What's going on with the cutscenes in Hitman Blood Money? I noticed that the first 6 or so levels have 2 cutscenes each at the start. First there is a scene showing the guy in a wheelchair (who has a face like a badly CGIed land mine victim), talking to a reporter. Then there's a second cutscene showing Agent 47 getting his mission. Around about level "You Better Watch Out..." the first cutscene seems to be missing. This continues for the next couple of levels. I haven't played further than 2-3 levels more to find out if they come back.
However I believe they DO come back because in the 'movies' folder there is:
M01_Inte.bik logically through to M06_Inte.bik and then nothing until M10_Inte.bik, then M12_Inte.bik & M13_Inte.bik. Googling the 'missing' files yields 0 results, yet Googling the existing files yields many results (which gives me the impression that I am not alone and this game isn't meant to have these files in PC format).
This is frustrating because not only does it ruin the continuity and make me feel like I'm missing out on an expected treat after the many hours it takes me to get Silent Assassin rank for each level but also the story doesn't seem right. While I admit I haven't played 1 or 2 of the levels before the next cutscene that's available (if I skip ahead and watch it from my movies folder), I don't think this matters. In previous levels the actual level content doesn't really add any info to the cutscene story (esp as the wheelchair/ex FBI guy seems to get 47 and his motives/deeds all wrong).
I Wikipedia'd the storyline and if my cutscenes are really all they had to go on, then the wiki team are very astute indeed. Their plot does make sense but I wouldn't have worked that all out from the gaps I'm seeing.
Also I noticed that YouTube's of the cutscenes from different formats such as Xbox (I think it was Xbox, could be PS2/3) showed a cutscene for Level 7 (You Better Watch Out) but it wasn't anything I hadn't seen. I think the PC had that same scene as the intro for the level before.
Anyone know what's going on with the absences and if there's any content I'm missing (if so where to get it or at least view it)? TIA!!!
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