Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-5557418-20131202044007/@comment-1915529-20140113224621

Nothing gets your blood racing than hearing a computer man counting down how many minutes, well minute, you have left before you die. I don’t suppose Thief has anything like that.

An interactive movie, that’s all games are now. In Battlefield 4 there’s a ‘scene’ (not level) where your character (not you) crawls backwards to avoid being chopped up by a crashing helicopter. It’s a great example of how developers could not be arsed to make that a challenge where you yourself have to avoid being chopped up. The ‘scene’ continues as the building you’re on collapses but again all you do is watch. Perhaps that scene would be better if I had to escape the building, avoiding collapsing ceilings and floors. But instead I sit back and wait for the ‘epic’ and ‘intense’ scene to be over. It was probably epic and intense in the eyes of idiots of the developers. This is what you’re saying, no one wants the challenge and what could be easier than watching a movie?

I recommend you watch ‘If Doom was done today’. It takes the piss out of how shit Call of Duty is using the Doom engine. Playing Doom and then watching those videos is what sparked my distaste and subsequent moaning about modern games.

Modern games have like 8 to 10 levels, each of which take like 30 to 40 minutes. Most people want multiplayer so can you imagine anyone releasing a game with 15, 2 hour long levels?

I think I recall you telling me that about your mate. It’s a sad world when the same old tosh is bought by millions of idiots. A dummed down experience enjoyed by the masses which is what makes the money and so it will continue.

Like I’ve said before, Dishonoured and Thief are very similar and Dishonoured, being a singleplayer-only game with a long story (kinda contradicts what I said a few lines ago) has sold surprisingly well. So much so that the developers are thinking of a new game similar to Dishonoured, albeit with multiplayer so no-doubt the single-player will suffer.

Good luck with the Kell Dragon. All I can say is be patient. Think of it as a level on Thief where you have five Hammerites standing in a circle looking out at all five directions. Inside the circle is a ‘Five Star Gem of Gods’ that you must steal without being seen. Because if you are seen you die instantly because the Hammerites are actually apparitions. You know there is way to do it, just like there is way to beat the Kell Dragon. Don’t misunderstand me though, there’s no thinking involved with Ke… you literally have to beat it up with your fists. Nothing else to it ;)