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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)

submitted 1 day ago by Elevator7009@lemmy.zip to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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Stolen from myself 6 months ago at https://lemmyverse.link/lemmy.zip/post/35616522

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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[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In Rust you can host your own server, and if you do that on your own local network with nobody else connected, then you have a very large world, with only like a couple of things that can kill you, and you can have a very fun, laid-back, relaxing, you know, builder, simulator, survival thing.

And also Skyrim. I have been trying to complete every single side quest and every single add-on side quest that I can, while basically not advancing the game at all. My current game is easily 40 hours in, and I only recently defeated the first dragon that you can kill as part of the main quest.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The only thing with Rust is you need to pay for your own server on top of paying for the game. I want to play it, I want to try it because I like survival crafting games; but I've also seen and heard all the horror stories about Rust players, so I really wouldn't want to just jump into any server

[–] bizarroland@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Many computers have enough spare compute power to run the server in addition to the game all on the same system.

I know I'm coming from a position of privilege because I was playing it on a 5950X with 64 gigs of RAM and a 3090, but even so, like it barely even broke a sweat.

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Many games that have multiplayer and singleplayer options run singleplayer by hosting a server and then joining it.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

And then you've got the new Battlefield 6 which requires you to wait your turn to connect to their remote server so you can pay the Singleplayer campaign.