Thief's Risky Reboot

[DTWolfwood]

Sacrificing something they do want for something they don't...

That is the battlecry for the next videogame crash.

Good job Developers and Publishers... <.<

 

[Shinkicker444]

I'm perturbed. The more I hear about the game, the more to me it sounds like they're going to make it some weird Assassins Creed rip off with all the free running and takedowns, except he's stealing more than the assassins would. It is quite unsettling.

 

[maninahat]

I doubt they are going to fire him and start from the beginning just because of an internet petition.

Nobody is asking for Romano to be fired, he would still be under contract to finish all the mocap, they just wouldn't be using his voice. Sending a strong message to Eidos is important, regardless of the outcome. I've worked as a VO artist on both sides of the mixing board. There is plenty of time at this stage for Mr. Russell to come in and loop his lines to the existing animations.

Why would Eidos, after paying a perfectly good voice artist and recording all of his lines, hire another one to do the same again? The cost isn't justified: only fans returning to the series give a shit, and their decision to buy the next game will be made by the many other facets beyond the voice acting anyway. Rehiring Russell seems like a step away from their efforts to redesign the character and reboot the series.

 

[IronMit]

I was excited when I heard it was the Deus eX team but now I hear it's the same studio but a different team?

Oh and Squareenix's recent releases of Tomb Raider and Hitman absolution were a joke to me. Sure they are not awful games but they seemed to have changed style and genre, to make it like a typical ubisoft AAA production.
Hitman is no longer about sandbox levels and Tomb Raider's more open area's are optional sidequests. Half of escapist will argue against my opinion here which is fine

When Thief comes out the same thing might happen. Most old school fans will hate it...new fans will shout 'GOTY'. Thus with heavy marketing it will sell 3 mill and it will be deemed a failure because of the ridiculous amount of cash spent.

Hopefully it's more like Deus ex:HR and fans of the franchise on the most part will like it