32 Taffers Talk #01 f. Gamophyte 

Oh my, I haven't listened to the whole thing, but anyway: Playing first with Garret and then with a different character could be a disaster imo. This feels very much like all the idiotic reboots we had in the past 10 years in movies, where the older folks get some member berries, and the new folks get some new generic character nobody cares about *shiver*. But anyway, why would you try to focus on a younger audience for a game that is 20 years old? Just create a proper Thief game, expand on what has already been established in the first games, recreate a compatible atmosphere and feeling of the originals, and be done with it. If it is good, anybody will play it, whether old or young. Focus on the game, not on your audience, that will always fail! The character doesn't necessarily have to be Garret, but then again, why would you change the character? The important part imo would be to not reboot Thief, but continue Thief! And I mean this not just story wise, but I'm also talking about the graphical style and atmosphere. I could also play with a completely different character, but it must clearly be within the same world.

Garret in a new game should have a wife (Basso's Sister hinted to in Cragscleft) and a child whom he is training in his footsteps (that is writen properly and ISNT annoying), that he also needs to provide for and protect. So hes not just looking out for himself. He could be estranged from them as it would be odd if he was really connected to them due to how he is in the games. (problem with that is you KNOW at one point or another they're going to be kidnapped, or killed. So AVOIDING those cliches could be good.) perhaps he meets his wife in late midnight rendezvous, romantically on her balcony having to stay away because he knows hes a danger to them both. The wife could be the one who makes Garrets maps for him as she could probably pass as Nobility with the amount Garrett steals, so she can get into manors, banquettes and high society affairs through Her connections through her brother, pass her knowledge of the places she goes to - to her husband. maybe stashing some things in certain missions for her husband that count as secrets. Or she could have a shopping list of items shes seen in somebodies manor that she would actually rather like for herself, Good job her husband is a master thief.

I would agree to this exploring where Garret is in this world 20 years later.

I have quite literally ZERO faith that ANY gaming company in the industry could make a thief game faithfully without filling it with trash. zero use of sound, enemy view cones, real time maps, guard view cones, objective markers, special vision modes, micro transactions, always online DRM, the inability to jump, no hand holding. the list goes on. Modern companies are completely incapable of doing things in a way that is not completely insulting to the user and the IP. 9:50 its been shown 2 times with thief 3 and The Dark Mod that you can not make a good Thief game in the Unreal Engine. Both of these are admirable attempts, and can scratch the itch a little bit, but both suffer from the Unreal Engine just not being very good for this purpose. 19:42 TRUE, omg that fake Sean Connery accent, like bro.. stop.. XD 23:25 I hope to god they dont do this bait and switch nonsense, they did that with the last of us... people want to play as Garrett, end of story.