Sneaky Sneaky
I’ve always never liked/been good at stealth games. The very thought of them contradict why I primarily play games (but not why everyone else does). I play games ultimately to have fun and rest my mind after all the work I have done. I don’t really want to think much while I play and nor do I care about how I play. I guess that’s why I’m not a good gamer and it speaks volumes of my personality. But this is the nature of who I am when I want to escape from work and I hope to change it when I have more free time.
Anyway, to the point. Stealth games frustrate me. I love Metal Gear Solid and although the stealth is rudimentary in the first game, I always did not like it. I’m probably not a patient person, I like to run and gun at things. Also, I don’t really understand the games and how they work. Playing Deus Ex, I did not know that I could hide in shadows so I spent time cowering behind cover and when I peeked out I would be caught. I also don’t know what I can and can’t do in a stealth game; how far the AI saw, and whether or not the enemies had a patrol we had to observe and exploit. I also like to explore in games. Making me do stealth restricts that. I also feel unsatisfactory as I felt like I need to kill everyone to complete the game. >_>
However I did like the stealth elements in Crysis. It is easy (you had an invisibility cloak) but at the hard difficulty, the game edged you towards sneaking around. I guess I liked games where stealth was an option which you did not have to choose. I always hated it when you are forced into a stealth task where the main game isn’t about stealth-ing. It always causes frustration for me. But in Crysis, I liked sneaking right under the nose of the North Koreans with the opportunity of de-cloaking anytime for some gun action.
I guess that’s the reason why we don’t see may stealth oriented games anymore. Many people probably feel the same as me and this has caused a changed in target market. Games like MGS4 and Splinter Cell: Double Agent allow a combat oriented approach (or so I hear). But I don’t want this. I still like the stealth genre to stay even if it isn’t for me. I want to see a new Thief sequel. I hope one day to have a craving for these types of games and then to enter a new wonderful genre (which I did with Prince Of Persia : SOT, I did not feel like playing it at first and now later, I felt like playing and finished it, enjoying it immensely). After all, doesn’t the thought of being a cold and calculating character, hiding in the shadows passing through guards like a ghost sound fun to play?
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