Shoshin on 16/6/2023 at 01:42
Quote Posted by downwinder
say hi to the golden child for me ok
I've just gotten to it. I'll tell it hello from you.
Shoshin on 24/6/2023 at 15:12
The last mission of the game. I do like that the final mission of The Metal Age is quite a bit longer and more involved than the final mission of The Dark Project. But it is also quite a bit longer and more involved than most of the missions in The Metal Age, which is both a strength and a weakness. The level is huge, with lots of areas to visit. Lots of Children of Karras, too, including a new enemy, the spider bot. Luckily the spider bots don't have the greatest aim, cause otherwise these are the toughest enemies. They can be disabled with water arrows, but their boilers are small and hard to see.
Overall, I enjoyed this mission, though I also found it frustrating in places. Lots of metal floors, lots of bots, lots of nooks and crannies to explore. I liked the new mechanic of being able to manufacture things from raw materials sprinkled around the place. From the in-game texts, I think we are supposed to assume that Karras had converted all the other mechanists into Servants, and that at the end, all the mechanists were destroyed, but there just weren't that many human opponents in Soulforge.
It was satisfying to destroy Karras in the end, as he was obviously a murderous nutjob who needed killing. It's nice when the enemy is unambiguously evil so you can kill them without a second thought.
This was a good mission, probably in my top 5 for the game.
downwinder on 24/6/2023 at 18:49
i wish there was a way to get the golden child out of the building before you end mission, but he is random on where he goes
Shoshin on 25/6/2023 at 00:15
And so I come to the end of Thief: The Metal Age. I enjoyed playing the game, but the nostalgia factor for this game was much less than it was for Thief Gold. And overall I liked Thief Gold quite a bit more on this final playthrough than I did Thief 2. I had such clear memories of playing Thief Gold for the first time, and I found that I did not have the same experience with The Metal Age. The Metal Age is my second favorite video game of all time, but Thief Gold is first, and by a fair amount.
Thanks to those who read along with this. I may or may not do Thief Deadly Shadows. I think there is a lot of good in that game, and that it was brought down by necessary compromises due to the limitations of the original Xbox, which is a shame.
downwinder on 25/6/2023 at 00:49
good job shoshin,i also a a big fan of thief 1 more then 2,i have thief 3 on pc but garretts broken hip, the game is only hard due to movement limitations in my view if thief 3 moved like thief 1/g/2 it would have been a way easy game
how many time in thief 3 we hide in shadow wait for perfect time to sping into action and the npc turns and all hell breaks loose over bad movement,run to water and dive in just to get into the jail level lol
Shoshin on 28/6/2023 at 23:57
Thanks downwinder.
