An assassin game?

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Arrk

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I was looking for a game to play where the MC was an assassin or close to it, even if in name only.
I can only think of these:
Splinter Cell Series
No More Heroes
MGS Series
Hitman Series
AC Series
Mark of the Ninja

Anyone know any more? preferably on PC, and, if possible, in modern settings?
 

Anathrax

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Dishonored probably.

Sorry for the short answer, my stomach is exploding right now...
 

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Far Cry 3... maybe? I mean, it's on an island but it's pretty modern with its guns and stuff. Plus, one of the best implementations of stealth in an open world game.

That or Dishonored.

OR MAYBE, the Mark of the Ninja. Other that that, I got nothing.
 

Arrk

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Can't believe I forgot Dishonored. Far Cry 3 was also pretty good but did that too. Anyone got anything else?
 

Doom972

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There's Velvet Assassin. Oblivion and Skyrim have very nice assassin's guild quest lines. Alpha Protocol allows you to be an assassin, though some sections are almost impossible to sneak through. I once did an assassin style playthrough on Deus Ex and enjoyed it.
 

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Sneak King. He's not just an assassin, he's a master thief, a pimp, AND a king.




Besides the games you mentioned, the only game where you play as a straight up assassin that comes to mind is Velvet Assassin, but that game was slow and trial-and-error as shit. Great Graphics and atmosphere, though.
 

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In the "close to" territory - Sniper Elite. That game is pretty interesting - you play a sniper (duh) during the second World War. It's far from perfect but entertaining enough - it's somewhat of a shooter but the sniper mechanics do have a lot of emphasis - depending on the difficulty you chose (or you can set custom things on and off) the bullet would drop with the distance travelled and it may even be affected by the wind. Setting the scope on somebody's head and pulling the trigger won't do you much good if they are more than 30-ish metres away. Shooting will also alert enemies to your presence, unless you time your shots with explosions going off.

Sniper Elite V2 came out a few months ago but I have no idea how it is. If anything, I haven't heard anything bad about it (or much of anything, to be honest. Seems to be OK from what I know, though).

And since if you look into these, you might also find Sniper: Ghost Warrior I'll say a few words about it - no, don't get it. It's not nearly at the same level as the other. It's not really that good of a game on its own. It has incredibly frustrating AI which sees you despite cover and you being a kilometre away, for example, and it's broken in other parts, too.
 

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Tom_green_day said:
This far and no-one's mentioned Assassin's Creed?
Edit: Oh you did sorry, didn't notice :(
Because that game hardly has to do something with stabbing people while trying not to be detected.
 

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Arrk said:
AC Series
Does this still count? In 3 I remember lots of blowing up boats, skinning animals, crafting, daddy issues, neighbourly games of chess and WHERE IS CHARLES LEE but the whole assassin thing took a bit of a back seat.
 

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Beyond what you've listed, OP, the following are on PC:

Velvet Assassin (WWII setting)
Death to Spies (WWII setting)
Dishonored (fantasy take on late-Victorian London)
The Elder Scrolls III-V have assassin's guilds (medieval fantasy setting)

What about a game like Sleeping Dogs in which the player character is an undercover cop who does his fair share of killing?
 

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Tdoodle said:
Arrk said:
AC Series
Does this still count? In 3 I remember lots of blowing up boats, skinning animals, crafting, daddy issues, neighbourly games of chess and WHERE IS CHARLES LEE but the whole assassin thing took a bit of a back seat.
In the whole series 1 involved a lot of blending in and finding good ways to assassinate your target. 2 and 3 pretty much didn't. After 1, most major fights are scripted and most side missions end up as large scale fights because the quests are almost impossible to do quietly and killing every guard in the area is easier than just running.

I finished AC 3 by beating the crap out of everything unarmed. I rarely used the blades, so not much stealth action there.
 

Tahaneira

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Deus Ex? I've only played Human Revolution so I can't really comment on the first two, but from what I understand the first game, like HR, you can be as loud or stealthy as you want. You can kill only select targets while remaining unseen, kill everyone, or kill no one.

Except the bosses.

But yeah, you can play an assassin-type character in those.

EDIT: Unless you mean games where the primary playstyle is stealthy stabby.
 

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Zykon TheLich said:
Tenchu series? Kind of old, not on PC AFAIK and not modern except for one bonus level IIRC but definitely assassin based.
Gah, I got ninja'd on Tenchu. How appropriate.