The Glade 4.0

I have found this game thoroughly meh.

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Darksiege
Traveller, Calé, Whisperer
Lead me not into temptation; for I know a shortcut

True that, and it took me a few tries to figure out just how fragile those unconscious bodies can be, but my real WTF is that I could have sworn I got the "ghost" and "didn't kill anybody" checkmarks on every level, but when I completed the last - I didn't unlock the achievements. So somewhere along the way, I moved on to the next mission despite having screwed up and killed someone? I've already played through twice - once to see the story and a second time to go fishing for achievements I passed up on the first play-through. I don't really want to go through it a third time just to get the "not killing anybody" part right. As it stands, I played fast and loose with save games so I could get a bunch of achievements that require magic while still managing to land the "Mostly Flesh and Steel" at the end - not to mention picking up things like "Versatile" and "Razor Rain" without blowing the "don't kill anybody" restriction and completing both the Granny Rags and Slackjaw achievements. I'm pretty burned-out on it right now.

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

I think that the intro also counts towards your kills but doesn't give you a report... so if you killed any of the assassins when you're defending the queen, you're screwed.

Necroposting.

This one flew under my radar, too. I picked up during the Steam sale, and I'm glad I did. This was definitely the most Thief-y experiences I've had since, well, Thief.

This is one of the few games I've played where it was actually possible to get ghost, 100% non-lethal, *and* get 100% of the loot in one play-through. Difficult, but possible! I'm doing a high chaos psychopath play through now.

Blink is a really simple but brilliant mechanic that solves one of the biggest annoyances with stealth games: spending entirely too much time slowly crouch-creeping around.

Bonus videos:




Lost it at the Mario part.

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

I really should give this game another shot. I was put off by the mystical approach to stealth, but since I know there's an actual Thief game in the works I will just accept this game for what it is and have fun with it. I liked the concept.

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Les Zombis et les Loups-Garous!

Oh yeah, you totally should.I don't know that I'd say there was a mystical approach to stealth. To the stealth genre, perhaps, but I can only recall one mystical ability that helped me sneak around: the short-range teleport. Apart from that, the stealth was pretty mundane. I spent all my time hiding behind things, running around on rooftops, and crawling on ceiling-level ductwork.

And loving every minute of it

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister