First of, I gotta say so far I'm loving the game! I bearly have gotten to try it though. I spend about two and a half (men) hours on it yesterday so I'm fairly early out.
 
Anyways, I know there is possible to get stealth kills with throwing knifes. I guess if you equip a silencer to your gun you should be able to get stealth kills with that as well. But like I said, I'm early out so I got no cash for any silenced weapons yet. So I'm wondering if you guys know if there is a way to kill silently besides silenced weapons and throwing knifes. I have tried just normal knife attack but that doesnt seem to work.

Your shotgun has a melee attack. If you charge it up and aim it at a guys head, it instantly kills him.
At least on Normal it does.
Also I wouldn't spend money on weapons, get ammo instead!

I wish you could use your knife for one hit kills if you got behind an enemy unnoticed (I just forked out 100 bullets for the stealth suit for just such manoeuvring). It seems so far that throwing knives are the quietest, but they're useless on fully armored enemies with massive helmets.

The Van Halen-ish gun with the arrows seem to take out even armored guards with one shot if its pumped up to the max.
 
But, yeah, I agree. It would have been nice to be able to stealth kill with the knife. Cause you will always carry that with you. There is almost NO ammo lying around anywhere. So I often use the knife when in combat with the creatures. Doesnt work that well on human enemys with guns though... Esspecially when playing on hardcore.

Ah yeah, almost forgot the arrow gun since dropping it in favour of a shotgun last night. The shotgun/bayonet melee attack is also a bit iffy. Seems very picky about where you aim it when you stab someone. If you miss the sweet spot, the enemy will shrug off the hit rather than dying, and proceed to raise the alarm.

Just thought I'd add something to this. Further into the game you get a free silenced rifle with a laser for accuracy. You can take out any guard with a headshot, even the armoured helmet/googles wearing chaps, as their head is exposed at the rear, just under the helmet.

" The Van Halen-ish gun with the arrows seem to take out even armored guards with one shot if its pumped up to the max.  But, yeah, I agree. It would have been nice to be able to stealth kill with the knife. Cause you will always carry that with you. There is almost NO ammo lying around anywhere. So I often use the knife when in combat with the creatures. Doesnt work that well on human enemys with guns though... Esspecially when playing on hardcore. "

" @SPACETURTLE said:

" The Van Halen-ish gun with the arrows seem to take out even armored guards with one shot if its pumped up to the max.  But, yeah, I agree. It would have been nice to be able to stealth kill with the knife. Cause you will always carry that with you. There is almost NO ammo lying around anywhere. So I often use the knife when in combat with the creatures. Doesnt work that well on human enemys with guns though... Esspecially when playing on hardcore. "

You mean van helsing? not van halen right? "

" @Skytylz said:

" @SPACETURTLE said:

" The Van Halen-ish gun with the arrows seem to take out even armored guards with one shot if its pumped up to the max.  But, yeah, I agree. It would have been nice to be able to stealth kill with the knife. Cause you will always carry that with you. There is almost NO ammo lying around anywhere. So I often use the knife when in combat with the creatures. Doesnt work that well on human enemys with guns though... Esspecially when playing on hardcore. "

You mean van helsing? not van halen right? "

Eeeeeh.... Yes, good sir, you are 100% correct! I didnt even notice the awful mistake I made there... "

WAIT A FUCKING SECOND- you can pump up the crossbow-thing? How the hell?

" WAIT A FUCKING SECOND- you can pump up the crossbow-thing? How the hell? "

" @torus said:

" WAIT A FUCKING SECOND- you can pump up the crossbow-thing? How the hell? "

on the 360,hold RB then use right trigger to pump "

" @FaceInTheCrowd said:

" @torus said:

" WAIT A FUCKING SECOND- you can pump up the crossbow-thing? How the hell? "

on the 360,hold RB then use right trigger to pump "

I'm on the PC :\ "

" @FaceInTheCrowd said:

" @torus said:

" WAIT A FUCKING SECOND- you can pump up the crossbow-thing? How the hell? "

on the 360,hold RB then use right trigger to pump "

I'm on the PC :\ "