Kolya on 2/6/2012 at 00:45
Looks like a Bioshock mod for the Source engine. But who cares about the look. Does this game have a story? What is it about?
Briareos H on 2/6/2012 at 01:30
Sperm whales.
Kolya on 2/6/2012 at 11:41
What I mean is: This doesn't look like a game that people will play for it's cool graphics and never-seen-before effects level.
However it does seem to come with this implication of drawing you in another way. But I don't see the developers making much of this? A series of bloody knifings doesn't communicate freedom of approach and much less a story that I might be interested in. Why should I care then?
What I get in the trailer is a disconnected mess. First it looks like BS Infinite then like HL2 then like BS then like any other game. The only connecting point is the music, that people consequently hang on to. It's a nice tune. What is this game about again?
EDIT: That rat trap was just gross.
jay pettitt on 2/6/2012 at 12:33
I think you're right.
There's lots of very nice things going on if you look hard - but the E3 kids won't be doing that. There'll be shinier things on show.
It looks like the environments/narrative/gameplay/cheesy flash back sequences will be this thing's strong suits. Trying to compete with Gears of War 14 on blood squirts is gonna make you look second best.
Kolya on 2/6/2012 at 14:52
Simply said that trailer could do with a voiceover.
In a WORLD! where HUNGER! RULES! and JUSTICE! comes from the business end of a NEURONUKE! the TORTURED! PEOPLE! SCREAM! for someone to hand them REVENGE!
That person isn't you.
...but one scrupulous Reverend Charles Baker, who promises to restore PEACE and ORDER by a miraculous newly engineered pancake called "nom". While the rioting pest is flooding the streets, you, a petty thief and burglar, are struggling to make ends meet, when you are offered a mission that leads you into the heart of a secretive circle* that is trying to subvert the very DNA of society into something so sinister that not even this narrator's timbre is dark and brooding enough to name it. Anyway, there you will have decide what side you're on, in case you hadn't guessed. One side holds the promise of freedom and a fair young lady who's been helping you along the whole time, while remaining mysterious enough not to become a complete bore. The other side has cookies.
REVENGE SOLVES EVERYTHING!
*Also they killed your mama.
demagogue on 2/6/2012 at 15:02
I heard from one of the interviews about being able to ghost a lot of levels, so that's the style of gameplay I'll probably go for. The kill animations rub me the wrong way, but that's *every* game coming out these days. I like the emphasis on melee fighting; just more of a thrill than always shoot & cover. I like the look of the AI and maps and the art direction generally. Well that about sums up my humble opinion so far.
Ahris on 3/6/2012 at 02:47
I think the (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeIn3WjbVbw) cinematic trailer covers story and context quite well while this gameplay trailer shows a little of what it will actually look like. As far as the action emphasis is concerned...If Zenimax/Bethesda are making the trailers, chanses are they market it as an action game to appeal to a larger crowd. Thief appeared to be an action game in its (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGRVuWpZ9lE) trailers too. :)
Jason Moyer on 3/6/2012 at 03:56
Fuck comparing that to HL2 or BioShock. That trailer makes me think far more of Thief 2 if it were done for modern hardware and they had released a trailer showing Garrett killing everyone. Fairly open moderately sized spaces, gadgets, tech that seems completely out of place for the fictional era. It's obviously a different artstyle, but game wise that's what I think of first.
Kolya on 3/6/2012 at 15:42
Ah yes, thank you. :)
catbarf on 3/6/2012 at 22:29
As I recall the trailers for the original Thief essentially showed a weird kind of hack-and-slash and not stealthy gameplay, because in the distant past of 1998 the stealth genre didn't really exist and it's still hard to convey that gameplay through a quick trailer. So given that this Dishonored trailer is an E3 trailer, competing to be the brightest and shiniest to throngs of people, I don't think it's much of a stretch to say that it may not be exactly indicative of the gameplay or style of the game. I'm reserving judgment until more information is available.
