Puss in Boots on 26/3/2006 at 05:07
Hey all,
I'm here to drown everyone in my overflowing newbie-ness. :rolleyes:
I recently downloaded the Thief 2 demo. After looking at a couple walkthroughs (including the one at Keeper's Chapel) I noticed that my game wasn't even close to what the walkthroughs were telling me.
For instance, right near the beginning of the mission after you grab the 2 water arrows and dowse the torch near that guard, there's supposed to be an archer that walks a route between there and the small house with the broadsword arrows. I am seriously lacking an archer in my game. :weird: There's also the random snoring that comes from no one...amoung many other things.
Am I just incredibly lost, or does this sound like something's wrong with the game/my computer?
Thanks.
theBlackman on 26/3/2006 at 05:37
First, don't read walk-throughs unless you are completely stuck.
Second, walk-throughs are only one persons way to do the job. There are alternate routes to accomplish the same thing, and my "way" as a walk-through, compared to someone elses would be different.
Third, the DEMO is not the mission. It uses part, and only part, of the same map,but is completely different. A walk-through for the true mission in the game has no relationship to the DEMO.
As is always the best approach to THIEF, play the game, don't read spoilers, don't read walk-throughs.
When YOU have played YOUR game, then read how someone else played (walk-through) if you wish.
If you get stuck, ask here. Tell us where you are, what you did, what you are trying to do, and what your problem is.
Be specific. "I am at the door to the guard room in the NE corner of Rothschild mansion. I can't find XXX." for example.
ffox on 26/3/2006 at 09:44
Quote Posted by Puss in Boots
For instance, right near the beginning of the mission after you grab the 2 water arrows and dowse the torch near that guard, there's supposed to be an archer that walks a route between there and the small house with the broadsword arrows. I am seriously lacking an archer in my game. :weird: There's also the random snoring that comes from no one...amoung many other things.
Welcome to the forums. :)
The number of AI in the demo increase with difficulty. iirc there is no archer on Normal, one on Hard and two on Expert (but I'm not sure). It seems that you and the walkthrough are on different difficulties.
Live on 26/3/2006 at 12:07
I thought the layout and content of the demo version was better than the one that made to the final cut. I felt a little gipped that they had changed it. The demo is a lot less linear.
However, saying that, they massively increased the amount of stuff actually inside Angelwatch, which was good. But the city was a shadow of it's former self.
Oh, and I remember the rope arrows were buggy as hell in the demo. More often than not you DIED when you touched them!
Kovitlac on 26/3/2006 at 21:30
You've probably already done this, but just make sure you're reading either a TDP walkthrough or a TDP Gold walkthrough (relative to what you have). Both games have many little differences between them.
