MrMunkeepants on 17/6/2004 at 22:48
I miss the Blackjack wind up as well (being able to hold it up)
I wish we could still KO alerted servants (instead of them just mocking us as they run away)
I really wish the BJ weren't so picky! Sometimes the AI will turn to be hit, but other times the hit just makes them mad!
Avalon on 18/6/2004 at 03:15
Quote Posted by aville
Correct me if i'm wrong but i think the blackjack in the previous games is spikey as well. However it seemed to have fewer spikes and they were also "softer" barely seen actually, whereas in DS they're a lot more accentuated. I guess they wanted to make it look "cool" :nono:
Nope, completely flat. There are "light spots" on two sides of it, which are clearly visible when you look at it while it's right in front of the screen, but these are supposed to be worn patches in the material (whether it be wood or fabric, though the odd shape of it does suggest fabric, as it should be). It looks a lot better spinning in the bottom left corner, that seems to be about the distance the blackjack texture was actually meant to be viewed at.
Keeper2138 on 18/6/2004 at 03:52
I thought it was described in one of the thief manuals as basically a smooth stone in a sock. In the game it looks more like a "sap" which is a flat piece of leather with a lead weight sewn inside. I guess either way it does the trick. :thumb:
john9818a on 22/4/2006 at 02:43
Quote Posted by the mighty parthos
My old blackjack when I would hold the button down Garrett would say Uunh.
That sound bite was only heard with the sword. Holding the blackjack doesn't make any noise.
ZeroFlight on 22/4/2006 at 03:46
The ones you find around today are basically a solid metal core surrounded by a little leather tightly bound. I figured it to be rather like that.
Sluggs on 22/4/2006 at 04:00
Quote Posted by Brianetta
They respawn in the city. Take my advice - sneak by them. Otherwise it's like Doom on Nightmare difficulty.
Are they respawning though, or just getting up later from being KO'd? I've noticed guards coming back, and after checking the KO'd one's, few were missing, as if they got back up. :sweat:
They're probably right though. They're probably respawning and the KO'd one's vanish due to saving system resources.
Oops. Didn't check thread date. I'll blame Johnny! :cheeky:
Dia on 22/4/2006 at 13:49
I got used to the new blackjack, but just couldn't get the hang of that stupid dagger! Also; didn't seem to have enough $ to buy those climbing gloves til late in the game. Missed my rope arrows so very much. Seriously disappointing, that.
Respawn? (My kids do that on regular basis.) I had rather wondered about why I had to keep killing what seemed to be the same guards over and over again.
Now you tell me!
I plan on replaying TDS someday soon; up to the Cradle, of course. Nothing could make me go in there ever again. Except more respawing kids. ;)
Soul Shaker on 25/4/2006 at 01:15
Bah, by the time you reach the docks, the missions before that should've given you at least 2000 each...
Tony on 25/4/2006 at 03:31
I don't know about modern ones, but traditional blackjacks have been leather bags filled with small lead shot. Have you ever been hit in the head with a beanbag?
Yametha on 25/4/2006 at 06:30
A sock full of sand works well too. And it's quickly disposable if you get caught. ;)
