Posted on: March 14, 2024
A.G.B.
Jeux: 825 Avis: 84
Fundamentally flawed
I really wanted to love this. My review is not based on bitterness. It really looked like this would be a spiritual successor to the Thief trilogy and I definitely think that it could have been. Unfortunately the stealth is broken. Enemies can see you at ridiculous distances, even when you're in the dark, occasionally even through solid objects. While there are a few weapons that do fit stealth, some of the ones that are the most effective really don't despite the fact that combat is clearly discouraged. You are meant to get through this getting discovered as little as possible frankly if you can make it so that it never happens that's ideal. But it's just not engaging; it feels too punishing. Again I say that as someone who loves the first two Thief games which also have a very high difficulty because those you actually succeed when you really apply yourself 90% of the time. There's occasional issues here; those are the norm and it's too bad because it is a great world and very chilling. And you find yourself determined to fix it. The plot may not be incredibly original but it is undeniably easy to get into. You feel great catharsis, confronting those that wronged you. Graphics are quite good. I really wish that the magical abilities were more dependable because there genuinely are some incredibly clever ideas there. You can get very creative with for example the ability to move around as a rat allowing you to get into places that otherwise a human would not be able to because of size. Teleportation is smooth and deeply satisfying to use. There are things in this game that I haven't seen anywhere else which I would argue is one of the things you should set out to do when you make a piece of media deliver an experience that has never existed before. I found myself stumbling accidentally into perfect solutions to some of the objectives by accident whilst just doing recon. This was also my experience with Hitman Absolution its contemporary. Not great years for stealth
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