Stan_The_Thief on 28/12/2006 at 02:56
In The Sword level, one of the objectives is to "Find some incriminating information on Constantine." It is checked off when [SPOILER]you pick up a scroll that says:
Mr. Constantine:
I do hope that our final renovations have met with your approval, and I would again like to thank you for your business. As one of the few lay architecture houses in the city, we've found that we have quite a bit of proving ourselves to do, and the patronage of someone such as yourself is always appreciated. If there's anything else that you would like built or modified, please let us know. Please also rest assured that we have no objections to taking further payment in this form, though we are, of course, deeply curious as to where you obtained such a quantity of raw gold.
-Lionel Karthman[/SPOILER]
Why does the objective call it "incriminating information"? How does it incriminate Constantine?
dlw6 on 28/12/2006 at 10:20
I have always wondered that myself. Maybe we are supposed to think he stole a gold mine? :confused:
Don
242 on 28/12/2006 at 10:44
Quote:
Please also rest assured that we have no objections to taking further payment in this form, though we are, of course, deeply curious as to where you obtained such a quantity of raw gold.
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nicked on 28/12/2006 at 19:59
doesn't really incriminate him of a crime though. I suppose in hindsight it hints that Constantine has access to elemental forces and suchlike from the maw, but unless it was coupled with a newspaper clipping about "Raw gold stolen from bank", it's not particularly incriminating.
Mortal Monkey on 28/12/2006 at 20:41
Constantine probably had a wee bit more gold than he put on his tax return...
Stan_The_Thief on 29/12/2006 at 02:29
Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Now it's clearer to me. The note definitely speaks of his ability to get large quantities of raw gold. (Later in the game we see that Constantine is in control of many underground tunnels, like those under his mansion and in the Maw, so we assume he had one of such places yield the gold.)
But I never figured out before why this would be incriminating. Now I think it's because that neither the acquisition of gold nor the payments he made with it were taxed. So, I guess if that note was given over to a government official, it would nearly incriminate Constantine. Yet it still has some air of uncertainty to it.
This objective always seemed puzzling. In Thief, everything is worded very precisely. But in this case, the word "incriminating" seemed misleading. It is interchanged with the word "valuable", because the longer text for this objective says: "While you're in the mansion, see if you can dig up any valuable information about Constantine." But we find no information that is either directly incriminating or, for this matter, valuable.
I believe the hidden objective of this objective was to get the player to do some research on Constantine. "Incriminating" and "valuable" were probably brought up later as the reasons why Garrett should want to learn more about this character. And I think this was done very well. (I guess this kind of thoughtful writing is one of the things people miss in TDS.)
