Hit Deity on 15/5/2023 at 17:49
Quote Posted by downwinder
thief reboot = 1
Too many people referred to it as "Thorf" for me to forget that. Sorry.
weylfar on 15/5/2023 at 17:54
I think new Thief will be complete reboot but it will have some entitlement like, for example, Thief: Writhing darkness or Fallen sanctum...
Ricebug on 16/5/2023 at 20:11
Quote Posted by Brethren
I think this is just a case of a random youtube channel manufacturing news that isn't real. If there was a new Thief game in the works, there'd be way more coverage and press.
None of the links are YT except the first one. The others are industry letters.
Renault on 16/5/2023 at 23:39
I was mainly referring to the first link, which is from a site that has no affiliation whatsoever with Eidos or Embracer Group. They're just just trying to gain a few clicks with no credible evidence to back up their claim. We really shouldn't even consider it to be a Thief 5 trailer, because there's no actual Thief 5 footage in it, or any statements or facts about the game that are verified.
Not sure what exactly you mean by "industry letters" but those last 2 links contain old news that is fairly well known around here.
Ricebug on 17/5/2023 at 01:56
Gee, I feel like I'm in an old folks' home, sitting with a bunch of grumps. Well, whatdya expect from a bunch still embracing a 50-year-old game. :angel:
Renault on 17/5/2023 at 02:25
That's fair, we're old! Still fun to speculate sometimes though.
zomfg1234 on 17/5/2023 at 16:38
I don't understand what's the point of this thread to be honest. There's quite literally 0 information on Thief 5, there has been no teaser, nothing. Some garbage channel uploaded the low quality version of Thi4f and called it as something else, does it warrant the existence of its own thread? No. I suppose it's frustrating to me because the name implies there's a piece of information, where in fact nothing like that exists whatsoever.
Bucky Seifert on 17/5/2023 at 17:51
At this point I'd expect Beyond Good and Evil 2 to come out before Thief 5.
weylfar on 17/5/2023 at 17:58
Tomb raider and Deus Ex are in production. Question is who would produce Thief 5, Eidos Montreal or somebody else?
zomfg1234 on 17/5/2023 at 18:15
I sincerely doubt Thief will ever get to have a new AAA entry. Thi4f was a flop that tainted the brand, but what's even more important is that the genre itself is not profitable. Every major stealth game today focuses more on action, and what Thief is known for: great audio propagation, very little focus on combat, extremely immersive world, etc. That is not how games are made today. These aspects are often poor or non existent now. You have to consider that far more marketable type of games can sink companies, nobody will make anything like Thief again (with the AAA budget I mean). Embracer has the rights, but that's only because it came in the Square Enix bundle, not because they actually care or want to make more Thief.
