downwinder on 1/11/2018 at 02:50
for me its the scarecrow that comes to life,not sure if he has a name ,but first time it happened i did get a bit scared forgot mission ,thief 2 i think and it is possible it was a fan mission but cant be sure ,i want to say om's had it first but i might be wrong
so what scares you the most as a character from thief
and happy Halloween to all "devs ad a small pumpkin smilie" would be nice to see one for each holiday
Purgator on 1/11/2018 at 17:03
Hammer Haunts. They scared the bejesus out of me when I first played Thief. I thought they couldn't be killed, y'see. I had to sneak about, timing patrols, listening for jangling chains and all that mularkey. When I did finally figure out they could indeed be sent to oblivion, they lost some of their terrifying allure.
Still bowel looseningly ghastly, though... shudder..!
trefoilknot on 1/11/2018 at 18:28
Easy. The first zombie on the floor in the mines below "Cragscleft Prison." Scared the bejeebus out of me the first time I encountered it, and the "dead body" just stood up and started tearing away at me with those awful hands. And making horrific wheezing sounds. (Hey, I was 9!)
But while that was the scariest individual moment, I quickly realized that zombies were too slow to be any true deterrent. After that, the two enemies that could give me prolonged feeling of dread were the Hammer Haunts in the haunted cathedral, and the puppets in the cradle.
Azaran on 1/11/2018 at 21:20
Haunts and Cradle Puppets (Thief 3). But I'm also very wary of Bugbeasts, they're slow, but hard to kill, and extremely dangerous with their stinging fly swarms. Like zombies with projectile advantage
ticky on 1/11/2018 at 21:58
Well, I really find red spider beasts from Thief 1/Gold scary. And regardless of OMs and FMs, I really hate it when a haunt or a group of haunts are running after me, I have limited health left, and I feel that they can hit me anytime, but I don't dare to look back since that would mean they can catch me.
Shoshin on 16/11/2018 at 00:02
The first time I got to The Haunted Cathedral. The backwards talking Hammer apparitions freaked me right out.
I had the same thing happen to me trefoilknot. I didn't expect the dead body to get up.
lowenz on 16/11/2018 at 01:00
Quote Posted by Azaran
Cradle Puppets (Thief 3).
+1
bbb on 16/11/2018 at 01:19
Yes Hammerite Haunts for sure. Second, red spiders. I hate regular haunts, but you can outrun them at least.
There was a FM where statues of guards came alive. Can’t remember which mission that was, but it scared the crap out of me.
Mostly what scares me is when you don’t see an enemy and all of a sudden they are in your face. That is the charm about Thief though.
20 years of getting the crap scared out of us and pretty much for free. Isn’t that great?
bassoferrol on 16/11/2018 at 13:58
Those statues came alive in The Den by Gaetane (4th and last mission of L'Arsene series).
Yandros on 16/11/2018 at 14:32
I also did the statue thing in The Mask of Agamemnon.
