if there was a thief 4 made that follows cannon who would you want to be the - by downwinder
downwinder on 20/8/2023 at 01:08
mxleader not sure you know but after thief 1 they were suppose to make thief 2 more darker with more magic but due to money issues/etc it became what it was
so they could reimage thief 2/3 in a new alt path they way it was ment to be in the first place
mxleader on 20/8/2023 at 18:55
Quote Posted by downwinder
mxleader not sure you know but after thief 1 they were suppose to make thief 2 more darker with more magic but due to money issues/etc it became what it was
so they could reimage thief 2/3 in a new alt path they way it was ment to be in the first place
I did not know this about T2. Luckily there have been plenty of T2 FM's that are dark enough and filled with some very creative magic.
Mortis on 23/8/2023 at 18:01
Plotwise Im not sure. Since the Keepers have kind of been deactivated, theres no one to keep the balance resulting in chaos. There could be a power struggle between the Hammerites, Pagans and maybe even the Keepers are trying to start some shit and officially exert control after being thrust into the light. They could even try to extract revenge against Garrett for taking away their glyphs.
Maybe the Baron has finally returned to the city and is corrupted somehow or thinks that the City has been corrupted in his absence and tries to bring it all down in a fatalistic fashion.
Also it needs to retain some of its campiness and light heartedness via convos and in game readables. This is a must. No emo depressing city city please k thnx
In terms of graphics and art style I would actually vote against modern realistic dark and gritty graphics and would instead prefer a modernized version of T1,T2 with more polys, higher quality textures and animations with nicer shadows and lighting. I like that Thief has a shadowy aesthetic but is still colourful and has interesting textures and patterns going on.
Now as for the Main character, I would like to see a combination of Garrett and his apprentice Lauryl 2.0. Apprentice would play as a standard Thief with the standard tools which we know and love. Garrett on the hand, if Im not mistaken is the only one who can possibly use glyphs, so he would use Glyph magic alternatives and spells to achieve the same effect as the apprentice. Not direct 1:1 replacements but I guess magic equivalents of them like say Levitation instead of a rope arrow or phasing through a locked door, things like that. Spells cost different amounts of mana from a mana pool. Pool could be refilled from pickups or recharge slowly when Garrett is hiding in the shadows and there ARE enemies around.
Either you can choose who to play as each mission or to free roam in The City or alternate mission sets for each character but the overall storyline is the same.
Jason Moyer on 23/8/2023 at 18:03
I'd rather get Nightdive enhanced editions of T1/T2 with a demake of T3 in the Dark/Kex engine than a Thief 4. The story wrapped up nicely in the original trilogy. Now, having said that, it's a shame there really aren't any Thief-inspired games anymore. I'd love an Arkane Lyon developed "hiding in shadows" game, regardless of the setting.
Azaran on 23/8/2023 at 19:46
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
I'd rather get Nightdive enhanced editions of T1/T2 with a demake of T3 in the Dark/Kex engine than a Thief 4.
I would love something (
https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=147813) like this, a remake of the original games in a newer engine. Alas, the guy who was working on it got spooked as soon as people mentioned the C
opyright word
mxleader on 23/8/2023 at 20:23
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
I'd love an Arkane Lyon developed "hiding in shadows" game, regardless of the setting.
That's a good idea but the reality, for me, is that I like the characters in T1/T2 so just having a shadowy key hunt wouldn't feel the same. The game play and atmosphere are fantastic in T1/T2 even now but what really sold me on the game was the characters and if a story has lovable characters you could put them into nearly any environment and it would be good. Without Garrett, Benny, Basso, Victoria, Dewdrop, etc. what do you really have?
downwinder on 24/8/2023 at 00:50
yes all objective in first 2 games would need a lot more added for deeper gameplay "as we all been spoiled on fan missions" i would also like to see more of the npc's we know and ones we hear/read about added to more thief type things
Kevel
cant an a.i. do it all if directed to do it??? let the big company take a a.i. to court for copywrite as we can blame the a.i. for making it all :P
