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Are there any games you don't play as it was intended to be played? If so, what game and how? (lemmy.zip)
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I know I remember seeing some people talk about how nice some of the environments in Hitman were, and that they'd just walk around as a tourist from time to time, treating it like a walking simulator/virtual tourism thing instead of the stealth assassination game it is. Curious about other things like that, where you play a game totally differently than it was meant to be played.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I played stealth games like Hitman like a mass murderer.

I also play the "infiltrator" class in Mass Effect without tactical cloak. I mean it's a mix of soldier and engineer, why should it be focused on stealth ?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My cousin and I spent a summer messing around in hitman blood money when we were younger. There's a level that takes place in a neighborhood with a cul-de-sac. We managed to kill every single npc undetected with the snare wire and dump theoe bodies into the sewer to leave no evidence. After each level, the game generates a newspaper article to describe the events and it basically said everyone in the neighborhood just vanished.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Absolutely a fun way to play Hitman. Definitely makes the game so much more fun, especially if you are playing on a crowded map and are trying to take out every single person possible without dying on harder difficulties.

We don't need stealth where we're going!