Hitman 3 giving me a huge arsenal of cool weapons and then telling me, “Just kidding follow this NPC for 20 minutes and make him eat his dog”.
I'm a huge Hitman fan (even been streaming it recently because why not). Have the same opinion. It's why despite SASO being within my range to accomplish with some amount of ease for most missions they all devolve into mass murder. It's just more fun to use all that shit. That's also why Freelancer mode is so much fun. You get extra objectives to specifically use assault rifles or snipers or explosives and are REWARDED for it. Bang bang boom
Hitman gives you weapons, poison and explosives.
No thanks, i'll use this muffin to jump over a fence.
For me, stealth optional is a challenge to use it. I can't resist being the stealthiest boi I can be, on the off chance there's unique dialogue or rewards. It works ten percent of a quarter of the time.
"Stealth is optional" has a way of turning into "clandestine Rambo storm tactics that morph into raining hellfire is mandatory."
When stealth is not optional: "Of course, what fun! ...I’m going to fucking kill you."
I've never been good at stealth games, I just brute force my way through everything 😂 I remember that Yiga Clan hideout part of Zelda Breath of the Wild, on my first playthrough I ended up triggering the blademasters to appear in every room and I just killed them one by one
