I recently picked up a few of those games on my pc. Wanting to try Gothic II out soon ish, and Thief 1 & 2 as well soon
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viking@infosec.pub 4 months ago
Around the turn of the millennium. Games were designed for offline use and had way more immersive campaigns, were shipped by and large ready and bug-free, and so were add-on campaigns.
And since graphics were not as refined as they are now, additional efforts were placed on gameplay.
My top list (by release year):
- Diablo II (1996)
- Dungeon Keeper (1997)
- Half-Life (1998)
- Thief: The Dark Project (1998)
- Thief 2 (1999)
- Dungeon Keeper 2 (1999)
- Heroes of Might & Magic 3 (1999)
- Gothic II (2002)
Never had a console and don’t get along with controllers whatsoever, so those are all referring to the PC versions.
cod@lemmy.world 4 months ago
viking@infosec.pub 4 months ago
For Thief and Gothic II there are unofficial graphic mods out there that improve things massively. They basically replace the original models with those from Thief II and Gothic 3, and also fix some bugs.
www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=152429 - that’s a user made campaign for Thief, the thread also has links to all the patches and updates. The campaign is also absolutely great with overwhelmingly massive maps, but you should play the original first.
cod@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Awesome, thanks for that! Appreciate it
2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
I really hope you enjoy Thief 1/2! The two are some of my top games of all time and the second one is after 25 years still the best pure stealth game.
As was already said, do make sure to install TFix or T2Fix (depending on the game) to get widescreen/high resolution renderer and just modern hardware support in general.
zerofk@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Gothic 1 is my all time favourite RPG. 2 is everything a sequel “should” be: bigger, some mechanics improvements without losing the core, and (with the expansion) callbacks to 1 and familiar characters. And yet it also lost some of the atmosphere. This is why 1 will always be my favourite.
Despite that, it’s still a great game, and many people’s favourite. I hope you’ll enjoy it.
tunetardis@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Aw man that’s a good list!
viking@infosec.pub 4 months ago
I’ve recently replayed Thief and Thief 2, they still hold up well!
Tried Gothic II, and unfortunately the controls feel very clunky today. Or maybe it’s just me. But somehow third person view doesn’t really work for me anymore.