Thief announced for PC/PS4 and other next-gen console

[PureDante]

Mummelmann said:

PureDante said:
Thief 4? Where the hell was thief 1-3?

Likely released before you started gaming.

Thief 1 and 2 are ancient by todays standards are were available only on PC, developed by a studio long gone (Looking Glass) and published by Eidos before they went bust and Square Enix bought them (at the time when they were called Squaresoft).

Thief is largely attributed with inventing the modern stealth game, it had gameplay elements never before seen and slow-paced, tactical gameplay, it also had optional objectives and introduced a setting and style where the character had very little gear to help himself with, this in a time of plenty where shooters and other games threw you more ammo, guns, swords, potions and other stuff than you could shake a stick at.

The series also introduced one of the coolest characters ever in a game in its main protagonist, Garret, and the fact that he's not actually a protagonist at all but mostly serves his own ends makes it all the more sweet. The game was wholly unique and was equal parts funny, entertaining, exciting, scary, clever and challenging.

The second Thief game showed us one of the first first-person steampunk inspired adventures, it has a cool mix of ancient mechanics, alchemy, magic and good old plating and steel. It saw some really original equipment and gameplay as well (such as Garrets mechanical eye that he can connect to spying cameras he throws on the ground).

What I liked best about them was the fact that your objective was not to kill anything and everything in sight, in fact, that was near impossible since you're not a fierce warrior (but still dangerous as long as you remain hidden), you were stealing things, covering tracks, knocking people unconscious etc. Fantastic games with a unique atmosphere and some of the most incredibly cool, stylized cutscenes I've seen in a game.

The third Thief is a good game as well, only not as good as the two first ones, its a lot more updated on the visual front and has a more modern feel and interface than the previous games but not as much charm, depth and richness to the gameplay.

I recommend all three games though, games like Dishonored, Skyrim, Gothic, Hitman, Uncharted, Dark Messiah of Might & Magic, Metro 2033, S.T.A.L.K.E.R, Bioshock, Fallout and basically all other modern games with decent or good stealth elements took most of their cues from the original Thief games and, in that regard, they are just as influental as Half-Life, Call of Duty and Halo in some aspects. Go play them! Now!

I started with Sonic 2 on the Genesis, still never heard of it. But, aside from Gothic and Dark Messiah, I've played the rest of the bunch. If Thief inspired stealth at all, then I'll consider looking into the new one :)