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SubJeff on 11/6/2013 at 19:26

Quote Posted by Brethren

To be fair though, I think most people are responding to what they see on-screen. The argument before yesterday was "don't judge anything until we see some gameplay." Well, now we have, and I'd say 99% of the criticism here is based on details from that video.

Here - Thief 1 trailers.

From a demo disk: (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AWg_-ivqa0)

THE FRAKKING E3 TRAILER FROM 1997

[video=youtube;pGRVuWpZ9lE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGRVuWpZ9lE[/video]

To watch these trailers you'd think it was all about running around and shooting arrows and fire arrows. There is not one single piece of stealth gameplay in the gameplay footage.

So I guess Thief 1 was just about running around and shooting stuff then? No, no it wasn't. At all.

I'm sure you are nice people in real life and I'm just about done here. I do have to say this though - this all makes you look highly unintelligent.

sNeaksieGarrett on 11/6/2013 at 20:42

(http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/06/11/e3-2013-thief-learning-from-a-master?utm_campaign=ign+main+twitter&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social)

Good grief this has gotten out of hand. (I mean the discussion in this forum, not the article I linked about.)

There's things that bother me about this game too, and that's based on what I've seen in the video now. That having been said, things could be different for the PC version (since it appears this was a PS4 demo) since Nixxes is working on it. Also, if it can be turned off then we're whining about nothing.

I understand wanting to make things accessible to players, but I also think for the more hardcore players there needs to be options for turning off annoying shit. Hitman Absolution sort of tried to do that by changing what happens on screen at higher difficulty levels for example. Also, at this point I'm thinking what we'll get is a good game, but it just won't quite live up to the standards of the previous Thief games. That's disappointing, but I guess a new game is better than no game at all. (Oh wait - I just shot myself in the foot for saying that in here.)

All that said, the article I posted above actually makes THIEF sound good, except for the mentioning of the annoying crap like an icon above a guard's head. I don't know, it still feels too early to tell how well this game is going to be pulled off. There's definitely one thing though that seems ridiculous and I doubt they will change - using your blackjack in fights instead of a sword. Then again, I guess from a realism standpoint, it makes more sense for a thief to not use a sword than to use one.

Chade on 11/6/2013 at 21:05

Quote Posted by thiefinthedark

I'd just like to point out that, outside of the little closeted bubble here, the reaction has been universally negative. Reddit, SA, NeoGaf, etc are all ripping this POS a new butthole.

thiefinthedark, can you help me out and post some links? I thought my google-fu was passable, but all I'm getting are discussions of the cinematic trailer, not this gameplay video.

Renault on 11/6/2013 at 21:10

Quote Posted by Subjective Effect

I'm sure you are nice people in real life and I'm just about done here. I do have to say this though - this all makes you look highly unintelligent.

You're really sexy when you're frustrated.

TriangleTooth on 11/6/2013 at 21:33

That article boosted my faith a tiny bit but still annoyed.

But it raises a point - is Garrett's new eye related to focus abilities?

sNeaksieGarrett on 11/6/2013 at 22:22

Thief going to be demoed right now here: (http://www.gamespot.com/e3/live/)

Edit:
Commentator from EM mentioned you can turn off HUD elements.

Renzatic on 11/6/2013 at 22:30

Quote Posted by sNeaksieGarrett

Thief going to be demoed right now here: (http://www.gamespot.com/e3/live/)

Edit:
Commentator from EM mentioned you can turn off HUD elements.

Did you just see that? The guards will open up doors, containers, and shutters while looking for you. That's awesome. Just watching them search for you in alert mode was pretty impressive.

Edit: They also turned off all the floating HUD elements, which makes the game look a helluva lot better.

I don't know how anyone can see this this and say it doesn't look or play anything like Thief.

Edit 2: ROPE ARROWS! One concern about them, though. I dunno if you can shoot them anywhere you've got a wooden surface, or just in premarked areas. The one place he shot in the demo was lit up blue while he was in focus mode...

sNeaksieGarrett on 11/6/2013 at 22:39

Oh yeah, I did notice the blue stuff. I somehow missed the bit about guards opening shutters though.:o I was a bit distracted by something outside of the video. That having been said, if anyone missed the live demo, you can actually scroll through the feed right now to go back to it.

jay pettitt on 11/6/2013 at 22:41

It was definitely less clunky than the first play through vid.

+ let slip that focus is powered by poppies, so presumably linked to the opium factory under The Golden Cat Brothel somehow.

taffersshadow on 11/6/2013 at 22:45

So, Garrett is also a drug addict this time through? Should be powered off Ritalin then. I hear it helps you "focus". :p