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[RibbedHero]

Mock and lock if old

http://redwhirlpool.blogspot.ro/

 

[RevDM]

Hopefully they take the game in a new direction and add linear unavoidable action scenes and QTEs.

 

[Forkball]

MORE LIKE DISHONORED 2 AMIRITE

I'm always up for more stealth so uh, good?

 

[Deleted member 102362]

Some really sexy stuff here.

 

[Kouichi]

Few more here with brief explanation about the world of Thief: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/03/25/the-world-of-thief.aspx

"The first goal was to avoid feeling [like you're] in a village, a small town," Cantin says. "My goal was to do a metropolis. Something really modern even though it fits in an old time." He explains that the City will not be as sprawling as something seen in Grand Theft Auto, but players will feel like there is a large world around them.

The art team wants every room that Garrett explores to feel lived in. Check out the high level of detail in the shop above.

Stonemarket and its clock tower return from the third game in the series, Thief: Deadly Shadows. Here it's a central hub for Garrett and a meeting of the rich and poor classes in the City. This blend is shown in a mix of medieval and Victorian architecture styles.

Above is a look at Garrett's hideout in the top of a clock tower, which is a great example of the team's take on steampunk. "The art style of steampunk is golden and wood -- see Wild Wild West with Will Smith," Cantin explains. "It's something we really want to get rid of. We're really more about rusty stuff where you see the welding."

While complete darkness was a big factor in the earlier Thief games, it made it difficult for players to see what was going on. Eidos-Montreal found a key ingredient to help maintain the feel of darkness while adding visibility. "Fog helps us to light the whole game," Cantin says. "If you have a dark scene in a back alley, you just put fog in it and then you see the silhouette. You're never in the pitch dark. The fog is there for the mood but also for helping the player to see."

I love me some good concept art.

 

[Elixist]

man their concept art looks like really stylish screenshots i like it.

 

[shinobi602]

Shit look cray.

 

[The_Monk]

Liking it so far but for some reason it gave me a Dishonored feel.

 

[BrokenEchelon]

Liking it so far but for some reason it gave me a Dishonored feel.

You mean Dishonored gave you a Thief feel.

#hype

PSA: Thief, the franchise existed before Dishonored.

This dishonored shit isn't going to stop until a while after this comes out isn't it? Drives me nuts.

Agreed. I can't tell if people are joking about Dishonored/Thief 4 comparisons anymore.

Also anyone saying it "looks like Dishonored" needs to realize that Dishonored was inspired by Thief, not the other way around...

 

[R3TRO]

Looks gray but I dig it because it reminds me of Dishonored. I think I'll replay that after I finish off Infinite.

 

[The_Monk]

You mean Dishonored gave you a Thief feel.

#hype

Perhaps fellow GAFfer. It's been a long time since my last Thief game, I still have Deadly Shadows on CD for my PC. Dishonored was just played in more recent times.

 

[Derrick01]

This dishonored shit isn't going to stop until a while after this comes out isn't it? Drives me nuts.

 

[Deleted member 102362]

How is the Clocktower going to work, anyway? It's a Hammerite-owned structure that collapsed (gj Garrett) in Deadly Shadows. I know this is some kind of reboot/sidequel thing, so I guess they're ditching the Hammerite component of it? Or keeping that part and reworking it somehow?

This dishonored shit isn't going to stop until a while after this comes out isn't it? Drives me nuts.

Agreed. I can't tell if people are joking about Dishonored/Thief 4 comparisons anymore.

 

[Raven77]

I'm still trepidatious about this game and if they will be able to keep what makes Thief "Thief".

However, these pseudo-screens (some seem to contain in game assets) look pretty fabulous. Also anyone saying it "looks like Dishonored" needs to realize that Dishonored was inspired by Thief, not the other way around...

 

[AJ_Wings]

I found Dishonored to be more like a water-colored City 17 and more old-timey, Thief on the other hand looks a lot more gothic and darker in comparison in terms of art direction.

This looks absolutely wonderful, that April 2nd reveal can't come soon enough.

 

[Kouichi]

This dishonored shit isn't going to stop until a while after this comes out isn't it? Drives me nuts.

I wish the Thief series was more well-known. It seemed to get over shadowed by Metal Gear and Splinter Cell despite being better in terms of stealth gameplay.

 

[dzelly]

Should be absolutely awesome. Looking forward to it.

 

[GarthVaderUK]

Love it!

 

[RoboPlato]

Art looks great. Here's hoping they can get pretty close to that since they've dropped the current gen versions.

 

[j0hnny_385]

Day fucking one, folks. Day fucking one... BRING IT!

 

[kevcampbell]

very nice, never owned a thief title before but very interested in those sort of titles going into next gen

 

[SniperHunter]

Shit look cray.

next gen art! looks amazing IMO

 

[deadlast]

All I wanted was a Thief game set in the Harry Potter universe. Is that so wrong?

 

[JaseC]

This dishonored shit isn't going to stop until a while after this comes out isn't it? Drives me nuts.

Would you say you're displeased with the disservice the anachronistic Dishonored comparisons are creating?

 

[dummydecoy]

Surely this game will have a third person view mode like Deadly Shadows right, guys?

 

[Miles Quaritch]

This dishonored shit isn't going to stop until a while after this comes out isn't it? Drives me nuts.

Stop? It's going to get much, much worse as we see more of the game and learn more about the various features, etc.

Dishonoured will also be relatively fresh in people's mind thanks to the upcoming DLC episodes.

So yeah, it's going to get much worse.

 

[GarthVaderUK]

very nice, never owned a thief title before but very interested in those sort of titles going into next gen

You should give the old ones a go, they hold up really well. They're all up on Steam.

 

[Lactose_Intolerant]

Surely this game will have a third person view mode like Deadly Shadows right, guys?

Of course, how am I going to see what's on the other side of the doorway while I'm pressed up against a wall?

 

[LiK]

gray

 

[Mr Cola]

Would you say you're displeased with the disservice the anachronistic Dishonored comparisons are creating?

Dishonored is a game I will never understand the praise for, an awful story coupled with "my first stealth game" gameplay. Terrible characters, terrible story and ugly environments. I say this as someone who completed it twice just to make sure I was right in hating the first run so much.

 

[Deleted member 59090]

Way too many scaffoldings. They make me feel like I'm looking at AssCreed concept arts.

 

[Tummi Gummi]

While complete darkness was a big factor in the earlier Thief games, it made it difficult for players to see what was going on.

The flying fuck?

 

[IonicSnake]

This game got me really hyped. Just 3 more days until the trailer they teased about.

 

[Shake Appeal]

Do these shots remind anyone else of Dishonored?

 

[The Technomancer]

The flying fuck?

Okay, yeah, wait. I've played 1 and 2 and what the hell do they mean those games were too dark for players to tell what was going on?

 

[Miles Quaritch]

very nice, never owned a thief title before but very interested in those sort of titles going into next gen.

Deadly Shadows is BC on 360. Buy it, play it, love it.

Forewarned, there are visual glitches. Nothing major, but they can be a little distracting.

 

[Messofanego]

Looks like a Dishonored ripoff, are these people like Zynga or something?!

Spoiler

 

[ironcreed]

Gorgeous art. Also makes me want to play Dishonored again. Hell, even playing Infinite did.

 

[Always-honest]

In before grey.
Fake edit: ah damn, i will never be faster than people whose understanding of artdirection is limited to either "grey" or "kiddy"

Gorgeous artwork.

 

[PedroLumpy]

Surely this game will have a third person view mode like Deadly Shadows right, guys?

Well I hope not, but we'll see.

 

[Messofanego]

Surely this game will have a third person view mode like Deadly Shadows right, guys?

Nope.

At one point in development, GI reveals, the game had so many third-to-first-person transitions that the constant camera shifting was making people nauseous.

 

[i-Lo]

So if this is going to purely first person, then I hope the fov is properly calibrated (like Riddick games). That said, wide fov on tv makes me nauseous.

 

[scorpscarx]

Okay, yeah, wait. I've played 1 and 2 and what the hell do they mean those games were too dark for players to tell what was going on?

Maybe the devs didn't know what the brightness slider did, or maybe, they never even played the original Thief and are just making another dumbed down linear thing to cash in on a new generation.

I'm excited for this game and will no doubt buy it off my love for the originals alone, but I'm going in expecting something much different.

Nice concept art though.

 

[snoopeasystreet]

If you told me they were concept art of the hound's pit from Dishonored, I'd believe you.

 

[gaming_noob]

This is breathtaking. We're in for a real treat this upcoming generation

 

[~Kinggi~]

Honestly some of those doesnt look like typical concept art. Looks like they may have pre-rendered some 3d stuff and painted over it. Which im fine with, and makes for great looking concepts.

 

[j0hnny_385]

Dishonored is a game I will never understand the praise for, an awful story coupled with "my first stealth game" gameplay. Terrible characters, terrible story and ugly environments. I say this as someone who completed it twice just to make sure I was right in hating the first run so much.

seriously, man. what the hell? especially the "my first stealth game" gameplay comment. you said it your good: "you will never understand". Let's leave it at that. Many people enjoyed it. It won critical and commercial success and I for one am happy for it. It deserved it.

 

[Shoyz]

Needs more Orange Blue Contrast.

 

[cj_iwakura]

Okay, yeah, wait. I've played 1 and 2 and what the hell do they mean those games were too dark for players to tell what was going on?

Accessibility.

 

[Robot Pants]

Meh. Looks like Dishonored to me.

Spoiler

lololol