I miss the old school thief before they were turned into dual wielding dos machines.
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I miss the old school thief before they were turned into dual wielding dos machines.
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Dps machines* I type bad
What games are good for thief gaming?
>What games are good for thief gaming?
Thief: the Dark Project
This It is literally AD&D Thief simulator. Thief 2 is less AD&D and more stealth.
Thief the dark project
Also check out the freshly released The Black Parade fan campaign
>What games are good for thief gaming?
Not RPGs, that's for sure.
>Not RPGs, that's for sure.
Not JRPGs, maybe. Here's a list of RPGs that have fully realised thievery mechanics - pick-pocketing, lockpicking, trap setting/disarming etc. and/or contain quests tailor made for thieves:
>Baldur's Gate (3 games)
>Dragon Age: Origins
>Icewind Dale (2 games)
>Neverwinter Nights (2 games)
>Pathinder (2 games)
>Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
>Planescape: Torment
>Fallout 2
>Elder Scrolls (4 games; Arena doesn't meet the requirements)
>Deus Ex (4 games)
And so on.
Keyword: good.
TES games have been fun. Robbing houses isn't mechanically challenging, but, but it's good enough for roleplaying. I like rummaging through the houses in first person, selling stuff for some pocket money.
vtmb because combat is terrible so you want to avoid it as much as possible
Thief the Dark Project is kino as others have said, so is its sequel.
On the RPG side of things:
Quest for Glory(the entire series) is excellent in that regard if you play as a Thief class. My personal favourite as a thief is probably the second one(the fan remade version), but overall the fourth game is universally agreed to be the best of the series overall and the rogue side of the gameplay is fun as well, though the heists in it aren't as memorable.
Morrowind was fun to play as a member of the Thieves' Guild I thought.
The Elder Scrolls Online has a solid questline filling that niche as well and being a Nightblade(the rogue class) skulking around major cities and stealing/pickpocketing/lockpicking your way into riches is an entertaining experience at least in my opinion.
Neverwinter Nights has a few acclaimed player created modules that are rogue-centric such as A dance with rogues, which is incredible as a thief cloak and dagger experience. On the topic of NWN as a whole, I've had a lot of fun and fond memories of playing on some PWs in the servers' Thief Guilds. Depending on DM support for said criminal faction, you'd be able to experience the most authentic form of roleplaying venue as your classic thief alongside other similarly inclined people going out burglarizing, frauding people of their money, cutting purses and so on. Still - to get to those very excellent parts, you'd probably have to invest some time in whatever server you choose and be willing to roleplay your character.
I was also going to suggest Quest for Glory. They are so, so fun to play thieves as. I know you're encouraged to be honorable and try to become a paladin, but stealing is just so much fun in those games, and the Thieves' Guild is excellent in 4.
My guy. The Thieves' Guild was indeed kino and perhaps one of my favourite parts of the entire game. Loved that poor wretched guildmaster. Though still - stealing from the Burgomaster and that Old guy was not as interesting and fun of a heist as the thief sidequests in QfG2 at least from what I can foggily remember were better
A Dance with Rogues is absolutely kino
It really is. I wish there were more modules like it rather than the horde kf combat-centric ones
It would be if it wasn't for all the porn I'm forced to sit through. The first inescapable rape scene went on way too long.
Sweden simulator is also good, too bad the germs put the developer in prison for anti-woke activities.
So you want a skill monkey?
Pretty much.
And being able to make good money by stealin
>mfw thief gets stranded behind enemy lines and party has to save his ass
>mfw anon posts a reddit meme
>tfw keep trucking myself into thinking playing a thief or stealth character is fun
>it never fricking is except in those old Thief games
Why can't games deliver on the fantasy of being a dick ass thief nor a true stealth ghost
>love the aesthetic of a gruff, ugly peasant with a dagger concealed ready to shank for his next meal
>every rpg gives them either a stupid hood + bdsm gear or generic looking leather armor
>makes them le quirky or otherwise finds some way to completely disconnect them from their immorality
Thief characters/campaigns are such an underutilized thing in games.
though so are most things. crpgs cant just help but make pure blank slate characters
I am so fricking sick of snarky rogues
even created character thieves get snarky as a default personality in games now
They've been doing that crap since at least Conan the Destroyer.
Yes, the Arnold Schwarzenegger flick
It was so fricking bad. Who even was that guy? Where did he come from? What happened to Subutai?
So the homeless fricks around my neighborhood aren't just crackheads, but the perfect representation of a thief character? I gotta interview them or something for next time I play a thief in a trpg
Not only are they perfect representations of thief characters, they are the closest thing we have to adventurers IRL
>constantly on the move
>constantly on a new quest (to get crack)
>have absolute freedom to complete this quest how they please, like diplomacy (begging), intimidation (mugging), guile (stealing catalytic converters), combat (steal it from another crackhead)
Crack addiction is just an IRL TTRPG
underrail
I hate the general MMOification in some RPGs where ever class is hyper specialized on their specific role. The Fighter with his longsword does 5% of the damage but the Rogue does 60% because Sneak Attack bonuses and multipliers. Cleric only heals. Wizard only throws fireballs. I hate it.
Fully agreed. It annoys me the most with the tank role. Monsters do barely any damage to the designated tank but instantly kill any other class they look at.
I remember this bein especially bad in Dragon Age Inquisition
That's something that does not make sense to me but kinda happened in all kinds of rpgs from tabletop to computers - ALL player characters are supposed to be adventures, rogues, travelers so they all should have basic skills needed to survive on their own. Lock picking, basic combat techniques or crafting mundane items like torches should be in repertoire of most if not all characters because their lifestyle depends on it.
The idea of "Thief" or "Rogue" as a class is dumb.
Underrail basically requires you to play as a rogue, even if you aren't playing a stealth character. If you aren't using beartraps, grenades, nets, and landmines you are going to have a very difficult time beating enemies.
I wouldn't mind more tanly looking thieves.
*Tanky.
God dammit
>People confusing the Rogue archetype with Thieves
I wish that stealing an enemy's shit so they couldn't heal or sometimes even fight properly was a more common tactic