Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1915529-20140121210201/@comment-1915529-20140126095134

I was saying I just had that idea about why Thief 4 might be rubbish. Also don't get me wrong. I fully enjoy human levels just as much as I used to even though I like undead levels too now. It's just that from what you've said, Thief 2 has been moulded around opinions on Thief so there is now much less of a story in the place of gameplay.

So you like Jedi Knight?

I'm afraid that to change difficulty, you need to go to the main menu, click on 'Players' in the bottom left hand corner and make a new profile, making sure you check Hard as you are typing your name. This means you'll have to start from level 1 again. However there is a... wait for it... level-skip cheat :D Of course there is nothing stopping you from replaying level 1 if you want. Check your settings to see if you are always on run. HOWEVER, I have recently played Unreal and Jedi Knight (for like seconds) and I too found that they run/walk very very fast. This will be because I’m (and you are) so use to the slow movement in Thief. This is not really a spoiler but I'll mark it up below as one just in case you don't/do want to know. It is about the secret areas (and why skipping level 1 on your hard profile won't matter too much).

Note 1: You are in a bar, not a prison. Those 'cells' you start in are cubicles.

Note 2: The Gran at the very start is meant to walk away and then kill you as you enter the main bar area.

Note 3: Now that you mention it, I don’t think there is a quick-load. Fastest way to go back to your quick save is to get killed. On hard is very easy to die.

Note 4: I agree on the Stormtrooper Rifle looking better on DF, but it is still the same short ranged rapid firing gun you know and love.

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Finding all secret areas gives a force start which you can use later in the game to give you better force powers. They aren’t needed because you do get force stars just for completing some of the later levels but having extra force stars by finding all the secret areas does help.

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