All time favorite stealth game.

[LaMer]

I apologize if this thread already exists, but what is your all-time favorite stealth game? For me it's a three way tie between Hitman: Blood Money, Assassins Creed II, and Splinter Cell: Conviction, all near-perfect games, in my honest opinion.

 

[KingFall]

Thief. De facto.

 

[loc978]

Deus Ex. Not strictly a stealth game, but I always tended to play it as one.

 

[twistedmic]

For me it's Assassin's Creed II and Brotherhood. I really enjoy the multitude of ways you can kill guards and targets. My particular favorite is to throw them off of buildings, or using a lift to drop a load of bricks onto their heads.
Plus poisoning those annoying minstrels and watching them spazz out and die slowly is always funny.

 

[Reptiloid]

Tie between Splinter Cell 1 and Thief 2.

 

[The Madman]

Thief 2: The Metal Age

Amazing atmosphere, excellent story, memorable protagonist, and extremely solid gameplay mechanics make it the best stealth game out there.

 

[Fr]anc[is]

Thief 2. You get to rob a bank.

 

[imperialreign]

Thief. De facto.

Agreed.

NOTHING has come close to touching the stealth pinacle that was set by the Thief series. Some have been good, but none can compare.

 

[spartan231490]

No contest. Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven. Although I haven't played any of the more recent versions, which look even better.

 

[Wayneguard]

Hitman: Contracts with the thief games coming in close behind. Contracts has 2 of the best levels in any hitman game (seafood massacre and beldingford manor). God i love that game.

No contest. Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven. Although I haven't played any of the more recent versions, which look even better.

OMYGOD THANK YOU. I totally forgot about tenchu. Wrath of Heaven and return from darkness are amazing. my god i didn't think anyone else even knew of those games. kudos to you sir.

 

[Twad]

Thief. De facto.

Agreed.

NOTHING has come close to touching the stealth pinacle that was set by the Thief series. Some have been good, but none can compare.

I agree. Most other "stealth" games allow/force us to just murder everything and everyone who might be a bother.. not so much in Thief. So skill, discretion and patience really matters.

 

[DP155ToneZone]

Thief invented and perfected the stealth genre.

Anyone who says it isn't their favourite stealth game, hasn't played it.

 

[imperialreign]

I agree. Most other "stealth" games allow/force us to just murder everything and everyone who might be a bother.. not so much in Thief. So skill, discretion and patience really matters.

TBH, thanks to Thief, I measure the base quality of a stealth title in it's ability to be played through without having to kill, maim, or injure a single foe (human or not).

Sadly - the Thief titles are still the only ones I've found where this is possible.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

I apologize if this thread already exists, but what is your all-time favorite stealth game? For me it's a three way tie between Hitman: Blood Money, Assassins Creed II, and Splinter Cell: Conviction, all near-perfect games, in my honest opinion.

I'm sorry but Assassin's Creed is hardly a stealth game.

Personally though, I would go with Escape from Butcher Bay as my my favorite stealth game. Not only is the stealth gameplay really good, and necessary, the first person hand to hand combat is very visceral and feels satisfying.

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Thief 2: The Metal Age

Amazing atmosphere, excellent story, memorable protagonist, and extremely solid gameplay mechanics make it the best stealth game out there.

I would agree with this IF MY COMPUTER COULD GODDAMN RUN IT! The game is so old that my computer can't even boot it up anymore.

 

[SimuLord]

Thief invented and perfected the stealth genre.

Anyone who says it isn't their favourite stealth game, hasn't played it.

I haven't played it, so I'll defer to your wisdom on this, but:

The way I play it, it's not too far outside the realm of plausibility for me to say "Fallout: New Vegas".

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

I've only played a couple of stealth games. Metal Gear Solid, Siphon Filter, and Siphon Filter: The Omega Strain. Either MGS or Omega Strain take the cake. I really loved MGS and Omega Strain was stupidly hard but it had a lot more customization.

 

[bsaxagent]

The thief series. It's old, but nothing has yet to touch it.

 

[loc978]

Thief invented and perfected the stealth genre.

Anyone who says it isn't their favourite stealth game, hasn't played it.

Eh, I played it all the way through (the first one. Never tried Metal Age). Don't get me wrong, the game is great, the stealth system awesome... but I didn't like the setting much, and I just didn't enjoy the waiting for guards to tread on. Still had fun with it, but I had more fun with Deus Ex.

 

[DP155ToneZone]

Thief invented and perfected the stealth genre.

Anyone who says it isn't their favourite stealth game, hasn't played it.

Eh, I played it all the way through (the first one. Never tried Metal Age). Don't get me wrong, the game is great, the stealth system awesome... but I didn't like the setting much, and I just didn't enjoy the waiting for guards to tread on. Still had fun with it, but I had more fun with Deus Ex.

Deus Ex is the greatest game in existence. It just works on every level.

But I wouldn't say the stealth is better in Deus Ex than it is in Thief.


Do give Thief II a try, it is a better, more distilled version of the first game.