Ricebug on 21/5/2023 at 09:35
With all of the crap that's being peddled today, anything that keeps our beloved protagonist in the race is worth the studio's investiture, misguided though they may be.
Why does a game that should have gone extinct ten years after its launch still attract an almost religious devotion? And why did Thief 4 fail to maintain that same fervor? (Actually, sales did better than expected when it launched.) I think it boils down to that one unquantifiable that cannot be represented on a PowerPoint slide: heart. The old Thief games had heart aplenty without regard for the bottom line, while the newer game, with all of its polish, failed its fanbase, thanks to Eidos board of directors' focus on profit.
The predatory greed that drives the industry beast will guarantee more of the same, unfortunately.
demagogue on 27/5/2023 at 04:20
I'd be wary of a Thief 5 either reboot or coming off of Thief 4.
One thing I'd be curious to see, if done properly, is if they made a remake of the original Thief TDP and it were done very atmospherically. They did that with Tomb Raider Anniversary and now with System Shock, and I'm sure there are some other examples I'm not thinking of right now. Those may not be the best examples of how to remake an old game. But if they remade TDP with graphics and style sort of in line with Thief 4 except updated to today, I think it could be good. The one nice thing I can say about Thief 4 is it had some good aesthetics and art style in places.
Samantha1 on 27/5/2023 at 07:47
I agree with this. If they were to make a remake of TDP and I mean 1:1 remake - no changes of the story, characters, relationships or anything, only an improved quality in graphics and atmoshpere - I´d love to play that.
As you said thief 4 has some really good asthetics. There are also great wallpapers from it available. I use one as my background on pc and pretend that its not from the thief reboot but from the original:p
weylfar on 27/5/2023 at 21:14
I would prefer completely new plotline in series of games with rounded story.
demagogue on 28/5/2023 at 03:20
Yes, that'd be great too, but in that case it doesn't even need to be Thief then. Just a new medieval urban fantasy game.
Shadowcat on 28/5/2023 at 07:08
Quote Posted by Bucky Seifert
At this point I'd expect Beyond Good and Evil 2 to come out before Thief 5.
Huh, that never got released?
Quote Posted by zomfg1234
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.
Discounting LGS themselves, that also wasn't how games were made before Thief either. The Dark Project turned heads
because it was so different to the cookie-cutter shooters that dominated the first-person genre of the time (and of course because it was brilliant). I'm sure a modern equivalent would be seen as a big risk, but that was true of the original game as well.
If every major game is focused on the same things, eventually the time will be right for another brilliant game which goes against the grain.
Starker on 28/5/2023 at 08:05
Quote Posted by Shadowcat
Huh, that never got released?
It's been in development hell for at least 15 years and counting by now.
TheRealSlimGarrett on 28/5/2023 at 08:52
Am I the only person who cannot see any reference to a new game in the video? It's just cuts from T4.
Samantha1 on 28/5/2023 at 09:16
Every game mentioned in this video has just cutscenes from the previous game. If I recall correct it was also somewhere stated in the description or comments.
