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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 6 days 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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[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

"Paintball"

Everyone is a ghost, no cloaking/energy, everyone dies in one hit, FFA / All vs All, fog of war on, forested map, last alive wins.

Maybe a proto MOBA, by today's nomenclature?

People would argue that playing as green or a color close to green was an unfair advantage.

I also remember various... basically obstacle course maps, which were races to the finish, but... you had to understand various game glitches to be able to pass many of these obstacles.