(Didn't see anything like this yet... apologies in advance if I missed the opportunity to necro an older thread.)
As gamers, we like to pride ourselves on having control over our the games we play. But sometimes, whether due to the game glitching, hitting a difficulty wall, crappy game design, or through player interaction, we find ourselves losing our cool for a few seconds, throwing a controller, and/or getting the police involved after the neighbors call the cops. Don't deny it- you've had one of those moments.
What are some of your less than graceful moments in gaming?
As gamers, we like to pride ourselves on having control over our the games we play. But sometimes, whether due to the game glitching, hitting a difficulty wall, crappy game design, or through player interaction, we find ourselves losing our cool for a few seconds, throwing a controller, and/or getting the police involved after the neighbors call the cops. Don't deny it- you've had one of those moments.
For example, just yesterday I was playing the new Elusive Targets mission in the latest Hitman game. For those who haven't played it, essentially a character will be added to a game map, and you, as Agent 47, have 48 hours in real time and limited intel to find and kill the target. Here's the kicker though- it's a one and done affair. No saves, no replays- you got one chance. If you die, the target escapes. If you don't play the mission in that 48 hours, the target escapes. That's it.
So the last mission was to assassinate Congressman Troutt, who was at all times surrounded by a private entourage of guards and servants. He is located inside a manor filled with armed guards and surrounded by surveillance cameras.
Now, an unskilled player might try and rush the kill, go in guns blazing, and take out as many people as possible. But Agent 47 doesn't do that- he is methodical, strategic, cunning. That and plus if you go in guns blazing you will get rekt before you get within 10 yards of the manor.
So, I am slowly planning out my attack. After about 20-30 minutes of just snooping around and stealing a guard's uniform and stashing the unconcious sap, I finally find the good Congressman. So I shadow the guard and his men, figure out their route, look for openings.
And holy shit so many possibilities... but so many of them come with a catch- a chance of being caught. Further, Agent 47- ideally- only kills the target. I am being a perfectionist here and I just want Troutt dead.
So, after about another 30-40 minutes of planning and aborting possible assassination attempts, I finally find Troutt in the wine cellar. Bingo. Poison the wine, make him ill, have him run to the bathroom, kill him there and escape unseen.
Problem: the cellar is patrolled by three manor servants. So when Troutt leaves, I have only minutes before he returns. Like a goddamn ninja, I lure each servant away and hide their unconscious bodies, then poison the wine. And then I wait.
Troutt returns. I am in position, hiding in the bathroom. I hear him gagging- on the HUD minimap, I see him heading my way. His entourage is hanging back, letting the man upchuck in peace.
I've done this trick before on other maps. The bodyguards always hold back and let the person have their peace with the porcelain gods. I got this. Nearly two hours of plotting and planning, and I will get this. I will be a perfect Silent Assassin.
Troutt enters. I am hiding behind the door. He doesn't see me as he bows before the toilet. The door shuts, leaving us alone.
Different ways to kill him. I decide to drown him in the toilet. Sneaking up on him I shove his fat face into his porcelain god. He is going to die. I am this close to killing the target.
Then I see the minimap, the two dots representing his entourage are beelining my way. But bodyguards never actually walk into the bathroom. They never...
...they open the door and see me trying to drown their employer in a pool of his own vomit. They waste no time to unload their guns into me. I don't even have a chance to even draw my gun. I die, dressed up like some guido in a cellar bathroom.
Two hours of planning and preparation... shot all to hell. Game over. That's it, kiddo. Hit the bricks, yer done.
MotherFUCKER.
So the last mission was to assassinate Congressman Troutt, who was at all times surrounded by a private entourage of guards and servants. He is located inside a manor filled with armed guards and surrounded by surveillance cameras.
Now, an unskilled player might try and rush the kill, go in guns blazing, and take out as many people as possible. But Agent 47 doesn't do that- he is methodical, strategic, cunning. That and plus if you go in guns blazing you will get rekt before you get within 10 yards of the manor.
So, I am slowly planning out my attack. After about 20-30 minutes of just snooping around and stealing a guard's uniform and stashing the unconcious sap, I finally find the good Congressman. So I shadow the guard and his men, figure out their route, look for openings.
And holy shit so many possibilities... but so many of them come with a catch- a chance of being caught. Further, Agent 47- ideally- only kills the target. I am being a perfectionist here and I just want Troutt dead.
So, after about another 30-40 minutes of planning and aborting possible assassination attempts, I finally find Troutt in the wine cellar. Bingo. Poison the wine, make him ill, have him run to the bathroom, kill him there and escape unseen.
Problem: the cellar is patrolled by three manor servants. So when Troutt leaves, I have only minutes before he returns. Like a goddamn ninja, I lure each servant away and hide their unconscious bodies, then poison the wine. And then I wait.
Troutt returns. I am in position, hiding in the bathroom. I hear him gagging- on the HUD minimap, I see him heading my way. His entourage is hanging back, letting the man upchuck in peace.
I've done this trick before on other maps. The bodyguards always hold back and let the person have their peace with the porcelain gods. I got this. Nearly two hours of plotting and planning, and I will get this. I will be a perfect Silent Assassin.
Troutt enters. I am hiding behind the door. He doesn't see me as he bows before the toilet. The door shuts, leaving us alone.
Different ways to kill him. I decide to drown him in the toilet. Sneaking up on him I shove his fat face into his porcelain god. He is going to die. I am this close to killing the target.
Then I see the minimap, the two dots representing his entourage are beelining my way. But bodyguards never actually walk into the bathroom. They never...
...they open the door and see me trying to drown their employer in a pool of his own vomit. They waste no time to unload their guns into me. I don't even have a chance to even draw my gun. I die, dressed up like some guido in a cellar bathroom.
Two hours of planning and preparation... shot all to hell. Game over. That's it, kiddo. Hit the bricks, yer done.
MotherFUCKER.
What are some of your less than graceful moments in gaming?
riginal Sin, when the "Adaptive" style pathing sent my characters not on the path I'd originally indicated towards the enemy, but janking over lava, killing them instantly, not once, but repeatedly.
