Luthien on 16/3/2002 at 22:32
Recently I tried to finish the whole game (thief gold) in the smallest possible amount of time (on "normal" difficuly of course). I wonder if somebody else tried this. Here are the times I needed:
Time Total Mission
----------------------------------------
2:20 2:20 Training
0:53 3:13 Bafford's
4:18 7:31 Cragscleft
3:05 10:39 Bonehoard
5:24 16:03 Assassins
6:00 22:04 Thieves' Guild
2:49 24:53 The Sword
4:49 29:43 The Haunted Cathedral
15:07 44:50 The Mages' Tower
2:42 47:33 The Lost City
5:55 53:28 Song of Caverns
3:41 57:09 Undercover
2:24 59:34 Return to the Cathedral
1:25 1:00:59 Escape!
3:03 1:04:02 Strange Bedfellows
11:13 1:15:16 Maw of Chaos
Later I started from scratch but have finished only four missins yet - all with considerably less time than before:
Time Total Mission Improvement Imp. Total
---------------------------------------------------------------------
1:46 1:46 Training -0:34 -24.3% -0:34 -24.3%
0:44 2:30 Bafford's -0:09 -17.0% -0:43 -22.3%
3:35 6:06 Cragscleft -0:43 -16.7% -1:25 -18.8%
2:39 8:46 Bonehoard -0:26 -14.1% -1:53 -17.7%
Note that I didn't use any cheats and didn't exploit any bugs (except kangaroo jumping - I don't consider it cheating because the game can be boring without it).
scarecrow on 17/3/2002 at 06:01
That's pretty impressive.
Burt on 17/3/2002 at 11:34
Quote:
Originally posted by scarecrow That's pretty impressive. I agree :wot:
-Burt
Luthien on 17/3/2002 at 12:23
*g*
If I could only find a way to cut off all the dialogs you have to listen to in the game. I bet one could do it in less than an hour.
santaClaws on 17/3/2002 at 12:50
Quote:
Originally posted by Luthien (on "normal" difficuly of course)Why "of course"?
Quote:
Originally posted by Luthien 0:44 Bafford'sThat's impressive, I thought .. but on "normal" .. dunno. But I never tried Baffords, I have to admit.
I finished A Keepers Training in 2:08 on my first try (in expert, but I guess it doesn't make any difference), but I didn't want to carry on. Funny idea, to clock the game, but IMO Thief is no fun when hurried through. I'll try it with Unreal. :)
-claw
sailoreagle on 17/3/2002 at 13:59
Claws- SpeedThief is done on Normal, because it has less requirements (for example, in Bafford's you only need to get to the scepter, you don't also need to get the hell out of there like in Expert), and so is easier to play quickly.
Luthien on 17/3/2002 at 14:28
Quote:
Originally posted by santaClaws
Why "of course"?
That's impressive, I thought .. but on "normal" .. dunno. But I never tried Baffords, I have to admit.
I finished A Keepers Training in 2:08 on my first try (in expert, but I guess it doesn't make any difference), but I didn't want to carry on. Funny idea, to clock the game, but IMO Thief is no fun when hurried through. I'll try it with Unreal. :)
-claw Well, if you can beat the times I posted I'd be happy to hear about it (along with any tricks to improve the times). For the 44 second's on Bafford's I practiced a whole day, so I hope it's not *this* easy to beat :o)
sailoreagle on 17/3/2002 at 14:41
I seem to remember somebody doing Bafford's in 0:28. I could remember wrong, though...
Luthien on 17/3/2002 at 14:46
Quote:
Originally posted by sailoreagle I seem to remember somebody doing Bafford's in 0:28. I could remember wrong, though... Duh. Can you by any chance remember how you did that, if it's true? Might be possible with NPC jumping. I think you can jump directly into the garden with a lot of luck. From there its only a few steps to the secret passage.
sailoreagle on 17/3/2002 at 14:50
Wasn't me who did it... and I really can't remember if the person said how it was done.
Perhaps somebody else remembers? (Grundy?)
