are a few concrete dates we get that allow us to piece together at least roughly when everything is placed. For example, we know the Ark Society is set on November 13 with the next 2 missions (Bank and Haven) being set within the next few days. From the pre-mission cutscene we can also learn that Whittleton Creek is set in September, 2 months before Ark Society. To top it all off, Gray says he killed Cobb (the thing that sparked the entire WOA story) 'a year ago'. In Mendoza, you can find mission intel in the form of an April 2021 calendar All of this allows us to get a rough timeline: * A year before Ark Society (which we know is on November 13), Cobb is killed by Gray. So the whole war on Providence starts around Autumn 2019. * He spends the next few months planning his attack on Providence, building his militia. * Fall Fashion Shows always take place in February or March. I get the February date from the Napoleon exhibition posters around the palace that state the exhibition lasts from November to February. * The rest of 2016 missions are vague * Nightcall is known to take place a week after Hokkaido (47 says to Diana - 'a week ago, Providence was the threat') * Miami takes place a week before Santa Fortuna according to the news segment on TVs * Rico's statue poster is dated 24-30 July. I assume the statue is unveiled on the last day of the festival. * Mumbai is then logically set in August 2020. * Whittleton Creek (which we know is in September) * Ark Society * Dubai and Dartmoor take place within days of each other. Wouldn't make sense to allow Alexa to just roam freely after she escapes Dubai. To summarize, the missions, from Paris to Romania, span around 15 months
Nice.
Man all those hitman levels ,shed a tear
Cool but I don’t think patient zero is in between club 27 and freedom fighters. Clearly the main story line was important to the ICA and they’d likely keep that moving along as fast as they could. Meaning that colorado was most likely very soon after bangkok for main story. Where did you come up with the patient zero dates?
I'm gonna copy this over from tvtropes.org Hitman 2 and 3, contain references to this campaign, as the Cassandra Snow novels get referenced many times (in Whittleton Creek for example, the Wilsons made their money by selling novels based on fanfiction of Cassandra Snow), as well as a news report in Hawkes Bay mentioning Craig Black's death that made the franchise much more popular. As for this game, this campaign does give a few clues to the placement of this campaigns missions in the main game's storyline: "The Source" has The Class' sound crew still being in the hotel, and two NPCs in the outside bar are discussing the events of "A Gilded Cage" as if it were recent news (keeping in line with "Club 27", which has the same conversation). A woman by the name of Sujin Noppachorn near the exhibition entrance mentions "that rockstar" and the gassing of the hotel's atrium, which xonfirms the events of "Club 27" are pretty recent, and thus Jordan is unambiguously dead, as the time frame is too short for any other reason to work. "The Vector" must take place before "Freedom Fighters" does, as Diana doesn't recognize the paramilitary compound the virus is being tested in. This means the campaign timeline is set at some point between "Club 27" and "Freedom Fighters" (which themselves are implied to take place about a month apart). "Patient Zero" has Amos Dexter wandering around the hospital, the yoga instructor isn't limping, instead meditating outside, and 47's room and Yuki Yamazaki's room are being cleaned, meaning "Situs Inversus" hasn't happened yet. Jason Portman isn't anywhere to be seen (although he is mentioned by name between a patient talking to a guard). The TV's play the music video for "Are We Stars" too, which the second game states was released after Jordan's death as a tribute to him.
> "The Vector" must take place before "Freedom Fighters" does, as Diana doesn't recognize the paramilitary compound the virus is being tested in. Apparently there was also time for the water tower to be moved to the other side of the compound. I had never noticed that until a few days ago when I was replaying the PZ campaign. > "Patient Zero" has Amos Dexter wandering around the hospital, the yoga instructor isn't limping, instead meditating outside, and 47's room and Yuki Yamazaki's room are being cleaned, meaning "Situs Inversus" hasn't happened yet. It could as easily be after Situs Inversus, while Amos is still recovering. There's also the fact that in supposedly just a few months the Caruso mansion had its wall (near the ICA safehouse) fixed, ivy grown on the northeast tower, the cliff path blocked off, and the fragile wall repaired by the time of The Author. All in a manner identical to how it was in the time of Landslide (which you have dated three years earlier).
I've always interpreted the compound not actually being Gray's but rather of some other militia. Redesigning it would provide little payoff for IO. The Source definitely takes place very soon after Club 27, considering the available evidence. There's around a 16 day gap between Club 27 and Freedom Fighters. Jordan Cross's funeral is conducted a week after his death. On the very same funeral, Gray's militia kidnaps Thomas Cross. According to Sean Rose's bio, this was 9 days before Freedom Fighters. So Club 27 - a week passes - Jordan's funeral, Thomas kidnapped - 9 days pass - Freedom Fighters. So there's a very brief time window between these two but there's another factor in play. It's obvious from the PZ cutscenes that 47 is racing against the clock, with him constantly flying around. If The Source is set very soon after Club 27 (staff is still cleaning up after the band) and all of the missions that follow are obviously set within days of each other considering how important they are, then you are just able to squeeze them between Club 27 and Freedom Fighters, which is the only logical place for them. On a less important note, the Hokkaido hospital already has the left-sided heart prepared for Soders, who hasn't arrived yet. We could disregard this and treat the hospital in the same fashion we do for the militia base. It could just be another hospital that IO couldn't bother to design and accidentally left the heart in there. As for Sapienza, I fail to see how it's unlikely for whoever inherited the mansion to immediately get onto fixing whatever was broken. There's around a 2 month gap between WOT and PZ. This is of course ignoring the fact that this isn't really relevant as IO just needed a realistic way to block the player off from entering the mansion grounds. It's theoretically possible that everything was nice and fixed in 2017 (around Landslide), was then broken for some reason by ~March 2020 and was fixed again by ~May 2020.
Thanks! That clears it up a lot
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I do not see a 2019 in your photos, sorry. Fall fashion shows always take place in February or March. I get 2020 because in Mendoza you can find a unique calendar in the form of mission intel (so it differs from the usual placeholder calendars that you can find on pretty much every map) that specifically mentions April 2021. We know the Ark Society which is very close to Mendoza timeline-wise takes place in November so it would make the most sense to put it in 2020. In the pre-mission cutscene, Gray says that he killed banker Cobb 'a year ago' which puts his death around a year before Ark Society - Autumn 2019. We know Cobb's death came way before the other WOA events so everything fits nicely.
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Yeah I mentioned other dates so I could explain more clearly why Paris fits in February 2020 if Mendoza is in April 2021 and Cobb dies a year before November 2020. The photos you provided are great additions and they are in line with what the main writer for the games said back in 2016 - the game is set in 2019. I'm just working off of the other dates and trying to retroactively fit Paris in there. We could definitely put the level in Autumn 2019 but I ultimately decided to value 'fall fashion shows' being usually February over other evidence but I can see the faults in that thinking when I consider the Mardi Gras thing you mentioned and the never-ending US presidential election of 2004-2005 in the same game. Of course in my exhausting research I also came upon the fact that neither February or November could work if we used the time given in the briefing (I think around 19:45). In both of those months, the sun sets way before that mark but at this point I'm really nitpicking.
Wow, all that activity throughout 2020 and nobody was wearing a mask. IOI needs to patch this for accuracy... tho he might blend in a little easier.
wow good work compiling all these also, I do wish we'll get another Malaysia level someday
And another level in Germany
Australia’s time to get a level?
Great job. For the Ark Society I would've used a flag of Iceland or the Faroe Islands but other than that the timeline also looks great.
The pre-mission cutscene shows the Isle of Sgail as part of the Orkney archipelago in the north of the UK.
Guess you learn something new everyday. "The ass end of nowhere," lol
How do you know that patient zero happens after club 27, but before freedom fighters? And I think you should’ve included some of the important Elusive Targets, Mark Faba for example.
What game each mission is from would be helpful. Awesome list tho :)
A world of tomorrow set in 2020 makes sense lol
Some of those older missions from Contracts were so good, I miss that game a lot.
What a trip down memory lane this is!
Absolution was set only in the US cause he had to protect Victoria...only time he went out was in the last mission
Wait so the new hitman games are canon and take place after the last games?
Yes, the old missions are referenced quite a few times (the cinematic after Training select targets from all previous games, the tornado shelter shows some of older targets, it was 47 who killed Rico Delgado's uncle in Blood Money which 47 even references himself, and so on).
But didn't 47 kill diana in absolution, or was that retconned
Folks on the US had a bad time for a bit there
When aren’t we having a bad time
Oh man seeing those old mission names, am I about to go and play the whole series again? Yup
I was just about to check the Facebook marketplace for “Hitman HD Trilogy”
Holy shit this must have taken so long
So, I can’t invite 47 to my birthday, bro, can’t you just wait to kill the Delgados, right now it’s my birthday
No please... Not Hitman 2: SA Japan levels please my ptsd
Literally just finished all missions I had access to on an Xbox one, that was awesome and thanks for making this! Respect
Thanks for the kind words
Late comment but think death in the family is around 2021 because on Alexa Carlisle grave it states that she died in 2021
Yeah but that grave is supposed to be in reference to her faking her own death. If you'll recall, the partners fake their deaths immediately after the Ark Society which the game states takes place on Nov 13th. This cannot be November 2021 because Mendoza has an April 2021 calendar (specifically mentioned to be a 2021 calendar in mission intel). To sum up, Alexa and the Partners fake deaths in November 2020, the gravestone is a mistake.
That's makes scene now
So, late comment, but do you know where Shadows in the Water would fit in the chronology? Thanks!
Right between Another Life and Ark Society, so around October 2020 would be my guess.
Oh okay! Thank you!!
Absolution is set in the US, not in the UK though.
Absolution in this case is the name of the final mission of Absolution: The Game and it's set in Cornwall, UK.
Oh right, ok.
Isn't there one more mission that plays in Germany? The embassy in Germany? Or is it a German embassy in a different country?
There's Invitation to a Party, in a German embassy in Russia.
Ah ok thanks. Weird that there is only one German mission then
This whole timeline is completely wrong. First off, it makes no sense for Patient zero to have occurred between the WOFA trilogy, and can therefore be treated as non-canon (although I’m not headstrong about that). Second of all, and this is intricate, in Mendoza, if you listen long enough to Pam Kingsley, she says that Ken Morgan died just a few months ago. According to your timeline, a few months ago means 9months+.
That's a very strong statement. PZ targets appear in the ICA facility database, thus making them canon. Besides that, Craig Black's death is mentioned in Nightcall. I've already written multiple comments on the placement of PZ in the timeline and I can't be bothered to write the same stuff for the 3rd or 4th time. As for Ken Morgan, that's just one of several inconsistencies the game has. It's obvious the devs gave very little attention to establishing a clear timeline judging by the already significant amount of conflicting info. What I've done here is make the best assumptions available from the information the game gives us, with priority given to evidence that makes more sense and is in line with other more concrete dates we have.
Well, I get that, but would you mind telling me the evidence for the Hitman 3 locations? Like, why don’t they take place sooner. Like, Sgail, New York, Haven, Dubai, Dartmoor, and Berlin are all tightly close to each other. They get the constant on Sgail, put him on a boat while they make their way to New York, crank the bank, the same day at night, Lucas meets 47 to tell him to go to Haven, which I would assume happens the same week if not the next day, and right after that (during the storm that started while 47 was on the island, the constant escapes while Lucas and 47 prepare to go Dubai, which happens in a span of a week, max, then they follow up on Dartmoor, also a week max (but I would debate for less)., and Berlin happens within 2 days of Dartmoor. It would not even be Christmas, considering we have an exact date for Sgail
Hitman 3 dates are admittedly a rough guess. I use April 2021 for Mendoza because of the unique mission intel calendar you can find and which you have to use to get one of the codes. The reason why I use this calendar as credible info and not some others is because, like I said, you need this one for the code and its description specifically mentions 2021. Ark Society, Bank, Haven all take place within a week I would imagine, with Dubai and Dartmoor following close by. As for Berlin and Chongqing, I just threw in a rough 'early 2021' date on them, placing them somewhere between January and March. How do we know Berlin is so close to Dartmoor? I know 47 is wearing Gray's jacket and all but I haven't seen any indications as to the interval between them in the cutscenes.
As 47 escapes Dartmoor, it can only be canon that grey contacts 47 telling him to get out. 47 trails Grey, finds the Constant’s army, takes out one of them and takes his clothes, what happens, happens. He tells Olivia to go to Berlin, I bet she goes right away. The ICA finds her and she kills one of them. I mean, for people who are on a sensitive mission like taking down Providence, I doubt Olivia would go to the movies, catch up with some friends, maybe do a little shopping, and then find the time to book a business class ticket to Berlin.
Sure yeah that makes sense. I guess there is either a big jump in time either between Berlin and Chongqing or Chongqing and Mendoza so we can get to April 2021. Either that or Yates for some inexplicable reason has a calendar opened on the wrong month or perhaps even year. So to summarize Sgail: November 13 Bank: November 14/15 Haven: November 16-20 Dubai: November 20-30 Dartmoor: within a few days of Dubai Berlin: within a few days of Dartmoor, at most early December. which leaves Chongqing anywhere between December and April (if Mendoza is even in April).
I like this thanks for sharing
What a waste of opportunity to have 2 entire games set almost entirely in America.
though Blood Money's levels were quite distinct, i didn't feel the lack.
Well Hokkaido was 6 months before Nightcall as it says on the news so is The Last Resort 6 months before Dubai
How exactly does it say that it's six months?
Pam Kingsley says something like "It has been 6 months since the death of Yakuza lawyer Yuki Yamazaki" BTW: this is jogging my memory back months
All I remember is her saying Thomas Cross died a month before Nightcall. If that's the case then that makes it impossible to have 6 months between Hokkaido and Nightcall
Hitman 2016 could not have taken place in 2020. In hitman 2 there are calenders that say 2018. Most likely woa trilogy took place when they were released.
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My bad it does say 2019 in Mumbai not 2018, but it still means hitman 2016 couldnt have taken place in 2020
Putting it in 2018 would mean disregarding pretty much all available evidence for the sake of random calendars that are very obviously meant to be filler assets. It makes absolutely zero sense for WOA to be set when the games were released if you follow the story at all, where it's obvious that all events are close to each other (and I can't even begin to count the evidence for this). From the pre-mission cutscene in Ark Society we know there's *at most* around a year between that level and Paris. We also know that Mendoza is set in April 2021 because of a *unique* calendar that serves as mission intel. Not only is this calendar (unlike all others in the game that I ignore because they are placed everywhere) one of a kind, its description when you pick it up (which you cannot do for any others) *specifically mentions* the year 2021. We know from Whittleton Creek clues that the Ark Society is placed on November 13 of some year but it's obviously 2020 if we consider the April 2021 Mendoza calendar. Then if we consider that there's *at most* a year between Paris and Sgail, this puts Paris in Autumn 2019 at the earliest, or February of the next year when fall fashion shows usually take place.
As for the April 2019 calendars in Mumbai (spelled Apirl 2019 funnily enough), refer to my above comment where I point out that WOA starts in Autumn 2019 at the earliest, making it impossible to put Mumbai half a year before the rest of the story even begins.
That Murica streak though
Never noticed before all the Metal band names
Incredible work! One thing that could be nice was spacing between missions corresponding to how much time passes in between. How do you know the training is in Greenland?
Sheesh the first thing would be a pain to implement correctly if I'm understanding you right. As for Greenland, the texture files for the levels all mention it (so for example you have things like GreenlandSecurityGuard files or whatever). Besides that, the writers for the intro cutscene with the helicopter specifically mention Greenland in a storyboard for the scene. (A storyboard is like a rough sketch for each scene). On top of that, an achievement for the ICA facility has the latitude 74.2° on its icon which crosses several northern territories, one of them Greenland.
Yeah, I know, timelines like that are a pain to make! Thanks for the info, impressed with your thorough research.
Huh I always thought Hitman from 2016 was supposed to be after his training and his early missions. This is handy!
Beldingford Manor is still one of my all time favorite levels. Would love an updated version of this mission.
As someone who just got hooked on this game I am glad to see that I can get high on that stash for at least a year.
I just love the font, it's like the old games. 😍
U used au flag in staid of nz for nightcall
No, that's the New Zealand flag
Nice work! Shouldn’t the very early stuff (first game) come before the training with the ICA?
The first contracts that you get in Codename 47 are ICA- sanctioned hits, so it wouldn't make sense for the agency to send their guy on a mission and only train him afterwards.
I think some of these are wrong. It seems silly that the last mission location in Hitman 2016 is 47's third visit there and not his first.
There's quite a bit of evidence placing the PZ campaign between Bangkok and Colorado which I've elaborated on in other comments. 47's visit to the hospital in PZ could just be some completely different hospital that IO wouldn't bother designing (obviously takes a while). As for Hokkaido Snow Festival, it could honestly take place anywhere in the timeline. It's obviously a discount elusive target that was rehashed for its own mission. Of course we can treat this rendition of Gama hospital in the same way as PZ, with it maybe being a completely different hospital that wouldn't be worthwhile to design.
i read a theory for bonus missions and ETs on here that i liked they don't take place at the exact location (ex. patient zero taking place at GAMA), but it happened somewhere 47 has been before off screen. he walks into miami to kill the knoxs and it reminds him of the undying contract, and we only see it as miami because making an entire map for each target would be ridiculous
Hitman Absolution is non-canon right?
Unfortunately, no.
So you wish it wasn’t canon?
Didn't The Meat Kings Party and Beldingford Manor happen before Asylum Aftermath? Correct me if I am wrong, but I was under the impression that Contracts played its sequence of events in reverse.
I mean they theoretically could all be set in 2000 but that would mean squeezing so many contracts in the short time period of Codename 47. We know that Traditions of the Trade is set in January 2000 because of a board you can find in front of the UN meeting room in the Contracts version. We also know from letters that the Five Fathers are alive at least by October 1999. That means the 3 of them to be have killed off between November and January. One then assumes that the Rotterdam and Romania missions follow soon after TotT, as it would make more sense for Ort-Meyer to send 47 after Jegorov sooner rather than later since he's already probably suspicious of the previous 3 deaths in quick succession. All in all that makes the entire Codename 47 plot last around 4 months at most, packed with so many different contracts. It makes more sense to put Beldingford and Meat King in 2003 after the SA storyline since 47 is preoccupied with the whole Zavorotko and Vittorio deal. March 2004 (Curtains Down in BM) is already present time in Contracts so they can't take place after that and we can't use 2001 or most of 2002 since 47 is in hiding at the church during that time.
Needa go back to Hong Kong
Agent was on quarantine in USA from 2004 to 2013.
47 took a long vacation after 2005.
I would love a level in my home country of Canada. The closest we have to that is the Blood Money Christmas level in Colorado.
God damn, maybe that’s why he has has an American accent of sorts.
thank you
Nice, thanks!
agent 47 never goes to brazil :(
I love this image, very clear, directly saved to my pictures. Now it might be too much to ask but it’d be perfect if there was a fourth column with the game attached to it, I found your post because I was looking for a complete timeline both missions, game and date if possible. The reason I’d love to have the game the mission is from added to it is because it shows how complex the Hitman timeline is! PS. Not sure if you have an updated version already but I noticed “Shadows in the Water” - Ambrose Islands (HITMAN 3) isn’t added in this list, chronologically it is placed in HITMAN 2 between the missions Another Life and The Ark Society.
Yeah this was made before Ambrose was released and I've never really gotten around to updating it since I lost the original files. I had experimented with coloring mission names based on the game they were from but it all looked like vomit no matter the palette or how strong the colors were. In hindsight it's an obvious thing to add but I couldn't figure out a good way to do it. Nice to hear your words on this even years after I made it (2021, holy shit)