Cardia on 16/10/2009 at 09:50
Quote Posted by lomondtaffer
Just had to say that the quality of light in this FM is breathtaking! I feel as if I've been on holiday, strolling round Porto. Are the houses really all that elegant in Porto, Cardia?
Porto has some beautifull zones, but it has many decaying and grey areas and with the present crisis its getting difficult to preserve old buldings, many of this buldings have well detailed facades, something that will never be done again,
victorian houses are falling apart as well, only the most important are being preserved, still there is enough beautifull places for a turist to visit, like:
Palácio de cristal( pavilhão da Rosa mota), Avenida dos Aliados, Casa da musica, Sé do Porto, , Estação de São Bento, Torre dos Clérigos, Praça dos Leões, Rotunda da Boavista, Foz do Porto, Serralves, and other places, but honestly i would rather live in France, or Italy, or Spain or Germany, i haven´t been yet to England, but i hope someday to visit, i really would love to.
Cardia on 16/10/2009 at 09:52
Ahhh, Rio Douro, i could almost make a skyboxe with those images:thumb:,
That is Ribeira, my University is in that area, sometimes during the breaks i go down to a café near the river, its quit pleaseant;)
Blue Sky on 19/10/2009 at 21:49
Just finished playing this and thought it was absolutely beautiful!
So refreshingly different, too. I was quite glad not to have to do any sneaking!.
In a way I thought it was a shame that you tried to tie it in to Thief by references to Garrett and the Keepers, etc. Especially considering all the other references to Assassin's Creed and Pepsi vending machines and stuff!
But I still thoroughly enjoyed a good two hours or so playing in those levels. Well done and thank you!
frobbin hood on 20/10/2009 at 10:42
Cardia 1:
Just finished playing this one.
Fantastic architecture and I think you captured the atmosphere perfectly.
It's a shame that...
I appreciate that you intended this primarily as a work of art.
I started out loving it, but an hour of nose-to-the-floor coin hunting meant that I couldn't really take in the scenery. By the time I'd reached the target (on expert) I'd had enough!
Look forward to seeing more of this with some varied gameplay.:thumb:
Cardia on 20/10/2009 at 14:27
Quote Posted by frobbin hood
Cardia 1:
Just finished playing this one.
Fantastic architecture and I think you captured the atmosphere perfectly.
It's a shame that...
I appreciate that you intended this primarily as a work of art.
I started out loving it, but an hour of nose-to-the-floor coin hunting meant that I couldn't really take in the scenery. By the time I'd reached the target (on expert) I'd had enough!
Look forward to seeing more of this with some varied gameplay.:thumb:
Thanks, for playing, my next mission should explore different kinds of gameplay, probably my last mission, but it will consist in 3 parts, all features will be worked as much as i can.;)
Cardia on 20/10/2009 at 14:30
Quote Posted by Blue Sky
Just finished playing this and thought it was absolutely beautiful!
So refreshingly different, too. I was quite glad not to have to do any sneaking!.
In a way I thought it was a shame that you tried to tie it in to Thief by references to Garrett and the Keepers, etc. Especially considering all the other references to Assassin's Creed and Pepsi vending machines and stuff!
But I still thoroughly enjoyed a good two hours or so playing in those levels. Well done and thank you!
Thanks, Since Garret has been tied in thief 2 to Art Deco, Victorian buildings and mechanists, then everything is possible, that´s why Thief 1 is my favourite, its the most pure concerning the medieval atmospheres and places that it has, after thief 2 all that medieval world has been transformed into a mix of eras, wich it killed all that medieval spirit that thief 1 and TDS have.
Also i got an habit from unofficial q3 arenas of mixing many kinds of styles from many cultural expression, like the simpsons mixed with some music you like a a castle with modern structures, decorated with modern photographies...etc.
Independent Thief on 20/10/2009 at 14:58
I'm not sure that Thief 1 was ever truly medieval since it had electric lights and running water.;) However Thief in the hands of a dromeder is a ball of clay that can be shaped in a variety of interesting and intriguing forms by the artist using it.:cool:
Blue Sky on 20/10/2009 at 19:06
Yeah I'd agree that even in The Dark Project the City was a huge blend of many elements which made it so much more than just boring old medieval...in fact I get quite annoyed when people say that the Thief games are set in medieval times, because they're not! They're set in a fantastical city which shares SOME medieval elements but is so much more than that.
But I absolutely loved all the pop culture stuff in your mission, cardia! It made a very refreshing change! (Now there's an endorsement for Pepsi if ever there was one!)
Zontik on 21/10/2009 at 06:41
Just curious: is it a pure fantasy about flood in Porto (whenever) or real fact?
Cardia on 21/10/2009 at 15:10
Quote Posted by Zontik
Just curious: is it a pure fantasy about flood in Porto (whenever) or real fact?
Thief 1 is something like quake 1 world, there is more medieval elements than modern elements present in these two games, that´s why from all thief games, thief 1 is the one who has more medieval elements, all is well balanced, the mix between, dark stone, rusty metal, old wood, with some rusty electrical mechanisms and lights are well mixed.
As for the flood is impossible to happen in Porto, has the ground is highly irregular.
