🚀 go-pugleaf

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:54:41 GMT, celestebREMOVE@telusplanet.net (CelesteB)
wrote:

>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*

Thief 2 is waaay better than T:DS, that's why you want to play it first. :-) 

Seriously, T2 has got a better story. If you like thiefing and burgaling,
exploring and finding secrets, you won't find much of it in T:DS. There is a
hell of a lot more exploring you can do vs. the limited linear levels of T:DS. 

You won't have to deal with the hub-based city of T:DS, where you end up being a
messenger boy criss-crossing the same city a dozen times throughout the game. 

Your armaments are much better in T2. 

There is no "faction/politics" crap to deal with in order to get through the
game--- you get to be Garrett- Master Thief, not a sappy politicking pawn. If
you don't align with factions in T:DS, then the boredom of criss-crossing the
city/hub becomes a (nearly pointless) "avoid the bad guys" type of game.
Definitely not Thiefing at all. Not when you have to do the same thing over and
over.

And once you're done with T2, then head over to thief2x.com and download the
free expansion. 13 new levels, new graphics, sounds, objects, characters,
creatures, and a cool story.

With all of the Thief story under your belt, THEN slog through T:DS. The thing
worth looking forward to there is The Cradle level. There rest just ain't Thief.

Yes, I sound negative and jaded because I'm a huge Thief fan, and T:DS was a
huge letdown for me. It was too much like Deus Ex 2, a Gabe Newell abomination.