Thief 3 was George Lucas Midi-chlorians syndrome though. Way too much exposition on the Thieves Guild and things we should have never seen. I thought the story got mega bad towards the end. Went full blue cheese. And although the engine had cool physics and lighting for the time, the closet sized maps are very cumbersome. This and Invisible War crashed like crazy on me too at times, kind of hard to go back to them from a technical standpoint...Exhuminator wrote:I haven't played Thief 2 since circa 2002, and I still remember that exact scenario. That says a lot about the staying power of Looking Glass' brilliant design.Xeogred wrote:But man, that level when you overhear Karas and someone else torturing and turning someone into a robot thingy...Yeah considering its developer I don't have my hopes very high. I do own the game on 360 at least, I got it brand new for like $8.Xeogred wrote:Anyways, if you thought Human Revolution was a disappointment, I fear for your health if you ever get around to Thief 4Oh and I own Dishonored, on 360 as well. Not played it yet but I will someday.
A lot of people told me Thief 3 wasn't any good, and I actually ended up enjoying Thief 3 more than Thief 2. I mean, Shalebridge Cradle was worth it on its own.
Still an amazing game though, and still had the same composer. I mean hell, I've always been more of a melodic music guy (easy comparison here, while I like Human Revolution's music, it's absolutely nothing compared to Alexander Brandon's score for the Deus Ex)... but Eric Brosius and the sound team really knew what they were doing, creating such dense, droning atmospheric melodic music that was dynamic to what was going on. I seriously can't think of anything else that even compares to the style. Except System Shock 2, because it's the same guy I think, but I don't think the music and sound was as intricately designed there as it was with Thief 1-3.
By far my favorite tracks from Thief 3, frankly maybe out of all three games:
- @ 2:48
lol, just can't praise the Thief sound/atmosphere enough!
Random note: The visuals and art direction is still really good for Thief 4, but it looks really bad on the 360 from what I've seen. I guess that's up to you if that's a big deal or not. Alien Isolation and The Evil Within are some other random cross gen games I've seen that look really bad on last gen haha... I'm glad that silly phase is over with.
I give Thief 4 a fair 6/10, but that's only if you're a fan of these types of games, otherwise it would be a hard recommendation. But yeah I honestly can still praise the art and world design, it was top notch. Didn't really have the occasional sci-fi touches that the original games did, but it did the gritty night world thing pretty well. One thing I love about these games and Deus Ex is that they never really have any levels in daylight, that wouldn't sit well with me or vibe well.
