Thief 2014

[eliasfrost]

I feel like they do have respect to the Thief franchise, when some early videos came out and got a ton of criticism, Eidos changed everything that made people angry and introduced a lot of options so the game is customizable to what you like.

That's not really want I meant with respect for the franchise. Like I said, the game might have the mechanics intact and it might be fun to play on its own, but they have disregarded everything that Thief is artistically, for a good comparison, Thief 2014 is to the Thief franchise pretty much what Heroes 5 and Dark Messiah was to the Might and Magic series, the only thing intact is the name and a few characters making a cameo.

It has nothing to do with mechanics or difficulty, it's the core of what the game is, the aesthetics, the feeling and history of the franchise. Just like the new Hitman devs completely disregards what Hitman is on a fundamental level, Eidos completely disregards what Thief is on a fundamental level. They extracted what Thief is on a superficial level and left the soul of the Thief series to rot.

And it also doesn't help that trying to take a niche series and re-shape it to fit the majority is bound to having to resort to leaving out what was so niche and special about it in the first place. There's a reason why this game is getting such low scores and incredible heavy criticism, it's because it's (rightfully so for once) is compared to it's predecessors, it is a Thief game, it's marketed as a Thief game. So Square Enix (or anyone else) shouldn't have the audacity to try to wave it off and say something like "don't compare it to the OLD ones, these are new times". It doesn't work like that, especially with old, beloved and iconic franchises.


Sorry if I come across as a bit eager and edgy, I've just have had a deep despise for Square Enix lately. It gets me all worked up to talk about it, because I love the specific series they've ruined and it's extremely saddening.

Here's a good video about the original Thief, a very good analysis of the game. The main point of the video and something I agree with is that player control methods makes a huge different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIhEtXPGz...ecKUc4zRhQ