/v/ - Video Games

Payday 2 has Tony Montana in it. Rather, a character he tries to be Tony Montana.

Try Sleeping Dogs. You undercover cop so 99,9% of the game is spent playing as the criminal, you're only reminded of your actual purpose in story cutscenes but at the end of the day you're still doing missions and sideops for the gangs so it doesn't really matter what the cutscenes show you

>>16359848

and make sure to get the original version, not the "Definitive Edition". They completely fucking butchered the lighting in the definite edition. The original game has excellent lighting and the nights (especially when raining) are gorgeous. In the goy edition they made everything too bright and the colors washed out. The only improvement was that neck chains now have physics but literally who cares about that

Marina 1/2. 1 has a much better narrative overall, but some of the missions can be a bit of a chore to get through.

>>16358870

There's actually a much better game with playable Tony - Scarface: The World Is Yours. I like the fact that it actually has some interesting mechanics related to dealing drugs (both retail and wholesale) and laundering money. The gunplay is a bit janky but still satisfying, especially the assault rifles.

>>16359848

I played it on release. Melee combat was tight, but driving and shooting were somewhat lackluster, not to mention the overly segmented city. The storyline was good, but I recall there wasn't much to do outside of missions.

>>16359928

Played both of them as well, heavily enjoyed the first one.

Still, all those games focus primarily on action rather than the more cerebral aspects of criminal lifestyle. I'm curious if there are any games that put the emphasis on actually building and running a criminal empire - dealing with cops, loan sharks, competing criminals, managing your resources, etc.

>>16362692

>Serial killer stealth rpg

Ignore the cutscenes and play Hitman to scratch that itch.

Skyrim

>>16362692

I guess because most people like to play as the (ostensibly) good guys. I'm with you on this, I really want to see a game where you control some sort of criminal organization and have to deal heavily with logistics and strategy. Stuff like setting up trade routes, paying off cops, avoiding coast guard and border patrols, supplying your henchmen with weapons and ammo, assassinating witnesses and competitors, etc.

>computer criminals.jpg

That reminds me, Uplink is also a crime game, considering you play as a blackhat hacker and can pull off a bank heist. I've seen it mentioned several times around here recently, glad it's getting some of its well-deserved recognition. By the way, how old is the source of this image?

>>16362911

i mean if you like to play dressup it isn't exactly stealth but try doing suit-only like a real hitman you faggot

>>16362811

Uplink got a spiritual sequel, if you're unaware. Nite Team 4, it's supposed to focus more on military operations.

Honestly the bells and whistles were nice but I don't think anything can beat uplink short of a dedicated hacking game by Zachatronics. That game is just too good.

I too wants to do vidya about some crims

>>16363401

nite team 4 is an online only game. No singleplayer offline mode you should probably warn people about that before they read the word uplink and run off to go buy it.

>>16364302

Thanks for the heads up, I did see "uplink" and already had a tab open ready to buy it.

That's how much I'm willing to drop money on a proper "hollywood-hackeresque" game.

Hacknet comes to mind, but that was closer to a puzzle game rather than the sandbox Uplink was.

At least one of the Hacknet games had this sort of "skirmish" mode that was kinda fun to play around, even with bots.

>>16364302

It is? Wow, that's quite the disappointment.

>>16362692

theres plenty of games about being a hero but i never felt there were very many games about being a cop. maybe if you extended the definition of cop to include things like spectres from mass effect but even then it felt like there were more games themed around being a criminal.

what bothers me is how the villain games are often so "modern". guns and drugs are cool but theres not enough games where i play as a warlock or necromancer up to no good.

>>16363375

>hitman isn't a stealth game, it's a puzzle game

This argument is regularly made in regards to the genre as a whole, not just Hitman.

>you cant pull off most missions unless you don a disguise as the game isnt made with stealth in mind

Get fucking good.

>>16363375

>disguises aren't stealth because I say so

>ignoring the fact plenty of missions make disguises useless