Which thief is better?

[faintestidea]

Steam just put the series on sale. My question is which one is better..Thief gold or deadly shadows? I already own metal age so I wanted opinions on the others

[grayman]

If you're only going to buy one, I'd go for the gold.

 

I enjoyed DS, but I was not a hard-core Thief fan at the time. Some fans have issues with DS.

[jaxa]

I'm playing Thief Gold right now. It's chock full of fun.

[nbohr1more]

This is a bit of a loaded question around here.

 

The Dark Mod was partly inspired as a reaction to some of the negative aspects of T:DS.

You'll probably find most TDM fans are more fans of T1/T2 than T:DS (myself included).

 

That said, there is some cross-pollination of ideas between the two and I think both camps generally

like the paradigm of using "dynamic light and shadows"... which is a trade-off in both compared

to Thief 1/2/Gold use of static lighting.

 

With the source code hack (New Dark) for T1\T2, and the Sneaky Upgrade patch for T:DS (not to mention

the Minimalist mod) all these games are verging towards the ideal Thief experience. I recommend

that you seriously think about getting both as mission authors tend to stick with their preferred platform.

You generally "wont" see TD:S authors make TDM or T2 missions, for example.

 

Thank goodness for folks like ERH+ who don't mind trying both platforms!

 

(And, of course, our stable of veteran T2 mappers who jumped to TDM)

[Professor Paul1290]

If you can only pick one (I would recommend just getting both because they're cheap enough now) I'd go for Thief Gold.

 

You already have The Metal Age and in my opinion that's the best game in the series (of course obviously some would disagree on that).

[stumpy]

thief gold is better than deadly shadows for game play, plus has re_playable value on different difficulties.

[faintestidea]

Then gold it shall be it seems. Does anyone care to recommend the "must-have" mods for gold?

[nbohr1more]

TFix is the must have mod.

 

Purah's and Skacky's missions are must have FM's.

[lost_soul]

I have and will always prefer the original game. I love how spooky it is and the forbidding environment. I love the traps, the personalities of the guards, and the ambient sounds.

[betpet]

Must admit that Thief 2 is my favourite of the three but from those choices, Thief Gold it has to be. Steam has the lot for £3.24 at the moment.

 

I also think that Thief: Deadly Shadows isn't as bad as it's made out to be but that's a can of worms in itself

[Melan]

TFix is the must have mod.

 

Purah's and Skacky's missions are must have FM's.

That's the correct answer.

[Goldwell]

I would wait for the new Thief, the older ones are garbage they don't even include Focus (and I mean Garretts a Master thief c'mon) plus the graphics are REALLY bad.. those games look like they were made 10+ years ago. Plus they have this garbage voice actor and they let you jump whenever you want and shoot rope arrows wherever you want which COMPLETELY ruins immersion.

 

Just wait for the new Thief!

 

/sarcasm

 

My personal favorite (not just in the Thief series but out of every game i've ever played too) is Thief 2 but out of Thief 1/3 I definitely prefer Thief 3. Whilst Thief 1 is great I HATE the undead and halfway through Thief 1 it really started to feature way too many missions based around that whereas Thief 2 (and Thief 3) return more to the roots of just being Garrett and stealthing around living entities like a badass which is the playstyle I prefer.

Edited August 15, 2013 by TylerVocal

[Oldjim]

I might try playing it again but last time I tried one of the FM's I got bored/sick very quickly - Dark Mod has managed to ruin my enjoyment as it is so much better

[Obsttorte]

Thief II is IMHO the best part, followed by Thief I. I'm currently replaying Thief III, but there are a lot of aspects that are killing enjoyment, independent from whether one knows the first two parts or not.

 

Actually I liked the haunted mission. Especially if you play them the first time and don't know the weaknesses of the ai enemies, these missions are really creepy and have a lot of tension and immersion.

 

They were also quite challenging, as you could not knock out the zombies.

[jaxa]

Thief 2 has more stealthy locations versus the many undead and pagans of Thief 1, probably a main reason why more people like it. See the classic Framed and First City Bank and Trust. On Thief Gold I just finished the Thieves' Guild - Gold exclusive.

 

So, does anyone know what good/major T2 FMs have been released in the past 2 years or so? I think I stopped paying attention after Mech Angelo / Snowball Fight! / Fables of the Penitent Thief.

[Obsttorte]

Thief 2 has more stealthy locations versus the many undead and pagans of Thief 1, probably a main reason why more people like it.

That's weird. I've always thought that most people prefer the first part, at least I remember reading that somewhere.

[elwing]

I at least prefer T2 over T1 cause I don't like pagan undead and buricks that much...

so overall I'dd say:

 

Thief 2

Thief Gold

Thief 3

 

I'm not sure where exactly I'd place TheDarkMod... probably near Thief2...

 

edit: ho, and I'm pretty sure Thief 4 will be far behind any of theses games...

Edited August 15, 2013 by elwing

[jaxa]

Thief 4 will rise to the top of the list if it includes burrick mounts.

[Jonathan1247]

Thief II: The Metal Age is the best in the series, but definitely play Thief: The Dark Project/Gold first otherwise current events of the story and setting will seem a slight bit confusing.

[SirGen]

I'm pretty torn between Thief 1 and Thief 2. Both have great level designs and atmosphere. Thief 2 has the better story, but I hate how high tech it is. Thief 1 had some high tech stuff, but Thief 2 was a bit too much for me. Then again the great story of Thief 2 wouldn't work without the high tech machines. I thought that Thief 3 was pretty good, but it suffered from mediocre level designs. There were a few good levels though, and the story was about as good as the first Thief, and the atmosphere was as good as both the first and second games. If I had to choose between them, Thief 2 would narrowly beat out Thief 1.

 

 

ALL PRAISE KARRAS...and the builder.

 

 

Hahaha!!!

Edited August 15, 2013 by SirGen

[jaxa]

Pleeeeease beee waaarned, a misguided soooul, aaaaaaall should heeear the wooords of Karras, the wooords of Karras.

[SirGen]

 

Pleeeeease beee waaarned, a misguided soooul, aaaaaaall should heeear the wooords of Karras, the wooords of Karras.

 

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[Cookie]

Also if you haven´t played it yet, T2X is a good option for free if you already got t2.

 

Some really good missions, although I didn´t like the story too much, but i guess this is my personal opinion only.

[faintestidea]

And concerning the dark mod, do I need to be online through steam in order to play it? I'm going to be losing internet for a while so was just curious about that

[Melan]

Absolutely not.