Thief13x on 19/4/2010 at 00:23
Okay, so I can't be the only one...
Having played Thief for the past decade, I find myself falling in and out of periods of play...I mean, months and months. In fact, I think the one I'm on is one of the longest, not having a real serious bout of gaming for about that past year or so.
My question is, does anyone else find themselves falling in and out of Thief? The good news is I ALWAYS start to crave it and once I start playing again, well, let's just say it's probably like doing coke:p
sNeaksieGarrett on 19/4/2010 at 02:17
I'm on the same page man.... I've sort of moved on. I play lots of other games now, and I've neglected thief. That doesn't change the fact that I still love it dearly, and still want to work on dromed projects, but I just haven't lately. I've still yet to complete thief 2 (I once got all the way to the end of the game, but was unable to figure out the last level so I stopped... so in a way I did beat the game I suppose.):tsktsk: And thief 3. Also, by the nature of my life right now, playing games in general have decreased.
BrokenArts on 19/4/2010 at 03:01
Its been discussed before. It eb and flows when playing Thief for a lot of people.
Jarvis on 19/4/2010 at 04:36
Thief is a fine piece of art. Consider this, my favorite movie is The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. I don't watch it very often anymore, maybe once a year or so. But every time I think about it I get goosebumps as I'm instantly swept back into my favorite moments. When I do watch it I'm sucked deeply back in. I know that if I were to watch it everyday that it would become routine. It'd still be amazing to me, but would be monotonous.
It's like they always say, distance makes the heart grow fonder. Thief is the same way. It's not like most games for me, where I'm only enjoying them if I'm playing them. There is a "waking" enjoyment of it, an immersion in it that happens even when I'm no where near a computer.
So not playing it for long stretches by no means equates "drifting away". At least not in my opinion.
qolelis on 26/4/2010 at 12:07
I am finally getting back into Thief again with A Journey into the Underdark and King's Story, which I am playing - and enjoying very much - right now. After finishing my own first FM I got tired of Thief (after having spent almost every waking hour with DromEd) and didn't even visit TTLG for a couple of months, but now I feel like playing again - and I am also slowly getting ready for DromEd and my next FM-project.
SlyFoxx on 26/4/2010 at 13:19
My play history is pretty good. I have played...oh about...97% of the fan content and 100% of the OM content. I've been at it since early 2001. Play is pretty consistent from month to month but I have my slow periods like just about everybody else.
For DromEd I just checked and it's been two years since my last release. However I lent a hand to two other projects during that period and have done plenty of voice work...so I guess I should feel good!
But just this week I have opened DromEd and begun to ramp up progress on a mission begun long ago. It's going to be a tough summer because I need to implement "complicated DromEd stuff" and I'm the last person at the Editor's Guild you want fielding your questions!
So I'll do a lot of searching and try not to make a pest of myself...but again possibly calling in some old favors.
:sly:
bassmanret on 26/4/2010 at 13:58
At the end of 2006, I had completed T1 (Gold) and T2 four times, DS once, and had played every FM released up to that point in time, finishing on expert all but a handful of them. But, after playing Mask of Agamemnon (by Yandros), I decided that I was taking way too long to finish my 2nd FM, and one of the many reasons for this was because I was playing every new FM upon release, taking away a substantial chunk of my much-needed Dromed time. So, I resolved to stop playing new FMs until I had finished and released my FM. I actually surprised myself by sticking to this resolution with only 2 exceptions (Mission X and the Crap contest missions). I FINALLY finished and released my FM in January of this year, and so have been on a FM-binge ever since, and having a TAFFIN' BLAST chronologically playing every FM released since I stopped in 12/2006! I'm now up to December 2007, currently playing (and liking very much) BBB's "Three Crowns". I still have lots and LOTS of great FMs to go, and I'm happier than a belching burrick in a brothel while "catching up". :D
cast on 26/4/2010 at 14:27
Oh. I guess I'm in the minority. Started around 2007 with T:DS, completed, enjoyed, moved on... later I remembered that there was once "that cool game", so why not try first two parts of the game? Back then I didn't even know T3 wasn't released by the same team as T1/2, lol. Anyway, after launching T2, my first impression was like "damn, this lack of detail is... scary". Didn't prevent me from completing T2, then T1, then T2 again, then I started downloading fan missions... blah blah blah here I am. Gigabytes of fan created content yet to be explored, so I guess I won't grow up for a while xD
Haven't had a being-tired-of-Thief period yet. More like tired of particular mission, but that's only for a few days. Well, I don't play it all the time, though.
SneakyJack on 26/4/2010 at 15:24
Lately I've sort of been hitting the wall as well - I find myself jonesing for new missions or campaigns just to keep my interest alive. When I play a newly released mission I still get that feeling of wonder and excitement but loading up an old mission (no matter how good) just makes this sense of been-there-done-that wash over me because I've played them so many times. Obviously that is no ones fault but my own for playing the classics (and even the not so good ones) so many times - but it would be great to be able to experience the entire fan mission library for the first time again.
Maybe I'll trip and smack my head and lose my memory - clean slate and a fresh start!
SlyFoxx on 26/4/2010 at 16:34
Ah to be able to go back a play all the classics for the first time again. Frobber's cathedral, the chill of Murkbell, the lush interior of the Saturnine mansion, the grandeur of Lord Alan's Factory, the dark secrets held in Arkford and the Harrogate museum...such thiefy goodness!
