Favorite Thief 2 Mission?

[RarlesCheed]

As a very passionate Thief fan, I am very curious what is everyone's favorite Thief ll mission/ranking of the missions. I personally felt that Thief ll brought a lot of great and varied missions, but I also think that there are some levels that could have been removed or drastically improved.

Here is my mission ranking:
1. Precious Cargo
2, Life of the Party
3. Shipping and Receiving
4. Blackmail
5. Trail of Blood
6. First City Bank
7. Eavesdropping
8. Sabotage at Soulforge
9. Kidnap
10. Masks
11.Framed
12. Ambush
13. Casing the Joint
14. Running Interference
15. Tracing the Courier

[Blue]

Not a complete list but very similar to yours, my top five are

1. Life of the Party
2. Shipping and Receiving
3. Precious Cargo
4. First City Bank
5. Trail of Blood

Bottom three for me are 'Masks', 'Casing the Joint' and 'Tracing the Courier'

[RarlesCheed]

I like your list, can definitely see why First City Bank is on there. I love it too, especially trying to navigate the underground and second floors were an intriguing experience. I think it's safe to say that Tracing the Courier and Casing the Joint are almost universally hated/disliked by most Thief fans lol

[TazmanianD]

I think here's my list.

1: Life of the Party
2: Running Interference
3: Shipping... and Receiving
4: Blackmail
5: Trail of Blood
6: Precious Cargo
7: Eavesdropping
8: Masks
9: First City Bank and Trust
10: Ambush!
11: Kidnap
12: Trace the Courier
13: Framed
14: Casing the Joint

20: Sabotage at Soulforge

I find the very first mission is almost my favorite. I'm not really a fan of the "don't knock anyone out" missions so those are at the bottom and I really hate the final mission. Not enough water arrows to take all the robots out and basically no loot to find.

And Trail of Blood is higher up on my list just because I think it was nice to have one weird mission in the game. I thought there were too many of those in the first game.

Now you're making me want to play again :-D

[RarlesCheed]

Well then I am honored that i gave you the urge to go through this masterpiece again :D
Absolutely love your list, and I full heartily agree about Trail of Blood. It was a total 180 to everything that has came before, and I felt was a sort of blast from the past with a lot of the elements from TDP present with that one. I personally liked the last mission but I totally agree with your points, but as I am a person who usually goes through the levels leaving everyone untouched I didn't find the lack of water arrows a problem for me.

[Blue]

Originally posted by TazmanianD:

20: Sabotage at Soulforge

Had to laugh. Sabotage at Soulforge is definitely a marmite mission which you either like or dislike. Personally, I found it a chore so it would be just above the bottom 3 in my list.

[RarlesCheed]

Originally posted by Moody_Blue:

Originally posted by TazmanianD:

20: Sabotage at Soulforge

Had to laugh. Sabotage at Soulforge is definitely a marmite mission which you either like or dislike. Personally, I found it a chore so it would be just above the bottom 3 in my list.

I definitely found it a chore at times, but overall i enjoyed it. It definitely isn't the best mission, but I can appreciate it for what it tries to do. It's decently challenging for the most part, but I do agree it could've been so much better and less tedious.

[Maeks]

1- Eavesdropping
2- Blackmail
3- Life of the Party
4- First City Bank & Trust
5- Masks
6- Trail of Blood
7- Sabotage at Soulforge
8- Shipping... And Receiving
9- Running Interference
10- Framed
11- Ambush
12- Kidnap
13- Precious Cargo
14- Casing the Joint
15- Tracing the Courier

The last two shouldn't even exist.

[Derpina]

Life of the Party. If anything just for the banter between the two groups of guards

[RarlesCheed]

Originally posted by Derpina:

Life of the Party. If anything just for the banter between the two groups of guards

Oh absolutely, the dialogue in these games, and especially this mission, are a highlight for sure.

[ShitEverest / Remlok]

Life of the party and sabotage at soulforge.

[RarlesCheed]

Originally posted by Hostility:

Life of the party and sabotage at soulforge.

Two of the best in my opinion. Good choices

[Nightkiller300]

All of em' honestly.

[Bankai9212]

You honestly can’t say Ambush, tailing the courier, kidnapped, and casing the joint are good. I get through them as soon as possible as they are the weakest levels overal.

[RarlesCheed]

Originally posted by Bankai9212:

You honestly can’t say Ambush, tailing the courier, kidnapped, and casing the joint are good. I get through them as soon as possible as they are the weakest levels overal.

Yeah I mostly agree with what you said, minus kidnapped. I personally think it's very creative in what it expects of you to do. Reusing a Thief Gold map is very up to debate tho, but I think they changed it enough to keep you on your toes. It honestly feels like I'm playing a Thief version of a Hitman level and I love it.

I totally agree with you tho on the other maps, they're pretty bare bones and lack a lot of creativity and challenge compared to the others.

[Bankai9212]

Kidnapped at this point you get what you need and get him at an intersection. Otherwise the level drags to even kidnap him.