THIEF pros and cons

[Alfi]

Well hello there. Today i will discuss the pros and cons of an upcoming game: Thief.

I have to say though, i really loved the first 3 games, and i have good expectations on the new one.

Pros:
1. Now, the game itself will be more good-looking.
2.There will be a lot of ways of doing things. Like in Dishonored.
3. The atmosphere of the game is one of it's first selling points. If you manage to make the atmosphere in a game feel right- win win.
4. The XP system. Even though it has it's cons. The XP system has a lot of advantage of customizing/building your character to your desired play style.
5. NEW STUFF! There will be a lot of new, cool game mechanics in THIEF.

Now to the sad stuff.

Cons:
1. Cons in the XP system. The game gives you xp for killing people. Even though in the first 3 games killing was not intended, and not useful. Now- the game basically encourages you to kill-which is a bad thing.
2.Dumb players: now, this is more of a community con than anything. Some people think that THIEF is a copy of Dishonored and Assassin's creed, which it's not. The franchise was created in the 90s and it's good to see that such a great game still lives.

Well, that about covers it for this thread. Let me know what you think. Want to add something? Feel free.

Have a good day :)

[Mr Windblade]

Forgot to add a con to your thread:

The OP didn't realize that the XP system is no longer in the game.

[Funk]

XP has been removed from the game.

I believe the last thief game came out in 2004. Since 2004 no new Thief games have been released and the gaming industry changed so there will be more comparisons with recent games than older games.

As you said 'There will be a lot more ways of doing things'. In the original thief games there was pretty much one way you could do things. So this game MAY have been influenced alot by Dishonored.

[Alfi]

Originally posted by Mr Windblade:

Forgot to add a con to your thread:

The OP didn't realize that the XP system is no longer in the game.

Thanks for correcting me, i didn't know :)

[Alfi]

Originally posted by Rose of Mischief:

XP has been removed from the game.

I believe the last thief game came out in 2004. Since 2004 no new Thief games have been released and the gaming industry changed so there will be more comparisons with recent games than older games.

As you said 'There will be a lot more ways of doing things'. In the original thief games there was pretty much one way you could do things. So this game MAY have been influenced alot by Dishonored.

This is kind of right, and wrong at the same time. In the last Thief game, you could infiltrate a place in different ways. But you always do the objective in the same way. So, yeah- right AND wrond at the same time.

[Funk]

I just want to add that the XP system also rewarded you for not killing people, and if Splinter Cell: Blacklist is anything to go by you would have been rewarded more for leaving everything like you saw it. <- I thought this is what you meant by saying 'There will be a lot more ways of doing things'. That you could choose to or to not kill everyone you saw. :D

[Alfi]

Originally posted by Rose of Mischief:

I just want to add that the XP system also rewarded you for not killing people, and if Splinter Cell: Blacklist is anything to go by you would have been rewarded more for leaving everything like you saw it. <- I thought this is what you meant by saying 'There will be a lot more ways of doing things'. That you could choose to or to not kill everyone you saw. :D

That would be awesome if the devs could figure this out :) But for right now we don't have an XP system :I. Well, we still have somewhere up to 4 months until the release. Maybe they will figure this out.

[Strigoi1958]

will it still have moss arrows ?

[Alfi]

Originally posted by d.gray370:

will it still have moss arrows ?

I don't know, the gameplay footage didn't present any

[Funk]

Originally posted by XxThe_Golden_GamerxX:

Originally posted by Rose of Mischief:

I just want to add that the XP system also rewarded you for not killing people, and if Splinter Cell: Blacklist is anything to go by you would have been rewarded more for leaving everything like you saw it. <- I thought this is what you meant by saying 'There will be a lot more ways of doing things'. That you could choose to or to not kill everyone you saw. :D

That would be awesome if the devs could figure this out :) But for right now we don't have an XP system :I. Well, we still have somewhere up to 4 months until the release. Maybe they will figure this out.

...
Did you research before you formed your opinion on the XP system?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udzgthkDAIc

^They talk about the XP system here. I think. Its somewhere.