Preferred method of assasination

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Sean Hollyman

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So in some games, you can assasinate people either stealthily, or not-so stealthily. Be it a stabbing, silently slit throat, well placed sniper shot, or maybe even a bow.

But what's your preferred method? I love stabbing and slitting throats. Dishonored looks perfect :D
 

baddude1337

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I love me some sick close quarter moves. The Krav Maga in Splinter Cell Conviction is especially brutal.

One that stands out for me though is in AC when you dig the short blade into someone's skull and has that distinctive 'crack'.
 

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I would like to say that I love stealth moves, sneaking up behind someone and slitting their throat, however I suck at it, so it usually turns out, I sneak behind them, they hear me coming a mile away and I have to hack them to pieces with a sword.
 

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Stealth moves are great, especially when the target doesn't see it coming, but my favourite one would have to be from Splinter Cell: Double Agent. Waiting underneath the ice until a gaurd walks over to where you are and then jumping up through the ice, grabbing him completely unaware and killing him. Sure it's noisy and lacks finesse, but it's awesome anyway.
 

k3v1n

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well, I've just recently been playing Gears of War I & II, and what I find most pleasant is picking up the sniper and noscoping them in the head. That sound they make when it explodes has the same effect as a stress ball.
 

Launcelot111

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The ones in Arkham Asylum where you drop down from the gargoyles and let the bad guys hang there. Sure, Batman knocks em out instead of assassinating, but it's the best
 

Swyftstar

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Last month I might have said a nice close quarter throat slice. But just recently with 2 players in Battlefield 3 and with 4 in Ghost Recon I've had a ton of fun with simultaneously silenced rifle kills.
 

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Launcelot111 said:
The ones in Arkham Asylum where you drop down from the gargoyles and let the bad guys hang there. Sure, Batman knocks em out instead of assassinating, but it's the best
The only thing better is if you prep the area with the explosive gel. So when everyone runs over to watch the guy flailing on the line, BOOM!
 

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In a way that looks like an accident: Dropping chandeliers on people, locking people in saunas etc.

It's just more elegant somehow.
 

Strain42

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Drowning somebody in boiling water.

It seems like a great way to add extra injury to injury :p

Plus I'm curious which would kill them first...

Oh wait, you said in video games...um...

I guess...swords?
 

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One of the takedowns in Deus Ex HR, the one where you tap on someones shoulder and then punch them in the face when they turn around.

You could argue that it's non-lethal, but if Jensen can punch through walls, he can surely beat your brainpan into bonepowder.
 

Wintermoot

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a sniper rifle
call me cheap/ a coward but the best way to assassinate somebody is without your target knowing it.
 

FolkLikePanda

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Silenced Sniper Rifle if it's in public and outside, PSG-1 or Dragunov with a well placed shot to the head or heart.

If they're inside or asleep somewhere I think a fast-acting poison would be good, doesn't make much noise such as gagging or coughing or screams of pain and seems natural at first.

Either way stealth just seems really professional.
 

Qitz

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Getting up close and personal can be fun, especially when it all goes down silently and unknowningly like Hitman.

Course, hitting them from afar can be rather pleasing too but nothing is quite as enjoyable as stalking your kill for a while and then ambushing him when he least expects it.
 

Paladin2905

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I've always been a fan of guile. Why kill them yourself when you can bribe / threaten / force pursuade / seduce / trick their best henchman into killing them for you?
 

Agow95

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In Skyrim I prefer backstab, it gives me X30 damage and I have full pickpocket so I can steal their armour before and just in case, plus it's more impressive to get up close and still manage to kill unseen
 

Combustion Kevin

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I preffer the "quiet before the kill" approach, where you sneak up very silently up on your target before taking them out in the most extravagant and unsubtle way the situation allows.

like a battle-axe or something, gotta be sure it's dead.
 

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In the gravelly words of J.C. Denton

"I like to pick 'em off at a distance. I'll take the rifle."