History WithCatlikeTread / VideoGames

** The Flying Machine in ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} III'' has a similar quote:
--> "They'll never hear me coming!" ''(Aircraft engine splutters.)''
** Also the Pit Lord from the expansion pack:
--> "I think a certain... ''finesse'' is called for here. GRRRAAAAAGGGGHHH!!!!!" ''(Sounds of violent killing and screaming.)''

*** Spamming the "negative" reaction disguised as the engineer is surprisingly convincing, since distressed engies yelling "Dammit fellas! Dammit dagnabit!" is actually pretty common.

* The special infected in ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' and ''VideoGame/Left4Dead2'' make a ''lot'' of noise (except the Hunter, who is silent in his idle state, but will make noise when he's ready to pounce), so an attentive player will hear them and be on the lookout for them. The AI for the special infected is very hit and miss, so you can have occasions where they'll reveal themselves early, which leads to them being blasted to death by the players. However, this can also swing the other way where the special infected can launch a surprisingly good ambush on a player and catch them completely off guard, despite all the noise they're making. Both scenarios can also apply in VS mode where players take control of the special infected, depending on how skilled (or lack thereof) they are.
* Somehow, ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'''s Link can always stay unnoticed as long as he's out of sight no matter how loudly he grunts and screams.
** In a rather hilarious example, in VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime, one can sneak past [=ReDeads=] without alerting them by tiptoeing. Or, one can equip the Iron Boots, which make Link stomp around with very loud clangs. While the ''player'' hears the bangs, the game [[GoodBadBugs still registers him as walking slowly]], allowing him to [[NightmareRetardant stomp leisurely past ReDeads]] as long as he doesn't draw a weapon.
* Can happen via GameplayAndStorySegregation in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'', given the existence of a stealth mode and Commander Shepard's habit of loudly exclaiming whenever he/she finds some variety of weapon or loot. The volume of these exclamations seems to be unintentional, though, as they are considerably louder than most other examples of in-game dialogue.
* Certain stages in ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' (such as [[VideoGame/MegaManX2 Magna Centipede]]) have a section where you have to sneak through, avoiding the searchlights or sensors that move around the stage. Oddly, ''only'' touching the lights will set off the enemies, not the loud [=vreeeeEEEEE-PSHOOOOWWW!!=] of firing a ChargedAttack.
* Performed masterfully in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', where four ''invisible'' mooks that are on the elevator with Snake, literally close enough to reach out and touch him from the moment he steps on, must sit and wait for our hero to riddle out what's going on in an absurd fashion over the radio despite the fact that ''all four of them have machine guns.'' Conforming to the mook code even further, one of the mooks ''announces their presence'' after the hero has ''already figured out what's going on'' with a hearty, "Too late, Snake. Now you die!" Of course no, no he doesn't. Even stranger in that they can't hear what he is saying over the radio, since codec communications directly stimulate the receivers they are tuned into. He's talking but they can't hear it.
* It becomes a viable tactic in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' if there's only one guard in the room or you get one far enough away from his buddies. You can run in loudly and jump-kick his ass, since even if he sees you beforehand, if you knock him out before he radios for back-up and nobody else hears his cries for help/of pain from getting kicked in the face, naturally you'll get no alert phase and it won't count as being spotted. Since it was a ''massive'' {{game break|er}}ing tactic (you could quite literally say "to hell with stealth" and run through rooms cartwheeling guards and get through unscathed) later games added an ObviousRulePatch where being spotted no matter what triggers an alert phase, and taking a guard out before he radios for help only ''delays'' reinforcements.
* In ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar'', there are stealth missions you can send your orcs on. Most Orcs will be quiet in these missions, but if you send one with the title of "Screamer" they will yell their lungs out.
* A major design element of ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' is that every hero (except Zenyatta, who floats) can be heard through walls; it can be very easy to hear Reaper (who wears big heavy boots) or Winston (a giant gorilla) attempting to sneak around you.

* When pirates raid a town in ''VideoGame/RomancingSaGa: Minstrel Song'', their {{Leitmotif}} is blaring the ''entire time''. '''Loudly'''. Good luck taking out ThatOneBoss with pirates chanting '''ORE TACHI KAIZOKU''' at the top of their lungs in the background...

*** A possible enemy encounter in the game is a Dark Brotherhood assassin out for the Dragonborn's blood. They usually are really no sneakier than any good old bandit. Apparently, this guns blazing approach is surprisingly common in the Brotherhood - some of the members are Destruction mages, despite the fact that their spells tend to involve loud and flashy fireballs and lightning bolts.

*** It is ''far'' too easy to do this ''yourself'' by means of forgetting to change your active [[MakeMeWannaShout Shout]] for something more discreet. You wanted to use [[EnemyDetectingRadar Aura Whisper]]? Too bad - you left [[BlownAcrossTheRoom Unrelenting Force]] as your active Shout, making every guard/[[DemonicSpiders Draugr]] in earshot home in on you.

* In General, any game that offers the player OptionalStealth as a way to complete a mission or setpiece. The player can show off their skill beating the mission without any enemy noticing them, or just go in Guns Blazing ([[WhatTheHellPlayer which may or may not get them chastised]]). This can be accidentally invoked by the player screwing up in some fashion as well, like forgetting they're not using a silenced pistol, accidentally standing up out of cover in plain view, or hitting the regular attack button rather than the stealth attack button.

** [[MixAndMatchWeapon Gunblades]], by virtue of being melee weapons, are considered silent and can perform stealth kills. Even when using the shotgun or [[Wave Motion Gun]] versions of their attack combos.

* ''VideoGame/{{PAYDAY 2}}'' has DLC achievements that are all about intentionally doing this ''and still successfully sneaking''. The OVERKILL Pack has one for completing the stealth-only Shadow Raid heist while using the [[GatlingGood Vulcan Minigun]] and [[CoolGuns/RocketsMissilesAndGrenadeLaunchers HRL-7 rocket launcher]], which is [[LampshadeHanging appropriately named]] "IHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing". The Butcher's AK/CAR Mod Pack has another one for completing Art Gallery in stealth within four minutes while wearing the heaviest armor in the game, in which cameras will spot you near-instantly and guards will hear you from rather far away - tellingly, the most commonly-cited tactic for getting through that one is saying "to hell with stealth" and abusing a chain of ECM devices to simply keep them from calling in an alarm while the team then rushes through the gallery as quickly as possible.

*** During the quest "Repentance", you're infiltrating a hag coven with Ilia, the daughter of their leader, who wants to put an end to them. Since she was sent to procure a human sacrifice (for the ritual to transform her mother into a hagraven), she suggests that you pretend to be the sacrifice and act as a distraction, and then Ilia will strike her down from behind. This goes all according to plan up until she's about to strike, at which point she ''announces her plan'' and apologizes to her mother for having to kill her. Predictably, this completely spoils the opportunity and turns mommy hostile. (And since you're at that point seated on a chair and have to spend a few seconds going through the "dismount chair" animation, you end up taking a few spells to the face before you can act properly.) Better option? Allow Ilia to present you as a sacrifice, and when mommy expects you to sit down so she can get to work, you strike her down. ''That's'' how surprise works.

* ''VideoGame/HarryPotterHogwartsMystery'': A valuable flying broom goes missing, and Skye Parkin accuses a rival House's Beater of stealing it. She decides to take the player character along to search for the broom in the other House's common room. You'd expect Skye Parkin to search QUIETLY, peeking under the furniture WITHOUT moving it, to avoid being heard by the Head of House. But nooo, she just HAD to start flipping furniture and making a huge racket that gets her and the player character caught and landed in detention!

** The [[Film/Scarface1983 Scarface Character Pack]] DLC includes a new melee weapon: a chainsaw. It has the absolute WORST concealment stat in the game, even outweighing all other concealment bonuses that apply to a player. Plus, if it's charged, it constantly makes a revving noise... and yet, if you stalk a guard with it active, [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy they won't even bat an eyelid.]]

--> "They'll never hear me coming!" *aircraft engine splutters*

--> "I think a certain... ''finesse'' is called for here. GRRRAAAAAGGGGHHH!!!!!" *sounds of violent killing and screaming*

** Heck, a good spy can disguise as a scout, waltz up to a engineer and spam NEED A DISPENSAH HEAH. And, thanks to the fact that actual scout players ''[[PoesLaw really do that]]'', it's one of the better ways to make it seem you're not a spy. Yes, that means proper stealth around engineers can involve [[RefugeInAudacity running up to them and screaming in their face]].

* In the first two ''VideoGame/BrothersInArms'' games, when ordering the placement of your squads in an ambush, the player character would bellow loudly, even if the enemy was quite close and not alerted of your presence. The third game, Hell's Highway, averts this tendency by introducing a situational mechanic that makes the player character whisper to his squadmates if the enemy is unaware.

** Which makes the Plastered Splicers (stronger Spider Splicers looking like statues) in Fort Frolic the possibly scariest enemies in the game. Not only can they disguise themselves as statues (or just spawn right behind you), they are the only enemies attacking in absolute silence.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}}'', Riki is prone to screaming "Riki sneaky!" when activating his "Sneaky" skill, a special attack that deals more damage when hitting enemies from behind. This doesn't actually affect enemies' perception of him, though.

*** It works even ''better'' by disguising as the ''biggest'' possible disguise and shouting [[{{Mondegreen}} POOTISPENSERHERE over and over]], since your speed won't give you away (disguised Spies slow down to match the top speed of a class that's slower than they are, but can't speed up to match a faster one).

* ''VideoGame/Ghost10'': Jacker ''intended'' for Ghost to infiltrate Nakamura Station ''stealthily'', which is why he had her delivered to the station facility in a crate. The first thing she does upon leaving said crate? Test out her new Particle Gun on the other crates in the room, making a HUGE racket as they explode. This is just the first of several incidents where Ghost's [[StuffBlowingUp particular brand of stealth]] is put on display.

* In ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'' most enemies won't notice you unless you enter their line of sight, regardless of how much noise you're making. This leads to such situations as "infiltrating" an enemy camp while piloting a 30 foot tall mech. In some cases it's even possible to start a battle and wipe out a group of enemies without the sentries noticing you because they happen to be facing the other direction.

* In General, any game that offers the player an OptionalStealth mission. The player can show off their skill beating the mission without any enemy noticing them, or just go in Guns Blazing.

* It becomes a viable tactic in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' if there's only one guard in the room or you get one far enough away from his buddies. You can run in loudly and jump-kick his ass, since even if he sees you beforehand if you knock him out before he radios for back-up and nobody else hears his cries for help naturally you'll get no alert phase and it won't count as being spotted. Since it was a ''massive'' {{GameBreak|er}}ing tactic (you could quite literally say "to hell with stealth" and run through rooms cartwheeling guards and get through unscathed) later games added an ObviousRulePatch where being spotted no matter what triggers an alert phase, and taking a guard out before he radios for help only ''delays'' reinforcements.
* In ''VideoGame/MiddleEarthShadowOfWar'', there are stealth missions you can send your orcs on. Most Orcs will be quiet in these missions, but if you send with the title of "Screamer" they will yell their lungs out.

* ''VideoGame/{{PAYDAY 2}}'' has DLC achievements that are all about intentionally doing this ''and still successfully sneaking''. The OVERKILL Pack has one for completing the stealth-only Shadow Raid heist while using the [[GatlingGood Vulcan Minigun]] and [[CoolGuns/RocketsMissilesAndGrenadeLaunchers HRL-7 rocket launcher]], which is [[LampshadeHanging appropriately named]] "IHaveNoIdeaWhatImDoing". The Butcher's AK/CAR Mod Pack has another one for completing Art Gallery in stealth within four minutes while wearing the heaviest armor in the game, in which cameras will spot you near-instantly and guards will hear you from rather far away.

* In the climax of ''Franchise/StarWars: VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed'', Emperor Palpatine is trying to tempt Starkiller to turn to the Dark Side when Rahm Kota breaks his bonds, screams [[BigNo "No!"]], steals Palpatine's lightsaber with the Force, and lunges at the Emperor. Palpatine looks up, momentary bewildered, before blasting Kota mid-lunge with Force Lightning, indicating that his attack could have worked if he hadn't yelled. On the plus side this does [[WeNeedADistraction distract]] [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Palpatine]] long enough for Starkiller to break his bonds, so it wasn't completely pointless.

* In ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', inexperienced spies frequently end up dying because they use mic chat while disguised, putting a speech balloon above their character that's their real team's color and ruining the disguise. The decloaking noise for the default Invis Watch is also pretty loud, and a replacement "Pocket Watch" which allows you to fake your death is even louder. In a subversion, when disguised any keyboard voice command will be in the correct voice for that disguise. This includes announcing that you've found a spy. Fun thing to watch as long as there's no pyro's nearby.

*** It works even ''better'' by disguising as the ''biggest'' possible disguise and shouting [[{{Mondegreen}} POOTISPENSERHERE over and over]] since your speed won't give you away.

* In the final portion of ''VideoGame/KingsQuestVAbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder'''', you're sneaking through the evil wizard's castle and one of the things you can interact with is a [[SchmuckBait gigantic pipe organ]], which will of course end up alerting the wizard to your presence and get you force choked to death.