Post by Eorl @ 05:57am 16/06/12 | 28 Comments
Back in 2009 Eidos Montreal announced their second secret title, Thief 4, which has since been in the shadows with no real news besides a tantalising website. While Eidos Montreal hasn't necessarily said that the project has been scrapped, hopefully with this recent CGI trailer we can expect some more news for the great silent killer.
Check out the trailer below which shows off what one can only hope is Garrett with a new pop-out bow, similar to the recent Avengers star, Hawkeye.
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Posted 10:06am 16/6/12
The CGI is poor quality to view but it seems to retain the Thief look and feel.
I am a massive Thief fan so I;m am very much looking forward to this game, my most anticipated game in a very long time.
The question is...Stephen Russell as Garrett still? and does it have the iconic loot sound?
Posted 10:45am 16/6/12
Well, anyway - Russell was a major voice actor in Skyrim, so there's good reason to be optimistic about his return.
I just hope that they don't turn Garrett into a flashy action hero, he always seemed less of an Assassin's Creed type ninja to me, and more like a Game of Thrones Bronn character, wielding a sword and bow while sneaking through mansions and nuttier situations...
Posted 10:27am 16/6/12
Posted 11:26am 16/6/12
Posted 11:28am 16/6/12
Yeah I don't want him turned into an Ezio either, he was always a misanthropic smartarse who always saw an opportunity to make himself rich, all without being seen.
Posted 05:31pm 16/6/12
Ta for the UP though!
Posted 05:51pm 16/6/12
Posted 11:41pm 16/6/12
Posted 08:34am 17/6/12
Posted 03:24pm 17/6/12
Posted 03:39pm 17/6/12
Oh and if they can't work out how to get rope arrows working in T4 and wuss out and give us climbing gloves again, they have to let them work everywhere and not just on certain walls.
Posted 03:43pm 17/6/12
Posted 03:47pm 17/6/12
In hindsight it's probably better in my memory than it was in practice as graphically the thief games have aged pretty badly.
Posted 03:51pm 17/6/12
Have some rad memories - god this game had amazing sound -
Posted 04:09pm 17/6/12
Posted 05:10pm 17/6/12
Posted 07:32pm 17/6/12
Having a great deal of fun playing these games (been playing TDP for what, 14 years now? and still enjoy it everytime lol.
Graphics have aged horribly for, but the Dark Engine never looked that good anyway. The sound though it is still better than 95% if games out there - atmosphere is so palpable. Eric Brosius is a legend of game sound. Thief was the first game that you had to have sound to play the game well.
Can't remember how many times back in those early days you would be sneaking around listening to guards come closer, then patrol away, the ambient noise and then suddenly Garrett would talk which would then enforce an underwear change of the brown variety lmao
The noise was just an amazing experience, even the loot sound today brings a big smile to my face, absolutely love it.
The game was so atmospheric, so beautifully realised, it was executed very well. It's a rather simple concept - Shadow, Stealth and Sound they are it's core concepts and they were weaved beautifully together, even T3 (TDS) was done very well, albeit with some concessions made towards a console orientated market.
Posted 07:37pm 17/6/12
Posted 07:43pm 17/6/12
The loss of the uniquely valuable difficulty levels/extended storyline was a disappointment as well. T1 and T2 are the only games where I've bothered to go back at a higher difficulty.
Though on the few cutscenes that weren't 3d rendered abominations, they managed to maintain the impossibly awesome sound design.
Posted 07:48pm 17/6/12
T3 was a game of significant contrasts: My biggest haterd of T3 was simply the Keeper Assassins - simply they were extremely poorly implemented. Of everything that is the one thing that really broke the story for me. My love of T3 though is some of the level design - the seaside mansion is beautiful to behold, I remember sneaking around under the glass dome thinking you know what would suck right now? lightning so of course a few seconds later lightning erupted overhead and I was illluminated. The Shaledridge Cradle was a gorgeous level, a fantastic experience, scary as all gets (well at least it is on expert difficulty), great story to it and a beautiful mixture of sound and lighting design - truly a beautiful level in gaming.
Posted 07:59pm 17/6/12
In retrospect, that above cutscene reminds me hugely of the sound design from Avatar the Last Airbender, in the past lives/genocide scene, clearly converging styles of awesomeness.
Posted 08:10pm 17/6/12
I hope they retain the stylised look of the Thief cutscenes though, they are iconic to the series as well.
Posted 08:20pm 17/6/12
Posted 08:28pm 17/6/12
If Thief 4 is about Garrett, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a prequel. They prequeled Deus Ex, and the backplot might be a bit much on newcomers...
Posted 08:34pm 17/6/12
Posted 08:36pm 17/6/12
Of course it could be post T3 and yes I've wondered myself how the ending to T3 would slot into Garretts previous solitary existence.
As for Multiplayer, well it has been done by fans before as Nerfy mentioned and it wasn't too bad. On the whole though Garrett is very much a solitary figure, THE master thief not just A master thief.
Co-op would be very fun though, if it were a prequel you could market it on two thieves in their early thieving careers teaming up for tough jobs etc.. I think that could be enjoyable.
Posted 08:38pm 17/6/12
I've thought far too much about this game..
Posted 11:17am 09/8/12