In one instance, I interrupted a guard heading out to investigate a dropped weapon and he forgot all about his earlier task. The AI is still prone to the occasional glitch. And while the challenges and unlocks are still tied to an online connection, you do at least now have the option to reconnect without being kicked back to the main menu. Mercifully, I encountered few bugs or disconnects – IO's recent patches have seemingly done the trick. After two creative deaths, it's a shame to have to cap things off with a re-enactment of an existing solution. One of them was particularly satisfying to uncover, but this is a game built on repetition. So far, I've discovered two ways to silently dispose of it. Unfortunately, that seems less true of the third objective – destroying the virus. That both targets offer a slightly different challenge keeps things interesting, especially once you've unlocked a few of the alternate starting locations and drop points. I've completed the level five times now, and, unlike in Paris, I haven't yet resorted to drowning either target in a toilet. Importantly, there's still room to experiment. They're placed in such a way to make your life difficult, but not impossible.
As in Paris, the difficulty comes from those NPCs that can see through your disguise. There are still some opportunities that bring her within easy reach of 47, but overall she's more comparable to a Blood Money target – protected, but accessible. The second target, De Santo, has fewer setpiece assassinations. Mild spoilers: it led pretty effortlessly to an incident with a wood chipper. During my first playthrough I found a delivery truck containing some flowers addressed to Caruso. 47 can choose to play upon that in some macabre ways. It's the anniversary of his mother's death, and he clearly has unresolved issues when it comes to that relationship.
Caruso is the target IO's designers have the most fun with – albeit dark, twisted fun.
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