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...and from a control standpoint it's a zillion times better than Silent Hill's tank sim and its imitators.
If I were Fussbett I'd make some band metaphor about how Thief was so awesome that everyone wanted their game to be Thief, and over time as imitator upon imitator failed to capture the magic of Thief, the whole concept of stealth gameplay became universally reviled, to the point that people have forgotten how awesome the original was.
Because when Thief decided to be scary, it was TERRIFYING. It didn't matter that the character monsters were severely polygonal messes because most of the time you were hiding in a corner and hoping to god you didn't get spotted by the well-animated shambling zombie with the excellent aureal 3D potitioned sound effect of it trying to breathe air into its rotted lungs. before you made a mad-dash for the next shadow.
THAT to me was the letdown of System Shock 2, they had a horror game using the Thief engine and AI (awesome!) but over the course of the game abandoned the stealth entirely and just turned into a straight up brainless shooter. The Thief AI was not up to that task, and the monster models were not all that terrifying in full light. |
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Free/cheap/expensive games, some awesome or at least purportedly awesome by Bananadine 05/06/2010, 6:40am PDT 
They made a million bucks. by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/12/2010, 11:59pm PDT
Re: They made a million bucks. by Bananadine 05/13/2010, 11:04am PDT
Nauseating good or nauseating bad? NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/14/2010, 9:51pm PDT
Bad, but I'm only talking about videos and stuff by Bananadine 05/15/2010, 12:08am PDT
You DO realize it's a survival-horror game, right? by Mischief Maker 05/15/2010, 11:40am PDT
Re: You DO realize it's a survival-horror game, right? by Bananadine 05/16/2010, 8:46am PDT
Re: You DO realize it's a survival-horror game, right? by Gentleman Jim Browser 05/26/2010, 12:41am PDT
Re: You DO realize it's a survival-horror game, right? by Bananadine 05/26/2010, 6:22am PDT
Re: You DO realize it's a survival-horror game, right? by Gentleman Jim Browser 05/27/2010, 9:46pm PDT
Here come the imposters! by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/26/2010, 9:55pm PDT
"Snarky, irreverent, pop culture, etc." sounds like the tagline for one of the NT by later You Don't Know Jack games :( 05/26/2010, 11:52pm PDT
Re: "Snarky, irreverent, pop culture, etc." sounds like the tagline for one o by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/28/2010, 12:15am PDT
Fuck that dude; the YDKJ games were awesome. >:( NT by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 05/28/2010, 12:29am PDT
Even the free webisode versions on their website. :3 NT by Jhoh Cause..... 2 05/28/2010, 3:47am PDT
Re: "Snarky, irreverent, pop culture, etc." sounds like the tagline for one o by N 05/29/2010, 5:16am PDT
There was a Humble Bundle. Now there is another. Of it. by Bill on a car phone in Phoenix 04/13/2011, 7:11am PDT
Fabio's back, bdr's back, what's going on here? Or is this a different Bill? NT by Mischief Maker 04/13/2011, 8:29am PDT
Shadowgrounds looks interesting. Reminds me of Alien Swarm NT by Penny Arcade Watch 04/13/2011, 8:36am PDT
Trine is really cool, but it's gay that the only coop is hotseat. by Worm 04/13/2011, 12:36pm PDT
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