Petike the Taffer on 21/12/2008 at 22:07
I chose "
Maybe, depends on who is developing the game".
But, to be honest, I would love if the fourth Thief would be either :
1. the story of the little urchin girl from the end of TDS (the new master thief and protagonist) and Garrett (as her aging mentor and father-like figure)
2. "Thief : Modern"... BUT ! (
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124167) Like this...
In the meantime : (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7DeyrzBSsQ) ;) (Not mine...)
Karras35 on 22/12/2022 at 13:11
No! Only if LGS is coming back! Anything else will be rubbish!
Hit Deity on 22/12/2022 at 22:35
Gloomwood is about the closest we'll get, I'm afraid.
Tomi on 23/12/2022 at 00:07
Quote Posted by Karras35
No! Only if LGS is coming back! Anything else will be rubbish!
What on earth made you resurrect a 14-year-old thread? :D Was it just a coincidence that the previous reply was posted
exactly 14 years ago (by day, anyway)?
weylfar on 23/12/2022 at 00:26
Eidos Montreal is working on several projects on Unreal 5. I hope one of them is next Thief. I assume it will be complete reboot of franchise with new protagonist and Garrett may appear as cameo or part of the story. I would prefer new character.
Karras35 on 2/1/2023 at 23:55
Quote Posted by Tomi
What on earth made you resurrect a 14-year-old thread? :D Was it just a coincidence that the previous reply was posted
exactly 14 years ago (by day, anyway)?
I saw a guest reading this :cheeky: Yup, pure coincidence!
weylfar on 30/1/2024 at 22:49
In terms of the budget, how much would be for new Thief game ?
mxleader on 6/2/2024 at 04:22
Quote Posted by gunk
I was just wondering this :)
No.
Skaruts on 14/6/2024 at 12:45
Quote Posted by Karras35
No! Only if LGS is coming back! Anything else will be rubbish!
I wholeheartedly agree. At this point I sincerely hope no one even touches this franchise ever again for eternity, because if they do it's gonna be absolute dog poop.
Because, first, it will of course have high fidelity graphics, which is actually not a good thing, because it's one of the things making games overly expensive and dragging out development for way too long, such that managers come and go, visions change, and the chances for development hell are much higher.
High graphical fidelity also makes games less satisfying, because it requires maps to be so cluttered (to be believable), that they need to employ stuff like yellow-paint or wooden rope-poles, to mark the spots where you can perform actions, or otherwise they're too easy to miss. But then you no longer find things yourself and get a gratifying feeling of accomplishment and discovery, the game just shows you where things are and hand-holds you through it.
Obviously it also requires beefy PCs with a million terabytes of space, so I personally wouldn't be able to play the next AAA Thief at all.
And then on top of all that there's of course the current executive mindsets leading lots of games to flop. This started a long time ago, and Thief 2014 was actually a prime example of it (and of all of the above). They want to appease every demographic with tons of cinematics and dumbed-down mechanics, and other things. And then they also want more gambling. And they also want the games to be tailored to "modern audiences"...
And it would also cost $100 or more at this point.
So yea, I really hope this series just remains the nice trilogy it already is, and that it's the indie market that brings us more worthy spin-offs, spiritual successors, etc.
