Sanctus Germanus on 14/1/2017 at 00:48
This is something that intrigues me: was it an acquired taste or love at first play for you?
In my case, I have to say it was acquired taste, because I played TMA first and of course I wasn't accustomed to controls and overall gameplay, so I couldn't even finish the first damn mission. I dropped out and returned intermittently (something vague about it called me back every time) until I finally became fond of it and went for the first game out of curiosity before finishing the second. The rest is history.
pukey brunster on 14/1/2017 at 03:18
Ooh, great thread :)
Amidst the backdrop of year 1999, with Britney Spears and the looming threat of Y2K destroying our society: Dark Project was my first real gaming experience. First person, story-driven gaming was still fairly new.. well, in the sense that it wasn't getting a lot of positive recognition. I had so far avoided the dreaded "gaming addiction" which was so demonized at that time (fast forward to the now, and see a happily addicted dromeder). Without Thief though, I wonder if I would have ever gotten into gaming at all. Back then, the shooters with endless spawning enemies were so repetitive, and point-click adventure games were largely non-immersive (with one sheepish admission: I loved those darn Nancy Drew games). But by the time I finished Bonehoard, I had resolved to finally buy my own computer so that I wouldn't have to play Thief on a borrowed PC anymore.
So yes, you could say that it was love at first play. That was the entire motive for my first computer purchase, and I don't think I've had a real sun tan since. The moral of the story here is, Thief probably saved me from melanoma.
Azaran on 14/1/2017 at 05:54
It was 2003. I had this old Tomb Raider CD that I got Builder knows where, and one day decided to run it. I couldn't stand Tomb Raider, but the CD had the T1 Bafford demo in it.
If I recall, the first time I tried it, I only played about 10 minutes; I was used to conventional 1st person shooter games, and this felt weird to me. Fast forward about a month later or so, I decided to try it again...and oh boy, did I get hooked. I never felt anything like that for any other game. I played until sunrise the first night, exploring the different areas of the manor, it was a mind blowing experience. I must have played that demo 100 times.
A few months after that I found T2 in a store, and loved it too, but I preferred the darker T1 ambience. After I finished T2 the first time, I'd go back to it, but also discovered FM's, which I began playing more and more.
I desperately wanted the full T1, but couldn't find it in stores, and didn't have a credit card yet, so online was not an option. I did find the Guild demo too (only has the restaurant and casino portions, not the Guild itself; little did I know, these were the highlights of the mission), and loved it too. Eventually, maybe a year on (late 2004 or early 2005) I had the joy of my life when I found Thief Gold at my local Radio shack, and the rest is history ;)
zoog on 14/1/2017 at 06:06
In 2006, after SS2 and Pekhov's book (don't try it in english) i read a lot about a cult of "Thief" but was able to find only unknown "dadly shadows". It was obvious for me that tds was reduced, primitivized game comparing to previous part,. even though i had not played those yet. But after ~10 years and many tens of stupid half-life-like games i finally loved and enjoyed that release)
Jason Moyer on 14/1/2017 at 06:23
It was awkward and basically over in 30 seconds.
FenPhoenix on 14/1/2017 at 09:12
Oh, sure, but once I communicated that she should keep her textures on because all the blank white polygons were weird, and she made it clear that I should play her like a stealth game instead of Doom, it was all much better and we blossomed into a beautiful couple from there
k going to sleep now
Melan on 14/1/2017 at 09:25
I played the first TDP demo (A Keeper's Training and Lord Bafford's without most of the streets) right as it came out. It was included in the CD supplement of a game magazine with the recommendation that "This is the game we are much more excited about than the latest adventures of Mammaries Croft". Everything clicked on first sight. This was really something different. I was rather bad at FPS games, so even Normal difficulty was a challenge, but I fell in love immediately, and got the game when it became available.
marbleman on 14/1/2017 at 13:13
More of an acquired taste, honestly, but I did acquire it rather quickly :)
The first Thief game I played was TDS, but I coudn't get into it because of awkward movement. Then I tried TG, but I also abandoned it a few times: once, when I discovered that it has huge spiders (took me some time to get used to them), and then when I got to the Mage Towers (I really did not like it the first time, but now it's one of my favorites).
The first game I actually finished was TMA. Even though it was unpolished and full of bugs, I had a blast and already wanted to play through it again right after finishing it! :)
chk772 on 14/1/2017 at 13:20
I wasn't too stoked on it ("it" meaning Thief Dark Project) the first time i played it. Actually, by then (2004 or so) the graphics were pretty outdated. I discovered quite a bit later, after playing TDS, how great these games are. :)
A.J on 14/1/2017 at 14:05
It was April, 2016. At the time, I didn't have any other games I could play. Most of the ones I had, I'd already beaten or gotten bored of. So one day, I decided to check out this 'Thief Gold' game that was just sitting in my steam library. I previously saw a minute or two of gameplay footage and something about the game... allured me. I don't know what.
Anyway, to put it shortly, that was one of the best decisions I've made. Sure, it took a few levels until I got used to it but it was the greatest gaming experience I've had in years (and that's putting it lightly). A few months later, I played T2. I loved it just as much as the first, even if it was missing the darker atmosphere of the previous game. I mean, sneaking around on rooftops, stealing from catacombs and plundering huge mansions is something you simply can't beat.
After that, I discovered TTLG and the world of fan missions. I still remember playing my first one (Between These Dark Walls). I loved it. :)
