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Thief: The Dark Project - Remastered by Nightdive Studios
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Buggy Loop
Gold Member
I replayed this not even long ago and honestly, very light remaster if I've ever seen one. It comes to a point where I don't even know why nightdive studios even make them and then charge premium price.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
BeardSpike
Member
There were rumors prior to this on TTLG about new engine for Thief 1/2 called OpenDark or fork called Darkness, it may have something to do with this remaster.
github.com
github.com
Still that's quite a drop. I'm huge fan of both Thief series as well as Dishonored. It's nice to hear Stephen Russell yet again.
GitHub - josephdviviano/darkness: an open dark engine
an open dark engine. Contribute to josephdviviano/darkness development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
GitHub - volca02/openDarkEngine: Rewrite of the Dark Engine by Looking Glass
Rewrite of the Dark Engine by Looking Glass. Contribute to volca02/openDarkEngine development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Still that's quite a drop. I'm huge fan of both Thief series as well as Dishonored. It's nice to hear Stephen Russell yet again.
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TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
The_hunter
Member
Always wanted to play this
BeardSpike
Member
KEX Engine | Nightdive Studios
nightdivestudios.com
I'm diving deeper. And it seems they might use their own engine for it. We will see.
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Buggy Loop
Gold Member
Well go play it now
I see no reason why you would play premium price for this "remaster" over the ~$2 you'll see multiple times for Thief . Unless you're not on PC.
Nightdive studio has the habit of just sprinkling mods from the community into their "remasters". If they're using their engine then you'll lock yourself out of a ton of mods and other projects.
I'm a fan of their System Shock remaster, not so much their quick cash grabs with barely any changes.
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intbal
Member
They use the Kex engine for everything.KEX Engine | Nightdive Studios
I'm diving deeper. And it seems they might use their own engine for it. We will see.
Shadowstar39
Member
Day 1, day 1, day 1..... So wanting to play this on switch while in bed, in the dark. Between this, system shock 2, Gothic remake and the new bond game, it's been an amazing year for classics.
Now if the do the 2nd and add in some splinter cell, that would be the cherry on top. Throw in some porting of megaman legends, and vagrant story while we are at it.
Now if the do the 2nd and add in some splinter cell, that would be the cherry on top. Throw in some porting of megaman legends, and vagrant story while we are at it.
that's the PS2 Xbox GameCube one right?
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Thief like SS2 before it doesn't have much left for a remaster, it's perfectly compatible with modern systems/arbitrary resolutions etc. thanks to NewDark and the fan patches at least also bring models/textures up to the spec of the sequel. I guess the new guard/prop models are nice if unnecessary.
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The Cockatrice
Banned
Doubt this needed a remastered considering the fixes and mods and whatnot we have on PC for it. Would've loved a remake.
Puscifer
Gold Member
I'll take it honestly. Nightdive taking lite-touch to stuff like this and System Shock 2 amounting to QoL and mods implemented in an official package is great without having to tweak stuff to get it working.
Just my 2c and likely why SMT 3 nocturne is my favorite remaster.
Wilhelm_85
Gold Member
Definitely in for this.
They didnt even bother to add dynamic shadows or at least AO? Like wtf?
There remasters keep getting lazier and lazier.
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Bitstream
Member
lmao my thoughts exactly. What did they even remaster? Aside from running widescreen 4k this looks like a 1998 game.They didnt even bother to add dynamic shadows or at least AO? Like wtf?
There remasters keep getting lazier and lazier.
Rubim
Member
It does not.There were rumors prior to this on TTLG about new engine for Thief 1/2 called OpenDark or fork called Darkness, it may have something to do with this remaster.
GitHub - josephdviviano/darkness: an open dark engine
an open dark engine. Contribute to josephdviviano/darkness development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub - volca02/openDarkEngine: Rewrite of the Dark Engine by Looking Glass
Rewrite of the Dark Engine by Looking Glass. Contribute to volca02/openDarkEngine development by creating an account on GitHub.
Still that's quite a drop. I'm huge fan of both Thief series as well as Dishonored. It's nice to hear Stephen Russell yet again.
The engine is the same that powered Quake 2.
"The pioneering 3D stealth game, remastered using Nightdive's proprietary KEX Engine."
Shadowstar39
Member
It's needed for console. I work at a pc all day last thing I want to do is game on it anymore and I prefer switch to my steam deck for weight. Try laying down with a steam deck your hands will start to get tired.
Granted I doubt it will have fan made missions, but maybe they will throw in something.
kevboard
Member
They didnt even bother to add dynamic shadows or at least AO? Like wtf?
There remasters keep getting lazier and lazier.
well remastering a game lile this limits your ability to improve the lighting a lot. because the game is designed around fully static lighting and hiding in the dark is a core part of the gameplay.
so if you add dynamic shadows that would either clash extremely with the static baked lighting, or lead to confusing level design that makes it hard for you to parse where you can hide or not.
It wouldnt clash that bad. Ive seen it done before it would look ok. Same with AO. There lazy.
Knucklepux
Member
Praying they're working on Cold Fear next
genesisblock
Member
No fucking way. Now I'm going to have to play if for like the 5th time now.
I wonder if Haunted Cathedral Exploit is kept in.
I wonder if Haunted Cathedral Exploit is kept in.
Puscifer
Gold Member
Likely because it's baked into the game logic without remaking the entire game.
General Lee
Member
Great to see more life in the Thief franchise. Some QOL, smoothing out a few rough edges and bringing it to modern systems should be enough. Still have to get back to the VR game at some point.
DarkLordOtaku
Member
Anything to keep this franchise alive after the 2014 game.
Hollywood Hitman
Gold Member
So nice to see this... It feels like another life that thief was going strong... I am so stoked for this but I would love a deadly shadows remake as well that game felt ahead of its time.
StueyDuck
Member
This is a game i do worry a little about being "remastered". Lighting, color and rendering play a major role in the gameplay department
If we get this modern style slightly gray is night nonsense it will kill all the fun.
Ill be looking at this very closely before buying, its not a boomer shooter where you can simply up the res
If we get this modern style slightly gray is night nonsense it will kill all the fun.
Ill be looking at this very closely before buying, its not a boomer shooter where you can simply up the res
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MrCunningham
Member
This is one of the best re-masters announced at the show. I played through Thief 1 and 2 a few years ago and had to use a bunch of fan-made patches to get both games to run reasonably well on modern Windows. having a Nightrive remaster treatment is a good thing.
BeardSpike
Member
RafterXL
Gold Member
These dudes have made a living off of doing shit that's worse than what you can grab off of Nexus mods. There needs to be a new tier of this stuff, Remake>Remaster>>>Nightdive Studios.
100% agreed. Basically bringing up to a level similar to a fully modded experience, but without any work required by the user and likely with other optimizations/modernizations being implemented.