Ridnarhtim on 29/3/2021 at 16:16
Man, I might have to play this too for the nostalgia, once I'm done with my current TMA playthrough. This demo was my first exposure to the series, I watched a friend play through it.
zomfg1234 on 30/3/2021 at 09:23
I played the demo version and the retail version back-to-back, so it's fresh in my mind and I can compare them pretty easily.
I'd say the demo version is better for me, it is less finished, has less content and worse loot distribution but it looks like a TDP level, which I guess explains entirely as to why I prefer that version. Nowadays I find Thief 2 to be much less enjoyable, the whole robot thing, everything looking too clean, too modern, it's not what I like about Thief. I can assume that discussion has been brought up many times already. Also it felt better not knowing the character of Karras at that point (in the demo), not saying the character itself was bad, just that perhaps revealing him later could have been more intriguing. I wonder if the sentiment against Thief 2 is bigger than I think.
ZylonBane on 30/3/2021 at 14:20
Is it unstripped? Might be interesting to throw boosted lightmap resolution at it.
voodoo47 on 30/3/2021 at 17:59
nope, it's stripped. would love to have an unstripped version of it, maybe I'll pop a request to systemshock.org Engineering, there are a few modders around who could do the manual reconstruction.
Udo on 30/3/2021 at 18:56
Quote Posted by zomfg1234
I'd say the demo version is better for me, it is less finished, has less content and worse loot distribution but it looks like a TDP level, which I guess explains entirely as to why I prefer that version.
It´s all a matter of taste, but to some degree the demo is surely better.
I also like the intro movie much more. Garrett sounds more confident here. Not this whiny dialogue with Victoria "you send me on a suicide mission"? Pffft.
ZylonBane on 31/3/2021 at 06:11
Quote Posted by voodoo47
nope, it's stripped. would love to have an unstripped version of it, maybe I'll pop a request to systemshock.org Engineering, there are a few modders around who could do the manual reconstruction.
That would be insane. Thief II levels are massive compared to SS2 levels.
voodoo47 on 31/3/2021 at 08:53
no shortage of "challenge accepted" people around systemshock.org.