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Re: Thief 3 : more comments

Del <d...@gaffe.demon.co.uk>

mardi <e...@mail.com> writes:

>> mardi <e...@mail.com> brightened my day with his incisive wit when in
>> news:wpvrxx6n6ubu.egnon3abxlp4.dlg@40tude.net he conjectured that:

>>>> http://streamingmovies.ign.com/xbox/thief3_041604_07_wmvlow.wmv

>>>> Firstly:

>>>> Who the hell sanctioned the release of this footage? It looks like a
>>>> 3 year old was playing it and confused it for Unreal Tournament. No
>>>> sneaking, missing from 3 feet away with the bow, constant use of gas
>>>> & fire arrows. Bouncing off walls.

>>> I agree, nice move where he/she ran over 2 of thier own mines :P

>>> This person went in rambo style but the game can be played as the
>>> player feels like. This footage may have been made to show the xbox
>>> ADD yung'uns that you don't 'have' to play the stealth angle, which
>>> kinda sucks, imho.

>> A stealth game should enforece "Stealth" IMO. Otherwise, when you fuck up
>> in stealth mode, you don't pay the price  - you just rambo the enemies.

>Exactly! This is what I fear this game has become...

Yeah, they're not flash-bombs anymore, they're flash-grenades! Simply
blow the door off its hinges with a shotgun-arrow, toss a flash-grenade
into the room and then storm in and machine-bow the guards in the head.

Stealth gaming at its best.

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"*sigh*"
Del