Ninja: The Dark Arts (Thief spin-off)

Gigaquad on 1/5/2008 at 13:16

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Looking_Glass_Studios) Via Wikipedia: ASSEMblergames has an old thread about the (http://assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12880) unreleased Looking Glass N64 games Mini Racers and Wild Waters, where (http://motorfish.deviantart.com/journal/14363112/) Dan Matanski pops in and then mentions other LG games being developed, including another Thief spin-off (not Deep Cover or the modern day Thief).

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Ninja: The Dark Arts - This was going to use the same engine as the Thief games, focusing on stealth and concealing bodies. Basicle, Thief with Ninjas. PS2 or PC, I can't remember what platform it was going to be on. I wasn't on this team officialy, and only did a few concept pics for it.

THIEF WITH NINJAS! :thumb:

Knock on 1/5/2008 at 13:59

I'm just waiting for this

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Top Gaming News:

EIDOS announced today that they would be releasing PIRATE: The Golden Age

This game will be based on the same engine as Thief Deadly Shadows

Basically, Thief with Pirates.

Some competition lol

incal on 1/5/2008 at 16:54

Quote Posted by Knock

EIDOS announced today that they would be releasing PIRATE: The Golden Age
l

EIDOS: The uninspired age ...

(about titles at least)

demagogue on 1/5/2008 at 17:46

Why would they want to make it on the same engine as Deadly Shadows? That thing is a game-killer ... they should just start over with UT3 or the latest Quake engine or something.

I've long had an idea for a ninja-thief series of FMs ... I'm thinking about doing that on the DarkMod. There was a really famous medieval ninja-thief named Goemon whose story would be perfect.

Gambit on 1/5/2008 at 18:19

I think when he said "the same engine as the Thief games" he wanted to say "engine" as the gameplay behind Thief. It doesn´t make sense otherwise because all Thief games doesn´t have the same engine.

thiefinthedark on 2/5/2008 at 05:22

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Thief 1 & 2 both used the DARK engine, Thief 2 just used a more advanced version of it. Thief 3 wasn't made by LG, thus his claim about the engine is completely correct.

Engine would also never be used to refer to gameplay. If he had wanted to say gameplay, he would just have said so. :erg:

In other news, i never knew LG had so many games going when they shut down! It has always seemed silly to cancel a game when its 90% complete, too. I mean, you've invested X millions in making the darn thing, isn't it better to put it out there and make SOME cash back on the investment rather than just letting the money go to waste? Sometimes the industry saddens me with its industrial practices >>

SubJeff on 2/5/2008 at 07:10

Quote Posted by thiefinthedark

Thief 1 & 2 both used the DARK engine, Thief 2 just used a more advanced version of it. Thief 3 wasn't made by LG, thus his claim about the engine is completely correct.

Quoted for truth.

This is obvious. Why are people talking about Deadly Shadows? Think about it guys.

:rolleyes:

Pitch on 2/5/2008 at 10:56

Quote Posted by demagogue

I've long had an idea for a ninja-thief series of FMs ... I'm thinking about doing that on the DarkMod. There was a really famous medieval ninja-thief named Goemon whose story would be perfect.

How about (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nezumi_Koz%C5%8D) this guy?

RavynousHunter on 2/5/2008 at 18:05

Or the ninja (in mythos, any way) Hanzo Hattori? He always reminded me of Garrett in Warriors Orochi. :)