Thief -16- Vittori Client Job: The Carnal Connoisseur

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Published on April 20, 2014 10:58:30 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWn3EdJC0T4

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Thief (2014)

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CLIENT JOB: THE CARNAL CONNOISSEUR
Vittori knows where the second item stolen from him is now, so he sends Garrett to fetch the fabled eight-legged cat "Octopuss" from a private collection owned by a man who inserts random household objects in his bum.

100% loot collected, as usual.
This time the level itself forced me to be as speedy as I was. If you're too slow and Aubrey goes down to the cellar to fetch the bottle, which he randomly doesn't do at all sometimes, he will cause you a lot of grief, and if you're too slow and one of the guards talking outside goes down in the cellar to patrol it, you're near to fucked. So I had to get down to the cellar BEFORE either the guard or Aubrey go there, no time to fuck about.
Furthermore, AFTER you get the Octopuss, which triggers the cellar patrolling guard to start staring at the wall to allow the player safe passage, and after you leave the cellar which triggers the final shift in guard placement, the second timed challenge begins. You couldn't see it here, but the cellar guard will come back up right behind you and start patrolling the cellar and the yard, so getting back in the house quick is step one. Then you have to be careful with your timing, because you can easily sneak past Aubrey's back while he's talking to his master, but he will eventually just turn around and guard the door, making escaping unnoticed almost impossible(*), BUT you also cannot be too quick downstairs. If you throw the bottle to distract the guards downstairs too early, the noise will fuck with Aubrey's AI and he'll just start guarding the upstairs door without ever starting the dialogue or turning his back, so you'd be fucked then, too.

(*) I noticed in this level that being seen by civilians doesn't actually count against you so being seen by Aubrey when escaping is actually not a big deal, but still, you're a master thief, so don't get seen by anyone. Just because it doesn't count in end results screen doesn't mean it doesn't count in your heart!


It's really funny that this was the first section of the entire game where I actually had trouble with anything not glitch-related, and so far the only time I've even for a second doubted if I could actually beat the entire game with the extra difficulty settings, because apart from the required careful timing, the level is actually very, very easy with nothing special needing to be mentioned. I do really like the "puzzle" about the safe combination, though. I know it's not that big of a deal, but I've played a lot of action adventure games lately where the answer to a puzzle is actually just written right next to the puzzle so there really is no puzzle. I was afraid the combination here would be just written on the wall or the painting or be a year on a wine bottle nearby, but no, you actually need to figure it out yourself. The year is the lord of the house's birth year, which you have to figure out from the will of the late father. The will is dated and it also mentions the son's age at that time, so you just take the year of the will and remove the age from it, and you get the answer.
Sure, it's not a very complex puzzle to solve, but perfect for a more action oriented game like this. It stops you to think for a brief moment, but not too long of a moment.

And to end the description on a downer, I hate that you can't throw the flashbombs in this game. It might not be immediately clear just from watching the video, but Garrett doesn't actually throw the flashbombs, he just drops them at his feet, sometimes blinding himself if he's not moving.

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