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What are your opinions on Thief 2: Shadows of the Metal Age? It's a fan sequel to Thief 2 that began development in 2000, and released in 2005. It has 13 missions, full (sometimes iffy) voice acting, and a new female protagonist named Zaya.

I've always loved Thief, but found most Thief mods offputting due to their lack of overarching narrative structure. So the idea of a cohesive mod with 13 missions and inter-missions cutscenes and everything sounds really cool.

>> No.6219164
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It's quite good for fan content, but I didn't like it as much as any of the official Thief games.
However I do like the fact that they go out of their way to tell you that your second weapon is a KNOCKOUT hammer, because I guess it breaks people's skull in a nonlethal way.

>> No.6219185

Is this the one that used the Unreal Tournament engine?

>> No.6219189

>>6219185
that's Thievery UT, not this

>> No.6219194

>>6219189
Oh, I haven't played this then. Seems like it might be worth checking out?

>> No.6220167

>>6219164
>However I do like the fact that they go out of their way to tell you that your second weapon is a KNOCKOUT hammer, because I guess it breaks people's skull in a nonlethal way.
Kek. To be fair, though, the whole idea of "knocking people out" with a blackjack is stretching plausibility.

>> No.6220954

>>6219194
It's free, so of course it is worth checking out. It is good.

>> No.6221081

>>6219150
How is a mod this ambitious so low key? Is it because it released in 2005?

>> No.6221152

>>6220167
A much better idea would be using some chloroform kerchiefs instead of a blackjack - not only does it sound more plausible, but also makes for a finite resource, so it would introduce additional strategic decision making. Do I use one charge on this guard now, or do I wait until I absolutely need it?

>> No.6221184

>>6221152
That's a very neat idea for a fanmission (set in a hospital, perhaps, where you can find additional bottles?), however the brute power of the blackjack seems to fit better into the "hammer tech - low life" aesthetic of the original game, where chloroform might be expensive, and the guards' health and safety is of little concern to the thief.

>> No.6223738

>>6219150
is pretty good
its got those weird ass ice, confuse, and flare arrows