Do you go lethal or non-lethal when given a choice?

Usually nonlethal unless I'm in a jam or the enemies are CIA/Genocidaire tier assholes.

mandatory elitist ghost reply

>>387745989

Lethal. But I acknowledge non-lethal as the most woke approach.

>>387745989
He was right. Half the time he's just bumping into regular assholes doing their jobs and it's not right to kill them for it.

>>387747384
>terrorists and criminals are just doing their jobs
They should've gone to college.

>>387747678
They went to Terrorist University. Go Bombs!

>>387745989
Lethal all the way. In most games you only face genuine bad guys anyway.

depends on which is more fun

>>387745989
It's actually more fun to go non-lethal in Blacklist because while the lethal animations are quick and brutal, you're mostly simply grabbing people and cutting their throats. Sam gets really innovative and acrobatic when going non-lethal.

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>>387745989
i like to make a silent takedown

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>Stealth game that discourages the use of lethal force
>The gunplay is really good

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>>387749297
>game where suppressors are practically required
>gives you a really nice revolver

Lethal, unless you are penalized for killing

>>387745989
Context sensitive. I used to go mostly lethal, but when games started baiting me and judging me for lethality, I took the complete opposite route with my only exceptions being when I genuinely feel someone deserves to die.

>>387748739
Nu-Sam is a fucking psycho.
>sinks a karambit in a dude's throat
>drags him closer with the knife so that he can hold a hand over his mouth to prevent him from screaming
>holds the knife in for a few seconds to
make him feel it
>then pulls it out and takes another swipe at the throat
Blackedlist made me feel like a god at removing kebab.

>>387749542

Just use a nagant revolver

>>387745989
depends on how retarded the punishment is for lethality

>>387745989
Non-lethal until I inevitably fuck up the stealth and have to pull out an assault rifle.

>>387745989
Each situation is different but usually nonlethal.

>>387747890
Non-Lethal is for pussies anyway. Does sam look like the kinda guy that would not kill you if he had the chance? Plus lethal always gives you better shit to fuck around with.

>>387745989
i prefer non-lethal. i only kill if i have to.

>>387752406
Old Sam didn't kill that much. Nu Sam would slaughter everyone in sight to sate his bloodlust.

>>387745989
Trying to be sneaky but willing to resort to force if necessary.

>>387754606
dude, I also didn't play blacklist, highfive bro!

>>387745989
If the enemy has encountered you you've failed at being a stealth master.

Whatever is easier, and I look up the easiest route if I'm having trouble.

>>387755242
What if I drop a nuke on the city then stealth through the destroyed city? Am I a true stealth master cause everyones dead?

>>387745989
Usually Lethal
ESPECIALLY if the game shoe horns a non lethal playthrough and the characters treat you like hitler if you decide to go that route.

>game lets you take out targets non-lethally
>some of the non-lethal options are just as bad if not worse than killing them

>>387755095
I loved Blacklist, but c'mon, just because you were able to ghost it doesn't mean that Nu-Sam wasn't canonically very angry and violent, not to mention lethal to a point where you could rack up a bodycount of 30 guys per level.

I'm not complaining or anything, it's just funny.

>>387755454
>Kill guy
>"How could you kill a man who was just following orders."
>Nonlethal
>Cut out his eyes and gag him, chop his hands off and tie him up so he can't go screaming for help.
>"You're a good man, he didn't deserve to die."

>>387745989
Usually nonlethal unless the enemies are complete assholes.

>>387745989
I tend to go non-lethal and then regret it halfway through the game.

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>>387755454
>mfw Bam Ham breaks a guy's arm then bashes the back of his knee
I'm not sure crippling them for life is much better than killing them

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>missed the tutorial prompt that says i can press E to non-lethal take down people in metro last night
>barely find this out when i see that there's a pacifist ending and you that you can do non-lethal take downs for it

>>387745989
I like speech checking through my vidya, but, when given adversary that doesn't deserve living in pain or the non-lethal approach won't solve anything, I go for a kill. Balancing is what differs true human from moralfags or edgy fucks.

The best is going non-lethal unless they're gigantic evil assholes

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>>387755095

>piloting a drone and blowing up half of Tehran during the escape sequence
>"You don't have to kill anyone unless you want to!"

>>387745989
The animations look awesome so I'm going to use both.

>>387745989
Depends on the situation, in Splinter Cell you're going against terrorists which I have no problem with killing.

While in Metal Gear Solid 3 or V for an example most of them are just soldiers fighting for their country. Plus in V you can kidnap them and recruit them for your own army.

>>387745989
Is there a single game that actually rewards you for killing people when given a nonlethal option?

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>>387756681
That was this crazy bitch though, not Sam.

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>>387756261

>grow up in Gotham
>make some bad choices, fall in with the wrong crowd
>end up working for Two-Face
>go to rob a bank
>suddenly it's The Bat
>you know if you don't at least try to fight, the boss will put a bullet through your brain
>take a swing at him
>wake up in the hospital with at least 3 major bone fractures
>when you recover, you serve a stint in blackgate
>after that, decide to turn your life around
>go to college, get a good job, start a family
>know that you have Batman to thank for it

>>387745989
>jihaddist with AK and turban
knife to the kneck, you goin down boi
>some soldier/mall cop guarding the bank
sneak past him or knock him out.

I kill people I don't like. I knock out people that just do their jobs.

>>387757228
>this is what Batcuck really believes

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>>387757397

Crime doesn't pay, evil-doer.

>>387745989
I go non-lethal because the game always makes it the better option, then eventually I lose it and just give up and start killing.

Used to play non-lethal but I got bored after so many years. Now I try to stealth past but am not afraid to kill when I get caught. Still try to knock out enemies if possible though.

>>387756996
most of the time lethal kills are a quick silent stab and non-lethal take downs make you stand in the open strangling someone

>>387745989
If an enemy is directly in my way, lethal. If not, I'll try and sneak by.

>>387757081
That was kinda weird. The most level headed and logical member of the team just starts to make it rain with missiles on a rather busy city.

>>387760015
>on a rather busy city

On the capital city of a country that is not exactly friendly to American interests, on the same night that an American covert agent infiltrated one of their most heavily guarded military installations.

I know the Engineers are bad news, but what the fuck were you thinking, Grim.

>>387757228
This, based Bats.

Lethal or ghost, no in between

>>387755593
>I loved Blacklist
kill yourself

>>387762129
>Blacklist was bad
Hello, plebbit.

Depends which route is more fun.

For a game like Hitman I play nonlethal the first time, then see how it handles if I go goes blazing the next time. Just some games like Splinter Cell are inherently easier going lethal.

>>387745989
Non-lethal for as long as my patience allows.
When things become 'wait for the stars to align for your five second window of opportunity to creep up on this guy, knock him out with the drawn out nonlethal take down, and hide his body before his life partner sees you,' throats get cut and dudes will start flying out of windows.

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>>387745989
>always non-lethal
>enemy acts like an asshole
>go full lethal on him

>>387756312
The Metro games are real finnicky about giving people the good endings.

You basically have to get every secret good boy point, and avoid every single bad option available to you. A single big enough fuck up is enough to keep you from getting the good ending.
For example, in the second game when you get the option to kill or spare the leader of a very blood thirsty faction, choosing to kill him will put such a dent in your score that even if you did everything else right up until then you'll be some five good boy points short of the good ending.

Granted, it's a big moment in the game, but out of the whole cast of Metro 2 this guy most definitely deserves death and is practically a monster.

>>387747384
>consider this while playing Dishonored/2
>use the heart
>literally everyone is a fucking douchebag/rapist/scammer/overall piece of shit

I don't mind killing folks in Dishonored. Except that one random guard that gave food to kids or something. That guy is a hero.

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>>387763437

>"stealth" game where you are forced to kill/KO guys every 5 seconds to progress

So epic and cool. Not like those old shitty Splinter Cell games where you just sneak around, right?

It seems like every game that gives you options like that go like: stealth+non-lethal, stealth+lethal and loud+lethal. Are there any games were loud+non-lethal is viable? Only game that kinda comes to mind is Dishonored

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>>387745989
non-lethal and ghost, pic related

>>387765448
Man, where the fuck do I get a good copy of Splinter Cell through Chaos Theory these days? Are the Steam versions any good?

I actually still have my SC discs. All four or five CDs. I should dig those up one day.

>>387765384
>Are there any games were loud+non-lethal is viable?
MGSV with CQC and advanced fulton gear

>>387745989
submit to the ghost tyranny

>>387765539
steam version is pretty good surpisingly, actual copies u gotta patch out the SecuRom bullshit or whatever

In SC I usually go non-lethal. I like to imagine Gitmo being stuffed to the fucking brim with the terrorists I knocked out.

>>387765751
What about Pandora Tomorrow? It's the only one I've never played, and Steam still doesn't fucking have it. Google is revealing nothing. Is it really not available anywhere other than pirating?

>>387765983
Pretty good, only issue is that modern systems have a problem rendering the shadows properly in that game and SC1 for that matter too so you gotta look up the fixes. There are fixes for it guaranteed.

>>387765983
Use the pcgamingwiki to look up the modern status for older games, it's really helpful and usually lists any fixes you need.

>>387765384
>Are there any games were loud+non-lethal is viable?
This is what I want. Non-lethal in a lot of games usually ends up being pretty boring.

>>387757228
>grow up in Gotham
>make some bad choices, fall in with the wrong crowd to earn extra cash to pay for th ehuge University fees
>end up working for Two-Face
>go to rob a bank
>suddenly it's The Bat
>you know if you don't at least try to fight, the boss will put a bullet through your brain
>take a swing at him
>wake up in the hospital with at least 3 major bone fractures
>when you recover, you serve a stint in blackgate
>after that, decide to turn your life around
>try to finish college, can't perform any surgeries any more
>know that you have Batman to thank for it

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>>387766709

Should have gone to college in Metropolis.

>>387745989
Depends on which is more efficient for the situation at hand.

Non lethal but I'd rather avoid conflict.