Best Level

**Decker** · 08-19-2007, 00:16

Originally Posted by Geoffrey S

All-time favourite? Facility, in Goldeneye 64. That was FPS perfection.

That was one brilliant level to play. I especially love the opening "first shot."
I also like the one where you fight your way through the cemetery only to get shot by Alec. That was one of my favs to play.

**Xehh II** · 08-19-2007, 01:58

Any level from Thief Gold, my favorite being Song of the caverns because of of the guy at the end of the cave that sings "Go go go, up, up the rope you go, while you creep so sloooooowww".
But I hate the Maw of Chaos, How the hell do you beat the Trickster? I don't get anywhere near the eye to replace it.
I also hate the third level, where you have to find the horn of Quintus, and I also hate the level where you have to go though the abandoned part of the city to the Hammer Church, and I also hate the Hammer Cathedral, man, those Undead Hammers are way to powerful.

**Kekvit Irae** · 08-19-2007, 05:02

Originally Posted by Xehh II

But I hate the Maw of Chaos, How the hell do you beat the Trickster? I don't get anywhere near the eye to replace it.

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**Xehh II** · 08-19-2007, 08:35

Originally Posted by Kekvit Irae

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Hmm. Moss arrows eh? I don't pack those too often, I only found them useful once, during Song of the Caverns.

**Warmaster Horus** · 08-19-2007, 10:03

What is the best level design in a game according to you?

Shalebridge Cradle in Thief 3. Great Level, most hated one as well. It's so ... spooky. Anyone who read the PC gamer article about it will know why. I mean, an orphanage and an asylum? Gah. Still, kudos to the devs for doing that.

**ElectricEel** · 08-19-2007, 18:54

Originally Posted by Warmaster Horus

Shalebridge Cradle in Thief 3. Great Level, most hated one as well. It's so ... spooky. Anyone who read the PC gamer article about it will know why. I mean, an orphanage and an asylum? Gah.

Yes. Seriously. For the initial part of the level, the atmosphere was spooky and suspenseful; after the part where you actually meet the inhabitants, I couldn't play more than fifteen minutes in one sitting. The level was quite different from the others in Thief 3. I didn't actually play very far into it - horror games clearly aren't my thing - and it stopped me from completing the game (I did find a level-bypass cheat code, but didn't use it then, and the game got later uninstalled/wiped out for reasons I've forgotten), but I did read a walkthrough, and things would have gotten even further from the usual. A shame my nerves failed, but it was definately a quite unique level with a very strong atmosphere. I intend to replay and finish the game (including that level, hopefully) later.

**Kekvit Irae** · 08-19-2007, 19:04

Originally Posted by Xehh II

Hmm. Moss arrows eh? I don't pack those too often, I only found them useful once, during Song of the Caverns.

They completely muffle any sound caused by running or jumping on surface areas. Since the Trickster is on marble, it's impossible to get to him without one or two moss arrows. Moss arrows play a more dominant role in Thief 2: The Metal Age, because, naturally, everything's metal.

Originally Posted by Warmaster Horus

Shalebridge Cradle in Thief 3. Great Level, most hated one as well. It's so ... spooky. Anyone who read the PC gamer article about it will know why. I mean, an orphanage and an asylum? Gah. Still, kudos to the devs for doing that.

That level was scarier than Return to the Cathedral. Robbing The Cradle reminded me of The House On Haunted Hill (the remake).

**Fragony** · 08-21-2007, 07:50

The cradle is the only thing that prevents me from stripping up semtex and exploding in Eidos office, it is pure gaming brilliance. Shame about the rest