Relic - Left for Dead Mar. 21/03 - by Schwaa2
Melissa on 1/4/2003 at 03:15
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Originally posted by Schwaa2 Hints to find secrets, I shouldn't do this but...
[SPOILER]Rope arrow alot, if you can see it you can get to it :) You'll find 2 this way.[/SPOILER]
Dead Caves
[SPOILER]Do some swimming in the compound, a cave room with two porticulus' don't go thru the pipe but the other way (east)
Also swimming by the red tornado effects in the forest
in the library[/SPOILER]
That's five, they help get loot too. Hello! Nearly finished - all that's left are secrets, playing on Expert, and of course, I need help :)
[SPOILER]I have found two: Badd Cogg's treasure and the gold stash in the rocky bridge between the keeper's caves and the lagoon. I thought I had found the library secret (the book on the second floor and the revealed diary) but it doesn't tick off as a secret.
So: help with the library secret, if you please. Also, regarding the "red spiral/tornado" the only thing that I found that fits the bill is the place you land when using the red gem to teleport. No secret there that I can find...
Lastly, can I have some hints on where to find the medallion?[/SPOILER]
There are at least two very high platforms that I just cannot reach. If I place the vine arrows from the opposite landing, it's way too far to jump. To get to the ground, I used my only slow-fall potion, and then learned that it was too high up for the vine arrow to reach the platform. There HAS to be a way, yes?
[SPOILER]Finally: I've read a reference to a 404 error - is that part of one of the secrets I have yet to find?[/SPOILER]
This is the best time I've had in a mission in quite a while! I love the unfolding objectives! Thanks, Schwaa!
Cheers,
-M
Schwaa2 on 1/4/2003 at 04:08
Thanks Mellissa :)
Library Secret
[SPOILER]You use the book lever and go into the passage behind the bookcase. Use the lever inside the passage to close the bookcase adn look behind it, there's another room [/SPOILER]
Medallion
[SPOILER]Is on one of the tree platforms, If you go from the Forest into the TreeCity up one spiral staircase, you come out and there's an apebeast in front of you, to the left is a platform above, and a large slanted black log, you need to use vine arrows to get up there. If you go to the far side of the room and try the other side of the platform you can get up wqith 3 arrows, If you go up by the stairway it will take 3-4, one on the platform, one below, and 2 on the slanted black tree.[/SPOILER]
The red spiral is not a secret.
Secret #5
[SPOILER]Down below the red spiral, under the dock you'll find a cavern to swim into , there's a skeleton and chest[/SPOILER]
Sharga on 1/4/2003 at 05:22
Wow! That mission was awesome! Great work Schwaa! I felt like I explored every nook and cranny but it seems that I still missed some secrets, oh well I don't mind. I found enough stuff to make me happy and I didn't cheat to find them(I swear!)
[SPOILER]I got the trickster gems. I found the secret Schwaa stash of gold, really cool! And I used some seriously insane rope arrow skillz to get to the three different areas in the upper tree houses (which includes getting the medallion). That one with the medallion was by far the hardest. It took many tries and a lot of very very long falls to the death.[/SPOILER]
I love how open and non-linear this mission is! So many places to explore. I ended up with a lot of unused items at the end, but that's all good.
Amazing job there Schwaa, some of the best mission building I've seen for a while. And an incredible story!
ShadowWolf421 on 1/4/2003 at 09:08
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Originally posted by Sharga It took many tries and a lot of very very long falls to the death.
How can you die if youre already dead? :confused:
Melissa on 1/4/2003 at 17:48
Thank you, Schwaa, I found the remaining secrets and skedaddled my way back to drink my Waksie potion :)
I'm incredibly short of loot - less then 2000 when there's over 3000 available!
Accolades and cheers for the great mission :thumb:
Cheers!
-M
Sharga on 1/4/2003 at 20:17
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Originally posted by ShadowWolf421 How can you die if youre already dead? :confused: Well, erm. I suppose you start out as undead, which isn't exactly dead and yet it definitely isn't alive. And if you suffer enough damage to your skeletal structure, then you become redead. :D
Schwaa2 on 1/4/2003 at 20:41
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Originally posted by Sharga Well, erm. I suppose you start out as undead, which isn't exactly dead and yet it definitely isn't alive. And if you suffer enough damage to your skeletal structure, then you become redead. :D <b>Night of the Living Re-Dead</b> LOL, that could be a great start for a whole new series of horror flicks :)
Haunt-of-DOOM on 2/4/2003 at 00:30
Someone in an FM needs to make a very secret area where you can get 'the ultimate weapon' does 6665 points of explosive damage to all in the area. (cept for garrett)
Jake on 2/4/2003 at 00:57
Great atmosphere!!! Stumped though- I am in the treetops. I found the Trickster's Ruby, but no secrets, nor a way out. Where are the secrets, and where are the other gems, and where do I go now?
chynzo on 2/4/2003 at 01:05
Schwaa......I have to echo what other taffers have been saying about your latest effort. I've played well over 150 FMs in the past years and I must say that Left for Dead has to rank in the top 4 or 5 missions ever created. The size of the mission is amazing and the ambience and coloring are breathtaking. BTW, I'm just a few hours into the game and hopefully a long ways from completeing it, but it will compare to most missions that I've ever played.....including the Calendras(2), 7th Crystal and the Christine's series. I'm surew that I'll be back seeking help to complete it, but IMHO, that's the mark of a great effort.
I've been playing Thief for close to 3 years and I would have to say that the missions that have been put out by the *amateuers* recently, have been equal to or have surpassed those that have been created by the programmers at Eidos when they originally created the Thief series.
Great job Schwaa !!! (Now don't let me get frustrated trying to finish Relic and wind up hating the mission:p
