07-06-2004, 09:26 PM
I believe your save games (As well as settings) are kept when you uninstall-reinstall. Or, at least they were kept for the demo, because they are stored in your "My documents" folder (Or something like that).
To me, the Abysmal Gale was not scary. There are few zombies, they are slow, and it's a small level... The Cradle, on the other hand... I think I still have mental scars. What makes it so scary is not what you see - it is what you don't see. Your mind really starts playing tricks on you when you get to it. Do not read any more spoilers about the level. Ignore previous suggestions. Play "The Cradle" in the dead of night. With the lights off. In the dead of night. With closed blinds. With headphones. I went as far as to tape the lights on my keyboard/monitor, so all I could see was the screen. Trust me, that amplifies the experience tenfold. The frst time I heard the little girl, Laurel was, well... Disturbing. Oh. And, I suggest that you stock up on your holy water at Fort Ironwood. ;)
For all it's flaws, Thief 3 has some pretty amazing moments, and the Cradle is up there. Very far up there.
PS. The line was "I can hear you breathing... Nobody does that in the Cradle anymore. How did you get in?"
Trust me. It's engraved in my mind (As are several other... quotes.). No doubt about it.
To me, the Abysmal Gale was not scary. There are few zombies, they are slow, and it's a small level... The Cradle, on the other hand... I think I still have mental scars. What makes it so scary is not what you see - it is what you don't see. Your mind really starts playing tricks on you when you get to it. Do not read any more spoilers about the level. Ignore previous suggestions. Play "The Cradle" in the dead of night. With the lights off. In the dead of night. With closed blinds. With headphones. I went as far as to tape the lights on my keyboard/monitor, so all I could see was the screen. Trust me, that amplifies the experience tenfold. The frst time I heard the little girl, Laurel was, well... Disturbing. Oh. And, I suggest that you stock up on your holy water at Fort Ironwood. ;)
For all it's flaws, Thief 3 has some pretty amazing moments, and the Cradle is up there. Very far up there.
PS. The line was "I can hear you breathing... Nobody does that in the Cradle anymore. How did you get in?"
Trust me. It's engraved in my mind (As are several other... quotes.). No doubt about it.
"One day, o-n-e day..."