sterlino on 26/9/2007 at 16:13

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Incredible... finally i was able to buy a new pc and run Thief3.

But i'm a little shocked... i don't like it.

I must admit that the Team did a good graphic job.. but all seems a missed Thief2 version.
The baddest thing is that the feeling and the phatos that you can find in each mission is too low or totally absent.

My hopes now are all in the future fan missions.

Come on guys LET'S ROCK
!:thumb:

FluffigtDjur on 26/9/2007 at 22:11

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I know the feeling. I just got myself a copy of Thief3 when I bought Bioshock. I started playing with high hopes since bioshock, although not fulfilling all the expectations, still was a pretty damn entertaining game. Both Thief3 and Bioshock got a lot of criticisms from the old-school crowd, so I figured Thief3 would be about as good compared to Thief as Bioshock was to Systemshock2... but so far, the game strikes me as horrid!

They have managed to completely screw up the greatest player interface ever: I never felt more agile and mobile then playing Thief, in Thief3 on the other hand the interface is cumbersome and the movement is lumbering and ungraceful. I tried reducing the graphic, thinking that it was some lag due to dual-core problems or some such... but to no avail. Is it really supposed to be like this? There is no flow what so ever, I get seasick from watching the screen push forward in little leaps... like I said; it feels like lag, not running. In fact, it feels like everybody feared it would feel when they started talking about 3rd-person perspective: It feels like a bad port!

It sure highlights the brilliance of Thief 1&2, though. Before Thief3 I thought it was just the idea of a first-person-sneaker that was genius, now I know it also requires perfectly balanced controls to pull it all off.

242 on 27/9/2007 at 09:39

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But T3 and Bio are definitely similar to a degree. The same type of childish cartoony graphics, huge objects like switches, tape recorders, etc., not nearly perfect physics (small objects unrealistically fly off from under protagonist's feet, the same vibration of limbs of the dead bodies).

Now I'm sure that Unreal engine is totally inappropriate for 'serious' games. Just compare Source engine visuals (HL2, Dark Messiah) or Stalker ones, f.e., with this type of graphics. I think Bioshock and T3 would be so much better if devs chose more appropriate engine for these games, even if all content would stay the same.

Ramagamma on 27/9/2007 at 20:40

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I just received my (pre-owned) copy of Thief 3 in the mail yesterday morning. I played the demo of the PC version when it first came out but this was my first proper run at the full game. I've completed the training mission so far so I can't really judge the game on any level. But it just doesn't have that feel that the older Thief games have.

I'm also currently replaying through thief 1, currently on the Assassins level. Finding this forum inspired me to play through it again, realizing that there was still a community out there that respected and adored this series as much as I did.

I can't wait to play the Cradle level, I've read so many comments about how terrifying it is and since I adore horror on any level, it should be a treat for me.

Ramagamma on 28/9/2007 at 01:54

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I don't see Thief as the sort of game you should be playing drunk.

After a few joints or bongs, yeah, but drunk? Guaranteed disaster.