The Thief reboot looks a bit shady
The original Thief has to be one of my most favouritest gaming memories. I’d never experienced ‘atmosphere’ before, and I put it down to listening in on your oblivious enemies as they bumbled about echoey castles and eerie oubliettes, muttering foul nothings to one another and spilling bits of lore that you’d expect to find written in the ‘story books’ that still litter today’s games. Other than System Shock 2 and Deus Ex I can’t recall anything that lived up to those first sneaky encounters and the powerful feeling of silently encroaching on your unsuspecting foes’ turf. Dishonored came along like some gnarled graverobber and exhumed both the grittiness and fly-on-the-wall magic that had remained buried for so long and after watching the Thief videos from E3 I can’t help thinking that Dishonored has usurped the game that inspired it amidst the chaos that presently enswirls Square Enix.
