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Article #36624Re: Why should I play Thief 2?
From: Terry Olsen
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:56
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 13:56
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My favorite missions in Thief 1 were the Lost City and the one with the Fire Elementals flying around everywhere. I need to go back and play that again, as soon as I finish with TDS. My daughter lauged at me when I was playing Thief 1 for the first time. Because I was leaning over in my chair trying to look around the corner.... "Albert Conklin" <aconklin@satx.rr.com> wrote in message news:45ae7b79$0$4869$4c368faf@roadrunner.com... > Michael Cecil wrote: > >> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:54:41 GMT, celestebREMOVE@telusplanet.net >> (CelesteB) wrote: >> >> >>>Ok, I played Thief 1 and really enjoyed it although it was rather >>>hard. I had to do lots of reloading because of my tendency to blunder >>>around a lot. Also, I tended to not use my arsenal because it was >>>limited and I worried there would be a spot later on in the mission >>>where I might really need it and I ended up not using anything. >>>I just started up Thief:DS and was ready to go but part of me wants to >>>play Thief 2 first. Why don't I play it? Because I've heard it's >>>*hard* . Persuade me, give me tips, whatever *g* >>> >>>Thanks! >>>Celeste >>>"Born to Rune" - T. Prachett >> >> >> Thief 2 is my favorite I guess. Maybe that's because it has the most Fan >> Missions made for it (400+) and I've just played it the most. Maybe it's >> because it has a few more weapons and items for Garrett to use. Maybe >> it's because the graphics are a bit better than Thief 1. Probably it's a >> mixture of all those things. I don't think it's any harder than Thief 1 >> though. Maybe my skills were just better by the time I played T2. I >> know >> that I just scoff and laugh at situations in Thief now that would have >> scared the crap out of me back when I was starting with Thief 1. >> >> Anyhow, yes you should play it. Then install Darkloader or Garrettloader >> and start feasting on all the hundreds of fan missions available to you. >> I >> wish I could go back and start playing them again for the first time. >> They >> are what make Thief great, not the original campaigns, IMNSHO.* >> >> Thief 3...well, it's fun to play once. Eric Brosius' ambient music makes >> some parts very nice. But if you're used to the real Thief games you >> might be annoyed by Thief 3. >> >> You can get fan missions here: >> http://thiefmissions.com/ and http://www.keepofmetalandgold.com/ >> and you can discuss them here: >> http://www.ttlg.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=100 > Yea, what he said. :-) Anyway, definitely play Thief 2. I don't even > remember much of Thief at all. But there are plenty of Thief 2 Fan > Missions. Some good and some not so good. > Albert
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