Can you beat these missions without stealing/committing crimes?

[Teh Nizzim]

? I want to not steal everything. Is this possible to still beat cases?

[Isabelle]

Origineel geplaatst door Teh Nizzim:

? I want to not steal everything. Is this possible to still beat cases?

Yes- That's the way I play the game. I occasionally need to break into someplace in the middle of the night to root through the paperwork, though. In my opinion, avoiding stealing and violent crime in general is the most fun way to play.

[ulzgoroth]

I don't think for murder cases you need to steal anything except, like, printing supplies for the occasional email/record/surveillance photo.

Considering you're not authorized to enter crime scenes, you're definitely not going to solve much without a bunch of trespassing, some breaking and entering, probably some cruncher crimes...

[WordCobbler]

If you need to pick up an item to scan it from the inventory screen you can always drop it again.

The only jobs you are supposed to steal in are the ones where you are asked to find an envelope and the stolen item ones (where you are returning the item to the original person). Both those side jobs are optional though and you don't have to take them.

[Monkey Punisher]

I'm hobbo-holmes
I'm above law

[Isabelle]

Origineel geplaatst door ulzgoroth:

I don't think for murder cases you need to steal anything except, like, printing supplies for the occasional email/record/surveillance photo.

Considering you're not authorized to enter crime scenes, you're definitely not going to solve much without a bunch of trespassing, some breaking and entering, probably some cruncher crimes...

You gain access to crime scenes via social credit levels, and social credit can be leveled via side missions, so it is technically possible to complete the game including murder cases without breaking any laws.

[Astrobia]

Origineel geplaatst door Isabelle:

Origineel geplaatst door ulzgoroth:

I don't think for murder cases you need to steal anything except, like, printing supplies for the occasional email/record/surveillance photo.

Considering you're not authorized to enter crime scenes, you're definitely not going to solve much without a bunch of trespassing, some breaking and entering, probably some cruncher crimes...

You gain access to crime scenes via social credit levels, and social credit can be leveled via side missions, so it is technically possible to complete the game including murder cases without breaking any laws.

Possible yes. A lot more innocent people are going to die while you sort out the red tape though.

[WordCobbler]

Origineel geplaatst door Astrobia:

Possible yes. A lot more innocent people are going to die while you sort out the red tape though.

Unless you turn procedural murders off until you have that social credit level. They can be turned on an off at any time. I know it's not realistic, but there are times when I just want to do side jobs.

[Isabelle]

Origineel geplaatst door Astrobia:

Origineel geplaatst door Isabelle:

You gain access to crime scenes via social credit levels, and social credit can be leveled via side missions, so it is technically possible to complete the game including murder cases without breaking any laws.

Possible yes. A lot more innocent people are going to die while you sort out the red tape though.

I mean, sure, but that's less of an issue if you know what you're doing in terms of solving cases quickly and efficiently.

If the lives of the NPCs are of concern to you, particularly when roleplaying as a detective who avoids committing crimes while solving them, you may have to put their survival above your preference to not break and enter into homes.

Some murders also take place in the street or in otherwise public areas, and those cases can be solved without committing crimes at all. All methods of investigation you have access to as a player can be accessed legally.