Hitman 3 (WOA-DELUXE) - XBOX ONE (2021) / F18 / Timed Elusive Target(s) / The Deceivers (Year 5)

"Good Morning 47"...

"The Deceivers is an Elusive Target Mission in HITMAN 2 and HITMAN III that fuses two previous Elusive Targets (The Congressman and The Guru), and therefore, tasks you with eliminating both Anthony L. Troutt and Richard J. Magee." - Hitman Wiki

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Playing these 'Timed Elusive Target' Missions blind (without any practice beforehand in the Arcade versions) is DEFINITELY the way to go - since you only get one shot, no retries. Needless to say, the overall tension and excitement gets dialed up to 11 when it's your first time playing these contracts... and even if you fail, you can still replay these in the 'Elusive Target Arcade' Missions (includes the celebrity DLC Packs). Leaderboards and such are always cool, but there's something about being completely immersed without any prior knowledge to these missions.

For this particular Contract however, I was hard-pressed to finally get a 'Silent Assassin' Rating on one of these Timed Elusive Targets. Hence, I made sure to practice a bit on the 'Dyad' Arcade Mission first before committing to the real deal. Not to mention, turning-on the 'Silent Assassin' Indicator in the Settings Menu is a nice little feature that helps players keep track of their eligibility for a 'Silent Assassin' Rank during missions - with a little icon on the HUB (near the mini-map).

Well, I managed to find the proper route and overall game-plan after some tinkering... but, having two separate Targets also meant extra opportunities to fail miserably. Thankfully, I found out that restarts are possible with Timed Elusive Targets, provided no objectives were completed yet during a prospective run. Whatever the case may be, I did end-up restarting the mission twice (towards the beginning each time) for random reasons - but, fortunately persistence allowed for an eventual 'Silent Assassin' Rating and truly debonair unlockable 'Terminus' Gear / Suit in the process.