Brianetta

Do you guys do speed runs or something? I can spend upwards of twenty minutes crouched motionless in the corner of a corridor listening to doors. I don't use sword or blackjack (I haven't found any glass that needs breaking yet) and I only put lights out as a last resort. Finding that path through the four-dimensional maze of gaps in the perception of NPCs is the climax of a mission - the build-up consisting of preparatory clue finding, note reading, exploring, etc. Remember First City Bank &Trust in Thief 2? My first mission time in the stats screen was 6 hours, 45 minutes. That's excluding the two or three reloads on the way. I'm always getting my money's worth. (-:

I've been playing Thief games since Thief was the only Thief game, and recently while sitting on the floor in the nave of St. Roderic's it occurred to me that life could be made easier if I didn't leave the timing to guesswork. There were three guards I had to worry about. Two were in sight most of the time, while a third patrolled othe rparts of the building before bursting in every now and then. Turns out he showed up about every two and a half minutes. Sometimes longer, but never less than two minutes and fifteen seconds. All I had to do was coordinate that with the two guys I could see, The solution? My watch has a chronograph function. It's one button push, and I can't believe I never used it for this before. Now, I knew exactly where I was in my two minute window, and just had to worry about two guards, rather than three. Smashing!

Hi all. Just discovered TDM yesterday, having fun now. I used to lean a lot in Thief and Thief II, and I leant a lot in St. Roderic's while playing Tears of St. Lucia. It's handy for listening through doors, and it's also handy for looking around corners when you want to return to your shadow. Stepping out is one thing, but if you'd just found that one sweet spot of perfect dark, you'd lose it.