| Dallinor said: I'm not too sure about this. I loved the first game, but the sequels were a bit disappointing in my opinion. I don't think its a game that requires a strong story or lots of dialogue. I think more freedom in terms of what areas you could enter, how to approach each level and what you could steal (ala some of the early hitman games) would make for a more enjoyable game. I agree with Chrizum, less scripted moments and more of a sandbox free-roaming feel would be a better direction for this franchise. |
This. Scripted moments have very little place in a Thief game. There can be a very few for storytelling sake, although a very few cutscenes can do the same job, but they must not interrupt the action if not in the very few moments it's strictly necessary (like in the last levels of the first Thief, when there is its biggest plot twist). Also, I really DON'T want camera changes during action, in the PC version of Prince of Persia: Sands of Time they were so nasty when playing with mouse and keyboard that it's one of the very few games I stopped playing. The point of view must be lockable to always first person, with camera changes only during (very few) scripted moments and cutscenes.
Large levels like in Thief I and II must come back, no split levels like in Thief III, while free roaming, even partial with hub levels, like in Thief III, is the only good news the latter had compared to the generally far better first two titles. And Garrett must be able to swim again, that unlearning it was the second crappiest thing of Thief III after the levels split in parts.
One last thing: not many zombies, they're just annoying if the game is hard, with limited supply of fire arrows and holy water, like the first two games, and not easier and spammed with too many rare weapons and items like Thief III (in Thief III, with them regenerating in the hub levels, I always had my quiver full: maybe the Bonehoard in Thief I was too hard, but Thief III made things far too easy).
I'm crossing my fingers for this long-awaited 4th chapter...
