UT3 Custom Map Looks Like A Thief 4

Twist on 16/4/2009 at 20:20

Paul mader, a level designer for Neocron and Gears of War, posted some screenshots from a custom Unreal Tournament 3 map he's currently building.

I'm posting them because they looked a lot like how I imagined a Thief 4 might appear with current-gen 3D engine technology.

Mind you, I'm not saying I would want Thief 4 to look this way, but it could be worse.

They're decent, but like many designs I've seen in both Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3, they suffer a little from excessive post-processing effects and the Epic-patented monochromatic cool-grit technology. :erm:

I'm linking a few preview pics below, but you can view several full hi-res screenshots on his blog:

(http://paulmader.blogspot.com/2009/04/first-screenshots.html)

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As I post about them they're kinda growing on me.

addone on 16/4/2009 at 20:34

I wonder if Thief 4 (WE ALL KNOW IT WILL HAPPEN!) will use the Unreal 3 engine, Thief 3 used Unreal 2 engine, I think.

Kin on 16/4/2009 at 20:37

I think i have read somewhere that DX3 and a possible T4 will use the tomb raider crystal dynamics engine but i am not sure...

Twist on 16/4/2009 at 20:38

Since the speculation is that Eidos Montreal is developing Thief 4, it may likely use the same engine EM's using for Deus Ex 3, which is a heavily customized version of the Tomb Raider Underworld engine.

Yandros on 17/4/2009 at 02:28

Holy crap, the steps and arch in Take6 are amazing.

clearing on 17/4/2009 at 02:33

Those screens look awesome!

SneakyJack on 17/4/2009 at 02:34

Those screenshots are stunning.

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If I could play a thief game that looked like this screenshot (the full size one) and still had the same charm as thief 2, I'd be in gamer heaven.

Kin on 17/4/2009 at 05:49

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At least this engine is capable for huge levels.

jtr7 on 17/4/2009 at 06:00

So was the the Thief 3 engine, the XBox was the reason for the level size.;)

Beleg Cúthalion on 17/4/2009 at 06:49

Quote Posted by Twist

They're decent, but like many designs I've seen in both Gears of War and Unreal Tournament 3, they suffer a little from excessive post-processing effects and the Epic-patented monochromatic cool-grit technology.

Not to forget these a little too obvious ageing effects everywhere, but if we leave out these romantic elements for a moment, it looks really awesome.

PS: Reading through the comments and asking Google about the mentioned "DM-Aristocracy", I found (http://www.fraganddrink.ch/lol/lol_big07.jpg) this picture. Does the guy on the right side look somehow familiar to you? :p Anyway, just in case someone has more time than I have it might be worth to look what this Aristocracy thing is. If it was done with Unreal 2003 it might give an idea of what TDS could have looked like.