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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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[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

When I regularly played Need for Speed: Most Wanted (the old one from the 2000s), I often intentionally didn't escape the cops at low wanted levels in order to get to higher wanted levels. Not sure this counts because it's basically what you have to do if you want to have fun in this game...

Recently I've been playing a lot of EA FC 25, and when I'm already clearly winning (or losing), I usually commit a lot of fouls just because I can.

[–] MrDrProf@lemmy.ca 5 points 13 hours ago

That's how people play football in person too