Thief: The Dark Project hits online games shops!

[Togakure]

Thanks for the replies ... not sure why I never played this one. I think I was so overboard with Shogun that I just missed it and never caught up. I am now about a year or two behind in all games, which I think is a good thing 'cuz I save a lot of money enjoying games that have been out a while but are "new" to me. And my PC is aging too, so the newest games probably won't run well on it. So, $9.99 for a ten-year-old game that has withstood the test of time with flying colors like this sounds like a winner indeed.

Now I have to see if I can find my ninja suit, it's been a while.

[frogbeastegg]

Ah, more converts. Excellent :rubs hands together:

Be sure to post your impressions ... and let me know when you meet my cousins

[Kekvit Irae]

Thanks for the replies ... not sure why I never played this one. I think I was so overboard with Shogun that I just missed it and never caught up. I am now about a year or two behind in all games, which I think is a good thing 'cuz I save a lot of money enjoying games that have been out a while but are "new" to me. And my PC is aging too, so the newest games probably won't run well on it. So, $9.99 for a ten-year-old game that has withstood the test of time with flying colors like this sounds like a winner indeed.

Now I have to see if I can find my ninja suit, it's been a while.

Thief: The Dark Project was one of the first games to genuinely freak me out. In the second mission, where you have to go into a Hammerite factory/cathedral/prison, you start out in some mines. But not just any mines... oh no. Haunted mines with zombies. Not just any zombies... unkillable (kinda) zombies.
But the true test of any gamer's underwear color is to make a blind run into the Return to the Cathedral mission. Not going to spoil it, but if your pants aren't brown by the end of RTC, you're a better gamer than most.

Trust all of us when we say that this is 10 dollars WELL spent. And the life of the game increases when you download and play fan missions. Of course, I prefer to do a Lytha run of the game before starting fan missions, just to squeeze out as much enjoyment as I can.
(I am such a geek for knowing who Lytha is)

[Fragony]

(I am such a geek for knowing who Lytha is)

Could be worse, I am not really that much of a geek

And oh god yes. I made the mistake of picking normal skill level first round, and I was all 'what the hell is a hammer doing here', whacked it on the head anyway because it's fun but it didn't go down and chopped me up good.

JOIN US........JOIN US NOW

dear god, didn't touch the game for months after that, and that place still freaks me out today.

but this helps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC2P8IpwZfU

[Vuk]

(I am such a geek for knowing who Lytha is)

Could be worse, I am not really that much of a geek

And oh god yes. I made the mistake of picking normal skill level first round, and I was all 'what the hell is a hammer doing here', whacked it on the head anyway because it's fun but it didn't go down and chopped me up good.

JOIN US........JOIN US NOW

dear god, didn't touch the game for months after that, and that place still freaks me out today.

but this helps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC2P8IpwZfU

lol, nice vid. :P
And yes, RTHC was one of the finest missions in the game. Another nice one I would say is the Hammer Novice one (I forget the name, haven't played in too long...Strange Bedfellows?). That was my favorite Thief mission of all time.
Frag is right, it is the sounds in Thief that really create the experience. They are soft, subtle, powerful, and as creepy as heck. I remember nearly jumping out of my seat at moments playing that game. :P

[Fragony]

My favorite mission is The Sword, it starts out harmless enough, cutscene should have hinted you that this isn't your everyday's job. You break into a normal looking mansion but what you find is complete insanity. Honorable mention goes to Life at the Party in Thief 2, the scope of that mission is bewildering. I missed that feeling in Thief 2 of actually traveling to a place, and Life at the Party delivered in spades there. That one mission is bigger then the entire city of Thief 3. Gah to Thief 3.

[Vuk]

My favorite mission is The Sword, it starts out harmless enough, cutscene should have hinted you that this isn't your everyday's job. You break into a normal looking mansion but what you find is complete insanity. Honorable mention goes to Life at the Party in Thief 2, the scope of that mission is bewildering. I missed that feeling in Thief 2 of actually traveling to a place, and Life at the Party delivered in spades there. That one mission is bigger then the entire city of Thief 3. Gah to Thief 3.

Yeah, Thief II was my favorite. I liked Life of the Party because there was just so much to do and explore, but my favorite Thief II missions were S&R and the Bank Mission. Those two are my standards of what great Thief Missions should be like.
And yeah, Gah to Thief 3 (I would say something else to Thief 3, but I want to keep it PG ).

[Fragony]

S&R was boring imho, I am not that fond of Thief 2 despite it being the second best game ever made, I adore it for the fan-work but the campaign didn't do it for me. A few very good missions, and the Bank is absolutely awesome in every taffin way with all that marble floor, found the eater egg? It about a vault.