13-05-2004 08:55									#31
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

* Water is not traversable, however there are puddles or similar you can splash through.

* The shortsword has been replaced with a dagger.

Why water was removed from the game.

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	13-05-2004 12:35									#32
	Full PM-box? Change here!

Gameswarehouse is still forecasting the 25th of next month for a release here. I guess that should give a fair amount of time for feedback from our American guin.., erm, friends?

	13-05-2004 14:54									#33
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Hehe true, but I always find myself tempted when games are released much earlier than I can buy them here.

	13-05-2004 17:31									#34
	Tired of ads?

I've been checking twice daily to see if it has been released by "other means". So far no sign. Alas.

	13-05-2004 17:38									#35
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

Given the nature of the game the irony is exquisite.

	13-05-2004 17:42									#36
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

Once again we can become Skanky, who downloads from the rich and gives to himself!

	13-05-2004 17:52									#37
	Suffering from ads?

Tis rather appropriate.

But given the reviews I have read so far, this game seems it will be a keeper (no pun intended), so I'll most likely be buying it whenever it does get to Australia.

Besides, if enough of the PC version gets sold, Eidos said they will release editing tools so once again we can make fan missions for the game. For the previous two games, it is said that some of the fan missions are even better than the original missions. Considering the standard the original missions set, that is quite a feat.

	13-05-2004 18:06									#38
	Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

Skanky Burns, Skanky Burns, spamming in your thread.
Skanky Burns, Skanky Burns, his avatar's hair is red.
Downloads from the rich and keeps to himself,
Skanky Burns, Skanky Burns!

	13-05-2004 20:51									#39
	Tired of ads?

Should end in 3 Skanky Burns' though right?

	14-05-2004 04:58									#40
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Just as long as there's no 'Skanky Burns : Men in tights'

	14-05-2004 09:05									#41
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

But back on topic, there is Thiefage to be had.

A very interesting read can be found in this article. Unlike most other game reviewers, this one actually played Thief 3 on expert mode from the very first moment in the game.

And for the lazy, I found this passage particularly funny:

quote: I did not get a chance to test out the oil flasks, but we’ve seen them at work in other gameplay vids. They create oil slicks which causes guards to fall down. If you shoot a fire arrow at it, it becomes a burning oil slick, which will roast the guard as they are slipping and falling. I'm told they produce funny results when used on stairways.

	14-05-2004 18:53									#42
	Got spare money?

quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns A whole bunch of Thief videos are available at http://www.bloodofthemartyr.com

The movie from Movies from 4/22, Movie 1 features a cut-scene from the game, rather than watching a reviewer playing the game (in 3rd person mode). If you only bother downloading one movie, make it this one.
Can you say atmosphere? Hell, I even rank this cut-scene above some of the ones from the original. Yes, it is that good.

	14-05-2004 22:12									#43
	Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

It's rather good to hear that it's relatively free of bugs... although I've heard that before.

	19-05-2004 10:49									#44
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

http://www.gonegold.com/ubb/ultimat...i?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=017047

It's sounding pretty good so far. I particularly like this bit ...

quote: All that great guard/pedestrian banter is here as well. Not only that, but they've also scripted up some great dialogs for when you interact with the environment. Case in point... I opened up a door, and some old man walked up to it, stopped in front of it, and said "Oh god, WHO left this door open?". Then he spun around and started just laying into this guard who was standing down the hall- "You useless sack of garbage, why are you CONSTANTLY leaving doors open" "It wasn't me! I bet it was Jeff!".

[Edit: Ah bother! The remote linking thingummy is playing up.

http://www.gonegold.com/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi and go to the forum thread from there ]

	20-05-2004 22:41									#45
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

In this case, a few bugs would be great news.
They coded user-defined difficulty restrictions - things like not killing guards or whatever, but due to lack of testing time shipped with them turned off. The code is there, the code seems to work, but they just didn't manage to get it in in time. So if they need to patch, then you can bet that will be turned on as well.

Alas, its up to Eidos for that decision.

	21-05-2004 07:36									#46
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

Heh heh this is great stuff.

quote: Reading everything that you come across and listening to every stranger’s conversation is of endless benefit. At one point, I had Garret break into the room of his landlord and read his journal. In it, he bemoaned the fact that someone was blackmailing him and mentioned the place where he drops off the daily payments. Naturally, I beat the blackmailer to the spot and took the money myself. Another time, I happened to overhear a crooked merchant cutting a deal with another thief, who had the temerity to pose as Garret in order to get the job. I listened to the details, describing the object to be stolen and the place where it was to be dropped, then clubbed the imposter, completed the job, and got the payment.

I would really like to read the landlord's journal the day after when he has an irate blackmailer on his case.
Personally though, I would've swiped the cash and waited for the blackmailer - shadowed him home, broken in, found his journal and taken over his route.

	26-05-2004 19:17									#47
	Full PM-box? Change here!

Not sure if this was posted before, if not, then I'm sure at least one here will appreciate it.

Gamespy Thief review

	26-05-2004 19:27									#48
	Increase Your PM Length

Indeed.

In other news, the game should be arriving in stores all across the US right about now...

	26-05-2004 19:33									#49
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

And mysteriously on Skanky's hard drive a few hours later.

	26-05-2004 19:35									#50
	Inflate your Upload Space

In a mere matter of months, I will have a fully legal copy to call my own. No further comments will be made on this matter.

	26-05-2004 19:48									#51
	Remove this text

We all know what "no comment" means.

	28-05-2004 09:31									#52
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

Hooray, Thief III has now been released!

	28-05-2004 18:22									#53
	Tired of ads?

City Guards caught off-duty.

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	28-05-2004 18:26									#54
	Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

Looks like they were caught doing something else.

	28-05-2004 18:33									#55
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

We'll see you next year, Skanky Have fun!

-Jam

	28-05-2004 18:42									#56
	Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Unfortunately that wasn't a picture I took.
Hopefully by the time I get home from work tomorrow...

	28-05-2004 18:54									#57
	Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

I just started playing Thief I. Great game.

Nice to know I'll be able to play all three games in a row

	28-05-2004 19:23									#58
	Support Apolyton, buy Civilization III: Complete

Translation:

quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns Unfortunately that wasn't a picture I took. Hopefully my download will be finished by the time I get home from work tomorrow...

	28-05-2004 20:02									#59
	Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

There are a lot of Finnish gamers who have relatives in the US getting the newest games to them posthaste as soon as they are released. It won't be as big this time though, since the release date in Europe is 11th of June. With Invisible War, however, you even had shops importing them completely on their own.

I doubt the former's the case with Skanky, but the latter might be. Expensive stuff, in any case.



There's going to be a demo released today, I can hardly wait. Supposed to have the tutorial level and the first actual mission.

	28-05-2004 21:19									#60
	Put an end to popups!

quote: Originally posted by DrSpike And mysteriously on Skanky's hard drive a few hours later.

I don't know about Skanky's, but it's mysteriously appearing on mine as we speak.