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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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[–] No_Bark@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 hours ago

I've never completed the main quest line in any Elder Scrolls game.

The majority of my playtime in Oblivion was spent breaking into NPC houses and stealing their shit. I'd stalk targets based on who had the most valuables in their pockets when I'd see them wandering in the cities. I basically played the game as a stealing simulator, only ever completing the Thieves guild quest line and the Dark Brotherhood line when I wanted to be add some murder to my thieving.

I don't think this is uncommon with the Elder Scrolls games.