Ponterbee on 5/8/2004 at 01:22
I needed to post my thoughts on this mission...GREAT! SUPERB! AMAZING! TRANSCENDENT! F*&$ING FANTASTIC! I was up till 7 in the morning playing this beast of a level and it's definitely one of the best out there!
Those machinists are TOUGH. More than once I thought I was safely crouched behind a corner and then WHAM! Cut up from behind. And I really felt like I was a thief, crawling along the ledges above the town, breaking into buildings. I hope Thorin will make a follow-up mission one day...this was :::consults thesaurus for more adjectives::: TERRIFIC!
My only problem was that I was getting a tad too emotional...In other words, I was getting PISSED at those metal-headed bastards. So it was a good thing there isn't a 'no-kill' objective. (I was playing on 'Hurt Me' and it DID)
But anyway, I completed the mission and found 3 secrets...Hopefully someone can help me with the other 2 so I can play it again (this time with a hold on my temper, and more respect for my enemies detection abilities).
The secrets I found are [SPOILER]the sword in the apartment, the Warehouse B secret you find by shooting a broad arrow, and the secret passage to get Karras' diary.[/SPOILER]
And if you haven't played this mission yet, PLAY IT!
Sluggs on 5/8/2004 at 02:08
Is this the one with those [SPOILER]fancy stairs that go up and down?[/SPOILER] I can't remember! :tsktsk: As for Thorin, he left us and ran away. Jason now hosts his site, found here... (
http://www.thiefmissions.com/tafferstavern/)
Nightwalker on 5/8/2004 at 03:27
missing secrets: [SPOILER]One is more of an Easter Egg than a secret and it's quite hard to get to. There's a square right outside the spot where you start. You need to get up onto the west wall (usually done by box stacking but I think someone got up there another way) and look for a little lever on the south wall.
The last secret is in the room behind the North Gate. Check the pillars for a lever. [/SPOILER] :)
Ponterbee on 5/8/2004 at 05:25
Thanks NW! I'd have to replay to find that Easter Egg anyway, since I smashed every barrel and crate looking for stuff :cheeky: .
Sluggs- It's the one where you have to destroy the machine that peels away flesh to turn one into a mechanist. I think it employs the 'extra-difficult' modification on "Hurt Me" because those guys are really tough to sneak around. You can enter an underground cave system patrolled by mechs [SPOILER]via a sliding crypt in the cemetary[/SPOILER] . Two huge mechs guard either side of the room with Karras' diary. It's really a marvel to play.
Well, hopefully Thorin will read this and get bitten by the Dromed bug again. He's too good to stop!
Sluggs on 5/8/2004 at 08:41
Sounds like i haven't played this one yet then! :eww:
exori on 20/8/2004 at 11:33
Hi altogether,
I like this mission too, indeed very tough AI in "hurt me" level. Fun to play, but where is the diary? I reached the room through the secret passage guarded by the 2 Mechs. But WTF ist the diary?? At the wall is a somewhat steal door. Could it be opened? There is an elevator here I already used, coming out at a small building in the garden where the beasts are kept. Pushed a red button near the door, nothing seems to alter at all.
Can someone help, please. Something known about a walkthrough?
Thanks!!
Nightwalker on 20/8/2004 at 12:39
Welcome to the forum! :)
I don't believe there's a walkthrough for this mission. In the underground room with the big elevator [SPOILER] there's a button in a hole in the pillar nearest to the big pile of boxes in one corner. It opens a metal door near the elevator. Head in there and have a look around the small office for a book you can click on. [/SPOILER]
exori on 20/8/2004 at 12:50
Thanks Nightwalker. That will do! I found a older thread in this forum by now
too which should answer most all questions. You helped there quite often.
Thanks again!
uncadonego on 20/8/2004 at 22:31
It's too bad Thorin is no longer around to see that people are still discovering his missions and enjoying them. :(
Sluggs on 20/8/2004 at 22:59
I've seen him popping in now and then but not very often.
