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Thief
Jan 28, 2011

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trying to jack off posted:

wandering the jungle aimlessly for weeks hoping to fall into a pit of quicksand

Thief
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a friend gifted me Shadows of Doubt and it's pretty great if you're looking for something a bit different

it's a sandbox detective game where you extensively snoop around a randomly generated city that is full of npcs that live their lives. it feels pretty immersive and difficult at first

eventually murders happen and you can go investigate them with little to no handholding

they're not always realistically solvable. one of the things i see a lot when looking up this game is that there are apparently bugs that prevent some cases from being solved. but also your character isn't a cop and you'll find yourself showing up to taped up crimescenes while personally organizing Pepe Silvia cases like a hobbyist that just won't come together until you get a feel for the game anyway. this is kind of awesome if you actually want to dive into it and when you finally solve a case it's quite impressive for procedurally generated content.

and yeah, there are massive apartment buildings that you can break into and steal stuff then creepily go through innocent NPCs emails or whatever. the game doesn't really stop you from playing like a piece of poo poo if you want to lol

stuff like combat can feel clunky at times but there's really a great amount of detail put into the stuff that actually matters for something like this

Thief
Jan 28, 2011

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Thief fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Oct 6, 2023

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Vadun posted:

- A brand new protagonist thrown into a dark, intricately woven story of crime and conspiracies.

Thief
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Seventh Arrow posted:

However, one big criticism of the game is that these maps are all recycled in the second half, with the only gimmick being that you enter where you had previously exited. I didn't mind it too much because they were still excellent maps but it can get a bit tedious after a while.

this is what actually stuck with me most after playing so long ago. i totally forgot about the clones even. in hindsight it was great because you're breaking into a jail and have to actually get back out. you realize the game is going to make you do this pretty quickly and it can be exhausting at times but in the end i thought it was really cool and immersive gutpunch. the only other time a game has made me feel that way that i can think of off the top of my head was tlou2 where you feel like you were actually making progress but were only halfway through when it switches perspectives

also goblins rule

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Thief
Jan 28, 2011

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lol

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