Just to remind you all. Thief 1's E3 trailer. Compare it to the Thief 4 trailers. - by SubJeff
SubJeff on 11/6/2013 at 20:02
[video=youtube;pGRVuWpZ9lE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=pGRVuWpZ9lE[/video]
Just for context.
Stealth? Not really.
Arrows? YUP
Running? YUP
Violence? YUP
Not get back in your cages.
Melan on 11/6/2013 at 20:44
"No rocket launcher... no bio-armor... just skill... the dark... plus a few arrows..."
Sounds about right. Also featuring:
- Thief's trademark industrial beats and nocturnal tones
- decent voice acting
- a stealthy kill
- AI running for help when wounded
- swimming
Not featuring:
- fish-eye overlay
- tooltips all over the screen, including but not limited to: knockout dots, footstep dots and emote dots
- slow-mo
- 3rd person
- hand simulation
- f***ing experience points for headshots
- Doritos Guy
Conclusion: give me this game.
Renault on 11/6/2013 at 20:48
Quote Posted by Melan
Not featuring:
- fish-eye overlay
- tooltips all over the screen, including but not limited to: knockout dots, footstep dots and emote dots
- slow-mo
- 3rd person
- hand simulation
- f***ing experience points for headshots
- Doritos Guy
-Skills upgrading using XP
-Quick-time Events
Infinitron on 11/6/2013 at 20:52
It's true that the trailers for the original Thief games were quite action-packed. Some of the cutscenes, too - wasn't there one where Garrett impaled a Hammerite with a fire arrow?
However, that was an era when the default mode for first person games was Quake & Unreal-style arcade action. Today, the public is quite familiar with the concept of a slower-paced, more exploration-driven first person experience, due to the success of the Elder Scrolls games.
Renzatic on 11/6/2013 at 20:54
Quote Posted by Infinitron
However, that was an era when the default mode for first person games was Quake & Unreal-style arcade action. Today, the public is quite familiar with the concept of a slower-paced, more exploration-driven first person experience, due to the success of the Elder Scrolls games.
So which is it? Are they supposedly dumbing down Thief and making it a completely linear, stealth free action game to appeal to the ignorant console masses who have wholly rejected Thief, or because EM is stupid and dumb and I hate them so much?
Vivian on 11/6/2013 at 20:55
yeah, look at all the slow-paced exploration. I mean, I'm not saying there isn't some merit to a lot of the concerns people are spewing out, but on the other hand, e3.
[video=youtube;iPy_XDLE9ns]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPy_XDLE9ns[/video]
Infinitron on 11/6/2013 at 21:01
I'm not sure what you're trying to say. My point is that the original Thief games had more of a reason to resort to using misleading trailers and cutscenes than similar games released today.
EM's Thief trailer may or may not be an inaccurate portrayal of the game's content, but I would say that it's not as likely to be inaccurate as the original Thief's trailer was. Obviously, we'll only know for sure when the game is released.
Renzatic on 11/6/2013 at 21:05
Quote Posted by Infinitron
EM's Thief trailer may or may not be an inaccurate portrayal of the game's content, but I would say that it's
not as likely to be inaccurate as the original Thief's trailer was. Obviously, we'll only know for sure when the game is released.
Considering both trailers for New Thief have been a heavier emphasis on stealth and avoiding combat (and corset fetishes, apparently), we can only hope you're right.
Vivian on 11/6/2013 at 21:06
E3 trailers always seem to be skewed towards ACTION ACTION ACTION at the expense of much else. Would be what SE and then I were trying to say. Which takes the point of the whole stupid event even existing, but hey. What are you going to do. I'm not paying for a ticket.
On the other hand, the SS2 e3 trailer still looks DOPE:
[video=youtube;HDazVK6FFcY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDazVK6FFcY[/video]
SubJeff on 11/6/2013 at 21:10
Brethren and Melan - can you really, honestly, not see my point?
Really?
