Should there be a Thief 4, or not?

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GORT wrote:

> How about it? Does anybody want the series to go on, or stop in it's
> tracks and enjoy more FMs?
>
Is it possible to go on? I thought the company had no plans of ever
doing more with it.
I would like to see it go on, but as long as T2 FM's are continuing to
be made, I don't need T4 right now.
They should bring back the rope arrows and do away with that faction
stuff and just get back to basic thievery.
Albert

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"GORT" <oonaglah@yahoo.com> kirjoitti
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> How about it? Does anybody want the series to go on, or stop in it's
> tracks and enjoy more FMs?

I'm probably in the minority, but I would definitely like to see a Thief 4,
and I don't see any real problems with it involving Garrett, either. I've
said it so many times before that I think the world of Thief has such a rich
background that it holds countless of stories that could yet be told. I'd
also be interested in the future of Garrett. The ending of Thief: Deadly
Shadows is a closure of one part of Garrett's life, but from where we left
off, I see many interesting possibilities for further adventures.

Ion Storm has closed its doors, and Eidos will probably be bought by some
other company, but the Thief brand hasn't gone anywhere. It will be the
property of the new owners. Thief is a strong brand still, and it would be
foolish not to utilize it. I'm almost certain that there will be a new
Thief. When, and developed by which studio is where -- in Fletch's words --
we're kind of in a grey area (charcoal).

- Mika L

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"GORT" <oonaglah@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> How about it? Does anybody want the series to go on, or stop in it's
> tracks and enjoy more FMs?
>

I guess it will differ from player to player.

If you think about it, doing yet another sequel would probably only succeed
in opening new possibilites for future games after that. I think Thief 3
tied up Thief as we know it.

If, however, they were considering moving off in a new direction, then I
believe that would be possible. We all know that each Thief has been set in
a new age. What if Garrett's new "trainee" were to be the main focus, and
the new technology had arrived. Just for example, they could involve such
things as body modifications (yeah i know that moving a little into deus ex,
but its only an example). But, even with that, imagine the possibilites a
thief game could have if it included body upgrades.

I guess it all depends how far the makers (whoever they would be), the
producers (whoever they would be) and the players (we all know who they
would be) would like to take the game, and to what level of realism. But, we
could just end up with another Splinter Cell in our hands.

IMHO, they should stop. Unless they could pull something spectacular out of
their hats. From Thief 2, there was no way to go but down a little

Thats my 2 pence.

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On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 15:03:36 +0300, "Mika Latokartano"
<mika.latokartano@REMOVETHIS.kolumbus.fi.invalid> wrote:

>
>"GORT" <oonaglah@yahoo.com> kirjoitti
>viestissä:411775932dbfce176ceb3a20c5b4d1d9@localhost.talkaboutgaming.com...
>> How about it? Does anybody want the series to go on, or stop in it's
>> tracks and enjoy more FMs?
>
>I'm probably in the minority, but I would definitely like to see a Thief 4,
>and I don't see any real problems with it involving Garrett, either. I've
>said it so many times before that I think the world of Thief has such a rich
>background that it holds countless of stories that could yet be told. I'd
>also be interested in the future of Garrett. The ending of Thief: Deadly
>Shadows is a closure of one part of Garrett's life, but from where we left
>off, I see many interesting possibilities for further adventures.
>
>Ion Storm has closed its doors, and Eidos will probably be bought by some
>other company, but the Thief brand hasn't gone anywhere. It will be the
>property of the new owners. Thief is a strong brand still, and it would be
>foolish not to utilize it. I'm almost certain that there will be a new
>Thief. When, and developed by which studio is where -- in Fletch's words --
>we're kind of in a grey area (charcoal).

It may take a decade, but I'd like to see another Garrett Thief game too.
Instead of one that builds on Thief 3, I'd rather just have one like Thief
2 but with nicer graphics. I expect there will be another game eventually
though.

--
Michael Cecil
http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

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On Sun, 24 Apr 2005 09:27:48 +0300, "Mika Latokartano"
<mika.latokartano@REMOVETHIS.kolumbus.fi.invalid> wrote:

>
>"Michael Cecil" <macecil@comcast.net> kirjoitti
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>
>> Instead of one that builds on Thief 3, I'd rather just have one like Thief
>> 2 but with nicer graphics.
>
>The T2X is just around the corner, so you're in luck!

Yeah, I hope they hurry. I'm getting antsy without new missions to play
this week.

--
Michael Cecil
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http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/

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"Mika Latokartano"
<mika.latokartano@REMOVETHIS.kolumbus.fi.invalid> wrote in
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> "Michael Cecil" <macecil@comcast.net> kirjoitti
> viestissä:l6gl61dugoeoqa6tbsjpgicr4b1dh1kapd@4ax.com...
>
>> Instead of one that builds on Thief 3, I'd rather just
>> have one like Thief 2 but with nicer graphics.
>
> The T2X is just around the corner, so you're in luck!
>
> - Mika L

Yeah, but how big is the corner and is it on the same
block we are ?

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"Albert Conklin" <aconklin@satx.rr.com> kirjoitti
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> Mos wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, but how big is the corner and is it on the same
>> block we are ?



> I agree. I watched the trailer for it again. Any idea on when it will be
> released?

We're talking about a few weeks here, tops. What the devs have said on the
TTLG forums, it's really a matter of just one or two weeks. The master copy
has been shipped for final 'torture testing', it's been beta-tested to
death, so no major problems should arise -- we're not talking about months
here. My guess is two to three weeks. I trust the devs, I don't think
they're lying to us. Bullshitting, maybe -- but not lying.

- Mika L