Gasta on 25/10/2010 at 01:16

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Hello everyone !

I need an advice from all the master thieves on this forum:

I just finished Thief gold who wasn't working for a long time on my computer.
When I was young it was my favourite game and it still is.

I almost cryed when I passed the levels I was blocked when I was young. And the gold additions are soooooo amazing !

Well my question is wich way should I play Thief 2 ? I played a long time ago but never finished it.

I thought about a no save game (Or every level) cause I saved wayyyyy too much for the gold.
I saw that there's many scenarios and I wonder wich would be the most enjoyable for my first time finishing it. I also blackjacked too much people on gold and I know there's more of them on the 2. If there's mods I should add I'm up to it.

Try to remember what it was for the first time and in which way you would prefer play it at that time :)

Also ! I sadly didn't find the secret mission of Thief Gold :/ Do you think I should keep it for the next time I play the game cause I will. Or should I be spoiled ? Cause I really looked much.

Thanks everyone and I'm glad to join the guild !

Gryzemuis on 25/10/2010 at 12:26

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I just started playing TG again.
I originally played TG in 1999 and TMA in 2000.

I'm saving a lot. Just because I don't like to do the same thing over and over again.
But I really try to minimize the amount of times I have to reload an old savefile.

In 2000 I already started playing in ghost style. Or what I think is ghost style.
All missions in expert. Never kill. Never blackjack.
I don't care if a guard hears me. If they don't see me, that's fine.
If guards see me, I have to make a decision. If I can get out of sight immediately, I will wait till they continue their patrol. I will never run from guards. (Except maybe sometimes when I'm on my way out, and almost at the exit). If guards see me, and start chasing me, I reload a savegame.

I make sure I take my time to do each mission.
In a walk-through I read that the first 2 levels take 15-20 minutes each. I used 2 hours for each of them. :)
I plan on playing the hidden mission when I get there. I probably need the walkthrough to tell me how to get in.

I installed all patches and enhancements for T1. The game looks good enough for me, especially with the gamma all down, I can't see any detail anyway. :)
Not sure what enhancements there are for TMA. I believe there are more than for T1. I will certainly install them all when I get to play TMA.

Have fun.

Gasta on 25/10/2010 at 13:21

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Hehe thanks for your answers.

I'll explain better:

Since I played thief when I was young, I always play games with max difficulty.
Even if I don't load that much I kinda regretted saving that much recently. I guess I just wanted to see the end of the game. Plus I hesitated to install the mod who makes the game really difficult and right now I think I should have put it on. It was just too easy in the end except maybe for the return to the cathedral. Not saving would give the real thrill.

I don't care about the graphics ;) I love oldies.

Also: What about the mod at the top of the main thread ? Any good ?

And is the secret mission really really hard to find ? I don't really like to give myself spoils but I wonder if I will ever find it.

Thanks again for your answers. I'm starting to think I will put on anything that will make the game a nightmare.

So for now:
- upgrade guard difficulty
- ghosting
- no evidences
- A save for every levels only

What else ? :D

Cap on 25/10/2010 at 18:23

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By secret mission do you mean the blooper mission? As I recall you have to change an .ini file to run it. I haven't done it in years but I'm sure someone remembers and will tell you how to do it. Or you could search the forums for it.

Dia on 26/10/2010 at 12:44

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That's nothing compared to the Alarus extension.

:ebil: