Knew on release this game would be a hugely massive game world void of... anything. For some reason I checked its store page on steam not long after 1.32 and reviews were 'mostly positive' so I read some reviews, checked the last few change logs and since it was on sale I jumped onto GOG and brought it. I'm an old gamer where nothing is new and most games are poor copies of game gone by but I'm quite enjoying NMS and I haven't got into these sort of games since they interested me back when 3D was still new and fresh. This game seems to have come a very long way, the devs seem keen to deliver on their promises and the 50 or so hours I've played so far have left me wanting more. Since 1.32 this is a good game.
No usable vehicles, no environmental destruction, no 'weird/crazy' weapons/gadgets like Syndicate, semi personalized characters, no world/corporate domination... group feels like petty armed thugs running around the 'dead' streets killing and stealing with no purpose, not some organised, professional group fighting for or bringing down mega corps working from some secret base/HQ/whatever (I think my 'agents' live on the street, I mean you couldn't assume anything else as there is no home base).... it feels pointless and without meaning. - AI both NPC and character AI is horrible and frustrating. - Bugs, glitches and poor performance still today, which seem too hard for the devs to fix. - Weapons are boring and simple and seriously lack diversity... no strange and weird weapons like Syndicate or SW and weapon attachments are a weak substitute . - Augmentations are weak and boring in terms of diversity/types. - No tactical pause, which is needed with terrible AI path-finding and no combat mode/stance. (anyone remember the 'psychotropic influence bar') - Cities feel hollow and dead, things move around but its no living city. - The environment is beautiful - Cannot configure my agents as they have 'personality', clones/agent are meant to be a base/stock unit I can configure and build how I like but they are pre-defined archetypes I can only slightly modify them from whats forced... imo ruins the whole idea - Game world looks beautiful, but then so does thief2014.... both are lackluster games.
5 Lives Studios is making a true successor to the original series, its called 'Satellite Reign'.... due for release on steam greenlight on the 11th Dec 2014
One amazing game.... to bad Starbreeze Studios and EA destroyed the franchise with the 2012 garbage release of Syndicate as a fps.... same as the new thief has destroyed a once great franchise.
