WileECoyote383 on 6/3/2016 at 00:04
I was just wondering what levels people skip using the Ctrl+Alt+Shift+End cheat whenever they play through these games. Personally, on my first playthrough of Thief 1 I skipped the Thieves Guild, and on later playthroughs I skipped all the Gold Levels (yes, even SoTC) and completed them after the main campaign. I like them all as standalone levels (yes, even the Thieves Guild), but they ruin the pacing of the main campaign. I also skip the tutorial mission, but I'm not sure if that counts. In Thief 2, I usually play every mission in the game, but on my next playthrough I'm seriously considering skipping Casing the Joint, since it's so tedious to play through the same map twice in a row, and Masks is the better mission of the two. Trace the Courier is also kind of boring, but it's short and important to the story so I would probably not skip it.
Grandmauden on 6/3/2016 at 00:52
I don't skip any, not even A Keeper's Training. Mostly because I'm a kleptomaniac who enjoys having the maximum possible loot total shown at the end of each campaign.
User 205 on 6/3/2016 at 08:35
I don´t skip either. Well I skipped the turtorial mission of T1 but thats about it. I´m thinking about skipping the turtorial of T3 but as its so short I m just gonna play through it.
TannisRoot on 14/3/2016 at 19:12
Instead of skipping I usually stop playing after RttC. I'm not a fan of Escape which I find more annoying than anything and I hate Bedfellows. The Maw is a fun level but I don't really feel compelled to play it.
That said I'd probably skip Thieves Guild if I hadn't memorized the layout a decade ago. The biggest issue with that level is the map and repetitive textures in the tunnels making it easy to get lost. A lot of people hate Mage's Guild but the gimmicks work for me.
Strangely I've been meaning a replay of T2 but haven't done so in a long time. Despite T2 being my main introduction to the series, T1 just scratches that Thief itch better in terms of immersiveness, atmosphere, and isolation. T1 also brings the nostalgia feels harder.
I played T3 when it came out and had fun at the time until I hit a level I didn't like and never returned (the one with the lizard men). Coming back to it the movement is just too damn janky for me to get much enjoyment out of it. The atmosphere was decent though aside from IMO worse writing and voice acting.
