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Re: Why should I play Thief 2?

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From: Terry Olsen
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 
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> 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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