Ideas, ideas, IDEAS!

[Melan]

To sum up my thoughts, I would say that what TDM gameplay adds to the Thief family is refinement. That's not radical innovation or a complete reimagination (Dishonored might be that game if it doesn't get squashed by overzealous marketers or focus groups halfway through - coincidentally, its team employs two of the top talents who have come out of the Thief fan mission community), but it is incremental innovation. It is possible to say any specific element is a small step, but a lot of small steps can make for a nice, long walk.

 

What I think you are missing, and based on your latest comments, I am increasingly sure of it, is more missions with high production values. We have few of those, but being an editing platform, they will only come when and if people actually complete them. That depends on the community. If we had more mappers from the Thief community make the jump in 2009, or people had more time, we might have seen more of these. As it is, things will take more time.

[lost_soul]

"Only voice acting that could use some improvement are some of the guard and thugs."

 

Hey now, The thug is just perfect. Many of us love the character as he is. I've told myself that if I ever make an FM, he will be the mansion owner/target/ etc.

[JulioTheDanks]

Hmmm. Hold up. Im talking about one of the commoners actually. The voice was good. Just monotone. When I stabbed he said "hey, stop that." with no sense or urgency or distress. Like i poked him or something.

[Xarg]

I know you've already been somewhat velvet glove berated by a few, but from memory they only have 1, maybe 2 (greebo and Tels from memory) coders currently working on the mod - what these gentlemen have achieved is fantastic, and I love it. Don't feel bad about raging over Heart or Crown, (from memory both are Fidcal missions) Fids likes to turn up the difficulty. Biker and Sotha make fantastic missions (Alberic's Curse and Transaction/Mandrasola respectively), another thing, many (maybe 1/5) of the missions on the downloader are themed contest missions, so some missions will naturally feel small/plain/simple compared to someone's magnum opus. Keep going through the missions, you'll hit all the hidden treasure soon enough

[New Horizon]

I know you've already been somewhat velvet glove berated by a few, but from memory they only have 1, maybe 2 (greebo and Tels from memory) ...

 

You must not forget Angua and Grayman.

[Xarg]

Aye, too much to remember these days, and here in NZ, New Years was a few hours ago.. you'll have to forgive my laxness.. consider Grayman and Angua ninja-added to my list of coders.. (and the spirits put back in the cupboard)