12.18.2004 18:40
Thief II Almost Done
I made it to the final level of Thief II: The Metal Age. So far it's an enjoyable but
complex level. It's kind of a pain avoiding all the Children of Karras, which
are mechanical beasts that do their best to make you very dead. They can be
taken out easily enough with two water arrows in the boiler on their backs
but there are a slew of them and only 12 arrows to start with. So I guess I
get to be a sneaky thief instead of clunking everything on the head and
dragging the bodies out of sight.
While Thief II is excellent I still think the original Thief was a little bit better mostly due to the creepy environment. It's one of those games that shouldn't be played in the dark, with headphones on. My wife scared the crap out of me once by poking me in the back while I was playing. I almost fell out of the seat I jumped so hard. The only game that tops all game environments for me is System Shock 2. That one really wigged me out good. Looking Glass Studios had a way with making games high in the creepy factor. To bad they've been defunct for quite a while.
Once I'm done with Thief II I can finally give Thief: Deadly Shadows a whirl. Deadly Shadows is essentially Thief 3 in that supposedly most of the people from LGS that worked on T1 and T2 now work for Ion Storm who make TDS.
All the Thief games received incredible reviews, but for some reason they never were majorly popular. They seem to be games that most people just don't get since they actually require clear thinking, planning, and patients to play vs just grabbing the biggest gun and blowing the bejessus out of everything that moves.. As much as I'm looking forward to TDS I may just play some Warlord Battle Cry II or Warcraft III as a break. I don't want to OD on the sneaker games.
While Thief II is excellent I still think the original Thief was a little bit better mostly due to the creepy environment. It's one of those games that shouldn't be played in the dark, with headphones on. My wife scared the crap out of me once by poking me in the back while I was playing. I almost fell out of the seat I jumped so hard. The only game that tops all game environments for me is System Shock 2. That one really wigged me out good. Looking Glass Studios had a way with making games high in the creepy factor. To bad they've been defunct for quite a while.
Once I'm done with Thief II I can finally give Thief: Deadly Shadows a whirl. Deadly Shadows is essentially Thief 3 in that supposedly most of the people from LGS that worked on T1 and T2 now work for Ion Storm who make TDS.
All the Thief games received incredible reviews, but for some reason they never were majorly popular. They seem to be games that most people just don't get since they actually require clear thinking, planning, and patients to play vs just grabbing the biggest gun and blowing the bejessus out of everything that moves.. As much as I'm looking forward to TDS I may just play some Warlord Battle Cry II or Warcraft III as a break. I don't want to OD on the sneaker games.
12.15.2004 19:50
Game Binge
I think it's time to start a game binge. For some reason I can't explain I
flip-flop between a reading and learning binge and a waste time and play games
binge. So, I figure I'm so close to finishing Thief II (finally) that I may as
well just finish it. It is, after all, an excellent game. Just a few of the
games on my "to play someday" list are Planescape Torment, Thief: Deadly
Shadows, and Warcraft III. I've also seen really good things about LOTR: The
Battle for Middle Earth, so I may spend more money on a game I won't play for
ages.
Speaking of LOTR, the Extended edition of Return of the King is out as of yesterday. I'll be running out and grabbing it on the 26th provided it's not in my X-mas loot.
Oh, 5 days till D-Day.
Speaking of LOTR, the Extended edition of Return of the King is out as of yesterday. I'll be running out and grabbing it on the 26th provided it's not in my X-mas loot.
Oh, 5 days till D-Day.