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Thief will be massively customisable

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While I may be looking forward to 2014’s Thief, that enthusiasm hasn’t exactly been felt by long-time fans of the series. And for good reason, because in order to be as widespread as possible, the Thief formula will need to be watered down a tad to hit that mainstream appeal. But fans need not worry, because they’ll be able to transform their Thief game into the experience that they want to have.

In a community podcast, lead game designer Alexandre Breault revealed that Thief would ship with customisation options that allowed gamers to tailor the user interface and difficulty towards something more reminiscent of the older games.

Thief UI (1)

Players can take the entire interface out if they want, which includes health meters, prompts and maps. Players can also make those options fade away when they aren’t active, and mod the difficulty. The standard options will be in play, such as easy, medium and hard, but the game will allow for further tinkering.

Thief UI (2)

Autosaves, takedowns and reticules can be disabled, while the Ultimate Thief mod will have you outright fail a mission if you get caught/ kill someone. That option will go even further, disabling certain upgrades and forcing players to restart the entire game. BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! Mods on offer right now are:

Classic Thief Mods

  • Chapter Save Only: manual saves and checkpoint auto-saves are disabled.
  • No Focus: the use of Focus is completely disabled and no Focus Points are earned.
  • Stealth Takedowns Only: you cannot perform combat Takedowns and Takedowns from above.
  • No Reticle: no aiming reticle is displayed when drawing the bow.

Legendary Thief Mods

  • Specialty Arrows Only: only Blunt, Water, Fire and Rope Arrows are available.
  • No Resources: food (health) and poppy flowers (Focus) are not consumable.
  • It Hurts Not: if you take any damage, the mission is failed.
  • Expensive Tools: the cost of arrows, tools, food and poppies is greatly increased.
  • Slowed Movement: running and walking speeds are reduced.

Ultimate Thief Mods

  • Iron Man: if you die or fail a mission, you lose your game and must restart from the beginning.
  • No Upgrades: non-critical upgrades are disabled.
  • No Kills or Knockouts: if a human or animal is killed or stunned, the mission is failed.
  • No Alerts: if a human or animal detects you, the mission is failed.

I may not be a glutton for punishment, but this is one damn good way to make a game that can appeal to both mainstream and hardcore fans of the series. Plus it’ll make for some interesting return gameplay as well.

Last Updated: December 5, 2013

39 Comments

  1. Putting it on Ultimate Thief Mode sounds like putting it on Dark Souls mode…

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    • Zubayr Bhyat

      December 5, 2013 at 19:31

      or Thief mode. The Dark Project was notorious for its steep difficulty curve. Getting out of the haunted cathedral was a tough affair. Glad they did it.

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  2. Alien Emperor Trevor

    December 5, 2013 at 11:36

    They’re using poppy flowers to boost focus? In my limited knowledge poppy derivatives do anything but improve focus. :/

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    • Vampyric Squirrel of the Sith

      December 5, 2013 at 11:45

      Lol! So true, I doubt LSD would boost anyone’s focus very well…

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      • TiMsTeR1033

        December 5, 2013 at 11:51

        When I did it, made the walls melt! and thought was raining in living room!

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        • Vampyric Squirrel of the Sith

          December 5, 2013 at 11:53

          Exactly lmao

          Freaky stuff that

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      • FSR

        December 5, 2013 at 15:27

        LSD is not made from poppy seeds BTDubs. Opiates are.

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        • Vampyric Squirrel of the Sith

          December 5, 2013 at 15:43

          Opium is refined from poppy seeds and LSD is refined from Opium 😛

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          • FSR

            December 5, 2013 at 15:55

            “LSD was first synthesized by Albert Hofmann in 1938 from ergotamine, a chemical derived by Arthur Stoll from ergot, a grain fungus that typically grows on rye.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysergic_acid_diethylamide

          • Vampyric Squirrel of the Sith

            December 5, 2013 at 16:00

            lol… first synthesized yes… now they do that or refine it from Opium as it takes less time and costs less.

            you can wikipedia me as much as you want… i know what most drugs are made from or into

  3. TiMsTeR1033

    December 5, 2013 at 11:37

    Seriously what is up with LG site lately.. Discus knocking me to top of page as soon as i click on see reply..

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  4. Kensei Seraph

    December 5, 2013 at 11:44

    This sounds awesome.
    I hope other devs follow this and include custom settings in their games.

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  5. Weanerdog

    December 5, 2013 at 11:47

    This looks pretty cool, however that modern bow he is fondling in the header just irks me. Don’t know why but it is just out of place.

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  6. TiMsTeR1033

    December 5, 2013 at 11:52

    Dear Discus….

    WORK OR I WILL BREAK YOUR FACE!

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    • Vampyric Squirrel of the Sith

      December 5, 2013 at 11:52

      Disqus*

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      • TiMsTeR1033

        December 5, 2013 at 11:54

        Potato patatoe same shit different flavour

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        • Weanerdog

          December 5, 2013 at 12:05

          Mine seems to be working fine
          🙂

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          • TiMsTeR1033

            December 5, 2013 at 12:11

            using Firefox or other inferior inter explorer programs?

          • Weanerdog

            December 5, 2013 at 12:26

            Its the one with the circle and the pretty colours

          • TiMsTeR1033

            December 5, 2013 at 12:27

            huh?

          • Weanerdog

            December 5, 2013 at 12:28

            Thanks Tim now you have broke mine as well.

          • TiMsTeR1033

            December 5, 2013 at 12:29

            hehehehe

          • Shift-Tab John (JJ)

            December 5, 2013 at 13:18

            They’re called browsers. Regards. A Firefox user.

        • Shift-Tab John (JJ)

          December 5, 2013 at 12:06

          Haha. Patatoe.

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        • Vampyric Squirrel of the Sith

          December 5, 2013 at 12:10

          Nah, it’s “same shit different smell”

          but i guess flavor works too

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    • Kensei Seraph

      December 5, 2013 at 11:54

      *Grabs popcorn*
      This is going to be interesting.

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  7. Shift-Tab John (JJ)

    December 5, 2013 at 11:56

    I remember still getting and playing the first THIEF. What an epic game. I really hope they haven’t streamlined it to the point where you get the whole New Splinter Cell problem.

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    • TiMsTeR1033

      December 5, 2013 at 12:02

      I hope they make extensive use of dark and light as way of hiding, like even set fire to areas to draw attention like hay stacks and see the beautiful light shining on wagons and use the shadows from fire burning to sneek past the guards!

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      • Shift-Tab John (JJ)

        December 5, 2013 at 12:04

        Quite. But not the ridiculous, “you’re invisible right in front of a guy as long as you stand in the shadow of this 1m tall tree” from the new Splinter Cells.
        Looking forward to THIEF though. A lot.

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        • SaintsRowNigri

          December 5, 2013 at 12:26

          You should see my Assassin in Skyrim: Her sneak skill is so awesome she can stand in a doorway and an approaching bad guy cannot see her. Not even if you shoot him in the toets kielies from that position does he know where you are…

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  8. FoxOneZA

    December 5, 2013 at 11:58

    Master Race customizes via the ~(Tilde) key.

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    • Admiral Chief of Souls

      December 5, 2013 at 11:59

      Awwww jisss!

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    • iAmWeasel

      December 5, 2013 at 13:30

      See master race! Us console peasants also have mods.. we can mod settings, awesome huh!

      Reply

  9. Admiral Chief of Souls

    December 5, 2013 at 11:59

    This is very cool. Disqus being broken, is not cool

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    • Vampyric Squirrel of the Sith

      December 5, 2013 at 12:19

      Gavin’s probably sitting there saying “hahahaha, they think it’s Disqus, but it was my coding, hahahahaha…. guess I should fix it now before Tim goes Postal”

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  10. iAmWeasel

    December 5, 2013 at 13:28

    Thief: The Dark Project, was one of my favourite games of all time. Hope this new reincarnation does not disappoint. Looks ok-ish so far from what I’ve seen.

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  11. Johan Fourie

    December 5, 2013 at 16:22

    Jeez, the way I look at all those settings it just screams “Thief for Dummies”. I’ll be sure to turn most of those off to get the Thief of old feel.

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