Thief 2x - Shadows Of The Metal Age

SuddenFear · May 2005

<div class="IPBDescription">Fanmade Thief 2 expansion pack :i</div>Today a bunch of dedicated amateurs have <i>finally</i> released their fully fledged Thief 2 expansion pack after 5 years of work, so now is a very good time to dig out your copy of T2 and reinstall it. I'm still downloading, but it's 655mb in size and several of their initial developers were stolen by Ion Storm for Deadly Shadows - which is promising? The Thief community probably has the best collection of singleplayer mappers alongside classic Doom, so I'm expecting something quite sexy. :i

<a href='http://www.thief2x.com/' target='_blank'>Thief 2x website</a>
<a href='http://thiefmissions.com/info.cgi?m=T2X' target='_blank'>Torrent ftw</a>

/me reactivates lurk-shield

Nemesis_Zero · May 2005

Looks spiffy. Now if I only owned T2.

NumbersNotFound · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nemesis Zero @ May 15 2005, 03:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Looks spiffy. Now if I only owned T2.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Was that a.... SPAM post by ol' Nem?

I.. also don't own T2 <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />

Nemesis_Zero · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (NumbersNotFound @ May 15 2005, 08:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Was that a.... SPAM post by ol' Nem?  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
No. I noted that I find the game's visuals and scope intriguing, and went on that I'd happily play it if only I owned the original game in question. Show me the occasion on which I locked or nuked a smiliar message <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

Merkaba · May 2005

whaaaaaaaaaa?

SWEET! More Thief : D : D : D

Philistines! You must go out any buy T2. I command YOU ALL (yes I am an entertainment facist).

Thaldarin · May 2005

Wow! I knew there was a point in why I bought that game a month back <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /> Cheap 'Sold Out' label for the win!

Tequila · May 2005

It really is one helluva game, and this is certainly temping, but I don't think I have T2 anymore. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />

SoulSkorpion · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (SuddenFear @ May 16 2005, 04:04 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Today a bunch of dedicated amateurs have <i>finally</i> released their fully fledged Thief 2 expansion pack after 5 years of work, so now is a very good time to dig out your copy of T2 and reinstall it. I'm still downloading, but it's 655mb in size and several of their initial developers were stolen by Ion Storm for Deadly Shadows - which is promising? The Thief community probably has the best collection of singleplayer mappers alongside classic Doom, so I'm expecting something quite sexy. :i

<a href='http://www.thief2x.com/' target='_blank'>Thief 2x website</a>
<a href='http://thiefmissions.com/info.cgi?m=T2X' target='_blank'>Torrent ftw</a>

/me reactivates lurk-shield  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
About freaking time!

Marik_Steele · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nemesis Zero @ May 15 2005, 03:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (NumbersNotFound @ May 15 2005, 08:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Was that a.... SPAM post by ol' Nem? </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
No. I noted that I find the game's visuals and scope intriguing, and went on that I'd happily play it if only I owned the original game in question. Show me the occasion on which I locked or nuked a smiliar message <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Thief 2 (together with Deus Ex) was available on a DVD that came with a computer game magazine issue some time ago. I managed to find a friend who was a subscriber, but wasn't interested in the DVD.

I don't know if this'll help you much, Nem, because I don't know if Computer Gaming World is as international as its name implies. But at least this info may help a fellow North American gamer or few.

Nemesis_Zero · May 2005

Sadly, 'World' is being equalled with 'Amiland' in that case :/

/me starts scouring the grabble bins.

coris · May 2005

Since looknig glass studios went bankrupt, wouldn't T2 be abandonware?

Merkaba · May 2005

I don't think so as its technically owned by the publisher, right? Either way Thief2 in the UK is only £5 now available on most rotating games displays.

SoulSkorpion · May 2005

Donwloaded and installed last night (curse my tiny 20 gig hard drive!) er... *ahem*. It's <i>very</i> professional; it's easy to see why this took five years. My one gripe is that so far (mission four or five) the storyline isn't really very convincing. There doesn't seem to be a lot of justification for exactly <i>why</i> you're stealing things, and it's a bit irritating that a mission which seems made for "lots of equipment" comes immediately after one where loot is sparse; in Thief 2 the money you make in one mission can only ever be spent in the next one, and that applies here also.

Nevertheless, it's great stuff for those who want more Thief <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />.

...

Thief 2 is <i>not</i> abandonware. It's still being sold by distributors specialising in otherwise out-of-print games. I think my copy is curtosy of a "Sold Out Software".

SoulSkorpion · May 2005

*bump*

So... has anyone other than me actually played it yet?

mr_drug_lord · May 2005

been preoccupied with sleep and other games and climbing out of post finals stupor

large dload for my laptop, considering the amount of crap on it. inconvenient for the desktop which is not mine. will def play however

mr_drug_lord · May 2005

Well?!?

UKchaos · May 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>So... has anyone other than me actually played it yet?</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

Yes, its very good. Stays true to the thief universe (more so than thief 3 imo). The level design, the voice acting, the literature (books, scrolls) the fmv cutscenes.. all quality stuff. Clearly its a real labour of love.

Sub_zer0 · May 2005

2 things

1: t2 budget five pounds

2: what ever happend to that ut version of thief mod (where you had guards and thiefs?) that was going onto ut2004??

Thief 2x - Shadows Of The Metal Age

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