The Hitman series of games is getting the long-form documentary treatment courtesy of the Noclip production crew.
Noclip, the documentarian team that produces in-depth investigations of topics like the inner workings of Bethesda, the history of Half-Life, and the way games journalists cover E3, just posted a teaser trailer for their next feature series of videos. The new series will focus on IO Interactive’s Hitman games.
The teaser was posted on July 26th, and features conversations with Level Designer, Mette Andersen, and Studio Creative Director, Christian Elverdam, of IO Interactive. These bits of what will probably be much longer interviews focus on the unique aspects of the two most recent Hitman games. Specifically, the puzzle-like nature of the level design in the game and the unstructured gameplay loop of the games will be the focus.
The Hitman games are essentially stealth games where players take on assassination missions. The latest games in the series are probably best known for the wacky costumes that players can dress the titular Hitman up in to avoid detection by guards. The series is also often praised for the uniquely open-ended structure of the games' level design and the depth of the interactive systems in the games, including the AI for the non-player characters. The series, specifically the two most recent games, are also filled with episodic content with new maps and special events being added frequently. In addition to new maps, the Hitman team also adds new Elusive targets, which are unique assassination victims that players have a limited number of chances to find and take out.
Noclip is a crowdfunded documentary production team founded by GameSpot alum, Danny O’Dwyer, in 2016. The team has produced over twenty documentaries since its inception. Past subjects of Noclip docs include: Rocket League, DOOM (2016), FFXIV, The Witcher Series, Horizon: Zero Dawn, the history of Bethesda Games, the legacy of Half-Life, and many more. All the Noclip docs are free to the public to watch and are ad-free. The group is supported by a Patreon community which gets access to behind the scenes footage from the videos, among other rewards.