Thief - The Dark Project

[BloodShot]

Thief - The Dark Project was a first person game developed by looking glass studios in 1998 and, rather then follow the plethora of shooters that were around at the time,

it was a game focused on stealth, strategy, and careful planning. It had very large missions giving a player a fairly nonlinear space in which he could explore and hide from

his enemies - and the game's focus was almost that of an "anti-combat" one. It encouraged successfully sneaking past your enemies - but it did not force the player to.

It was perfectly possible to run in head on and take on all of your enemies, albeit with much more difficulty.  It combined well thought out, fun missions in a steam-punk

setting with a detailed narrative and excellent stealth gameplay. Some notable features of the game were its diverse use of your bow with many different types of arrows

suited for different purposes (water arrows for putting out torches, rope arrows, etc) and the "light-gem" which shows you how well you can be seen by enemies given

the current lighting level you are standing in, and also being one of the first games where sound is just as important as any other aspect of the game, whether it's the

sound of your enemies, or the sound you make.

Screenshots




Gameplay:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWjrd9cvmTM
skip to 0:30 for the gameplay to start.

This is one game i had a hell of a lot of fun with as a kid. I never had it, so at home i would play the demo, but i played it a lot at a friend's house and it is such a well done game. I wanted to know if any of the community here had played it, or what all of your thoughts on this game were.

[Opine]

[Kudistos Megistos]

When I saw the title of this thread, I thought kula_wende was making a new mod.

I was disappoint

[pyrozen]

i LOVED theif when it first came out. There are actually a few mods that up the graphics quality and make it look more up to date, similar to the ones also available for Dues Ex. Anyone who hasn't played these games should definitely check them out, both are available for under $10 at this point.

[Mirenheart]

I dug out my old copy a few weeks ago, but it didn't work on my computer.

[BloodShot]

I dug out my old copy a few weeks ago, but it didn't work on my computer.

Do you have a multi-core? If it loads up i might have a solution that my friend showed me when he brought his copy over. Make sure you install it in win 98 compatibility mode, patch it (if it isn't gold) and when you run the game, make sure you DO NOT use compatibility mode AT ALL - however, minimize the game in the menu and set the programs affinity, so that only CPU 0 is checked. If it tries to use any other cores it will cause your screen to go black, or the game will crash a couple of seconds in the level.

[syntax error]

Some lucky guy bought a Dreamcast Devkit and found a prototype of Thief 2
on there on the harddisk

[Prince Lex]

I played this game when I was younger. I remember it being very hard at a certain point... or the controls were hard to get used to. I've never heard it mentioned since then.

[Mirenheart]

I dug out my old copy a few weeks ago, but it didn't work on my computer.

Do you have a multi-core? If it loads up i might have a solution that my friend showed me when he brought his copy over. Make sure you install it in win 98 compatibility mode, patch it (if it isn't gold) and when you run the game, make sure you DO NOT use compatibility mode AT ALL - however, minimize the game in the menu and set the programs affinity, so that only CPU 0 is checked. If it tries to use any other cores it will cause your screen to go black, or the game will crash a couple of seconds in the level.

It installs and plays fin, until it gets to a certain point, and then crashes. And it always crashes in the same place. Doesn't really matter though, i've got more than enough games I need to play right now anyways.