Is Thief worth the time?

[Callaxes]

And finally even Terry motherfucking Pratchett loves it.

W-w-what? Really? I'm going to google that.

 

[SCO]

He posted on ttlg or on the mailing list ages ago (for help with fan missions no less).


Anyway, after playing the original games you will realize there are about 200 fan missions (many of very high quality) that give about 300 (minimum) hours of sneaking action, and push the dark engine to the max.

http://www.southquarter.com/category/t2/

The modders, having exploited the engine to the max without exe patches (they don't have a assembly hacker like PS:T), now are making a new engine just for the fan missions (go figure) based on doom 3 engine (is going to be opensource).

They are maybe the only fan mission community on the net that is uplifting themselves.

 

[SCO]

This one is more complete, seems like south-quarter suffered a disk crash or something.

http://thiefmissions.com/search.cgi?sea ... t=rating#m

 

[Serious_Business]

Someone recently gave me all three.

Are they worth the time? Yes/No with explanation pl0x

Fuck yes.

Best stealth games, AI is still among the best of them (was pretty advanced for its time), non linear levels never matched in another stealth game, very atmospheric if you can get over the graphics (and if you can't you're a faggot), setting is coherent and pretty cool, also main character is an asshole and that's pretty awesome obviously, different difficulty levels provide different experiences... T1 is known for the wacky levels that are sometimes appreciated and sometimes criticized, you might not appreciate them at first, but when you get more experience with the games they should appear in a more positive light (provides more diversity, etc). T2 is a bit more bland (and that's when you realise the originality of T1), but overall I guess it's the better game. T3 is well you know what the resident anti-console faggots think about it, I didn't like it either but it could have been worst, I guess if you want to see how the story ends, sure. Don't forget all the awesome fan missions, and I'm quite serious about that, no joking

 

[Unkillable Cat]

A big plus is that many modder maps are of the same quality as dev ones.

Some of them (not many though) are even better than the dev maps.

 

[dx__]

And finally even Terry motherfucking Pratchett loves it.

Apparently, he also loves Oblivion. Where's your god now?

 

[DriacKin]

Thief is pretty much the only game with stealth done right. Some games may have an interesting take on it, like Deus Ex, Beyond Good & Evil, Batman: Arkham Asylum, or even Splinter Cell, but Thief is still the reference to which all others are compared.

imo, Hitman 4 was a very good stealth game. Not as good as Thief 1 or 2, but still pretty darn good.

 

[Gragt]

Ah, I never tried the Hitman serie.

 

[kingcomrade]

If you like games where you spend most of your time looking at the patrol routes of people who walk at a snail's pace I'm sure you'll love them.

 

[Serious_Business]

If you like games where you spend most of your time looking at the patrol routes of people who walk at a snail's pace I'm sure you'll love them.

I love you man, because you're a human being.

 

[Zyrxil]

Hell yes they're worth playing. You might have problems with a more modern Nvidia graphics card though. Also the cinematic videos all used the Indeo codec, which is beyond obsolete and doesn't come with modern versions of Windows. Here's one that works with Win XP.:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ogwwyfq3ykt/indeoxp.exe

 

[Zomg]

This is bad but I got bored playing through the first real level after the tutorial level (Thief 1). Then I read T2 was the really good one, so I put T1 aside and have been not-bothering to get a copy of T2 ever since.

 

[SCO]

Thief will work in multiple playstyles.

The best experience in the game is being completely unseen - though some disagree.

You can battle your way through (possible yes)
You can bonk heads through (popular)
You can run away through (hard, nerve wracking)
You can kill from shadows (some levels)
You can distract and avoid.

 

[ecliptic]

Yes.

 

[Jasede]

KC's complaint is valid, though. I'd still say yes, but you need to be patient and just enjoy the sort of LARP-like thrill of not being spotted. If you don't it is probably a bore-fest.

 

[Gragt]

KC's complaint is valid, though. I'd still say yes, but you need to be patient and just enjoy the sort of LARP-like thrill of not being spotted. If you don't it is probably a bore-fest.

I'm not sure if KC was refering Thief or Hitman.

 

[catfood]

The original Thief is only my favorite game of all time. Great HUGE levels, cool main character and setting and awesome gameplay mechanics. Don't listen to the idiots saying some of the levels are bad because they have zombies and dinosaurs in them, those are some of the best designed in the game (such as mission 3).
Thief 2 is also good but you can eventually get bored of human guards and the robots are by far the dumbest enemies in the series.
Thief 3 is ok for a console but it does have the Cradle level which makes up for most of the game's other flaws.

 

[Forest Dweller]

Skip the first game, play the second. Not sure about the third.

 

[Longshanks]

Don't listen to the portable Nintento gaming system - he lies. Play all three. Only one you could skip would be 3, but it's still better than most post 2000 games, and definitely worth playing.

 

[Fat Dragon]

Skip the first game.

1/10

 

[MetalCraze]

Ah, I never tried the Hitman serie.

If you like the "social" stealth somewhat in a Jason Bourne way you should give series a try. 1st and 4th parts are the best as they are really sandboxy (even though AI suffers somewhat in the 1st), 3rd is basically a meh-remake of the 1st with some new missions thrown in and 2nd one is too shooty.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Skip the first game.

1/10

Zombies probably made him rage :smugcodex:

 

[Turisas]

All Hitman games are great - I think the first regressed more to shooting than the second imo (at least, in quite a few levels the stealthy options were less-than-obvious and at times a real bitch to pull off, compared to just killing everyone). Those damn jungle levels especially.

Contracts got bonus points for DARK, GRITTY AND MATURE, but I guess if you were to play all the games now at once, the remakes of levels from earlier games would probably be more annoying than cool. Was sweet at the time tho.

 

[Emotional Vampire]

Skip the first game

Now THAT is something to get dumbfucked for.

 

[Felix]

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=143656

What do you make of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion? What have been your favourite moments?
I'm a thief and an assassin, and treat the game as a continuation of the Thief universe. I'm in it for the sneaking, but I like the free form nature of the game, the fact that you can ignore the quests and set off into this big, complex world. You really can explore. All the best moments have been in the shadows. Pick pockets, open locks, creep away.

I'll just leave this here.