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Thief 3 Website Goes Live

Posted by michael on from the flash-monstrosity dept.

Sabathius writes "If you're a Thief super-freak like me, you've been looking at the 'Coming soon' message at thief3.com for years...hoping they would finally put something there. Well, our collective prayers have been answered! This spring Thief 3 (Thief: Deadly Shadows) is being released by the same guys who recently gave us Deus Ex: Invisible War." S!: We've also recently covered previews of this new Thief title at Slashdot Games.

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  1. The question is... by ThaenRT · · Score: 5, Funny

    if I steal the game, will they come after me?

    thaen

    1. Re:The question is... by Psychotext · · Score: 5, Interesting

      That reminds me of the GTA advertising. They set up a huge billboard with cameras all around it and encouraged people to "Steal this game". I didn't ever see the footage being used, but it seemed like a pretty clever idea at the time.

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    2. Re:The question is... by fafaforza · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not if they don't see or hear you stealing it.

      When you try to lift the loot, pick a softwre store that is very poorly lit and has soft, sound-absorbing floor covering. Somethig along the lines of carpeting or wood.

      If you cannot avoid walking on granite or other hard stone, take a moss arrow or two with you.

      Finally, the club might come in handy in case a kid, of which there are a plenty at any games shop, draws attention to you.

      Don't kill anyone.

    3. Re:The question is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      if I steal the game, will they come after me?

      Well, ThaenRT, it all depends on how noticable you are.

      If you make a little noise or the guard catches a glimpse of you, then you can still avoid being chased if you are able to lie low for a while. I find that it usually goes something like this:

      Me: [scuffle]

      Guard: Hello? Is somebody there?

      Me: (Desperate silence)

      Guard: I thought I heard something move...

      Me: (Not even breathing)

      Guard: Oh well. It was probably just rats.

      Me: (Sighs with relief. Proceeds to sneak past the guard, and robs the place blind.)

      Of course, the problem with this is that CompUSA has even more tile floors than even the Bank level in Thief II, and it's simply loaded with the kind of lights that you can't shoot out with water arrows. Your best bet is to avoid the guards by shooting rope arrows into the ceiling, because the guards rarely notice anything above eye level.

  2. Hmm.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    is being released

    Yaaaay!

    by the same guys who recently gave us Deus Ex: Invisible War.

    Boooooo!

    1. Re:Hmm.. by visgoth · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Truely you have hit the nail on the head. I have no faith in them after the debacle that was DX2. The removal of the skill system, unified ammo, and other asinine design descisions has left a bad taste in my mouth.

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  3. No blind gamers, I suppose by ObviousGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Makes it easier to forget to put in ALT tags for graphics and use tons of Flash animations.

    What's that third, unclickable flag for, btw?

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  4. Dumb Down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I hope they don't dumb down this game like Deus Ex.

    Just so they can put it on the xbox.

  5. The original game was cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm hoping Thief 3 will be more like Thief 1 than Thief 2. Thief 2's medieval-magical-industrial-robotic setting didn't really work, not to mention the fact that being able to throw your eye around corners is a bit ... odd.

    1. Re:The original game was cool by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

      . . . being able to throw your eye around corners is a bit ... odd.

      Painful too. Not to mention how hard it was to find the damned thing afterward, seeing as how I had to keep my head cocked a bit to one side while looking for it.

      I can't imagine how the Graiae sisters managed.

      KFG

    2. Re:The original game was cool by nomadic · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I loved Thief 2, creepy as HELL. I think the combination worked. But I still have nightmares of those little running golden automatons...and the ghosts in the library. Sweet screaming monkey that was scary.

    3. Re:The original game was cool by osu-neko · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Eh? Thief 1 and 2 were set in the same world, with people running around in chainmail and using swords, while steam powered machines and electric lights buzzed away. Granted, the Mechanists in Thief 2 brought the industrial parts of the game setting more to the forefront, but the series was always fantasy "steam-punk". Thief 3 will have the same setting as well, but with Karras and the Mechanists out of the way, there will be no steam-powered robots, so it will be a bit more like Thief 1 in that respect. As for throwing your eye around corners, I hope you'll still be able to do that. I mean, Garrett went through a lot in Theif 1 to get that artificial eye, it'd be a shame if he couldn't still get some benefit out of it...

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  6. From the makers of... by irokitt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Deus Ex: Invisible War. What other proof do you need that they have experience at thievery...

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  7. Thief changed my perspective on FPS by NeuroKoan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    When FPS games first came out, I wasn't nearly as stoked as my friends. Sure, I found playing Doom mildly entertaining, but it never gripped me as much as RPG/Adventure games.

    Thief changed all of that. I bought the original Thief and instantly fell in love; it brought an entirely new dimension to a genre I felt was rather repetitive and boring. It also opened me up to trying other FPS games that I probably wouldn't have tried without my positive experience with Thief.

    I probably haven't bought a computer game in 2 or 3 years (except for Deus Ex: Invisible War), but you can bet I'll be first in line when Thief 3 comes out.

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  8. Bah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This spring Thief 3 (Thief: Deadly Shadows) is being released by the same guys who recently gave us Deus Ex: Invisible War.

    That's not a good thing, seeing how botched Deus Ex: Invisible War was (especially compared to the original). Hopefully Harvey Smith has nothing to do with Thief 3.

  9. And here it goes... by t0ny · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let the whining about Invisible War commence!

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  10. In other news.... by peterprior · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..thief 3 website goes down..

    Go slashdot..

  11. Does this mean that... by Antarius · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is hope for Duke Nukem Forever?

  12. Some info.. by rffmna · · Score: 5, Interesting

    the site is hosted over at Times Warner. The network pipes CANT be overloaded, but the server can be overloaded..but not likely.
    whois says it was created Thu, Mar 23, 2000, so they had been planning for 4 years, at least.

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    1. Re:Some info.. by osu-neko · · Score: 5, Informative
      whois says it was created Thu, Mar 23, 2000, so they had been planning for 4 years, at least.

      Well, the game was planned for a long, long time. The Thief series was supposed to be a trilogy from the very beginning. We've tangled with the forces of Chaos (the Pagans), and with the forces of Order (the Hammerites/Mechanists), now we're gonna mess with the forces of Balance (the Keepers)...

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  13. Shhh.... Don't draw attention to it! by Psychotext · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If Ion have got any sense whatsoever they will not draw attention to the fact that the developers of Thief 3 have anything to do with the developers that made DX:IW. Most of us that were fans of the original Thief games are praying that Warren stayed the hell away from the Thief team and let them get on with it. That, or we're going to end up with unified arrows. Grrr.

    Still, the screenshots look great and I'm really hoping that they pull this one out of the bag.

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  14. too dark by ogewo · · Score: 5, Funny

    all those screenshots seem to take place at night, in a shadow, with sunglasses on. dark games hurt my eyes.

    1. Re:too dark by Qacker · · Score: 5, Funny

      You must not be familar with the game...

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  15. Ah, Thief :) by jaylen · · Score: 5, Funny

    This, to me is the game anticipation of the year, years in fact.

    Fellow Slashdotters, if ye have not ever played a Sneak 'em Up game before, any Thief game is the one to buy.

    The best part of Thief is the difference in the game to a shoot 'em up - in Thief, the character Garret is actually a weak character, he gets killed very easily.

    This means that instead of the normal emotions that a shoot 'em up game gives, Thief gives all those emotions plus two extra, suspence and fear.

    Yeah, fear. There was one time playing Thief 2 when I sneaked Garret around a corner just to come face to face with a Hammer Haunt. My brain went into shock, and my reflex action was to jump away.

    The net result was me lying flat on my ass about 6 feet away from the keyboard, tangled around my PC chair :)

    Not a game to play after a phat joint, I can tell ya.

  16. eeeehhhh by dandelion_wine · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You had me till you said "same guys who recently gave us Deus Ex: Invisible War". Deus Ex (and could people please stop pronouncing it like "deuce"? It's Latin, people. DAY-us) is one of a number of games that have suffered a less-stylish sequel, IMHO. (To Be Continued. I hear that Nihilistic isn't doing the new Vamp Masq, and that the new company is making it more like a first-person shooter. Great. We need more of those.)

    What is the deal when sequel-makers get their hands on loads of cash and graphics capabilities, as a result of the popularity of the original, only to fuck the original squarely up the ass? I haven't picked up Max Payne 2, yet, and I sincerely hope this is not the case. Sure, DE2 looks... well, even to say "better" is to suggest that cartoonish bright colours and soft lines automtically mean better. The original DE looked grainy and that seemed appropros. Also, as a side note, the protag and his brother both looked and sounded like Stephen Baldwin, and that was a friggin cool edge. This new guy I want to smack.

    Game makers pay attention: voice acting is important! Hell, even if Soul 2: Mythblighter wasn't a 10 out of 10, game-wise (though I'd rate it middling-high), the voice acting had me riveted. The diary entries with the first encounter with the undead, etc. were superb. Contrast with, say, Warcraft 3, esp Frozen Throne. Ok, that's a game that has me wanting to skip the crap and get to the game, but this just exacerbates that reaction. Whiny female non-acting "Our kingdom is in danger!" Whatever. End result: lowered respect for the game, generally. /rant

  17. Objectives by bgeer · · Score: 5, Funny
    [ ] Ion Storm is writing Thief III. To ensure that it doesn't suck, sneak into their offices and knock out John Romero. [Normal]

    [ ] The CEO of Ion Storm is known to keep a bag of jewels in his office. While you're there, steal them [Expert]

    [ ] The beta of Thief III is on the Ion Storm file server. Put an eDonkey client on their firewall and p1mp that bad boy out. [Hard]

    [ ] Remember, you're a thief, not a murderer: don't kill anyone. If you bought Daikatana, you can whack Romero with your blackjack though. [Expert]