Baron_Calamity
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Does Thief still hold up to today's standards.
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It's looking a little old graphically, although there's a few mods you can add to modernise it a little.
In gameplay terms? Arguably unsurpassed.
Cydonian__Knight
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I just played the game about a year ago and it's still incredibly fun. No other game has really ever matched it.
Never surpassed. Except by Thief II.
If you've never played a game that uses its particular brand of 'organic' stealth, you might be frustrated at first. It's not Metal Gear Solid-style "avoid the enemy cone of vision". It takes lots and lots of patience and plays very slowly. But get into its rhythm and you'll find an immersive game unlike any other. Except Thief II.
walking fiend
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To chime in with other; Yes, every one of them are incredibly well-made and even Thief 3 will blow your mind with certain aspects such as level design.
Death Dealer
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I replayed Thief 2 a couple years ago and enjoyed it as much as I did a decade ago.
For me, the series is the pinnacle of the golden age of PC gaming. Very few games immerse the player as well as Thief.
The level design, sound effects and voice acting, exploration elements, challenging stealth game play, and awesome cut scenes and story have to yet to be eclipsed by modern FPS games. There are very few FPS games that remain so fun to play this long after they were new.
If the graphics got updated one could release them as 2012 games and they'd be perfect.
But even with old graphics, it's aged nicely. There is something still very charming about Thief's aesthetics.
Of All Trades
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I like the simple thieving but that't not my problem. My problem is that on the expert difficulty (where you get additional mission requirements) the "steal X gold" requirement gets silly.
godofcookery
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demons souls before demons souls. kinda. a little.
Of All Trades
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The undead ruins (or church?) and the ancient underground city are the two that spring to mind where I had to scour the levels for treasure (going back and forth, looking in random corners, etc) and where the requirement felt pretty out of context. At a certain point in a few levels the treasure requirements crossed the line from challenging and organic to tedious and silly.
indigo-cyclops
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omg omgo omg, THIEF GOLD!! I've been waiting so long for this. *swoon*
SteveWinwood
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Any problems getting it to run on Win 7? I've heard the Thief games have had problems in the past with that, but GOG is usually really good with that. I'll wait for a few impressions.
Death Dealer
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I can see what you're saying, you'd like the extra mission goals without having to find every single little piece of loot. (which is basically what expert difficulty asks)
I think that's why they put the loot glint in Thief 3, to make it less tedious.
I actually didn't mind trying to find it all.
Stallion Free
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It always has been, how have you not noticed?
shutup you
Stallion Free
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I mean, did you just discover GOG or something?
cicero
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Since I first played Thief: The Dark Project and Thief II: The Metal Age 13+ years ago, whenever I have had any freedom in a game, without thinking I have almost always reverted to playing as the same stealth style character as I was in the Thief games as much as possible. Almost everyone I knew who played them back then has said the same thing. I hope it taints your gaming life for the good too.
you're gonna discover something in a minute alright
It runs OK right from the site but I suggest doing this for best results (Windows 7 64 bit example):
Install from GOG
Press the Start button
Type cmd into the search box
Right-click the cmd.exe that shows up in the results, choose Run as Administrator
Type 'cd c:\windows\SysWOW64' - then hit enter.
Type 'regsvr32 ir50_32.dll' - hit Enter.
Download DDFix from here: http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121449
Extract the files into the GOG Thief Gold folder
Also download the Thief Gold executable from the same site and extract it to the same location (make a backup of the original, just in case)
Open cam.cfg and change 'game_screen_size' to match your desired resolution
Make sure you start Thief by right-clicking the shortcut and running as Administrator. Otherwise, the videos might not play.
Running the game this way allows you to play at high resolutions, in widescreen (optional) and improves the in-game color from 16 bit to 32 bit. It also stops the game from switching resolutions every time you go into the menu or watch a video.
Of All Trades
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Spurred on by the adventure game thread from last week or so I started playing RealMyst last night with actual focus aka I'm taking notes while I play and I gotta say... it's really easy considering the last time I played Myst was almost 20 years ago. I've unlocked almost all of the hub island (I had to check a walkthrough to get in the spaceship because the way the cursor works made it harder to click on the door, which threw me off) and beat Tree Island and Boat Island in about an hour while being forced to watch The Bachelor and it's really making me realize just how much of the game's difficulty was tied to the restricted camera. The Tree Island in particular I beat shockingly fast simply because it was so much easier to maintain an orientation with a full camera. The difference is heightened when compared to Zork Nemesis, which had a 360 camera (using the Myst step movement method), as the puzzles were designed around a more comprehensive camera and seem harder as a result.
Not looking forward to the sound maze, though.
Not looking forward to the sound maze, though.
gog.com has a good january.
if they go on like this all year, christmas sales will be bloody. I am pretty shocked they deliver Eidos games after Eidos games this month, like there is no backlog in their other editors.
Running that steam we could get Lara Croft and Anachronox quite fast too.
if they go on like this all year, christmas sales will be bloody. I am pretty shocked they deliver Eidos games after Eidos games this month, like there is no backlog in their other editors.
Running that steam we could get Lara Croft and Anachronox quite fast too.
SteveWinwood
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Thanks a lot! Will do!
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
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This announcement caused me to pull out my Thief 2 disks. Couldn't get it running on Windows 7 so I pulled out an old PC. Played it for a few hours and then the PC started crashing. Damn that game is good. After a few hours I pulled off my headphones and they were covered in sweat, talk about intense.
I'll probably grab Thief 1, but I'm really hoping that they put 2 out there soon.
I'll probably grab Thief 1, but I'm really hoping that they put 2 out there soon.
Another 24-hour promo today: Guilty Gear X2 #Reload 60% off or $2.39.
jaundicejuice
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My jaw dropped when I read an article on RockPaperShotgun about Thief Gold being on GoG. I thought Thief I and II, that outside of some random drive found in a duffle bag with part of the source code for both games, were a lost cause. Just...wow. I haven't even had a chance to dig into Syndicate yet.
cicero
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You are in the very small minority with those sentiments.
Guerrillas in the Mist
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But The Cradle is unquestionably one of the greatest levels in gaming history.
cicero
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Oh, I do agree with that sentiment.
But the game surrounding it is not
Hrm. This was a SEGA Naomi board title. Does anyone have any idea how good this PC port was? I have my suspicions that, like everything from that period, it'll be a PS2 > PC port rather than an arcade > PC port.
It's Splinter Cell. Or, rather, Splinter Cell is Thief.
It's an open environment with objectives, you have a light meter, you shoot out lights, you try not to walk on hard surfaces... it's Splinter Cell.
Darkmakaimura
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I just learned about GOG not too long ago. They have Ultima games and they apparently play in Windows 7 which is awesome! I'm going to have to seek through their site some more in the following days.
This is like saying Halo Wars is Starcraft.
I mean, sure, the core components are the same, but the execution is so different.
I bought it and it plays well, I think. Buttons in the config are PS2 buttons though so I figure that answers your PS2 > PC question.
Fuck's sake.
I can't find any detailed information about this online either.
edit - GoG version isn't even the version that can be patched for online multiplayer. Think I might pass.
Except they play nothing alike in actual gameplay.
Joseph Merrick
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there is a guiltygear on dotemu as well btw, http://www.dotemu.com/en/download-game/771/guilty-gear-isuka
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