Preferred method of assasination

[Hugga_Bear]

Thinking of Skyrim my favourite method was dual daggers normally, I was a very sneaky guy and I'd use the bow to pick off a straggler or an enemy that could see me or to make a distraction while I slipped through. Then I'd use the daggers, slitting throats and slipping through the net.

Dagger probably, bow was good fun though. Silenced sniper rifle on Fallout NV was fun.

 

[Shadowcreed]

Poison is the way to go - either a poisoned dart or dropping a nice little sweet apple into the pockets of a guard that is bleeding from his knee for some odd reason. Damn archers.

 

[TheMann]

One or two well placed shots at a distance. Moving in close only complicates things without any sort of increase in efficacy. This is assuming the only objective is to kill a single target and there is nothing that must be recovered, stolen or obtained. Alternatively, sometimes it's just good to blow everything up. Overkill is highly underrated.

 

[DoPo]

"They never saw it coming". Maybe close and personal - a knife in the back while dressed as the victim's bodyguard, but preferrabl even cleaner than that - poison, accident, a remote detonated bomb - anything that would let me escape without much hassle once I have a head start and no clues leading to myself.

 

[teqrevisited]

Make it look accidental. Join in with the shocked crowd where possible. "Oh no, this poor fellow seems to have fallen over a 6ft high wall and 50ft down off of a bridge to his death. What are the odds?"

 

[BathorysGraveland]

I would be a little less... stylistic, and eliminate my targets in a melee fight to the death. The act of silently killing an unaware person is extremely unlikable for me. It just makes me feel weak and cowardly.

 

[Ljs1121]

I've always been a fan of sniping. The appeal of being a mile away and still having the power to make somebody's head asplode at will is endless to me.

Other than that, you can't go wrong with explosions.

 

[cthulhuspawn82]

I like games that let you set up traps; poisoned wine, car bomb, etc. Not a lot of games have those options, which is why I love Hitman.

 

[fozzy360]

Whenever I'm given the opportunity, I go for the stealthy kills. There's really nothing that's as satisfying as clearing a room full of baddies and walking out without having any of them noticed that they were being picked off one by one.

I'm hoping Dishonored will scratch that itch come October.

 

[Smeatza]

Take them down, non-lethaly and silently, drag them to somewhere safe, and put them out of their misery.
I loved that about Human Revolution.

 

[saintdane05]

Poison. It allows you to be far away from the target when he dies, making sure that know one will notice you. Especially involving high profile targets.

 

[doomspore98]

One thing I really like to do in DE:HR is nock a guy out, put him somewhere where others won't see him and then cap him in the head with a silenced pistol. In Skyrim there is this move where you're holding your dagger like your about to stab someone, and then stab your enemy in the neck, It's pretty sweet.

 

[WaysideMaze]

The end of this year looks just fantastic for assassin game fans (like myself). We have the latest Assassins Creed, which I think looks amazing. A new Hitman game (about fucking time), and Dishonored is also shaping up to be something special.

O/T I recently did a playthrough of Blood Money where I could kill as many people as necessary between me and the target, and there was no limit to the number of bodies discovered. The only rule I did impose was that I could only kill with a pistol shot to the back of the head, or a sniper round. There's just something so cold about an execution style round to the back of the head. Looking forward to trying the same in the new game. [/psychopath]

 

[Saladfork]

Sniping.

Something about coldly, skillfully gunning down the target just appeals to me.

 

[TheCommanders]

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.

I agree. On a related note, how do people still think that Superman doesn't kill people. Punching someone hard enough to lift them into the air and a few feet into a wall would mean their chest cavity would be flat as a pancake...

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

Also this.

I just went throughout the entirety of Wolfskull Cave when

Spoiler: Not sure if this needs a spoiler tag but people always seem to complain so here you go...

those necromancers are trying to summon Potema

and wasn't seen once. Even when picking off the ones in the circle at the top of the little tower. Fun fun!

 

[octafish]

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

It's just more elegant somehow.

Indeed. I was going to say swapping a stage pistol with a working model.

 

[Kraj]

Accidental Massacre. For example, rigging the house to go up in flames killing everyone with the target.

I like those kinds of eliminations.

 

[Richardplex]

Well, I like to blow 'em sky fucking high. Stylish (as in, when you walk away with your back to a huge 'splosion), yet merciful (you don't exactly suffer a lot when you get blasted to smithereens). Not very discreet, sure, but who gives a fuck. All assassins got a death wish anyway.

captcha: klatu barada nikto
Hey, isn't that from that one movie with the robot?

Not satisfying unless you pull out a detonator and push the button though...

OT: I love me some melee kills. Multi kills also make me feel warm inside. Now, double melee assassination.... such a high.

 

[TheCommanders]

Oh! I just remembered another one, but it's not from a video game.

Playing the Shadowrun Tabletop RPG, I had an explosives expert, and setting up for assassinations (among other things) and then seeing a well planned out chain of events play out to perfection was just so damned satisfying.

 

[Wayneguard]

Hitman: Contracts... the Seafood Massacre... double headshot from across the alley through the chinese restaurant window...


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