{"id":51459,"date":"2013-03-07T01:45:06","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T23:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=51459"},"modified":"2013-03-07T01:50:09","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T23:50:09","slug":"thief-4-details-surface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/51459-thief-4-details-surface","title":{"rendered":"Thief 4 details surface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the cover reveal on Gameinformer, some more details have begun to emerge for the upcoming sneak-\u2018em-up.<\/p>\n<p>Thief 4 will simply be called \u201cThief\u201d, and will come to PC, PS4 and other next-gen platforms in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to knowing that series hero Garrett will return, there are a few new points of interest that have been dug up.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>AI<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Garrett isn&#8217;t a fighter<\/li>\n<li>Fighting against four or more guards in combat won&#8217;t go well<\/li>\n<li>Guards and other NPCs are aware of the level design, so they know where a person might try to hide<\/li>\n<li>Guards understand the topography of the level and which areas could be useful for hiding<\/li>\n<li>Different NPCs will look for Garrett in different ways<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Thief-4-leaked-screenshots-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-51421\" title=\"Thief 4 leaked screenshots 15\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Thief-4-leaked-screenshots-15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Thief-4-leaked-screenshots-15.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Thief-4-leaked-screenshots-15-600x273.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Gameplay mechanics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Navigation beacon shows players where to go<\/li>\n<li>Dev. team wants players to explore environments as they see fit<\/li>\n<li>Multiple entrances and exists in each room<\/li>\n<li>Multiple options available for stealth approach<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Focus&#8221; mechanic: has many uses, including being able to aid Garrett&#8217;s vision as he navigates through open levels<\/li>\n<li>Focus lights up the screen and highlights pipes you can climb + candles you can put out to make the room darker<\/li>\n<li>Can upgrade Focus<\/li>\n<li>Doing so will give you a bigger radius of things to see<\/li>\n<li>Fingerpints system: gives you hints on which drawers are best to look in<\/li>\n<li>Every drawer is accessible<\/li>\n<li>Can pickpocket<\/li>\n<li>Use Focus while pickpocketing to slow time and swipe up to three times as many items from others<\/li>\n<li>Can spend money to upgrade supplies and equipment at the end of each mission<\/li>\n<li>Various artifacts are scattered throughout the game&#8217;s levels<\/li>\n<li>Can use these to decorate Garrett&#8217;s hideout<\/li>\n<li>Garrett is motivated by the thrill of stealing something that others can&#8217;t take<\/li>\n<li>Focus will show a number of attack points on enemies<\/li>\n<li>Can select a point (like the chest) to do a quick push that will buy him more time to dash off into the shadows<\/li>\n<li>Can also string together a number of points to perform a more debilitating attack<\/li>\n<li>Team is trying to find a balance between making combat enjoyable and allowing players to enter combat if they want<\/li>\n<li>Major mechanics are in place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Thief-4-leaked-screenshots-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-51410\" title=\"Thief 4 leaked screenshots 4\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Thief-4-leaked-screenshots-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Thief-4-leaked-screenshots-4.jpg 1142w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Thief-4-leaked-screenshots-4-600x373.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blackjack: use when sneaking up behind guards to knock them unconscious<\/li>\n<li>Bow: powerful, can be used outside of combat (ex: fire at a bottle in another room to lure a guard away, trigger a switch to lock the guard inside)<\/li>\n<li>Specialty Arrows: different uses; dry-ice arrow can be used to snuff flames from far away; smoke-starter arrow: cover and a distraction<\/li>\n<li>Claw: grapple attaches to certain points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>General<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Garrett design made by game director Nicolas Cantin<\/li>\n<li>Garrett&#8217;s scar represents that his past has left long-lasting effects on his life<\/li>\n<li>Eidos being vague about how faithful the team is remaining to the original Thief lore<\/li>\n<li>Many of the series&#8217; magical elements will be toned down<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Eidos-Montreal compares game development to a high-speed train collision between art and technology.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Team was kept small and &#8220;stayed within the concept phase of development for a longer period of time.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>The staff experimented with featuring a new character, making it a third-person game involving either tactical gameplay or environmental clambering (like Assassin&#8217;s Creed)<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;At one point in development, the game had so many third-to-first-person transitions that the constant camera shifting was making people sick.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Many experiments during first three years of development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Exactly how Gaming Everything got the preview details is uncertain, but some of the mentioned points seem legit enough to go by.<\/p>\n<h6>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/gamingeverything.com\/42090\/thief-tons-of-details-from-game-informer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gaming Everything\u00a0<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-51406 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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