[Sirnaq]

http://www.gameinfor...from-thief.aspx

So how do you feel about Thief series being officially dead?

[Aditya_the_warrior_within]

I take it you are not happy with the news.

[Sirnaq]

Oh boy im reading comments now. It was bad idea.

[Kodaemon]

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So how do you feel about Thief series being officially dead?

Somewhere between and

[HomemComH]

Sirnaq said:

http://www.gameinfor...from-thief.aspx

So how do you feel about Thief series being officially dead? ›››

Wait until you read about focus mode.

Here's what a modern day Thief game should have: Stealth, big levels, good level design and good AI. Instead we're getting an abomination of a game with some sort of "detective mode", slow-mo and scripted sequences.

I fucking hate this generation of video games.

[Sirnaq]

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detective mode

Where have i heard it before?

[Pangaea]

HomemComH said:

I fucking hate this generation of video games. ›››

+937483^2

Just about everything that comes out these days is regurgitated shit. That we have to keep paying for, many times over.

But are gamers making a stand, saying no to the floaters? Hell no!

[Kindo]

I feel... I don't know. I think I had prepared myself for a disaster like this, several years ago (we first heard of Thief 4 back in 2009), so there's not much disappointment. I am a little shocked, however, at how incredibly over-the-top they went when they set out to ruin the franchise. Flashing arrows and highlight tools to see what you can interact with, slow-motion combat and what not... Yeah, I guess I was not really prepared for that, but still. I'm likening this to what happened to Tomb Raider only recently. That franchise was gone for quite some time, and when it came back, they copied the games that originally had drawn inspiration from it (Uncharted), effectively removing it almost entirely from what the franchise used to be about. Here, it seems Assassin's Creed and Dishonored have stood as the game's main source of inspiration, when it logically should be the earlier games in the series that should do that. Just like what once made Tomb Raider unique and interesting is now gone, so is it with Thief. Incredibly tragic, but I honestly wasn't expecting anything else from this generation. Sigh...

The first two Thief-games are among my most beloved games of all time. The third was a partial deviation from the style, with unnecessary limitations imposed upon it by the console format, but overall, it still managed to maintain most of the amazing atmosphere and gameplay. They also tied up Garrett's story quite nicely in the end - which they now have retconned, of course. This game does not deserve to carry the brand name any more.

[▫ Dona ▫]

lol I still can't watch Gaminformer videos. In this case it may be for the best.

Are they serious about that being the final model for Garrett...? It looks unfinished.

[FoggyFishburne]

Oh shit. Yeah. Yeah it looks bad. The direction is a bit meh. The fact that they mentioned "mainstream" and "console market" is enough for me to shit my pants... Looks like we have another poorly optimized, dumbed down, console oriented designed game. I can't click that pre-order button fast enough...

I try not to judge a game before I get more substantial information or preferably until I actually play it. But so far, I'm not optimistic. At all. I could just be a cynic I guess but eh. I haven't played the previous Thief games but their mark on the industry and the innovation they brought to the stealth genre is something I'm familiar with. I don't know. Looks bad so far but let's wait a bit more and see how stuff progresses.

I mean for fuck sake! It's Thief! How can you fuck that up!? It's the game Dishonoured ripped off, it's influence in the video game industry is evident. Making an amazing reboot should be a walk in the park if you're any good at game design and understand video game history. Bah, I'm getting pissed, I'm going to eat something.

[Kodaemon]

GI videos don't work for me in Firefox, I use Chrome to watch them.

[Sirnaq]

Im using waterfox and videos works just fine.
http://www.waterfoxproject.org/

[▫ Dona ▫]

I'm on Chrome, turns out it was an adblock (Ghostery) causing trouble. Anyway, watched the video, there really isn't that much information and I already complained enough in the game thread. I like his clothes, but the stupid face and cape need to go.

The point stands, though, they need to stop making all games look like one another. Less is more and focusing on a few things instead of making everything ~fun and accessible~ can actually be beneficial. I have no doubts it will be a 'fun' game, but it won't be a Thief game, which is also how I feel about the new TR.

I don't know why these things keep happening, but they need to stop.

[Wichat]

This haggard face reminds me The Raven look

[▫ Dona ▫]

NEVERMORE!

They video says they drew inspiration from The Crow and Joker, lol.

(and ironically he ended up looking like The Crow, although they didn't want him to look like a ~typical goth~.)

[Wichat]

The transition from to the inspiration to the result rarely succeeds if the artistic sensibility is lost between banal aspirations. And to remake the consummate character is very risky. I almost prefer they left in peace Garret and they create a brand new Thief.

[secondchildren]

Dunno, I've got different feelings about this: Garret's looking like a zombie necromancer emo kid? hmm.... no.
I'd rather they're spared to name The Crow as a reference.

Having another Thief game? heck yes. But that bow is so... eww

PS: and since they linked about Dante's new design: new Dante sucks like hell!!!!!!

[HomemComH]

▫ Dona ▫ said:

NEVERMORE!

They video says they drew inspiration from The Crow and Joker, lol.

(and ironically he ended up looking like The Crow, although they didn't want him to look like a ~typical goth~.) ›››

It's quite ironic that they refer to the original design as goth when the only thing from the goth package that the new Garret is missing is a scar on his wrist from a failed suicide attempt.

[Kodaemon]

I THINK there was some miscommunication there, and they were referring to toning down their own design.

Observe:


Doesn't change the fact the current design is still atrocious.

[▫ Dona ▫]

They kept the stupid face (thanks for removing the nail polish...?)

But I will be in a great dilemma if they keep the aviary level because BIRDS.

HomemComH said:

It's quite ironic that they refer to the original design as goth when the only thing from the goth package that the new Garret is missing is a scar on his wrist from a failed suicide attempt. ›››

Oh dear. Takes me back to high school where I knew someone who had scarred their wrist because it was a goth thing to do. Wish I was joking.