Anybody wanna talk about "Thief"?
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2015 7:40 am
Thief vs. AAA Gaming (27 minutes)
"Thief: The Dark Project" and "Thief: The Metal Age" are games I consider among the very best video games ever made (on place 2 and 1, resp.). This video compares gameplay and mechanics of the old Thief games with modern AAA titles. I disagree with some points he makes against newer games, but I agree about everything he says about the old Thief games. I played them the first time about 15 years ago, Thief: The Metal Age was the first video game I ever bought on release date. This video more or less convinced me that nostalgia isn't the only factor placing the game on my top spot. There were very talented people working on the games, and sadly, most of the lessons they teached got lost in history, losing against streamlined experiences, "cinematic" gameplay, and the never ending hunt for photorealism.
Wikipedia: Thief: The Dark Project, Thief II: The Metal Age
For the unlucky people who never played the first two Thief games, they are on steam. Even thou they are 15 year old games, the price of $10 seems a bit steep, especially since the developer Looking Glass Studios is no longer with us. But they are regulary on sale for $2.50, might be worth looking out for.
There still is a very active community on TTLG.com, and there are very VERY good mods to make the game run on modern systems: Thief 1 unofficial patch (upd. 01 Jul. 2015) and Thief 2 unofficial patch (upd. 28 Jun. 2015)
There are also HD-Mods, if that's your thing, that make the games look amazing if you consider that it's running on an almost 20 year old engine.
Anybody also loving the old Thief games that maybe wants to talk about the good old days, when we were still young and everything wasn't ruined by everyone? :D
"Thief: The Dark Project" and "Thief: The Metal Age" are games I consider among the very best video games ever made (on place 2 and 1, resp.). This video compares gameplay and mechanics of the old Thief games with modern AAA titles. I disagree with some points he makes against newer games, but I agree about everything he says about the old Thief games. I played them the first time about 15 years ago, Thief: The Metal Age was the first video game I ever bought on release date. This video more or less convinced me that nostalgia isn't the only factor placing the game on my top spot. There were very talented people working on the games, and sadly, most of the lessons they teached got lost in history, losing against streamlined experiences, "cinematic" gameplay, and the never ending hunt for photorealism.
Wikipedia: Thief: The Dark Project, Thief II: The Metal Age
For the unlucky people who never played the first two Thief games, they are on steam. Even thou they are 15 year old games, the price of $10 seems a bit steep, especially since the developer Looking Glass Studios is no longer with us. But they are regulary on sale for $2.50, might be worth looking out for.
There still is a very active community on TTLG.com, and there are very VERY good mods to make the game run on modern systems: Thief 1 unofficial patch (upd. 01 Jul. 2015) and Thief 2 unofficial patch (upd. 28 Jun. 2015)
There are also HD-Mods, if that's your thing, that make the games look amazing if you consider that it's running on an almost 20 year old engine.
Anybody also loving the old Thief games that maybe wants to talk about the good old days, when we were still young and everything wasn't ruined by everyone? :D