Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1915529-20140121210201/@comment-1915529-20140217220616

Great thieves think alike.

Black jacking humans is a piece of piss, I don't think I need to practise on them. Unless you mean fighting them head on, but that too is easy. Also I just realised that apart from the odd mounted head, there are no cowgoats in Metal Age :( I even heard some shit pile talking about killing every last gowcoat there ever was. People can be cruel sometimes.

Garrett has the perfect career path. Steal the sceptre, sell it, steal it again, sell it again, steal it again, sell it again, steal it again, sell it again.... infinite profit.

You're looking for buttons when there might not be one? Use your knoggin!

I've played level 2 (first real level) of Deadly Shadows. It is very good because like I said, it's Thief at its core. The inclusion of night vision in the zoom is very handy since the shadows are as black as black.

There are a few downsides. One is the very slight differences in input/output with controlling Garrett. However this is nothing more than the differences between Thief 1 and 2 so it's nothing no one can't get use to after a while playing.

Another downside is the fact that the levels are made up on multiple maps, making them hubs like Quake 2 and Hexen. I've never had a problem with the hub concept, in fact I like it the above games. However it feels very out of place in a stealth game. And when the maps aren't all that big.

Thief 2 showed its scope with the warehouse and bank, but this feels like a step backwards. I'm assuming it's because it was made for XBOX and was merely ported for PC.

This leads onto the third and worst downside. Loading times are shit. In Thief 1 and 2 you can load a game in seconds and quick load is instant. But even quick loading in Thief 3 takes 10+ seconds. This means that when you are trying to get by a difficult area, the game will be broken up by 10 seconds of nothing. Six times of a error and you've spent a minute doing nothing during as much time in the game.

But since it is Thief and there are improvements in gameplay such as the bow, I will be willing to look the other way with these downsides.