Goldmoon Dawn on 6/9/2006 at 20:41
I did not know that. I had a feeling you were a convert though. :ebil: oops! mum was rite (kidding of course)
For what it is worth, in the not too distant future Deadly will finally make its way back into rotation. Especially with news of another Minimalist tweak coming. I just needed to put some time between the game and myself. I will be playing Ultima Ascension right before it. :cheeky: Not exactly the "serious" rotation, but rotation nonetheless. I'm *gonna* find the Thieve's Highway, and I'm not stopping until I do.
dethtoll? You did know that in Dark Project, you can get on the rooftops in almost every level. Its worth an exploratory replay if you havent. Just put Deadly down for a minute, ok? :p
Fine, I admit that if *never* compared to any other Thief related anything, Deadly was a fine game by itself. Very hard to suspend disbelief though...
june gloom on 6/9/2006 at 23:23
funnily enough, i've played (and completed) DS all of one time. :p i just defend it because it really isn't that bad. i enjoy it as much as i do the other games, even if it's not as good. for me, it's good enough.
and yeah, for fun i once tried to get into the cloister in THC. i usually play "seriously" though, in which i BECOME garrett, and that helps my suspension of disbelief with DS as well.
Doc_Brown on 6/9/2006 at 23:46
Seeing as the topic's drifting a little, I just wanted to pop in real quick to give thanks for the kind words about my retrospective. Just a couple of specific comments:
Quote Posted by T-Smith
Damn that was a big read
Damn that was a big write... :p
Quote Posted by theBlackman
The piece was concise
First time I've heard that said about a ten-page article. ;)
Quote Posted by GlasWolf
Good job Doc, an interesting read.
Just wanted you to know that if your (
www.thiefpetition.com) site was still up, I would have linked it as well as the petition itself.
Quote Posted by New Horizon
and might I add that I am completely honored that you used Minimalist for your retrospective.
Ah, but the honor is mine. In large part, I rated TDS as highly as I did because of
you.
Quote Posted by Strontium Dog
"Hammerite’s and Pagan’s" on page 1
Fixed. Dated back to an earlier draft where I'd said "Hammerite's priests and Pagan's shamans." I'm usually pretty good in my editing, but that's admittedly a lot to cover.
Quote Posted by Krypt
An exceptional Thief series development history lesson + review. I like how you gave a bit of an angle on how the development affected the game. That's not something generally covered in reviews or editorials. I guess in most cases the end user only cares about the product in their hands and not the development of it. Good thing Thief fans aren't the average end user :D
Coming from one of the developers themselves, that's high praise indeed. Thank you.
