Publishers are eying Thief again... - by shadowthief
Oskar Cruo on 4/9/2007 at 17:20
Offnote to posts at third page: bloom works in one place thought. In sails in pirates! live the life. Damn those bloomy sails look good!
SmallFish on 5/9/2007 at 07:29
I think to many fans' minds Thief is the current 3 games and that's it. Some hardcore taffers even won't include DS. :) Good for them, that's their prerogative. To these fans a Thief 4 would simply not be a part of the canon. Fair enough, althrough I kinda wonder why, then, get all hot and bothered about even the possibility of Thief 4.
Me, I would really, REALLY like to see an official Thief 4. DS sort of left me feeling hungry for at least one more effort the end the Thief saga. And I've played Thief for almost 10 years.
If it's crap, so be it, I'll just stick to TG and TMA (and maybe TDS), like I do now. No harm done, really. No need to get all fanboy. ;)
jtr7 on 5/9/2007 at 09:43
Who are you addressing? :)
SmallFish on 5/9/2007 at 10:33
Quote Posted by jtr7
Who are you addressing? :)
Heh actually no-one in particular... And I admit that if (possible) Thief 4 turned out to be crap, I would probably be more disappointed than I would be in case of a "normal" game. :) So I understand taffers' worries.
New Horizon on 5/9/2007 at 12:20
Sometimes, you just need to leave well enough alone. With the current state of the gaming industry, I simply don't believe we could ever get a game that would rival the first two. When it comes to games publishing, there are far too many cooks in the kitchen.
SmallFish on 5/9/2007 at 13:17
Quote Posted by New Horizon
With the current state of the gaming industry, I simply don't believe we could ever get a game that would rival the first two.
Well, there's always a chance. Maybe if BioShock turns out to be a huge success (as it probably will), that would give the developers a signal to try and create more atmospheric, original games instead of EA Ping Pong 2001-2008 etc.
New Horizon on 5/9/2007 at 15:57
Quote Posted by Goldmoon Dawn
Talk about a dream come true. Throw in Randy and Terri for good measure.
I don't know about Randy to be honest. When I read some of his post TDS interviews, it seems a lot of what was wrong with TDS were actually because of his vision to change the game and make it more palatable for the casual gamer. It seems that when a lot of developers are handed the reins to a project, they run wild. Rather than honoring the game...they honor their own egos by making sure their stamp is all over it.
vforvegard on 5/9/2007 at 16:25
i think i would like a thief 4 if they did it right. if they do, i hope they dont they remove garett. he should be the maincaracter, no other! and certainly NOT the little girl in the end of thief 3!! i think it would have been cool if bethesda picked it up, and did NOT rape the series.
ps. i like thief 3. hate me all you want:laff: :joke:
Goldmoon Dawn on 5/9/2007 at 19:51
Quote Posted by New Horizon
It seems that when a lot of developers are handed the reins to a project, they run wild. Rather than honoring the game...they honor their own egos by making sure their stamp is all over it.
I would like to update my statement to include Randy as a Mission designer only. Although after what you said, this time he would be expendable. :ebil:
Gambit on 5/9/2007 at 20:16
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
Yeah, but there are 2 ways to approach it:
1. Make it for the "non-hardcore", which may or may not do well but which will certainly be a farce of some sort, and which will be universally derided if it does fail.
2. Make it for the hardcore, which may or may not do well but which will be a good game and thus more likely to succeed.
People like stealth. Ever since it's inception as a gametype it's grown in popularity - so much so that even in games that don't need it there are stealth components.
People will buy a game and play it despite massive faults. People will love a game if it's done right.
Actually it can be both Hardcore and non-Hardcore.
If you want to go Rambo and play Thief as an assassin just use the Normal setting. You will have a lot of health and you can kill anyone.
If you´re more elitist then go for the Expert mode.
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Anyway this is supposed to be good news.
If they make Thief a hit then we will more Thief gameplay with better graphics, better gameplay, better phisics, better AI, better FMs.
