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I've gotten into these of late.
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i dont really get how stealth is its own genre, i feel like stealth is more of a component in other games
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Romulox28 posted...

i dont really get how stealth is its own genre, i feel like stealth is more of a component in other games

Yeah stealth games are often just puzzle games in disguise, like stealth inc and spy chameleon
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Is dishonoured a stealth game? Is alien isolation, is the last of us?
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I absolutely love stealth games. I have the patience to sit still and observe patterns, and then strike like a cobra when the moment is right.

I like them to the point that I did a stealth Khajiit run through Oblivion, only ever being seen by essential NPCs.
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Probably my favorite genre.
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4

I hate most stealth games. But the Arkham games pull it off pretty well.
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9/10

Many of the best games ever are in the Stealth genre, but loses a point because poorly executed stealth games are some of the worst games in existence.

Romulox28 posted...

i dont really get how stealth is its own genre, i feel like stealth is more of a component in other games

It's an Action-adventure subgenre. Also, basically every genre can have elements used in other games. Like how many games are such and such genre "with RPG elements"?

EpicMickeyDrew posted...

Yeah stealth games are often just puzzle games in disguise

Yeah I would consider games like that puzzle games with a stealth theme tbh.
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If it's pulled off well, it's easily one of the best genre's
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I like to take the stealth route in games that offer it
I usually do the whole stealth kill and hide all the bodies thing rather than sneak past everyone though
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