*Zaccheus* on 23/1/2005 at 00:27
Quote Posted by Blood Dragon
We all know that zombies are quite famous in Thief series.
How on earth did a zombie form?
(
http://www.anim8or.com) Perhaps someone used this.
:joke:
DarthMRN on 23/1/2005 at 00:53
Gotta agree with Thiefsie here, Holywhippet.
I seriously doubt Ion Storm, old employees or no, was able to put that much depth into TDS as to connect it with the old games. They were too busy making a game for Xbox-players to think that thoroughly through the story behind it.
That is just wishful fan thinking, but then again, I recon much of what is considered common knowledge on these forums regarding the Thief universe, are made by fans desperate to make connections between various subtle hints and events in their favourite game series.
The original LGS staff have probably read through the posts on this forum more than once with their jaws hanging, stunned by the connections and theories this fanbase has been able to conjure up out of virtually nothing. At least nothing of their doing.
he flys on 23/1/2005 at 00:58
I thought the same people who wrote the story for the LGS thiefs also wrote the one for TDS.
TF on 23/1/2005 at 01:02
TDS didn't exist back then.
he flys on 23/1/2005 at 01:04
Quote Posted by Thiefsie Fool
TDS didn't exist back then.
:confused:
TF on 23/1/2005 at 01:08
TDS didn't exist when T1 was made.
he flys on 23/1/2005 at 01:10
Quote Posted by Thiefsie Fool
TDS didn't exist when T1 was made.
Yeah......What are you getting at?
DarthMRN on 23/1/2005 at 01:14
I have no clue if the same people wrote the story or not.
But considering the tight time schedule ISA obviously was on, I cant imagine they took any more time considering the backstory than they absolutely had to.
I remember thinking when i played thorugh TDS, "how on earth are they gonna explain all of this to make it fit in with the existing story?".
And while they sort of did, I needed the ramblings on this forum to make sense of it. And we are all to good at making sound connections where the devs probably saw few or none, that I can fully trust it all.
And i bet ISA planned on us doing this:
"And just how does this fit in with the other two games, Warren?".
"Who cares? If we just make it a little vague, veiled and mysterious, those guys at TTGL will come up with some clever theories. That's what they did with the old games, and look how pleased it makes them to think LGS thought of it all in the first place".
"And what about the Xbox players?".
"Phhwt. They dont care about how the story relates to some old games for the PC. Besides, they will be so distracted by that cool scar and Medieval Doom playstyle options, they won't notice".
he flys on 23/1/2005 at 01:17
What was wrong with the story?
LGS was on a tight schedule when it was developing T2.
They started talking about the breathern and betrayer in thief 2.
DarthMRN on 23/1/2005 at 01:34
I'm not talking about the main storyline here (though I read something very different from Caduca's prophecy back in T2 than that stuff ISA came up with).
What Im talking about is how this forum have plucked these games apart polygon by polygon, and whenever inconsistencies or seemingly random information that was probably just included to flesh out the game world and make it seem real appears, the posters on this forum, myself included, connect them and use them in our theories. We have created a universe where there used to be a game. I can't imagine the people behind Thief, brilliant as they are, was able to put as much into the backstory as we seem to believe.
Yet we believe, and whenever doubt is raised, it is quickly drowned by clever theories no single (or even several) mind(s) could have conjured up while working hard on a game. Lets face it, this forum has, if not an explanation, then at least a dozen theories behind every single enemy, note, location and event in this game series.
