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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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[–] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (3 children)

I was never a fan of how StarCraft 1 is supposed to be played.

It had a map editor that allowed scripting and people used it to make tons of other games inside of StarCraft like tower defense games, drawing party games like you would see decades later on mobile, and RPGs of every franchise imaginable. There's literally thousands of unique games out there on archive websites.

[–] frozen@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 1 points 5 hours ago

I'm absolutely ass at RTS, but I really really love Starcraft and Warcraft lore. Every few years, I'll replay WC3 and Starcraft 1 and 2 using cheats. I use as few cheats as possible so that I still experience as much of the game as intended, but I still make sure I can't lose.

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 11 hours ago

That's also how DotA started, except in Warcraft 3.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 14 hours ago

Yeah, the 'use map settings' was by far the most fun I had in starcraft. Eventually someone showed me how to play the actual game well, and I went and steamrolled the campaign, and then it was back to the fun.