For England, James? No, for XP. 2000 XP, to be precise. That s how much Sean Bean s life is worth in the first of Hitman 2 s Elusive Targets. These are timed contracts that give you one shot at killing a special guest character – in this case, everyone s favourite Yorkshire thespian (okay, it s a toss up between Bean and fellow GoldenEye alumni Judi Dench).
Bean, of course, is famous for dying horribly in every film and show he s in (who could forget when Black Beauty kicked his face clean off?) and so it s a great opportunity to join the ever-growing club of Bean s executioners. The one and done approach makes it nerve wracking to document these runs in video form, but here s how I got on
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