[Snake Logan]

It is ironic that in the 2nd level of Art of Theft there is theft of art.

[BumbleCrap]

That isn't irony. It's just an amusing coincidence.

[Chyld]

Well, my teeth are going to be ground into powder by my sheer inability to Trilby the bonus heist, thanks to mistiming lazers on the second last level EVERY SINGLE TIME. But it'll happen one day. I unlocked the mini game, and that's plenty fine by me.

[David-kyo]

If you got the ninja suit and the shadowmeld skill, you can breeze through most levels, and if it's only the lazers that are giving you trouble, then practice that level until you get the hang of it.

[Phocas]

I know I'm gonna get flamed for this, but what happened to the timeline for all of Trilby's adventures? Here's my understanding of them, in reverse order. Comments are paraphrases, not direct quotes.

July 29, 1993 - Writes up notes after Clanbronwyn Hotel incident

"I spent a year and a half investigating... the past caught up"

(approx) Feb 1992 - Captured by the police

"Two slow, miserable years later, a rain of truncheon blows... I woke up in the cell I assumed would be my new home."

(approx) Feb 1990 - Defoe Manor Incident

Since Art of Theft is assumed to happened before Defoe Manor, it seems more appropriate that it would date sometime about 1988 - 1989. Is this an error on my part?

Also, any guesses on which American city most closely resembles Chapow City? I vote for Chicago.

[smolder]

I just finished playing through AoT and needed to gush about how much I enjoyed it. Friends and family seem confused by the whole Yahtzee, ZP, retro gaming thing so I figured a thread like this would be an appropriate place.

I really do love this game. As someone mentioned, the difficulty is high enough that you want to punch the monitor, but not so high that you delete the game folder. That aspect really kept me playing, as often I would fail, repeatively, and decide to never play it agian. But, within 30 minutes or so, I'de understand what I was doing wrong and fire the game right back up. I have also enjoyed to replay value. Going back to improve hiest scores is fun in that things that seemed so difficult the first time become much easier, and not just becuased of purchased skills but becuase of actual skill. I've seen people speedrun games like Super Mario, and Metriod, and to me it always seemed kind of lame and a waste of time. But, with AoT, I actually do get a thrill from shaving a few seconds off my time, a thrill I haven't had since trying to unlock those damn codes on Goldeneye 10 years ago.

The only gripe I have is with the games length. I personally could have played through 50 hiests and been enthralled. I guess, considering that I've gotten so much entertainment from it ... for free, complaining about the length is sorta selfish.

So, this is the first Yahtzee game I have played. Are his other games like AoT? I remember reading somewhere that AoT's playstyle was kind of a deviation from previous game's story driven play. Is that true? Is it a huge difference? Should I play the other games?

[David-kyo]

You probably shouldn't, they all suck.
(Read: good question.)

By the way, somehow I bypassed the RP-resetting bug in the bonus heist and was able to get every necessary skill, thus creating an übermensch-Trilby, but I haven't been able to reproduce this accident so far.

This post has been edited by David-kyo: 04 January 2008 - 07:12 PM

[Zeeky H. Bomb]

I know I'm gonna get flamed for this, but what happened to the timeline for all of Trilby's adventures?
July 29, 1993 - Writes up notes after Clanbronwyn Hotel incident
(approx) Feb 1990 - Defoe Manor Incident

Defoe Manor incident took place in 1993 (28/7 presumably) and Clanbronwyn happened in 1997. 7DAS mentions 1997 and I think TN did too. 6DAS intro mentions Defoe Manor was 1993. Hope that helps

Also, any guesses on which American city most closely resembles Chapow City? I vote for Chicago.

Des Moines, Iowa? Must be one of the bigger ones if he can rent out a building with 4 levels below the garage.

[Phocas]

D´oh! That´s the last time I rely on memory before posting a question. Thanks for your kind and informative reply, Zeeky.

[Zeeky H. Bomb]

Just curious --- I know there were no plans for an AOT special edition (forget where that was posted) but is there any interest in seeing the level music files (+ maybe MODS' commentary) posted somewhere? It'd be nice to listen to the Level 1 music on the MP3 player next time I'm breaking into an office building.

I'd have posted this in the AOT board but it looks dead. Maybe I'll post it there anyway.

[TheJBurger]

Sorry if this has been posted already.

A guy who goes by the name 'DeceasedCrab' on youtube decided to "Let's play" Art of Theft. I don't think he's known too much, but he does some pretty entertaining playthroughs of some freeware, and some old and obscure games. I don't know most of them, but he did go through Cave Story and Nifflas' games. Just thought I'd let you know!

[David-kyo]

Can't decide for the life of me if he's trying to be funny or serious.

[sierrafangirl]

Out of curiosity, was any more about Trilby's father mentioned after the bonus heist? I was disappointed to be tantalized by a mention then receive nothing more. But then I love backstory.

[Gobbler]

What, you mean there was some kind of story attached to that game too? Hrmm... still doesn't really make me want to play it though, Trilby got old on me.

[sierrafangirl]

If you don't want to play through it you can always just watch one of the "Let's play" of it like this one: http://youtube.com/watch?v=NTztF8hx24Q

No one has done the bonus heist yet and I just can't get through it.