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lerndwisn LinkI started playing Thief Gold a few days ago. So far I've only gotten to Cragscleft Prison... I'm easily creeped out by "things in the dark," so I sorta cheated and looked up what kinds of creepy...I started playing Thief Gold a few days ago. So far I've only gotten to Cragscleft Prison... I'm easily creeped out by "things in the dark," so I sorta cheated and looked up what kinds of creepy things would actually be in the mine. While it turns out it's just zombies, it was still pretty creepy to me when I encountered one of 'em. In general, while I like horror movies quite a lot I'm just not into horror games. In a horror movie the character will go to investigate a noise, but in a horror game you have to make that decision. So I always end up cowering in a corner or something, not moving or making any progress. Not that Thief is a horror game, but many of the reactions I have when attempting to play horror games I also had when trying to go through Cragscleft. Well actually, I've barely started the level since I got pretty creeped out just after entering the mine. Anyway, I'm really liking the stealth mechanics so far, but I've noticed some parts of the game mechanics and AI that are kinda clunky. For example, if your detection level (I guess that's what it's called) is the lowest possible, a person won't notice you even if they walk right in front of you. I guess it's supposed to be so dark that I'm completely hidden, but even on default gamma settings (which I would expect to be suitable for the intended experience) it just doesn't appear dark enough for that. Also, it's kind of unrealistic how guards don't notice or react in any way when I put out a torch right behind them with water arrows. Or regarding the AI, when the passive NPCs run after spotting me they run in a linear path that can easily be blocked allowing you to knock them out or kill them without much effort, especially if there's a doorway that you can block. But these things haven't really made the game any less enjoyable, so it doesn't matter much, but they were very noticeable. Overall fun experience so far.
I've been listening to a lot of 70s Japanese music. One of my favorites is Kazemachi Roman by Happy End. My favorite two songs of this album are by far Kaze wo Atsumete and Natsu nandesu. Both convey a certain "airy" and laid back sort of feeling. Even the title *Natsu nandesu means something like, Well, it's summer (don't know Japanese, but most translations I've found say something like that). Apparently the album is about Tokyo before the 1964 Olympics and the changes they brought, so with that in mind while listening the feeling and tone matches up pretty well.