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chris20202
06-11-2004, 05:09 AM
There are 4 difficulty levels in this game.

1. Extremely Easy
2. Very Easy
3. Easy
4. Normal

And actually, I'm someone who generally plays any game with difficulty levels at Normal, I would never play any game at Hard. And here I was, my first time playing through Thief 3 on "Expert", and already I was doing a bunch of things to make the game more challenging.

I didn't kill anyone. I refused to use the gas bombs or gas mines or explosive mines, as this just would have seemed too easy, it would have felt like cheating. I would typically start a mission with 25 water arrows, and finish it with 21 or so.

What I'd really like to see is someone hacking a custom patch for the game which creates a true Expert mode. Jack the AI numbers way up, end a mission if the player kills someone (if that could be done), edit the game's data files to remove all those free arrows and such lying all over the city and the missions, triple or quadruple the prices in the stores, etc.

I think it would feel like a totally different game if it were truly challenging. Well, I suppose I will end up playing through again and ghosting it, this will create somewhat the same effect, although I still will have no use for money, so no point in doing any of the little side missions in the city.

Freeloader
06-11-2004, 05:36 AM
http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39797

You'd think it could be a sticky or something.

chris20202
06-11-2004, 06:02 AM
Originally posted by Freeloader
http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39797

You'd think it could be a sticky or something.

Why'd you post that link?

Even on true Expert mode, the game is still way too easy.

saltlick
06-11-2004, 11:36 AM
I *think* he posted that link because it's incredibly relevant to this thread.

You seem to have played the game all the way through. Were you using one of the fixes posted on this forum, or not. If not then you actually didn't play at a 'true expert' level, unless you played straight through each mission with never saving or zoning, which due to the zoning bit, is impossible.

I am playing with one of the user designed fixes and finding the game pleasantly challenging. Of course I may not be as good at these games as you.