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Decline Thiaf Pre-Release Thread

Discussion in 'General Gaming' started by MetalCraze, Mar 5, 2013.

  1. JarlFrank I like Thief THIS much Patron

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    To protect his eyes from all the dirt and grit flying around in that dark and gritty city while he sprints over the rooftops.
     
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  2. Lancehead Liturgist

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    To stand out in a crowd, saying "I'm a badass master thief assassin with emotional issues".
     
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  4. Borelli Arcane

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    This post pisses me off because i know this guy is using the word franchise in a console sense. You see lots of console franchises started on the NES and their gameplay usually doesn't change much between installments (fanboy would rage otherwise) so it doesn't matter what game you choose first to "get into" the franchise. Thief however DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY. You CAN NOT get into it by starting with thief 4, because unlike console franchises where the gameplay somewhat got better in NES>SNES>PS1>PS2 evolution (fanboy nostalgia goggles notwithstanding) Thief is a "oldie but goodie" type of series where further you go back better games you get.
     
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  5. Trash Pointing and laughing.

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    Garret is now less "gothic" and more mainstream "For the modern audience of today's console market."

    Hahahahaaaahaaaaargh. Fuck you, Eidos. Fuck you.
     
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  6. Cyberarmy Love fool Patron

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    Not unexpected though, its safe to assume Thief 4 is going to be like something Assassins Creed now...
    Another one bites the dust :/
     
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    I bet he sparkles in the sunlight.

    But Jesus, no man. In Thief 1 Garret went on jobs because he had to pay the rent. Why must modern games fuck everything up by being about vengeance and EMOSHUNS and stuff?
     
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  8. DraQ Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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    I still have to play Th1ef, but I already hate.
     
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  9. JarlFrank I like Thief THIS much Patron

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    Also why the fuck is he wearing a spiky shoulder pad

    oh why do i even ask
     
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  10. Darth Roxor Prestigious Gentleman Wielder of the Huegpenis

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    Ban DraQ
     
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  12. Darth Roxor Prestigious Gentleman Wielder of the Huegpenis

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  13. Lancehead Liturgist

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    Why don't they make a new character? On one hand they go on about how iconic Garret was and on the other they essentially scrap all of his character for whatever they think is cool with the retarded new audience. Nevermind that they're lazy fucks who can't come up with their own setting, can't they at least show some fucking respect to the original developers works and make a new character? Disgusting hacks.
     
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  14. Cyberarmy Love fool Patron

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    QTEs starting with "spiky shoulder charge"
    Stopping heavy weapons with shoulders for counter attacks (with more QTE)
    Oh the possibilites!!!1!!!



    Fucking asslickers them Eidos/Square Enix guys... First Agent 47, then Lara Croft and now Garret...
     
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  15. Zewp Arcane

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    So are takedowns confirmed? I saw something about it on Softpedia but whoever wrote the article must be dumb as fuck because they think Ubisoft is making the game.
     
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  16. Cyberarmy Love fool Patron

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    Arrow to the knee, or right in them eyes...
     
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  17. Ninja Destroyer Arcane Patron

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    Yeah, I can see the problem here. Use sneaking or kill anything in sight. And considering the console friendly level design it's really sad. Probably many of those guys wouldn't even finish first mission in Thief.
     
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  18. Gord Arcane

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    I think that is just the foldable composite bow he's wearing on his back, not the shoulder pads.
     
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  19. tuluse Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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    Serpent in the Staglands Divinity: Original Sin Project: Eternity Torment: Tides of Numenera Shadorwun: Hong Kong
    I feel bad that I thought this game might be ok.
     
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  20. Darth Roxor Prestigious Gentleman Wielder of the Huegpenis

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    The shoulder pad itself is completely nonsensical, though, whether it's spiky or not.
     
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  21. Infinitron I post news Patron

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    Grab the Codex by the pussy Dead State Divinity: Original Sin Project: Eternity Torment: Tides of Numenera Wasteland 2 Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 A Beautifully Desolate Campaign Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pathfinder: Kingmaker Pathfinder: Kingmaker
    Dude they wouldn't even find the way into Bafford's manor.

    Or are you referring to the tutorial? :smug:
     
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  22. Ninja Destroyer Arcane Patron

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    :smug: indeed. Here I am pressing "New Game" and after that I am in some dark place with no bloom. As I'm standing patiently nothing appears on my screen. Where are the text prompts, what to do, where to go exactly? And tutorial in seperate segment of my game? Preposterous! I'm not judging the whole console players, but statement like the quoted one aren't giving any opportunity to defend themselves. And the lenght in time of missions, like 1 hour minimum for me; it really can't be done in this time and demographic conditions.
     
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  23. Pika-Cthulhu Arcane

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    Same reason Donte, Agent 47 and Lara croft got the Reimagining rapestick, they are really that fucking incompetent that they cannot into original ideas, cant even make a new character so just hijack an existing IP with already established main character and then give them a beating with the mainstream dumbfuck stick to turn them into generic hero #55437 but this time with EMOSHUN!!!

    In short, fucking useless hacks raping an existing product because they are incompetent lackwits that havent an original concept in their vapid cavernous empty heads making facile games for the mainstream dumbshit casual console(optional) cattle to hopefully move up the food chain from dev to exec where they can do no work and take all the credit.

    Replaying Thief Gold (CBF installing my TDP disc) from Steam with DDFix at 1920 x 1080, game looks a bit dated but still plays well, I should grab a texture pack but ill keep with it for a while. I could possibly forgive all the dumbshit comments and apparent idiotic design decision if they were to have the same difficulty as Thief. Easy = Objective, Medium = Objective, Some gold, Dont kill Servants/Non combatants, Hard = Objective, Steal most of the golds (or all of the things), Dont kill anyone, Secret bonus points for not being seen/detected at all/using super special ninja godmode powers. Then watch as all the CoD endless corridors press X to cutscene casual fucks cry rivers on the forums because they cant be the bestest super awesome dude with all the achievments unlocked and have to engage brain to play.

    That wont happen though, and it makes me sad.
     
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  24. JarlFrank I like Thief THIS much Patron

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    It can, it's called "Kickstarter" and "saying the right things to the Thief community to get those funds coming".
     
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  25. Lancehead Liturgist

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    But who's got the talent to replicate what Thief 1 and 2 did? The brains behind the originals have scattered about.
     
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