Grundbegriff on 23/9/2000 at 22:57
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"And the Builder said,
'If the foundation is weak,
Do you wail and gnash your teeth?
Do you ask it to repour itself?
Nay you tear it down a begin anew.
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When I started the (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/ubb/Forum14/HTML/001583.html) Level Designers By Name thread, now abstracted at (
http://www.digital-eel.com/zdim/stuff/TDPdesign.htm) zdim's site, my intention was to follow up with individual threads for each designer, in which participants who cared to do so could post exclusively
positive feedback and commentary about the achievement of these imaginative artists. My goal was to establish a single location to which these designers could turn for a collective word of encouragement.
For this thread, I invite you to contribute your supportive remarks about the work of level designer <big>
Terri Brosius</big>, the chief builder of <font color=red>
Song of the Caverns</font> and <font color=red>
Trail of Blood</font><small>(and contributing builder of <font color=red>
Running Interference</font>)</small>.
G.
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Tonamel on 24/9/2000 at 00:18
What can I say? Songs of the Caverns is one of my all-time favorite missions. Thanks for giving us all Raoul(sp?)! He's as funny as Benny!
And Trail of Blood is one of the creepiest things I've seen in a mission. Great job!
Tonamel
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Garrettwannabe on 24/9/2000 at 00:27
Song of the Caverns was so awesome - I love levels that have many sides to them and the texturing and architecture in that opera house was just flat out amazing!
Trail of Blood was just such a innovative level that I truely felt like I was wandering through the woods and sat by the lil creek for a while with Dewdrop.
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http://www.ttlg.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif The storyline was great and the level design was tremendous.
Thanks Terri for your gifts to us.
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http://www.ttlg.com/forums/ubb/smile.giffett on 24/9/2000 at 00:38
Caverns? Easily the most beautiful mission in TG - the marble columns on the third floor, the prop rooms, the boxes, the awesme and huge marble mezzanine, the foyer fountain, etc. etc. Incredible fun with secret rooms and passages, and Lord Bafford to boot. This is by far the most enjoyable mission to play 'Lytha style' and it reminds me of Phantom of the Opera, and Terry Pratchett's 'Masquerade' all at once.
Blood - I didn't like this level at first, but after the pagan ghosts and the portal, the revamped Maw and the Tree Beasts, this is one of the biggest pieces of eye candy in the whole series.
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The Alchemist on 24/9/2000 at 00:42
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Tzar Sectus on 24/9/2000 at 01:20
Song of the Caverns: Without doubt the best level among the TG levels. Although I have to admit, the first time I played it I was actually extremely disappointed. The start really made me believe this would be another Bonehoard/Lost City level, although the disappointment ended early as I walked through the corridors of the Opera and laughing of that Raoul guy.
Trail of Blood: Without doubt one of the most emotional level in the Thief series. While RTC scared the heck out of me, this level made me actually feel sorry for the Pagans (which I've always, until that level, bitterly hated) and learned me to hate the Mechanists even more. And the level design was simply great. And the ending with the those Tree Beasts was great, I jumped from my chair when I noticed one of the trees was actually alive.
Although, when I think of Terri the first thing which comes to mind is Shodan and Viktoria. They just wouldn't be the same without her voice.
-Remi
Marecki on 24/9/2000 at 23:51
Trail of Blood is my second favourite mission in Thief 2. Its atmosphere is just amazing... so magical...
And of course, if were it without her I would never find out SHODAN in the first SS was meant to be female type
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aardvark on 28/9/2000 at 09:14
Terri is a magical talent. I think she's awesome.
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V. Equinox on 28/9/2000 at 13:07
She put faery lights in Trail of Blood. That alone deserves applause.
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http://www.ttlg.com/forums/ubb/smile.gifI lived in the theatre in high school and have a special place in my heart for it. Song of the Caverns helped me relive that highlight of my youth but without the stagefright!
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http://www.ttlg.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif Glorious level, that. And I loved the innovations in Trail of Blood, like the treebeasts, faery lights and all-around forestyness. The scenes with the ghosts were expertly done, as well.
Kudos!
V. Equinox
