The Art of Theft (New Yahtzee)

Groogokk · Mon 19/11/2007 21:38:33

Quote from: InCreator on Mon 19/11/2007 21:20:12
A video game should offer enjoyment and challenge. Not early balding.

Nicely put. It's true, a choice of several difficulty levels would be a good idea. Completing it as it is, however, was incredibly rewarding.

blueskirt · Mon 19/11/2007 22:53:52

QuoteTime limit/reward is worst, since stealth games usually reward patience and careful planning, not senseless rushing through guards and cameras. You cannot enjoy lurking in the shadows and watching that stupid guard walking around with no idea. Why? There's no time! And game is extremely unforgiving when making a mistake.

No. If you do it right, collect all the loot, don't trip any alarm or taze anyone, but take your time, you should get a Time: C, Loot: T, Alarm: T, Tazer: T score, for an overall rating of A, which reward with 100 RP less than a T rating so it's quite enough of a reward. My advice to those who want to complete the missions with T ratings is to aim to finish all missions with overall rating of A first, then you aim for T.

At the end of the game, when you have enough gaming experience and purchased the right skills, the time limit is very easy to beat.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Mon 19/11/2007 23:27:06

That's funny, I thought it was perfect. The fact that I managed to get a Trilby rating on *all* levels is indicative of something, as I'm VERY BAD at these games and am always constatly saving/loading states on my GENESIS emulator whenever I play any game there.

Again - go for the total loot, forget the timed run. Then go back when you have a certain skill(s) and a certain costume(s).

That way, you won't bald. It's how I did it.

Well, not really - being the obstinate bastard that I am, I *had* to get Trilbies in the first 4 missions before the skill and suit. But it was fun!

GarageGothic · Mon 19/11/2007 23:36:51

Hats off to anyone who managed to unlock the minigame. I just barely finished the normal game after acquiring the forgetfulness skill, but just starting the bonus mission in the lazy sunday suit got me two alarms immediately. I don't think I'll be trying for that achievement anytime soon.

Nikolas · Mon 19/11/2007 23:40:30

Quote from: GarageGothic on Mon 19/11/2007 23:36:51
Hats off to anyone who managed to unlock the minigame. I just barely finished the normal game after acquiring the forgetfulness skill, but just starting the bonus mission in the lazy sunday suit got me two alarms immediately. I don't think I'll be trying for that achievement anytime soon.

You should!

It's very rewarding!

I got T on all missions, with the suite and the skill. It was a breeze and lots of fun to visit everything at last. But, either way, like Rui I did finish first 4 levels on T, without the suite or the skill really.

The mini game is really worth it, if you want my opinion!

Klaz · Thu 22/11/2007 19:08:19

This file has the seven main heists completed, skill build: Roll, Level 3 Locksmith, Sidle, and Reasonable Doubt. Not a 100% complete, but it serves as a good point to train your stealth skills.
http://www.megaupload.com/es/?d=GIY9ASJS

Peder 🚀 · Thu 22/11/2007 20:15:07

Brilliant game!!

nihilyst · Thu 22/11/2007 20:30:10

Just managed to solve the Master Heist with that damn Cream Suit, but I wouldn't have made it without forgetfulness. That might be because some cameras can spot you through walls.
But I'm glad I finally made it. The mini-game rocked.

It really was a cool game. The atmosphere and music were great.

R4L · Fri 23/11/2007 02:10:54

Yahtzee has done it again. Once again, I am mesmerized by his work.

jody319 · Fri 23/11/2007 21:33:52

Agreed on speed of tapping to not get brainwashed! I have tried and tried, but no go. Sadness reigns because I love this game. And really I tap VERY quickly...

is me.

Quote from: m0ds on Fri 16/11/2007 00:33:01
LOL GG man, where's that prozac? :p It's not all that bad. I can't even beat mission 2. And it'll probably be 20 years before I really give it a try. When Yahtzee gave me his first beta to work on music from it STARTED with mission 6 (if thats the brainwashing device one). It was IMPOSSIBLE! No matter how manically I tapped the keyboard I could never beat it. And now I'm going to have RSI. So I didn't use the game for inspiration in the end. I find that game overwhelmingly hard. It's not an adventure game afterall, i generally do struggle with other genres like that. But I think for someone really determined AoT would be an extremely rewarding game. Sounds like it is to a lot of people already! But hey, maybe its just not your cup of tea. It's not exactly mine either, but I still think it's a great achievment with the AGS engine, so I give it a go. You will beat it one day! In the meantime, just play some great adventures I will too!

frission · Sat 24/11/2007 01:29:47

I'm working my way through it and it is rockin'. Hard as hell but it's like the classic arcade games where bit by bit, as you play it again and again, you get better and better. I love going back through the early levels that gave me such trouble originally and beating them with a perfect score. I also love how some of the abilities you buy are really ESSENTIAL while others seem cool at first but then it turns out there's not a whole lot of use for them (I haven't yet hit a situation where hanging from the ceiling was super essential).

Some of the controls could use a tiny bit of refinement (I find myself cursing at the character for doing things that I didn't tell it to do or wasn't trying to tell it to do) but man, it is one polished, fun product.

As for those who find it too hard... aww, that's so sad. Maybe we can get you a copy of Mixed -up Mother Goose instead.

kaputtnik · Sat 24/11/2007 14:02:35

At least my personal mental arithmetic skills went up...damn you, mission six...

frission · Sun 25/11/2007 00:33:31

Quote from: jody319 on Fri 23/11/2007 21:33:52
Agreed on speed of tapping to not get brainwashed! I have tried and tried, but no go. Sadness reigns because I love this game. And really I tap VERY quickly... is me.

Have you thought about reporting it as a bug? I don't have to tap THAT fast to make it work (though I do use my right hand, and that helps a lot). It might have to do with your computer/keyboard/whatever.

tube · Sun 25/11/2007 09:38:37

Quote from: frission on Sun 25/11/2007 00:33:31
Quote from: jody319 on Fri 23/11/2007 21:33:52
Agreed on speed of tapping to not get brainwashed! I have tried and tried, but no go. Sadness reigns because I love this game. And really I tap VERY quickly... is me.
Have you thought about reporting it as a bug? I don't have to tap THAT fast to make it work (though I do use my right hand, and that helps a lot). It might have to do with your computer/keyboard/whatever.

Could this be affected by the speed of your computer? I did have to tap plenty fast, like if I was trying to get a record time in one of those crazy old C-64 sports games. And those were much more likely to give you an injury than actual sports, if you don't know what I'm talking about.

CodeJunkie · Sun 25/11/2007 17:53:50

Finished 1-7 so far and only got T's on 1 and 2. But I will finish it eventually. I'm getting a little hung up on where RP are awarded and whether it's possible to permamently miss out any. I've noticed that picking a door from both sides seems to earn twice the RP.

For people having lag try just restarting your computer. I have a fairly decent machine but I find that once I run a resource-intensive program then even after quitting some other programs will lag a bit. And as for the key mashing, alternate between the index fingers of both hands - it should improve your tapping speed quite a lot.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Sun 25/11/2007 17:56:47

SimB - don't worry, you'll never permanently miss RPs. You can go back and do it all again, and if you end up with a higher total RP you'll get the extra RP. But of course, if it takes you longer to unlock all those doors, you might get a lower Time rating, thus getting less RP... I'll leave you to consider that one. Don't worry - unlimited replayability, you'll only lock yourself out of *anything* if you don't get 3 particular skills, all fairly obvious.

Spc120 · Thu 06/12/2007 21:28:55

Wow I know this is gonna be an awesome game. i have always liked to play yahtzee's games. So congrats!! Go Trilby!!

Leonard LePage · Mon 24/12/2007 21:57:07

Excellent game. Time limits are stressful and take away from enjoyment of the game, but other than that I loved it. Loved the storyline too. I wanted to complete each level so I could see what would happen next.

I've completed the game, but now I have to go through the whole thing without breaks. Wish me luck!

Afflict · Tue 25/12/2007 14:47:31

The download link gives me problem loading page error.

Anybody have this on another link?

Edit 1 : ok fixed it the link required a slash...

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/content/games/yahtzee/artoftheft/

the link on the first post seems to link to

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/content/games/yahtzee/artoftheft

Edit 2 : Kudos amazing game! I love it, reminds me of duty and beyond graphics.
The real time effect makes it amazing and not to mention the interactivity!
Well done on this one My new no1 fav game on AGS

bicilotti · Thu 03/01/2008 22:18:49

Quote from: GarageGothic on Mon 19/11/2007 23:36:51
Hats off to anyone who managed to unlock the minigame.

Spoiler

There's no minigame at all. Just a supposed-to-be-funny screen telling you something on the lines of "this is teh joke don't tell anyone it will be awesome!!1!one".

Yes, Yahtzee's fanboys, I'm aware that spoiled the fun.

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The Art of Theft (New Yahtzee)

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