Biohazard on 24/8/2007 at 08:05
I was flipping through my PC Gamer magazine when I saw the word Thief in the Homebrew column. I began reading and the column was talking about old games that are still alive due to a dedicated fanbase. The three games he chose were Thief, Baldur's Gate, and Vampire: Bloodlines.
Here's what the article said about Thief:
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The Thief franchise may have come to an ulitmate end, but master taffer Garrett is still fleecing nobility, thanks to an incredible number of fan-made missions. Nine years after Thief: The Dark Project arrived in stores, modders continue to create adventures for the classic sneaker and its sequel, Thief II: The Metal Age. (The Xboxian third game, Thief: Deadly Shadows? Er, not so much.)
Check out Thief: The Circle ((
www.thief-thecircle.com)) or The Keep of Metal and Gold ((
www.keepofmetalandgold.com/)) to plunder vaults filled with more than 500 missions. Dozens of these escapes are worth your time and water arrows. I'd recommend old faves like Purah's Calendra's Legacy, Saturnine's The Seventh Crystal, Alex Thompson's Ranstall Keep (in noirish black and white, no less), and the Dark Engineering Guild's T2X: Shadows of the Metal Age.
The Mod of the Month was T2X! Here's the little box with the description.
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Had Looking Glass lived long enough to make an expansion to Thief II, it might have looked like T2X: Shadows of the Metal Age. This fan-made add-on features a new female protagonist, 13 missions, 3000 lines of dialogue, and custom mission briefings and cutscenes. It doesn't quite have the mysterious allure of the original games, but it's awfully close...
jtr7 on 24/8/2007 at 08:12
Nice!:thumb:
Thanks, BH!
BrokenArts on 24/8/2007 at 11:11
Thats pretty cool, maybe it can attract more fans. Has it been that long. Oh god.
They go on to mention Vampire: Bloodlines. Another favorite of mine.
Thanks Bio.
Shadak on 24/8/2007 at 17:13
Ah, very cool. I always like to see printed praise like that!
Digital Nightfall on 24/8/2007 at 17:18
That sounds really familiar. Was it a new issue? I remember something almost exactly like that from a few years back.
Biohazard on 24/8/2007 at 18:08
Yes, it's in the newest issue of PC Gamer in the US (October 2007). I would love to scan the whole column and let everyone see, but that might make the Higher Powers (TM) here a bit cranky.
jtr7 on 24/8/2007 at 20:50
Who's credited as the author?
redface on 24/8/2007 at 22:46
October issue coming out in august???
BrokenArts on 25/8/2007 at 00:32
Its not October where you are? :weird:
Maddermadcat on 25/8/2007 at 03:51
Nope. Still August. :joke: