Dishonored - Too much Power?

[HiddenX]

PCGamesN thinks that modern stealth games are giving the player too much power:

Modern stealth games give players too much power

Stealth games have gone through a noticeable shift over the past few years. A shift from evasion to confrontation. To the point where many popular series in the genre now make stealth just one option, rather than the only way to beat a mission. It does make some sense. Stealth games have always been a niche. They demand patience, careful observation, and the gratification they provide is often invisible to the outsider (no, not that one). Stealth games are often at their most satisfying when nothing is happening. How do you market that?

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[NFLed]

In my view it's a matter of personal preference. I do not enjoy stealth-only games but I have enjoyed many games in which stealth is a viable option. I did not enjoy the couple of games I tried in the Hitman series at all, whereas I enjoy Assassin's Creed, Dishonored, Deus Ex, etc. in part because they allow for stealth or not.

 

[ChienAboyeur]

The article is not about dishonored.

 

[joxer]

PCgamesN misses the point completely.
You're (role?)playing a person that has certain abilities noone else has in these games. But you can still lose which means - there is no too much power. Unlike pay2win MMO garbage.

 

[Alrik Fassbauer]

Stealth games are often at their most satisfying when nothing is happening. How do you market that?

The other side of that coin is the very answer to what makes ACtion-RPGs so popular (apart from the loot) : Confrontation.

And, on top of that, "Conflict" has ALWYS been THE main narrative - reason to tell stories at all, even ! - and that's why a thing like Diplomacy is often considered so weak that it doesn't even become a game skill.

 

[Wisdom]

The other side of that coin is the very answer to what makes ACtion-RPGs so popular (apart from the loot) : Confrontation.

And, on top of that, "Conflict" has ALWYS been THE main narrative - reason to tell stories at all, even ! - and that's why a thing like Diplomacy is often considered so weak that it doesn't even become a game skill.

Unless you are playing Parvin Lal from Peacekeeper faction in Alpha Centauri or Diplomatic Milan in Civ 6. Then you can wipe the floor with it