You and your opponent will start the level at the exact same time in the exact same location with the same targets. The goal is to kill five randomly selected targets before your opponent does and you will only get credit for the kill if it's unseen. You both start off with no equipment at all so there will be "ghost crates" around each level that have random loot to help you out. If you take down a target, then your opponent will only have a limited amount of time to finish off that target.
You and your opponents games will be independent of each other so you don't have to worry about something happening in their game affecting yours.
Hitman 2 is one of my most anticipated games of the year. The 2016 game was near perfect and it's amazing to see how much content is being added and how much the gameplay has been upgraded.
Hitman 2 launches on November 13th for PC, PS4 and Xbox One.