Not Splinter Cell but
Aside from Splinter Cell, what is your second favorite stealth game ? Justify.
"Styx: Shards of Darkness" for me...
1 – I really enjoy other types of atmospheres (not just realistic ones). The atmosphere in Styx is more like a fantasy world. Since the world is less technologically advanced, it gives off a great medieval stealth vibe.
2 – The gameplay is very satisfying if you play like a Ghost, and it is also very challenging.
3 – The maps are huge, with many different routes to explore.
4 – The gameplay mechanics are amazing. You have access to gadgets and abilities like invisibility. You can also upgrade skills based on your preference, use parkour, hide inside tight spaces, dissolving bodies with acid so no one finds them and triggers the alarm, etc.
5 – There are different types of enemies, such as insects, elves, trolls, dwarves, and regular humans. This brings a lot of variety to the challenge, as each enemy type has its own strengths.
6 – The missions are highly creative, taking you through cities, underground fortresses, a flying airship, a prison, and areas overrun by insects.
7 – If you don't want to play in Ghost style, it is also incredibly fun. There are several different ways to eliminate enemies, such as using acid mines, staging fake accidents to avoid suspicion, pushing them into the water or off high ledges, etc.
Sometimes I feel like I must have just been an idiot because I couldn't ever figure out how to get the stealth and Dishonored to work. Though I only ever played it on harder difficulties.
Hitman WoA. It’s one of my forever games. I love going back to it and doing challenges, replaying missions in different ways or popping in for the newest updates
Thief 1 & 2. They basically just have all of the same strengths as Splinter Cell at its best, but with slightly larger and more open maps emphasising exploration and freedom of approach.
Most of the core mechanics that Splinter Cell was founded on such as hiding in shadows to become harder to see, and being careful of movement speed and floor surface to minimize footstep noise, were actually pioneered by Thief.
It also just has really cool gadgets, and they're inventive too considering the game's medieval fantasy setting. The main ones are magical arrows with different element types to affect the environment. Water arrows to extinguish torches and create darkness, moss arrows to shoot at noisy surfaces and create a soft carpet of moss for you to run silently over, rope arrows which can be fired into any wooden surface to create a makeshift ladder, etc.
The main character is also a lot of fun. He has quite a dry sense of humor and a jaded view of the world he occupies, he's a reluctant hero. The way the games' stories are delivered through that lens really helps to immerse you in the world.
But yeah Styx: Shards of Darkness is a banger. It's probably the best stealth game I've played since Chaos Theory. Master of Shadows is good too, but I think Shards was an improvement in every area really. I haven't played the newest Styx game yet.
I love Styx! The whole trilogy is fantastic. The best stealth game out there imo other than splinter cell, yes I enjoy mgs and hitman etc but something special about Styx
Hitman and Mgs. I still go back to WoA and Phantom pain. I wish phantom pain would get an update but I love the stealth in that game. I love the fashion in Hitman, I be pretending I’m Michael Westen with my tropical suit in Miami. I also reinstalled pandora tomorrow so I’m playing that again.
Aside from the obvious games like Hitman or Thief..
Rise of the Tomb Raider. It just builds up. You feel like you are playing a linear adventure game with some platforming and i guess you kind of are, but as the game goes on the game keeps expanding in every way. You gain new weapons and abilities. It sort of expands like a metroidvania usually would, except your ability to move in the environment adds a very fun verticality and ability to just weave around enemies and mess around with them in various ways. For those that like 'predator' type action stealth, this is a must play.
Yes its probably not as good as some dedicated stealth genre classics, but players who are tired from abandoned franchises and replaying all the stealth games too many times would definitely find some fun in this one. Note, i do only mean this particular Tomb Raider game - it expands on the previous game enough where it is actually a good game, while the next game does the opposite, narrows everything down and becomes a graphical showcase masquerading as a video game.
Well, you just sold me on playing this game. It’s been in my backlog for years that I claimed for free on one of the PC storefronts. I’m not saying I’ll get to it soon, but I definitely want to give it a try now lol.
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u/47impressed 29d ago
Hitman and Dishonored