sparhawk on 11/6/2006 at 07:31
Thief 2! Definitely. Much more intersting to play with all the mansions. I like the mansions much more, then all these endless caves.
CocoClown on 11/6/2006 at 08:39
I'd have to give the nod to Thief 2. I loved some of those levels
Edit: Oh, and I'm pre-Millennial! Take that, 2000+ youngsters :D
Werewolfintheshadows on 11/6/2006 at 11:56
Thief DP for me, Gold just didn't have the same mix of atmosphere with the alternate levels, and thief TMA, well it had better graphics and niftier kit and it plays smoother, but the missions don't have the same genius and the mechanist plot concluding at soulforge was hugely disappointing imo, love LOTP, but its the only encapsulating mission, they didn't come up to par imo. Thief DP for me is the essence of thief, although I'm a huge TDS fan for the quality graphics and much improved lighting etc, it doesn't have the same sneak or be killed feeling to it, TDS was abit too easy and the 3rd person ruined some of the limitations that really sucked you into the gameplay with TDP and T:TMA, why lean when you can hit space bar and go 3rd person to see every thing? No fear factor involved. TDP had the suspense i miss, and the sound effects still give me a shiver, especially around the haunted cathedral.
Clyp on 12/6/2006 at 00:49
Quote Posted by spix's circlet
Here it becomes circuitous. By Garrett's reasoning he thinks immediately about breaching a bank and a sheriff's manor in order to bribe him - only to find the situation go back to square one. But hey, at least we got to rob a bank!
What?
Garrett doesn't just "immediately think" about robbing the bank... Karras tells one of his servants to
lock the recording of the conversation in the mechanist safe in the
bank. Garrett needs that recording so he could go blackmail the sheriff(blackmail, not bribe) into telling him who hired him to hunt for Garrett.
It is only revealed later into the game, that the mysterious employer is, in fact, Karras.
What part of that is not "tied properly together".
Yametha on 12/6/2006 at 01:39
The Dark Project. Definately!
Emerald Wolf on 12/6/2006 at 06:14
Quote Posted by spix's circlet
But it still does not excuse why Garrett did not consider – upon overhearing the meeting - that this Karras guy might be part of it.
Garrett is a bit blind like that sometimes. Certainly the same thing could be said for his handing over the Eye to Constantine without wondering what someone would want with a eerily sentient gemstone (it just a rock to him after all). After THC he should be looking for information about the Eye, not running around collecting talismans to release it. Anyway, I for one did not connect Karras or the Mechanists with wanting to kill Garrett at this stage (after all what motivation do they have?), but maybe I was just being over eager to get to Truart.
KublaiKrim on 12/6/2006 at 09:20
Quote Posted by CocoClown
I'd have to give the nod to Thief 2. I loved some of those levels
Edit: Oh, and I'm pre-Millennial! Take that, 2000+ youngsters :D
I´ll never get over that I did not register in 1999. But the new millennium started 2001! And my vote is TDP.
highendsystems on 12/6/2006 at 18:22
Dark Project!
BTW, I've played Thief since the demo was released on a CD
in the PC Accelerator magazine. I bought Thief DP and Driver
because of those demos (1999?).
I hardly consider myself a 'Newbie' to Thief, just this forum....
The_Caped_Eluder on 12/6/2006 at 19:25
It'll have to be TDP for me.
TMA had some brilliance in it, but the lack of polish as compared to its glorious predecessor really shows up--and lets it down.
That's about as succinctly as I can put it.
CountMRVHS on 12/6/2006 at 20:19
Yeah, I've gotta go with the crowd on this too and say TDP. Although I have to say that the first time I played through (and I played TDP and TMA one right after the other the first time through) I loved TMA, and even think I preferred it over TDP. In the beginning, I hated Bonehoard and all the undead; and TMA felt more thiefy. But as I've played them repeatedly, I appreciate the atmosphere in TDP. And if someone asked me to make a list of my five least-favorite OMs, I'll bet they'd be all from TMA.
