Anyone play a Thief game before? They are the original 3D stealth games. Now the next one in the installment is coming out for Xbox and PC. Go here for the all info.
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Anyone play a Thief game before? They are the original 3D stealth games. Now the next one in the installment is coming out for Xbox and PC. Go here for the all info.
I'm really psyched about the release of this game. I've played both Thief games and it's one of my favourite series ever.
A couple of previews:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/th...w_6092525.html
http://pc.ign.com/articles/503/503328p1.html?fromint=1
http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/thief-deadl.../502356p1.html
Some new stuff includes being able to climb walls, frame innocent bystanders and the fact that they've recorded 200,000 words for the AI to use. It adds to the feeling when they don't say the same 4 phrases over and over again regardless of what's happening around them. For example, when Garett climbs a wall to escape a few guards, one of them looks up and says "I'll get you when you decide to come back down."
Excellent.
SCORE!!!
Man this game is gonna rule.
I hope they include a level similar to "Return to The Haunted Cathedral" from the first game.
I nearly soiled myself when I played that level.
Hell yeah. The first one was the scariest. I kinda missed the zombies and monsters in the second one. Hope they return with upgraded graphics.
Well, I couldn't edit my post, so I apoligize for the double post.
I found a summary of the game at the Eidos website. Here it is:
Summary
You are Garrett, the master thief. Rarely seen and never caught, Garrett is the best that ever was. Able to sneak past any guard, pick any lock, and break into the most ingeniously secured residences. Garrett steals from the wealthy and gives to himself, making his living in the dark and foreboding City. Here crime and corruption are commonplace, wealthy nobles prey on the poor and each other, and magic and machinery coexist uneasily. World weary and cynical, Garrett wants nothing more than to be left alone to ply his trade. But things never work out that way.
According to ancient prophecies, a Dark Age is approaching. He's determined to stop this darkness before it comes, before someone loses an eye...or worse.
Garrett begins a cautious collaboration with the Keepers, an enigmatic and secretive group. They supply prophetic Glyphs he needs to avert the approaching doom, and he supplies the raw nerve, caustic wit, and artistic thievery that they lack. He sneaks his way through castles, mansions, prisons, cathedrals, dungeons, and museums, past armed guards, hired muscle, angry thugs, hideous monsters, and much worse. He's out to steal the City's oldest treasures - treasures that can help stop the darkness foretold in the prophecies.
But things quickly go awry. Disaster looms closer with every step Garrett takes. In his efforts to prevent the Dark Age, he has inadvertently roused an ancient hidden evil. To make matters worse, the Keepers, sworn to protect the City and maintain the balance, instead find themselves decaying from their very core. In their desperate search for the One who will betray them, their eyes turn to Garrett.
Once again, Garrett finds himself without allies, standing alone between the City and the forces that would crush it. Will his skills be enough to save the dying City? Can he survive betrayal, assassins, and war in the labyrinthine city streets? Will he destroy or be destroyed by the evil he awoke? And finally, what must he do to get what he wants most of all: to be left alone plying his trade as the City’s greatest… Thief?
Features
Cutting-edge Action Stealth Gameplay – Hide in the shadows, sneak past the guards, or ambush them from the darkness!
Huge Arsenal of Thieves’ Tools – Including lock picks, a blackjack, arrows, wall climbing gloves, oil flasks, flash bombs, and a dagger.
An Entire City to Explore – Break into any building, mug nobles on the streets, spend your loot, and earn a reputation. Feel like a real thief in a cityscape of unparalleled responsiveness and interactivity.
Advanced Artificial Intelligence – AI guards that see and hear, track evidence and suspiciousness, search for intruders, fight, give chase, and perform lip synching, facial expressions, and hundreds of lines of real-time dialog.
Dynamic Lighting and Shadow System – Every character and object casts realistic, dynamic shadows that effect stealth gameplay.
Nice eh?
I've heard that the release date for both the PC and X-Box version is the 26th of May. :love:
I'll miss the Rope and Vine Arrows from Thief 2, especially on the level Masks, where you can slide down a vine arrow, steal a mask and hop back up the rope without ever touching the pressure sensitive flooring.
It will be good though. Free-reign of the city, steal from an area and the security will beef up, as will the prize from stealing.
Just needs more rooftop areas like that amazing level in Thief 2.
And as long as the guards still call Garrett a Taffer.
Well, hopefully the climbing gloves will work out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lindz
I gonna love this part of the game. So many times I need some extra money to buy that precious bottle of Holy Water of extra Healing Potion.Quote:
It will be good though. Free-reign of the city, steal from an area and the security will beef up, as will the prize from stealing.
I loved that level! But it was so freaking hard. I think it was called "Life of the Party".Quote:
Just needs more rooftop areas like that amazing level in Thief 2.
It wouldn't be a Thief game without that.Quote:
And as long as the guards still call Garrett a Taffer.
Climbing gloves won't let you slide down over a balcony or slide down from the ceiling, that's what I'll miss about the arrows.
"Life Of The Party" was the level after the rooftop one, that was the awesomely hard one, especially fun on Expert mode.
Yeah, the rope arrows are awesome. I will miss them two. I use them all the time in Thief I and II. But it will still be an awesome game. wOOt!