pavlovscat on 28/2/2013 at 17:51
Some time around 2000-ish, I upgraded my sound card and got TDP with it. I couldn't do the Bonehoard for months, but finally I screwed up my courage and made it through. I found T2 somewhere after there & later a copy of Gold. I discovered FMs when I found T2X while looking for news of TDS. Found the forums, downloaded tons of FMs, played TDS & its FMs.
theBlackman on 2/3/2013 at 03:52
I also got THIEF with a sound card about 12 to 15 years ago. I dislike games with 3rd person views and the "kill every thing that moves" type games. What attracted me to Thief (I have all three Eidos games, plus T2X and nearly every FM) was the fact that the player needed to develop his/her/its own skills. No magic upgrade or special weapons. You learned to be Garrett, to solve the clues, and they were ample, to choose the correct weapons during load out and THINK about your intended action before you blindly ran into the AI that was going to kill you.
Thief, TDP and TMA at least, reward you only when you improve, not because you found the BFG and eliminated the bad guy. One pair of eyes, yours, and your ears and the ability to think and plan appealed to me and still does. You don't get opportunities to buy super armour and gear by accumulating wealth (except those limited use gloves in TDS) The load out "Use it or Lose it" is refreshing.
The community, both TTLG and EIDOS are exceptionally supportive, and the Scripters and FM makers are outstanding in improving upon the basic premise, supporting and keeping the games alive. In this day and age, such dedication and adherence to principle is a rare thing.
Those, such as jtr7, Pavlovscat, Nightwalker and the core FM producers are greatly appreciated by me and the numerous sites dedicated to the game and maintained for sheer love of the game,are dear to my heart.
The attempts of others to imitate stealth games and turn them into a shooter, indicate to me that they fail to understand the games.
I am grateful to Looking Glass for developing a truly immersive game and to EIDOS for giving them the leeway to produce it. I only hope that the crew in Montreal can come, at least, marginally close to the magic of TDP or TMA and avoid the pitfalls that occurred in TDS!
TheDuriel on 3/3/2013 at 04:40
"stole" my first thief 1 copy from my grandma... she had 3 o.0
i now own all 3 of them xD
must had been back in 2001~2
i was so scared from the zombies in mission 2 that i waited 4 years to play it again : D
Jomero on 11/3/2013 at 19:01
In 1998 I played nothing but Quake. Capture the Flag, to be more specific. I played CTF at least 4 hours a day, every day.
When I was at work and not able to play Quake CTF, I spent the majority of my time visiting planetquake.com. A site dedicated to all things Quake. If it was news about gamers, rocket launchers, and better ways to kill other players, I was there. I was interested. I was fully into those articles.
But then in January of 1999, Planetquake decided to do something a bit different than the norm. They posted an article not related to Quake at all. They posted a (
http://web.archive.org/web/19990418110323/http://www.planetquake.com/reviews/dark.shtm) review of Thief: The Dark Project. I was intrigued enough to read it. If it was good enough to be on a Quake website, it at least earned my attention.
The idea of a First Person game whose concept was stealth, and not blazing guns, piqued my interest. The more I read of the review, the more I wanted to play this game. So I gave it a try.
My initial dealings with TDP were frustrating. The game had all sorts of problems trying to run on my Windows 95 machine. Updated drivers and all, and it still would conk out on me during the Bafford mission. Had I not really enjoyed what little time I had played before it died, I probably would have given up. But I *wanted* to play this game. So I decided to update to Windows 98. It resolved all my problems.
From that point forward, I was hooked. So hooked in fact that I wrote my first (and last) fanfiction for the (or any) game, and it was the second one to be published on The Circle.
So how does this Quake convert play Thief? Fire arrows galore? Kill every guard he sees? Nope. My preferred style has always been "Ghosting, within reason." Sometimes "pure ghosting" requires you to do some rather immersion-breaking things, and I'd rather keep the role play and immersion high. I never wasted my cash on fire arrows, mines, noise makers, and usually even flash bombs. Water arrows and moss arrows for me, thanks!
Ghost on 11/3/2013 at 20:40
I always played thieves in D&D so a friend of mine mentioned a game he heard about when it first came out. I bought it and loved it.
I found the forums here not long after (check my join date :p ) and was introduced to a whole herd of people who thought as highly of the game as much as I did.
I made a screen saver, which i heard was used around the LGS office a bit, a walkthru, was offered a chance to work with some fine folks to write the Correspondence of Thieves story and i still throw in a hard drive with win98 and Thief loaded on it to play every couple of years.
Peanuckle on 12/3/2013 at 03:00
First time I ever played was a demo of the Thieves Guild mission, I couldn't get past the two door guards because I was so young and didn't understand how noise arrows worked.
A few years later, I'd watch my older brother play games, then I'd try them myself. I played it through once or twice, but I didn't really get hooked until I found this place and got all those amazing FMs.
StinkyKitty on 18/3/2013 at 19:30
I also started with the demo version of Thieves' Guild back in '99. A little while later, a cousin of mine lent the game to me (I still have it too:ebil:). It became my ultimate favorite game and I play it to this day. The story is great and the gameplay is incredibly distinct, diverse, entertaining, and immersive. Problem solving is my kind of gameplay.
I was freaked out by the haunted levels and would rarely play them and never at night. Now, they are my favorite levels!
And btw, the 'I Just Saved the World' end video is the most beautiful and satisfying of any ending to any game I've ever seen, especially with the music.
Goldmoon Dawn on 18/3/2013 at 23:49
I know I already contributed, but, your last statement gave me a bit of nostalgia. I remember way back finishing the game for that first time, that video... I remember suddenly feeling overwhelmingly sad, like something was lost, simply because the game was over. It was such a grand and heartfelt journey, I wanted it to last forever.
thiefobsessedgirl on 20/3/2013 at 13:51
It was 1999, and I was 7 and living out in Oman, Middle East.
Me and my family were browsing the computery section in a Carrefour store, and I was drawn over to the PC games on display.
I had already been playing PC games for a few years (Dungeon Keeper, Catz 4, Age of Empires II) so they were really interesting to me right now.
I was looking at some lower-level (I was small) game boxes, Babyz and Prince of Persia 3D. My dad and brother had come over at this point and had started browsing. I asked my dad for Babyz (yeh, I know :laff:), he said no, and my brother asked for a game (don't know which), he said no again.
However, my dad had picked up a game, read the back of the box, and said to my brother 'We'll give this a go, David.'
And that game was Thief: The Dark Project :thumb:
I remember watching my brother play it for the first time. Falling down that well into Baffords water system, the zombies in Cragscleft, Garrett saying 'It's a long way down', the pet Burricks in Ramirez' basement, and Garrett losing his eye had stuck into my young mind ever since.
And the year after, they saw Thief II: The Metal Age on those Carrefour shelves, and consequently came home with a copy of that.
And so, for the next few years, I watched (only watched) my father and brother play and replay Dark Project and Metal Age.
We moved back to England in summer 2003, and it was then, at the age of 12 I finally felt brave enough to give Dark Project a go. :D
I cried when I was cornered by zombies in the Bonehoard, and my mum said I shouldn't play it again. But I did. The pull was too strong. I also fancied Garrett, so...
Anyway, I completed both Dark Project and Metal Age. Replayed them both on all difficulties. It was officially my favourite game series of all time.
I became the 'Thief Expert' in my family. They used to ask my questions and gave them fast, quick answers. I knew every level like the back of my hand. Still do.
I even remember telling my dad countless times 'I want a man like Garrett'.
How embarrassing. :laff:
In 2004 Thief: Deadly Shadows caught my eye in PC World. I read the back and sure enough. It was Garrett. HE WAS BACK!
My dad bought it for me, and when we got home I could WAIT to play it.
But I did have to wait. For 2 years.
My dads PC couldn't run Deadly Shadows. Again, and again I tried to get it to run, but it was just a too low-spec PC.
I was heartbroken.
I must have read the Deadly Shadows booklet 647834 times in those 2 years. I was so sad. I held the box. Looking at that green city and Garretts silhouette looking over the rooftops, I wondered 'What on earth HAPPENS in this game? What happens to Garrett? What is the world like? WHAT HAPPENS?' :(
Eventually, in 2006, my dad got a Dell XPS laptop which could run Deadly Shadows! YAY!
Me and my dad actually yelled 'YEAH!' when it began playing. Such an amazing moment.
And so, at the age of 15, I had played ALL of the Thief games, and joined this forum.
Anyway, now married and 21 years old, Thief still is, and always will be my favourite game of all time. And Garrett will always be my true love :sly:
I got my husband into Thief, and now it's one of his favourite game series'. I got him into everything good godammit! Elder Scrolls, Lord of the Rings, True Blood, Game of Thrones, Heroes, The Walking Dead. He'd be lost without me...
I still own, and am now using to type this, the magical Dell XPS laptop that, after 2 years of heartache, enabled me to finally play Deadly Shadows.
And it is now the ONLY device in my house to seamlessly play all 3 Thief games.
This laptop is my savior and :angel:
thiefobsessedgirl on 20/3/2013 at 15:29
Quote Posted by TheDuriel
"stole" my first thief 1 copy from my grandma... she had 3 o.0
i now own all 3 of them xD
must had been back in 2001~2
LOL! WHAT!? :laff:
Why did she have 3? Like, WHY!? HOW!?
WHY!?
Omg, cool grandma :cheeky: Hoarding Thief.
