What game had your favorite stealth gameplay?
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Also this one time when I played Super Secret Spy Pyro (To get the Fireball achievement) I snuck in behind enemy lines and killed a Heavy busy shooting at my team when they were arriving with the cart, it was probably the best moment of my gaming life.Evlar said:
Heavy's Sandvich
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Goldeneye.
arglebargle
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Corky said:
Dyni Crippler
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The best absolute stealth, for me, is the Thief series. Simply perfect. Chaos Theory is a close second.
Honorable mention for Hitman (original and satysfing) and Human Revolution (very well done).
EDIT: Yeah, Riddick too! Almost forgot that one.
Honorable mention for Hitman (original and satysfing) and Human Revolution (very well done).
EDIT: Yeah, Riddick too! Almost forgot that one.
Lactose_Intolerant
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This is just a thread of people that have either played the Thief series or haven't.
Part of what made the Thief games so wonderful, especially II and III, is that you do a lot of actual thievery. It's not "silently clear out every room", but stuff like a bank heist and breaking into your landlord's apartment. I LOVE that stuff, and I would do anything for an Ocean's Eleven-inspired modern-day stealth/heist game.
thezerofire
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Chaos Theory, even though I never got to finish it. Next to that, Pandora Tomorrow
Dyni Crippler
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I agree for Batman, but Deus is not bad at all.zoner said:
I don't remember Chaos Theory to being that good. I can't even remember how it's stealth is any different from the original game and Pandora Tomorrow. I played and finished all three on the PC and all I can remember is that I did a lot of trial and errors which isn't really fun for me hence I didn't play Double Agent nor Conviction. Can anyone remind me or even link me to a great part of Chaos Theory?
The best stealth mechanic for me is still from MGO's Team Sneak and Snake vs. Merc. Too bad MGS4 sucked!
The best stealth mechanic for me is still from MGO's Team Sneak and Snake vs. Merc. Too bad MGS4 sucked!
Also, best ambiance in stealth game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqQ4OlLjhE4
Vulcano's assistant
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I play stealth in almost every game, and particularly enjoy it the most in games that do not make it easy (because it was not intended) or have poor stealth mechanics.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R, Metro 2033, Red Dead Redemption, Oblivion, Fallout 3, were all great fun.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R, Metro 2033, Red Dead Redemption, Oblivion, Fallout 3, were all great fun.
thezerofire
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You didn't miss much with Double Agent and Conviction ditched stealth almost altogether.jsnepo said:
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Rainbow Six games and the first Ghost Recon.
Whether in a mission with a full squad or setting up a level with a bunch of randomly placed enemies to take on by myself, it just felt good.
And yeah they're first person shooters but with one bullet being able to cripple or kill you, you had to play stealthy and smart, most of the time.
Whether in a mission with a full squad or setting up a level with a bunch of randomly placed enemies to take on by myself, it just felt good.
And yeah they're first person shooters but with one bullet being able to cripple or kill you, you had to play stealthy and smart, most of the time.
Steve McQueen
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May not be the best, but I enjoyed the MGS-series
krameriffic
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I have heard good things about them but never played them. I'm not convinced they will have aged well.Zeliard said:
That said, of all the games I've ever played, I liked Hitman: Blood Money's stealth mechanics the best. I liked the nonlinearity of the levels, the disguising mechanics and the myriad scripted things you could do on them to sneak through security or creatively kill targets. Shooting out the glass bottom of a hot tub to drop a target to his death is still the greatest stealth kill ever.
I would only call Batman and HR baby-mode stealth because of the detective vision/map that shows all targets locations and directions. Hitman can fall into that category as well on the lower difficulties.zoner said:
Dyni Crippler
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Easy =/= bad.zoner said:
Also, the stealth feels satysfing and the fact that the enemies come looking for you if they see you for a second is a great thing (no more "GUESS IT WAS NOTHING").
Also, the level design is great, and that's very useful when it comes to stealth.
Well, Batman is pretty simplistic. Go on the Gargoyle, wait for the enemy, BATMAN HAPPENS and start again until everyone is KO.krameriffic said:
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
I'm pretty sure that's in Human Revolution actually... Isn't even one of the radar upgrades (that I didn't get) to show you the time left until they go back to normal? And with all the vents and other shit the AI can't follow through and you can take cheap shots at from it doesn't really matter anyway... I'm not really seeing why people think HR has anything more advanced than Batman, it felt as basic and easy to me. Fun, sure (less than Batman, imo), but still basic... And I personally didn't like the melee takedowns... Literally pressing a single button to watch cool shit happen... That worked, once... They're too disconnected from gameplay, unlike grabbing enemies in Hitman or MGS. I guess it also feels worse than usual because from first person gameplay you suddenly go to a third person view, essentially a full on short cut scene...Dyni Crippler said:
bodine1231
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Probably Batman,because it made you feel like a badass predator.
Dyni Crippler
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Yes, of course, but that happens after a while. If you remember, in the first Deus Ex you simply had to hide for a second and that's it. In HR enemies come to look after you if they see you even for a second.Alextended said:
The Technomancer
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They have. They may be graphically simplistic, but the level design still holds up fantastically.krameriffic said:
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Deleted member 59090
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And you can play them in widescreen. There's also a texture mod for the first one, not sure about 2.
Speaking of Thief, has anyone played The Dark Mod? The Doom3 mod that imitates Thief.
Speaking of Thief, has anyone played The Dark Mod? The Doom3 mod that imitates Thief.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Pandora Tomorrow vs. mode
Only stealth game where the AI didn't suck
Only stealth game where the AI didn't suck
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To be fair the very first Metal Gear came out over 10 years before Thief.Pakkidis said:
revolverjgw
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Itchy//Tasty said:what's this? Another chance for me to post about one of the most underrated gems of all time?
Definitely one of the most underrated games. Some insanely intense stealth sequences
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory has the best stealth mechanics ever
Dreamer RD
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MGS2
also Shadow of Rome. epic game with interesting stealth missions as Octavianus
also Shadow of Rome. epic game with interesting stealth missions as Octavianus
Calavera520
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zoner said:
we'll find you taffer.
I loved how Thief really punished you when you were discovered. The ambience and music in this game were incredible, so, generally you had the volume turned way up. Everything would be quiet for most of the level if things were going to plan. However, if you happened to step into a shaft of light and get seen you'd be met with the yelling guards and the crushing almost sickening sound of their sword crashing down onto you. There was a real violence to it and it would make me actually scared while playing. It heightened the whole experience.
So if this thread spurs you to play the only real classics mentioned, Thief 1 and 2, definitely put the headphones on and feel yourself get wrapped up in the world. The graphics are atrocious but it doesn't matter, this game beats out most of the dreck shoveled out these days in terms of creating a real sense of place.
Calavera520
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Blizniak said:
and there was the original castle wolfenstein before that, (1981).
Metal Gear (MSX) and Wolfenstein indeed are the early ones, but Thief was the first to introduce fantastic elements like darkness (and possibly sound - not sure if Thief or Tenchu came first, but they were very close together) Metal Gear was line-of-sight only, wasn't it?Calavera520 said: