klatremus on 5/9/2019 at 05:09
Does anyone know where the Square Enix Thief forums have gone? The archived Eidos threads were also saved there. It used to be accessible at forums.eu.square-enix.com.
klatremus on 8/9/2019 at 15:06
I contacted Square Enix support to check where their forums had gone, and this is their response:
"Unfortunately, we do not support the title Thief anymore and we will be unable to assist further. We apologize for any inconvenience."
Is nobody else worried about this? Over 10 years worth of forum discussion was archived over there, including hundreds of ghost reports. Now it has all suddenly disappeared?
Starker on 8/9/2019 at 16:19
I rarely ever posted over there, but I'm not really surprised. Square Enix didn't make the games and have no real incentive to build or keep a community for old games. House on sand.
klatremus on 8/9/2019 at 17:19
I agree with that, but there should still be a way to access and save those archived threads. Wouldn't they at least have given people a warning? I would have saved all the threads and tried to find a way to keep them on my site.
Bucky Seifert on 8/9/2019 at 20:08
Somehow I doubt Square even gives much of a thought to Thief as a franchise anymore unless they are setting up a random publisher sale. Even 2014 ultimately became fairly niche despite their hopes of it being mainstream. If it wasn't released early in the console life and didn't have Dishonored 2 to contend with it would have flown right under the radar.
klatremus on 9/9/2019 at 02:22
That website works, but i cant access any of the posts, only the list of threads. When i click on the individual thread, it says that url isnt archived.
ZylonBane on 9/9/2019 at 05:06
The Thief threads are dead. Every thread is dead. Every thread is dead, Dave.
Unna Oertdottir on 9/9/2019 at 12:21
Yes indeed, it's bizarre. A big game forum vanished in the void and the only person who seems to care is klatremus.
I bet there's a backup somewhere.
The moderator on the Enix/former Eidos Thief Series Forums is "Peter Smith". I assume he is also a member on ttlg.com. Ask him what's going on.