Renault on 31/1/2014 at 21:35
Newer-ish stuff:
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http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/29/eidos-is-giving-thief-that-tim-burton-feel/) Eidos Giving Thief That Tim Burton Feel
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“Films such as The Crow and even Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd inspired us, both the visual style and charismatic characteristics of a dark main character,” Cantin said. “Thief's main environments and the look of Sweeney Todd are really similar, but we've added our own signature to them of course.”
“Our aim was to re-create the same feel [of earlier Thief games] but really help ensure it was more fluid and more enjoyable,” Cantin said. “Smoothing out the navigation and agility of Garrett was a key point, as was the way the player interacts with the environment itself.”
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http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/01/29/thief-hands-on-meeting-erin-garretts-troublesome-shadow/) Thief hands-on: Meeting Erin, Garrett's Troublesome Shadow
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Guard behavior was also still a lingering issue. Detection would send nearby enemies into that annoying state of hyper-awareness and x-ray vision, and I had to endure a couple frustrating deaths as guards beelined straight for me regardless of how hidden I was. Vantage points and line-of-sight trickery seemed the only recurring methods of avoiding being spotted; beyond Garrett's short “swoop” move—an unabashed response to Dishonored's teleport ability—it would've been nice to see a return of some of the master thief's classic moves, like flattening against walls in Deadly Shadows.
june gloom on 31/1/2014 at 21:43
Using the mouse to move the camera? What madness is this? Who even does that?
Weasel on 31/1/2014 at 22:02
It's interesting that right mouse button is dedicated to "cancel bow." I'm glad they made it possible, just surprised it gets its own button like that.
Renault on 31/1/2014 at 22:30
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http://www.vg247.com/2014/01/31/thief-shares-dishonoreds-lineage-but-is-a-very-different-game/) Thief Shares Dishonored's Lineage, but is a very different game.
This didn't sound too hot:
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One of the first things I asked director Nicolas Cantin was whether, on PC, you'd be able to open up the field of view, because it felt so claustrophobic and hampering. The answer was “maybe, up to a point”, so I then asked if players are just supposed to get used to not being able to see a bloody thing in any direction - in a game that's all about being aware of your surroundings.
“The levels are really smaller than say for example a shooter game,” Cantin said. “Being claustrophobic was kind of an important thing for us. You need to feel the world, to feel the city.
Renault on 31/1/2014 at 22:48
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http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/blogs/screenplay/thief-staying-true-to-a-classic-while-evolving-into-something-new-20140130-31nk7.html) Thief: Staying true to a classic while evolving into something new.
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I was a rabid fan of the original, replaying levels over and over to find all of the loot, to "ghost" flawlessly without raising a single alarm, and to discover all of a level's secrets. While the new entry in the series, titled simply Thief, looks promising enough, I worried that it would modernise the gameplay too much and lose the magical quality that made the original in particular such a classic.
I needn't have worried. After ten minutes hands on with an early build, I knew I was still playing Thief; sneaking from shadow to shadow, dousing lights, getting behind guards and bopping them on the head with my blackjack, and (of course) stealing everything that isn't nailed down.
sNeaksieGarrett on 1/2/2014 at 00:04
It's interesting to note how vast the points of view on this new Thief are from a journalistic standpoint. (Not talking about the views of members on TTLG.) Mixed feelings, positive feelings, negative feelings. I've heard such negative stuff though that I find it hard to be excited at all about this game. I'm also still not sure whether I should hate it or not.
As I know I've said before, and will reiterate, I will probably end up buying it down the road, but I still don't expect it to be a phenomenal "Thief" game. However, your last quote Brethren is a breath of fresh air.
ThePhotoshop on 1/2/2014 at 01:19
It's reductive to summarise one person's experience as positive or negative. I know I, overall, experience a wide spectrum of reactions to individual elements of the game. It's really hard to turn that into a whole, especially without having finished the game.
SubJeff on 1/2/2014 at 08:19
I expect opinions to differ though. There are people who will tell you that Never Let Me Go is just a boring crap film.
The trick is in identifying those with different (awful) taste. You have to know the reviewer. For me the most important people will be RPS and Zero Punctuation. Not that I'll believe their verdicts fully, but I'll be interested in what they think.
Nuth on 1/2/2014 at 08:46
ThePhotoshop,
Were you able to tinker with the gamma to try to get closer to the feel of the original games even if that might have meant missing out on some of the pretty graphics? All the footage I've seen so far is too bright & foggy.
