Muzman on 26/1/2007 at 15:24
Seems to mean a high degree of interactivity and open endedness in the environment. Lots of act/react type stuff.
I only bring it up because I haven't seen many designers namecheck Thief the way they do. I don't profess to be a big follower of gaming these past few years but over the years I feel like I've seen bits and pieces of Thief everywhere, though its seminal influence is unconscious or unmentioned (in fairness I'm probably seeing some Goldeneye or something too). The Penumbra guy's are one of the only one's I've seen say clearly "we want to do the verisimilitude of Thief, only moreso" (and not just mean basic stealth, stealing stuff or steampunk/guys in cowls).
lambizkit on 26/1/2007 at 18:13
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Am I missing something here? Isn't this the point of a mod? Or do you mean changes to the physics?
That's exactly what I am talking about, at least someone understands. Hehehe, no really, I should have made myself more clearer I guess.
New Horizon on 26/1/2007 at 19:43
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That's exactly what I am talking about, at least someone understands. Hehehe, no really, I should have made myself more clearer I guess.
Of course you will see changes in the doom 3 engine, we're doing a total conversion mod. :)
jay pettitt on 31/1/2007 at 01:36
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Penumbra looked quite nice as a horro game to me. I downloaded the demo a few months ago, and it had a good atmosphere. But just because a game is dark, doesn't mean that it is automatically suited for Thief gameplay.
There was lots to like with Penumbra though. The way you interact with objects, pulling draws open for example, is very natural and could be a sweet atmosphere boost in a thiefy game. There's a (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux4OwkS9ybA) video for those who havn't played the demo. Roughly speaking what happens is you frob a draw then, while holding the frob button, you move the mouse toward you to pull the draw open; sort of like Black & White, only cooler. And of course once open you can rummage around in the draw by dragging it's contents about in the same way until you find the shiny thing.
ascottk on 31/1/2007 at 04:55
That's be nice to have that feature of manipulation. Imagine opening a door very carefully with a guard outside :cool:
cacka on 31/1/2007 at 15:06
Is your cheeky manner implying you've already got this ?
sparhawk on 31/1/2007 at 21:39
What?!? Why do you think so? :eww:
cacka on 1/2/2007 at 13:24
I just thought the winks and grins were insinuating something.. :)
sparhawk on 1/2/2007 at 19:47
:eww:
